Overview
Como's form has been relatively unstable recently with a record of 2 wins, 2 draws, and 2 losses in the last 6 Serie A rounds. With 4 wins since the beginning of the season, coach Cesc Fabregas's team only has 19 points after 20 rounds, just 1 point more than the relegation zone.
Defense is Como's weak point this season. The Giuseppe Sinigaglia team has only kept 2 clean sheets in Serie A and has conceded 33 goals.
Up front, striker Patrick Cutrone is the one who is responsible for scoring goals for Como with 6 goals in Serie A this season. Besides, Assane Diao is also a notable name when scoring in his first match.
At home at Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia this season, Como have had 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses after 9 Serie A matches.
Meanwhile, Udinese just shared points with Atalanta to extend their streak of draws to 3. Coach Kosta Runjaic's team is not in good form with only 1 win in the last 6 matches.
The Friuli-Venezia Giulia side have been disappointing with three goalless matches in the aforementioned run. They also have the worst attack among the teams in the top half of the table, scoring just 23 goals.
With both teams in poor form, this match is likely to end in a draw.
Udinese have won their last three games against Como, including a narrow victory in the first leg. In the 2002-03 season, Como lost both games to Udinese.
Human resources situation
In this match, Como will be without Alberto Moreno and Sergi Roberto due to injury.
On the other side of the front line, Udinese also cannot use Oier Zarraga, Davies, Okyoe and Ehizibue.
Expected lineup:
Como: Butez, Van der Brempt, Goldaniga, Kempf, Moreno, Mazzitelli, Engelhardt, Strefezza, Da Cunha, Fadera, Cutrone.
Udinese: Sava, Kristensen, Bijol, Solet, Ehizibue, Lovric, Karlstrom, Payero, Zemura, Thauvin, Sanchez.
The match between Como and Udinese takes place at 2:45 a.m. on January 21 (Vietnam time).
