Udinese vs Genoa Prediction: Stick on Nic in Udine

After Pisa and Parma open up Monday's Serie A action in the early afternoon, attention turns to Bluenergy Stadium in Udine, where Udinese host Genoa (17:00 GMT, live on Betfred). 

Below are my Udinese vs Genoa predictions, supported by all the latest team news and match odds.

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Team News

Hassane Kamara (foot) looks set to miss a third consecutive game for Udinese, who are expected to revert to the starting XI that won 2-0 at Parma on November 29.

Football Odds

The same can be said for Genoa, who beat Verona 2-1 at home before bowing out of the Coppa Italia in midweek.

Maxwel Cornet (thigh), Stefano Sabelli and Ruslan Malinovskyi (both illness) could be sidelined again for the visitors.

Udinese vs Genoa Odds

Udinese are 7/5 favourites to win, implying a 41.7% probability of success, while Genoa, who triumphed home (1-0) and away (0-2) against I Friulani last season, are 11/5, or a 31.3% chance, to claim all three points in Udine, with the draw available at 2/1.

Match Result - Udinese @ 7/5

Udinese have been inconsistent for most of the season so far, failing to record back-to-back victories since following up a 2-1 win at Inter Milan on August 31 with a 1-0 success at Pisa 15 days later.

I Friulani have lost four of their last six games in all competitions, but two of those defeats were against Juventus, who finished fourth in 2024/25, and the other two were against AS Roma and Bologna, who achieved fifth and ninth-place finishes, respectively, last season, and the latter claimed the Coppa Italia title, too.

Today's Football Fixtures

Genoa, despite improving under Daniele De Rossi and heading into this match unbeaten in their last four league games (W2, D2), shouldn't pose as many problems as the aforementioned teams.

Udinese will be highly motivated to collect all three points after falling to a disappointing 3-0 defeat to Bologna last time out on home soil, so I'm expecting a big response on Monday.

Genoa, as spirited as they are likely to be, may be the ones to suffer here.

Anytime Goalscorer - Nicolo Zaniolo (UDI) @ 13/5

Udinese forward Nicolo Zaniolo has scored four goals in 11 Serie A appearances this season, including the opener in his side's last league game against Parma to make it four strikes from his last seven outings.

The 26-year-old has also notched once in the Coppa Italia, although he failed to get on the scoresheet last Tuesday against Juventus.

At 13/5, he looks like great value to hit the back of the net on Monday, with Genoa failing to keep a clean sheet in their last seven games.