Udinese Calcio 1-2 SS Lazio: Serie A Match Report, 7 September 2026

Nothing at all separated these two for forty-five minutes, and then the game emptied itself out: Udinese Calcio 1-2 SS Lazio, from 0-0 at half-time. All three goals belong to the second period. The order they came in, and who scored them, is not something the record carries, so it is not something this page will guess at.

The pre-match table had Lazio sixth on six points from two, goal difference plus two, and Udinese eighth on four points from two, plus one. Two places and two points between them in September, four points and one place between them across the whole of last season — Lazio ninth on 54, Udinese tenth on 50. There is very little daylight in this pairing at any timescale you choose to measure it over.

Lazio had won 1-0 at Bologna on 24 August and 1-0 at home to Genoa on 30 August. Udinese had drawn 1-1 at home with Como and won 3-2 at Monza. Neither club had been beaten. The result here made it three wins from three for Lazio and left Udinese with four points from three.

On the goal split, this is the more interesting of the two profiles. A side that drew twelve of thirty-eight last season and finished with a goal difference of plus one has opened with three wins by a single goal each time — 1-0, 1-0, 2-1. Nothing about the manner has changed; the narrow matches are simply landing on the right side of the line for now, and three matches is not a sample that promises they will keep doing so.

Nine points from nine for a club that won fourteen matches in the whole of last season. Worth keeping in proportion: it is matchday three, the margin in each win was one goal, and Lazio have scored four times in 270 minutes. What the start does establish is that they are picking up the version of last season's record that suits them — the not-losing part — rather than the version where a third of the fixtures ended level.

Udinese are four points from three and unbeaten until this evening. Tenth last season with sixteen defeats to their name, the most of any club in the top half, they have now taken their first. The result restores the small gap the two clubs have maintained for over a year rather than opening a new one.

Our pre-match call was Double Chance X2 (SS Lazio or Draw) at 1.60, rated medium. It landed through the away win rather than the draw, and the reasoning behind it held up: Lazio as a side that avoids defeat, Udinese as the more volatile of two closely matched clubs.

One correction to the record, in fairness to anyone reading the preview. It built the head-to-head case on two meetings, both drawn last season. Four are on file, and the earliest of them is a 2-1 Udinese win in Udine on 24 August 2024 — a result that would have beaten this exact selection. Three draws and one home win is a slightly weaker platform than the one we presented.

Verdict: won