Udinese suffered their fourth consecutive defeat. Last Friday, the Friulians hosted Milan. The first goal was scored by the Rossoneri. So, on 42 minutes Rafa Lean had a beautiful shot. Before the end of the first half, the Devils managed to double their lead thanks to Pavlovic's header. Conceição's men scored twice more in the second half. A round earlier "zebras" met with Genoa. The team suffered a minimal defeat, but it must be said that Modesto's goal on 90+4 minutes was cancelled due to a centimetre offside position. With the score 2:1 wards also lost to Inter. The team had numerous chances to equalise, but failed to convert them. Udinese faced a similar problem in the meeting with Verona, which they lost 0:1. To a large extent, the series of failures is associated with the injury of one of the best players of the Zebras, Florian Thauvin. However, four rounds is a long time for the team to readjust to the game without one of the key performers. Or is it?

Torino lost for the first time after a six-game unbeaten streak. Last Sunday, the Bulls travelled to Como. Torino conceded in the first half, and spent the second half trying to equalise. It seemed that Ilic's goal in stoppage time would bring Paolo Vanoli's men a draw, but that was not the case. After watching the corner kick, the VAR referees saw a double touch from Biraghi. Prior to that, Torino had drawn 1-1 with Verona and Lazio and minimally defeated Empoli. The good series allowed the Bulls to jump to tenth place. However, the team will not jump higher, and they are unlikely to drop below 13th.

Interestingly, Torino show almost the biggest overperformance in the league. Thus, according to the xG metric, the Bulls scored 4.69 more goals, while according to the xGA they conceded 10.43 fewer than they should have. With that kind of variance, it's not surprising that xPTS says they're "outscored" by 6.84 points. It is also noteworthy that it is in home encounters that such discrepancies are most apparent. Although, it should be said, Torino have won only five of their 15 matches at the Olimpico. The first round meeting ended in a very effective 2-2 draw. Adams and Ricci responded to goals from Toure and Lucca. There are no global assumptions that Udinese's series will last up to five matches. The meeting of neighbours in the standings, who have no particular motivation, has a chance to end in a draw. However, it is better to go for such a result through slightly more motivated guests.