Roma Visit Udinese Seeking to Close Top-Two Gap

Udinese host Roma at the Bluenergy Stadium on Matchday 10 of Serie A. The Friulani brought a six-match losing streak to an end with a midweek draw away to Parma and will be hoping to build on that result as they look to pull away from the bottom end of the table. Roma, meanwhile, remain unbeaten and head into the fixture on the back of a midweek victory over Cagliari, having recorded three draws and a win in their previous four outings. Another three points would give them some much-needed momentum and help them close the gap on the top two.

HEAD TO HEAD

There have been 55 previous meetings between the two sides in Friuli: 18 wins for Udinese (most recently 1-0 in Serie A 2025/26), 13 draws (most recently 1-1 in Serie A 2021/22) and 24 wins for Roma (most recently 2-1 in Serie A 2024/25).

DID YOU KNOW?

Udinese have 5 points after 9 Matchdays: their worst-ever return at this stage in the three-points-for-a-win era. More broadly, they have only done worse once in the single-group Serie A, in 1961/62, when they had 2 points and just 1 win.

Udinese are winless in their last 7 matches: before the latest draw against Parma, they had lost 6 in a row after collecting 4 points from their opening 2 games. The Friulani have also gone 317 minutes without scoring, their last goal coming through Ekkelenkamp in the 43rd minute of the 2-1 defeat against Torino on 12 October 2026.

Udinese have gone 311 minutes without scoring at home: their last goal at the Bluenergy Stadium was scored by Karlström against Lazio in the 2-1 defeat on 7 September 2026. Their most recent home league win came in the 2-0 victory over Torino on 2 May, in Serie A 2025/26.

Udinese have dropped more points from winning positions than any other team (8, level with Fiorentina).

Udinese have conceded more goals than any other team between the 31st and 45th minutes, including stoppage time (4, level with Frosinone, Fiorentina and Monza).

Udinese have also scored more goals than any other team between the 31st and 45th minutes, including stoppage time (4, level with Monza, Atalanta, Frosinone and Como).

Roma are unbeaten in their last 16 matches across Serie A and Coppa Italia: 12 wins and 4 draws. Their last defeat came in April, a 5-2 loss away to Inter in Serie A 2025/26.

Roma have scored more goals through substitutes than any other team (7).

Only Lazio (7) have conceded fewer goals than Roma (8).

COACHES and PLAYERS

This will be the 5th official meeting between Kosta Runjaic and Gian Piero Gasperini: in the previous 4, the Italian coach recorded 2 wins, with 1 victory for the Udinese coach and 1 draw.

Niccolò Pisilli scored against Cagliari: it was the Italian midfielder’s 3rd Serie A goal of the season, and he has never scored in 3 consecutive matches in a single league campaign. Of his 12 senior goals, Pisilli has scored 11 at the Olimpico and just 1 away from home.

DISCIPLINE 

Suspended: none

Cautioned: Karlstrom (Udinese)

REFEREE

MARESCA (LO CICERO – ROSSI L.) IV: CHIFFI, VAR: PATERNA, AVAR: AURELIANO

UPCOMING MATCHES

Venezia-Udinese (6/11, 20.45)

Roma-Sassuolo (7/11, 20.45)

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