Cagliari head to Udine looking to keep turning heads
Udinese and Cagliari meet on Matchday 5 of Serie A. The Friulani made a promising start, drawing with Como and winning at Monza, but have since lost to Lazio and Inter. They will now look to get back on track against the Sardinians.
Pisacane’s side, however, are looking to confirm their status as the season’s early surprise package. The Rossoblù have only lost to Inter, recording wins over Parma, Lecce and Atalanta. They are now chasing a fourth victory to climb even higher in the table.
HEAD TO HEAD
There have been 38 official meetings between the two sides in Friuli: 20 Udinese wins (last 2-0, Serie A 2024/25), 12 draws (last 1-1, Serie A 2025/26) and 6 Cagliari wins (last 1-2, Coppa Italia 2023/24).
DID YOU KNOW?
Udinese coming off the comeback defeat against Inter: the Friulian side have dropped 4 points in the second halves of their first 4 games, going from 1-0 to 1-1 against Como, from 0-0 to 1-2 against Lazio, and from 2-2 to 5-3 against Inter.
Udinese have scored in all 6 official games in Serie A 2026/27: 11 goals scored by the Friulian side so far.
Udinese are the team that have scored the most goals (3) between the 31st and 45th minutes.
Udinese are the Serie A team that have scored the most first-half goals (6, level with Como).
Only Lecce (33) have conceded more shots on target than Udinese (29).
Cagliari are coming off 3 wins in their first 4 games: this has happened only for the third time in Serie A (the previous instances came in the 1969/70 season, which culminated in the club’s first historic Scudetto, and the following 1970/71 season).
Cagliari have recorded their third consecutive away win: the Sardinians had not won 3 consecutive league away games since Serie B 2003/04 (that season, their opponents were Venezia, Piacenza and Verona).
COACHES and PLAYERS
Third official meeting between Kosta Runjaic and Fabio Pisacane: 1 win and 1 draw for the Friulian coach in the two meetings between the sides last season.
Runjaic has never drawn a game in September since he began coaching in Italy (2024/25 season): 3 wins and 6 defeats in 9 official matches.
Idrissa Gueye scored against Inter: his 2nd Serie A goal, with the Senegalese player having scored both goals in the extra time (as was also the case with his first goal, Cagliari-Udinese 0-2, Serie A 2025/26).
Jurgen Ekkelenkamp scored against Inter: his 10th Serie A goal came in the 16th minute, with the Dutchman having never scored so early in an Italian competition.
DISCIPLINE
Suspended: none
Cautioned: none
REFEREE
MANGANIELLO (BIANCHINI – PISTARELLI) IV: RAPUANO, VAR: COSSO, AVAR: GHERSINI
UPCOMING MATCHES
Torino-Udinese (12/10, 20.45)
Cagliari-Juventus (11/10, 20.45)
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