Inter vs. Udinese brings Matchday 4 to a close

The curtain comes down on Matchday 4 of Serie A at San Siro. Inter have won all three of their league matches so far, beating Monza, Cagliari and Napoli, and will now target another victory to keep pace at the top. Udinese drew with Como on the opening day and then defeated Monza, but they will be hoping to make amends for their comeback defeat to Lazio by taking something from their trip to Milan.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

There have been 59 previous competitive meetings between the two sides in Milan: 36 wins for Inter (most recently 2-1 in Serie A 2024/25), 12 draws (most recently 0-0 in Serie A 2013/14) and 11 wins for Udinese (most recently 2-1 in Serie A 2025/26).

Inter have scored in each of their last 13 home matches against Udinese (31 goals in total). Their last home match without scoring against the Friulani came on 27 March 2014 (Inter-Udinese 0-0).

DID YOU KNOW?

Inter have a perfect record after 3 Matchdays: the last time this happened was in 2023/24, a season in which the Nerazzurri went on to win the Serie A title.

Inter have kept just 1 clean sheet in their last 6 competitive matches across the end of 2025/26 and the start of the current season (Cagliari-Inter 0-1, Matchday 2 of Serie A 2026/27); they conceded 9 goals across the other 5 matches.

Inter are unbeaten in their last 14 home matches in Serie A, scoring in every one: their last defeat, which was also their last home league match without scoring, came on 23 November 2025 (Inter-Milan 0-1). Since then, they have recorded 11 wins and 3 draws, scoring 40 goals in total.

Udinese have scored in all 5 of their competitive matches in the 2026/27 season: 8 goals in total across 3 Serie A matches and 2 Coppa Italia games.

COACHES and PLAYERS

This will be the 4th official meeting between Cristian Chivu and Kosta Runjaic: in the previous 3, the Inter coach recorded 1 win and the Udinese coach 2.

For Cristian Chivu, last weekend’s match against Napoli marked the 4th time his side have come back from 2 goals down in Serie A: Bologna-Inter 3-3 on 23 May 2026, Como-Inter 3-4 on 12 April 2026 and Inter-Pisa 6-2 on 23 January 2026 were the previous 3.

Jesper Karlström scored against Lazio: it was the midfielder’s 2nd Serie A goal, and he scored with his first shot of the season. His first goal came on 25 October 2025, 317 days earlier.

Lautaro Martínez scored against Napoli: it was the Argentine’s 28th multi-goal performance for Inter. His 133rd and 134th Serie A goals for the Nerazzurri saw him overtake István Nyers and move into 3rd place among Inter’s all-time leading scorers in the competition.

DISCIPLINE 

Suspended: none 

Cautioned: none 

REFEREE

PAIRETTO (MORO - YOSHIKAWA) IV: COLOMBO; VAR: MARINI; AVAR: GARIGLIO

UPCOMING MATCHES

Roma-Inter (19/9, 18.00)

Udinese-Cagliari (19/9, 15.00)

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