Udinese's situation at the top of the standings has naturally come to an end. The team lost in the last two rounds and dropped to eighth place. At the moment, the Friulians have ten points thanks to three wins and a draw. In the fifth round, Costa Runjaic's wards met with Roma. The Romans had undergone a coaching change and were not in the best conditions. Nevertheless, the Giallorossi did not experience any problems in that meeting. Thanks to goals from Dovbic, Dybala and Baldanzi, the Romans secured a convincing victory. Next, the Bianconeri hosted Salernitana in the Italian Cup. At the Stadio Friuli, the hosts managed to comfortably beat the Serie B representative with a score of 3-1. Did it put them back on the winning track? No. Udinese faced Inter in the last round. "The Nerazzurri have a very busy calendar due to their performances in European cups. Perhaps this was one of the factors due to which the "snakes" decided to quickly "close" the meeting. Thus, already in the 47th minute Simone Inzaghi's wards led 1:3. A missed goal from Lucca towards the end of the meeting did not affect anything.

Lecce conceded after a series of three rounds without defeat. Last Friday, the "wolves" met with Milan at the San Siro. "The Rossoneri scored three times, and they did it in the first half, between the 38th and 43rd minute. Further attempts by either team to change the score resulted in nothing. Before that, interestingly enough, the Giallorossi also lost. It happened in a cup game against Sassuolo. "Neroverdi" twice marked in the gates of far from the main opponent's squad. However, before that Luca Gotti's wards scored five points in three meetings. Lecce managed to beat Cagliari (1-0) and shared points with Torino (0-0) and Parma (2-2). By all rights, the meeting with the Crusaders should have ended with a 3-0 victory for the Wolves. Surprisingly, the team missed the victory in that game. The main thing is that it should not hit their morale in the future.

Obviously, we cannot talk about any crisis of Udinese. The team showed great over-performance at the beginning of the tournament, and now it is "levelling off". However, by some indicators Runjaic's wards are still overdone. Thus, the Friulians have conceded 2.4 fewer goals by xGA, and 4.48 more points by xPTS than they should have. Lecce have a big underachievement in scoring. According to the xG metric, the Wolves should score 4.94 more goals than they have. The team also has a slight underdog in points. In the last five official meetings, the Giallorossi have lost only once to the Bianconeri. Meetings with Torino and Parma proved that Luca Gotti's wards can cope with representatives of the middle of the standings. It is hardly worth expecting a defeat from Lecce. The team is quite capable of earning points in Udine