We see this kind of teams making surprising starts but the most important thing is to be consistent of course. Udinese might not be able to maintain a great performance for a very long time. Especially if the big teams in the league start to control the top positions Udinese's job will be much harder to fight for top 4. Even if they somehow fight for the sixth position for a spot in the Europa Conference League it would be a big success for them. Because they finished the previous season at the 12th position.
Over the last few seasons they are a club that can only finish in the bottom 10 of the standings. It was a bad record for them. But now they are in third place, just one point adrift of Napoli and also Atalanta.
It's interesting to see how changes have been made to the Udinese squad to place them in the top 4 now. Their winning record is also very good so far, 5 times without defeat and between those wins they faced big clubs like Inter Milan and also AS Roma.
But the question is whether they can maintain their current performance or not. Because that determines their position at the end of the season.