Como head to Udine to continue their climb

Udinese host Como at the Bluenergy Stadium in the Easter fixtures. The home side, coming off a win over Genoa, aim to celebrate another success and halt Como’s march. Fabregas’ side has already strung together victories against Juventus, Lecce, Cagliari, Roma, and Pisa, and now they are chasing a sixth consecutive win to defend fourth place from the chasing pack. 

HEAD-TO-HEAD

There have been 14 previous official matches between the two sides in Udine: 7 wins for Juventus (most recent 1-0, Serie A 2025/26), 5 draws (most recent 1-1, Serie B 1994/95) and 2 wins for Como (most recent 0-1, Serie C 1967/68).

DID YOU KNOW?

Como are on a run of six consecutive positive results in Serie A: their last defeat came on 14 February (Como 1-2 Fiorentina). Since then, they have recorded one draw and five consecutive wins: in all those victories, Como scored at least two goals (an overall average of 2.8 goals per game).

Como are the 2025/26 Serie A side with the most points earned in the second half of the season (24, level with Inter).

Como are the side with the fewest goals conceded (22) in the 2025/26 Serie A season.

Only Inter (66) have scored more goals than Como (53) in the 2025/26 Serie A season.

Only Milan and Inter (9) scored more goals from outside the box than Como (8) in the 2025/26 Serie A season.

Only Pisa (29.38%) has a higher percentage of successful crosses from the final third than Como (29.17%) in the 2025/26 Serie A season.

Facing each other at the Bluenergy Stadium are the two teams that have completed the fewest long passes in the 2025/26 Serie A season (Udinese 1,705, Como 1,647).

Only Inter (0) have received fewer red cards than Udinese (1, level with Fiorentina and Torino) in the 2025/26 Serie A season.

Only Milan (65.5%) and Inter (65.7%) have a higher successful dribbling percentage than Udinese (65.18%) in the 2025/26 Serie A season.

COACHES and PLAYERS

Fourth official meeting between Kosta Runjaic and Cesc Fabregas: in the three previous encounters, there have been only home wins, two for the Spanish manager and one for the Bianconeri coach.

Keinan Davis scores against Genoa: his 10th goal in this league campaign, three in the last five matches. Only Lautaro Martinez (14) and Anastasios Douvikas (11) have scored more goals than the Udinese striker in the 2025/26 Serie A season.

Assane Diao scored against Pisa: his first goal of the season. The Senegalese player had not scored since 19 April 2025 in the Lecce v Como match (0-3).

Anastasios Douvikas on the scoresheet against Pisa: his 11th goal of the season, with 3 goals in his last 5 matches.

Martin Baturina on the scoresheet against Pisa: his 6th goal of the season, with 2 goals in his last 3 matches.

Nico Paz on the scoresheet against Pisa: his 10th goal of the season. The Argentine had not scored since 18/02/2026 (Milan 1-1 Como).

DISCIPLINE 

Suspended: Davis (Udinese)

Cautioned: Karlstrom, Kamara, Kabasele (Udinese); Da Cunha, Addai (Como)

REFEREE

MARESCA (CECCON – BELSANTI) IV: PERENZONI, VAR: MAZZOLENI, AVAR: GHERSINI

UPCOMING MATCHES

Milan-Udinese (Saturday April 11th, 18.00 CEST)

Como-Inter (Sunday April 12th, 20.45 CEST)

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