Lazio vs. Udinese closes out matchday 28

Serie A Enilive matchday 28 ends with Lazio vs. Udinese. The Biancocelesti have won 11 points in their last five games with wins against Cagliari, Monza and AC Milan and draws against Napoli and Venezia. They are playing to retake fourth place. Udinese have won two more points than their opponents in their last five, having won each of their last three matches against Empoli, Lecce and Parma. Now they want to get themselves into the fight for European football.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Udinese have won their last two league matches against Lazio (both 2-1), in March and August 2024; the Friulians could win three games in a row against the Biancocelesti in Serie A for the first time since between December 2004 and October 2005. There have been three wins each and four draws in the last 10 league matches between Lazio and Udinese, after the Biancocelesti had won nine of the 10 previous matches between these two teams in Serie A (D1). Udinese are unbeaten in their last four away league matches against Lazio (D2 D2), only once have the Friulians gone five away matches in a row without defeat against the Biancocelesti in Serie A, doing so between 1961 and 1990 (W2 D3).

DID YOU KNOW?

Lazio have won just one of their last six home league games (D3 L2), against Monza in February, after having recorded six wins and a draw in their first seven home games in Serie A this season. Udinese have won their last three league games without conceding goal, the Friulians could win four consecutive games in Serie A for the first time since between August and October 2022 (6), while the last time they recorded four clean sheets in a row in the competition was between April and May 2012, which was also the last time they recorded four successive wins with a clean sheet in each. Udinese have the largest positive difference between the points obtained in the current league season compared to those earned in the last Serie A season after 27 games (+15, 39 in 2024-25 and 24 in 2023-24), Lazio are third with +10 (50 in 2024-25 and 40 in 2023-24), with Napoli second (+14). Lazio have scored the most goals in the last 15 minutes of play (18) in Serie A this season, six of which in injury time, also the most.

PLAYERS

Mattia Zaccagni has been involved in seven goals in his last seven league matches (4 goals, 3 assists), only Mateo Retegui (10) has been involved in more goals than the Lazio captain (7) in 2025 in Serie A. Only Alexander Sørloth (6) has scored more goals than Pedro (5) as a substitute in the big five European leagues in 2024-25. Overall, this is his best season in terms of minutes/goal in the big five European leagues, averaging one goal every 118 minutes. Florian Thauvin has been involved in three goals against Lazio in Serie A (1 goal, 2 assists), a joint-record for him in the competition (3 also against Parma). Overall, he has netted seven goals in Serie A this season, the last season he scored more in the big five European leagues was back on 2020-21 with Marseille (8 goals).

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: none Cautioned: Isaksen, Belahyane, Guendouzi and Baroni (Lazio); Kamara, Ehizibue and Giannetti (Udinese)

REFEREE

PICCININI (BACCINI – BERCIGLI) IV: RUTELLA VAR: GHERSINI AVAR: DI PAOLO

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A

Bologna-Lazio (Sunday 16 March, 15.00 CET) Udinese-Verona (Saturday 15 March, 15.00 CET) (Photo Getty Images)