The home team was at the very top until recently, but a series of 4 matches without a win followed. First, they played a draw with Atalanta and Lazio, which was a good result, and then they lost to Torino with a score of 2-1. In the last round, they played a bore draw away from home against last-placed Cremonese. It is evident that the "Zebras" are in a small result crisis. They are currently in the 8th position with 22 points, 10 less than the leader Napoli. The guests are this year's returners to Serie A and are showing better games than the standings show. Lecce is the first team above the relegation zone and in 12 matches they registered only one victory in the 7th round when they beat Salernitana 2-1 on the road. The main threat to the visitors' goal will be the excellent Portuguese Beto, who is the Udinese's top scorer with 5 goals. This guy, who until four years ago worked in a fast food restaurant, arrived in the north of Italy on loan from Portimonense in Portugal, and the Italian team bought him this summer for 7 million euros. Home coach Andrea Sotil will not be able to count on Slovenians Sandi Lovric and Adam Masina in tonight's match, while Rodrigo Bekao is questionable. Lecce is coming to this visit with a full squad, so coach Marko Baroni has no doubts about the squad for tonight's match. as far as tradition is concerned, no draw was seen in the last 5 matches between these two teams. Udinese celebrated 3 times, while the "Southerners" were better twice,the last match was played at "Dacia Arena" in July 2020, when the guests won 2-1. Today, the situation is a little different. Udinese is a better team and I believe that they will justify it on the field and get out of the result crisis with a victory. Lecce is a hard nut to crack but I believe Udinese has enough firepower to win today.