Serie A

Udinese and AC Milan to keep up the momentum

Udinese and AC Milan meet at the Bluenergy Stadium, both looking to make it three wins in a row

After a surprise win against Inter at San Siro and last week’s victory over Pisa, Udinese host AC Milan looking to record another prestigious result, claim a third consecutive win, and cement their status as the early-season surprise package. The Rossoneri, meanwhile, are aiming to move ahead of their opponents in the table and prove that, following wins against Lecce and Bologna, their opening-day defeat to Cremonese is well and truly behind them.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

There have been 52 official previous meetings between the two teams in Friuli, with a record of 15 Udinese victories, 19 draws, and 18 Milan successes. Milan has scored 7 goals in the last two matches played in Udine. Last year, the 0-4 result in Udinese vs. Milan was the largest away victory of the 2024/25 season for the rossoneri (goals by Leao, Pavlovic, Theo Hernandez, and Reijnders).

DID YOU KNOW?

Udinese made their Serie A debut against Milan, losing 2-6 at San Siro on September 10, 1950. The goalscorers for the rossoneri were Liedholm, Annovazzi, Santagostino (brace), Renosto, and Nordahl, while for the Friulian team, Perissinotto (the first in bianconera history in the top division) and Rinaldi scored. Udinese has 7 points after 3 matches, the same as last year, and still with Runjaic as coach.

COACHES and PLAYERS

Massimiliano Allegri faced Udinese 5 times as a player with a record of 1 win for the Tuscan coach (2-1 when he played for Perugia, scoring one of the two Umbrian goals), 2 draws (2-2 when he was at Pescara and 1-1 when he played for Napoli), and 2 defeats (1-2 with Pescara, 0-1 with Cagliari). Iker Bravo, born on January 13, 2005, has scored his 4th goal in official matches since playing in Italy and is the third youngest player to have scored, both in the last round of the championship and in the first 3 rounds of the 2025/26 Serie A. The first is Vasilije Adzic (date of birth May 12, 2006), followed by Yildiz (born May 4, 2005). Luka Modric is in sixth place overall in the ranking of the oldest goalscorers in Serie A, from 1929/30 to the present day. In the top two positions are two other former Milan players: Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who scored in March 2023 at 41 years, 5 months, and 15 days, and Alessandro Costacurta, who scored in May 2007 at 41 years and 25 days.

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: Okoye (Udinese); Allegri (Milan) Cautioned: none

REFEREE

DOVERI (CECCONI – SCATRAGLI) IV: DI MARCO, VAR: MERAVIGLIA, AVAR: MARESCA

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A

Sassuolo-Udinese (Sunday 28 September, 12.30 CEST) Milan-Napoli (Sunday 28 September, 20.45 CEST) (Photo Getty Images)