Udinese x Cremonese Betting tips for May 17 in Italy Serie A

Our betting tip for Udinese x Cremonese, Sunday, 17/5/2026

📅 17/5/2026 18:45

Udinese 2.05

X 3.34

Cremonese 3.45

This is the bet made by our artificial intelligence for Udinese x Cremonese:

🔮 Cremonese wins the match
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Important information for your tip for Udinese x Cremonese:

👉 If you had bet $100 on Cremonese in each of its last 5 matches as away, you would have had a loss of $-120.0.
👉 In the last 4 Udinese matches as the home team, it finished under 2.5 goals.

🤖 ChatGPT’s take on our prediction for Udinese vs Cremonese:

⚽ Udinese vs Cremonese (Serie A) — Bluenergy Stadium
Based on recent figures, Udinese tends to be more consistent at home: in the last 5 home matches they scored 5 goals and conceded 2, with 2 wins. Cremonese away has been much worse: scored only 3 and conceded 10, with just 1 win. Also, Udinese finishes better (average shots on target 5×3) and controls possession more (47% vs 53%, but with an offensive-efficiency edge). For Cremonese, despite the positive note of breaking the drought with a 3-0 win over Pisa, the away numbers still point to defensive fragility.

Calculation of “fair” probabilities (normalized by median odds):

• P(Udinese wins): ~0.429 → fair odds ~2.33
• P(draw): ~0.251 → fair odds ~3.98
• P(Cremonese wins): ~0.320 → fair odds ~3.13

In the final market quoted, the odds are: Udinese @2.30/2.3, Draw @3.30/3.35*, Cremonese @3.00/3*. Comparing with my “fair” odds, the only real opportunity that appears is the draw — it is priced below the expected value from my statistical scenario (a likely low-scoring, truncated match due to the visitors recent defensive profile).

✅ Suggested bet: 🟦🟨

• Draw (X): EV ≈ +4% to +6%*

*EV is positive but not large; if you prefer only aggressive bets (>+5%), Id treat X as a light/moderate pick depending on the exact odds at your book.

📰  News that mattered: 

– Udinese are on a roll after a 2-0 away win at Cagliari (good tactical read in a 3-5-2), reinforcing confidence to control the match.
– Cremonese also have an emotional boost after beating Pisa 3-0 and re-entering the relegation fight — but away performance numbers still show a team that concedes a lot (they have lost far more than they have won on the road).

📈  Table / competition moment: 
There is a clear need for results on both sides due to the battle in the lower/marginal zone — this tends to increase the likelihood of pragmatic play when a side is pressured to get points away or the home side needs to manage an advantage.
In practice, this matches a scenario where a draw becomes a realistic option to reduce risk, especially because the visiting defence has a poor record of conceding — though they may try to hold shape after the recent win.

And about our model at Bets Kenya:
Their model projected higher EV on the away side (Cremonese wins EV +8.80%) yet its implied probabilities are more optimistic for a draw/away win according to its line estimates.
I partly disagree with that strong lean to the away side because my recent data shows a big imbalance when they play away (high goals conceded and low offensive output). Thats why my bet is more aligned with market balance — mainly on the draw.

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Analysis from Udinese x Cremonese for the Italy Serie A – 17 of May

Latest news on Udinese x Cremonese

Udinese: Udinese secured a 2-0 away victory over Cagliari on 9 May 2026, with goals from Adam Buksa and Gueye. The team deployed a 3-5-2 formation, with Okoye; Mlacic, Kristensen, Solet; Ehizibue, Miller, Karlstrom, Atta, Kamara; Zaniolo, Buksa, under the guidance of coach Francesco Runjaic, who remains under contract until 2027.

Cremonese: Cremonese ended a long winless run on 10 May 2026, defeating Pisa 3-0 in Serie A at the Giovanni Zini stadium. The victory came from goals by Jamie Vardy, Federico Bonazzoli and Michael Okereke, putting the side back in the fight against relegation, just one point behind Lecce. Forward Bonazzoli, the clubs top scorer with eight goals, has also stood out for his rising fantasy valuation and a recent assist. Coach Marco Giampaolo is expected to rely on the attacking trio, including veteran Vardy, in the final two matches, away to Udinese and at home against Como, as Cremonese try to secure their place in the competition.

