Lazio vs. Udinese brings matchday 34 to a close
The final game of matchday 34 takes place at the Olimpico, with Lazio hosting Udinese. Lazio, fresh from reaching the Coppa Italia final, return to league action with the aim of strengthening their position in the table. Udinese, four points behind the Biancocelesti, have the same aim and will be looking to bounce back from last week’s home defeat to Parma while closing the gap on their hosts.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
The official head-to-head record between the two sides in Rome stands at 52 meetings: 27 Lazio wins (the most recent 1-0, Coppa Italia 2021/22), 12 draws (the most recent 1-1, Serie A 2024/25) and 13 Udinese victories (the most recent 1-2, Serie A 2023/24).
DID YOU KNOW?
Lazio are the 2025/26 Serie A side with the most goals scored in stoppage time beyond the 90th minute (6, level with Juventus).
Lazio are the 2025/26 Serie A side with the most red cards received (7).
Only Inter (16) have kept more clean sheets than Lazio in the 2025/26 Serie A season (15, level with Como).
Udinese are the side that scores the fewest goals through substitutes (2, level with Verona).
Udinese are one of 6 sides in the 2025/26 Serie A season that concede the most goals in the opening 15 minutes of the second half (9, level with Como, Fiorentina, Genoa, Cagliari and Torino).
COACHES and PLAYERS
This is the 2nd official meeting between Maurizio Sarri and Kosta Runjaic: the previous encounter ended 1-1 on 27 December 2025 (Udinese 1-1 Lazio, Serie A).
Only Marco Palestra (105) has been fouled more times in the 2025/26 Serie A season than Mattia Zaccagni (81).
Only Jean Butez (719) completes more forward passes in the defensive half than Alessio Romagnoli (627) in the 2025/26 Serie A season.
Keinan Davis is one of 3 players in the 2025/26 Serie A season to have converted the most penalties (4), level with Vlasić (Torino) and Çalhanoğlu (Inter).
Only Ylber Ramadani (91) makes more offensive recoveries in the 2025/26 Serie A season than Jesper Karlström (71, level with Morten Frendrup).
Only Mateo Pellegrino (47) wins more ground duels in the attacking half than Keinan Davis (43) in the 2025/26 Serie A season.
Matteo Cancellieri on the scoresheet against Napoli: his 4th goal of the campaign. The Lazio winger had not scored in Serie A since 4 October 2025 (a brace in Lazio 3-3 Torino).
Toma Bašić on the scoresheet against Napoli: his 2nd goal of the campaign. The Croatian midfielder had not scored in Serie A since 26 October 2025 (Lazio 1-0 Juventus).
DISCIPLINE
Suspended: Karlstrom (Udinese)
Cautioned: Pedro, Taylor, Cancellieri (Lazio); Kristensen, Kamara, Kabasele, Ehizibue (Udinese)
REFEREE
BONACINA (PALERMO - ZANELLATI) IV: MARCHETTI, VAR: CAMPLONE, AVAR: MAGGIONI
UPCOMING MATCHES
Cremonese-Lazio (Monday May 4th, 18.30 CEST)
Udinese-Torino (Saturday May 2nd, 15.00 CEST)
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