Table analysis for the game between Udinese and Cremonese

Udinese: With 50 points in the 10th position, Udinese sits in a fairly midtable range. Given the gap to the pack above (fight for European places: teams just above have 52, 58, 65… points) and also to the more dangerous zone (Cremonese has 31 points and is 18th), the match tends to be important more for the confidence boost and the chance to “improve position” than out of survival necessity. In other words: it does not look decisive for the title nor to avoid relegation, but it can help to consolidate a comfortable campaign. 🤝

Cremonese: Cremonese is going through a very delicate moment: it sits in the 18th position with 31 points and stamped in the relegation zone (with “Relegation” as indication). Even without being able to say mathematically what is already guaranteed or relegated, the league context shows that every round counts to try to get out of the danger area. Against an opponent above (Udinese in 10th), taking points here becomes one of those matches that can change the course of the fight against the drop. ⚠️

Summary: The clash is more important for Cremonese, as it directly involves the relegation context. For Udinese, it is a relevant match to progress and become more comfortable, but it does not have such a decisive impact on the immediate objective.

Odds and handicap movements for Udinese x Cremonese

We will also look at how the odds and handicap have evolved over time. This approach helps capture the market sentiment for the fixture between Udinese x Cremonese.

Below you will find a summary comparing opening odds with current odds in the principal markets: 1X2, handicap and goals.

Tips for the 1×2 market for Udinese x Cremonese

A good bettor is not the one with a high hits percentage, but the one who bets on positive expected value events. Our AI model knows it very well and has looked for these opportunities for the match between Udinese and Cremonese.

To achieve that, the algorithm analyses more than 1546714 matches from our database seeking for patterns to get to the winning probabilities for the home team, a tie or a victory for the away team. That was the conclusion from our artificial intelligence:

Is it a good idea to bet on Udinese?

🔵 Udinese: the model predicted that the probability of this event happening is 38.16% and we know that avarage odds offered by the bookies are 2.05. In other words, this means that if you made 1000 bets of $1 like this, you:

• Would hit 380 times – profiting $399.00;
• And would lose other 620 times – having a loss of -$620.00 with them.

We are talking about a bet without profit, because after all you would have an expected final loss of 💰-$221.00.

Is it a good idea to bet on draw?

⚪ draw: our artificial intelligence has calculated that the probability of this event happening is around 24.52%, meanwhile the bookies are offering avarage odds of 3.34. That is, when you make 1000 bets of $1 like this one, you:

• Would hit 250 times – profiting $585.00;
• And would have lost other 750 times – with a loss of -$750.00 because of them.

So this bet does not have value. After all, you would have an expected loss of 💰-$165.00.

Is it a good idea to bet on Cremonese?

🔴 Cremonese: our artificial intelligence has calculated that the probability of this event happening is around 37.32%, meanwhile the bookies are offering avarage odds of 3.45. In other words, this means that if you made 1000 bets of $1 like this, you:

• Would hit 370 times – profiting $906.50;
• And would have lost other 630 times – with a loss of -$630.00 because of them.

Mathematically speaking, this is a value bet because you would have an expected final profit of 💰$276.50.

Handicaps analysis for the match Udinese x Cremonese

The handicap market is also very searched for by bettors in professional bookmakers and our model can help you with that. In case you do not know what handicaps are, we will solve this problem now: we sorted out the material about Asian handicap on betting so you can click and save it to learn about it on the first opportunity.

Take a look at what our artificial intelligence has set apart for these markets:

⚖ Handicap 1×2: -0.25 Udinese
⚽ Expected goals: 2.50 goals

Tips for the Handicap 1×2 market for Udinese x Cremonese

⚖ Handicap 1×2: considering the estimates of our model, the main handicap should be -0.25 Udinese, and the current handicap offered by bookies is -0.5 Udinese.

We can notice that the difference between the handicap predicted by the model and the one available to bet at the bookmaker is 0.25. Therefore, the recommended bet for the Handicap 1×2 is on: 0.5 Cremonese.

Tips for the Goals Handicap market for Udinese x Cremonese

⚽ Goals Handicap: considering the estimates of our model, the main handicap should be 2.50 goals, and the current handicap offered by bookies is 2.50 goals.

Since there is not big differences between the handicap offered by bookies and the one suggested by our algorithm, we can consider that there is no value to bet on the Goals Handicap market.

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