Genoa snatched a shock victory away to Udinese due to a Ruslan Malinovskyi penalty and Brooke Norton-Cuffy strike, permitting them to climb as much as fifteenth place.
Each groups have been coming off . Arthur Atta and Hassane Kamara missed out for the hosts, with coach Kosta Runjaic. Leo Ostigard, Morten Frendrup, Benjamin Siegrist, Maxwel Cornet and Albert Gronbaek have been injured for the guests. Brooke Norton-Cuffy returned from suspension, with Junior Messias, Hugo Cuenca and Jean Onana again on the bench, as Genoa have been unbeaten in Serie A since sacking Patrick Vieira, with two wins and as many attracts.
UDINE, ITALY – DECEMBER 08: Daniele De Rossi, supervisor of Genoa, appears on earlier than kick off on the Serie A match between Udinese Calcio and Genoa CFC at Stadio Friuli on December 08, 2025 in Udine, Italy. (Photograph by Timothy Rogers/Getty Photographs)
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Udinese had the ball within the web after 9 minutes when the preliminary overhead kick from Jakub Piotrowski was charged down, then Keinan Davis turned within the rebound, however the offside flag went up. Moments later, the Friulani additionally misplaced Jordan Zemura to a muscular harm.
Jurgen Ekkelenkamp’s weak end failed to bother the goalkeeper, however Lorenzo Colombo pounced on a defensive error and was introduced down by goalkeeper Maduka Okoye for a penalty, which Ruslan Malinovskyi transformed efficiently.
UDINE, ITALY – DECEMBER 08: Ruslan Malinovskyi of Genoa scores a penalty previous Maduka Okoye of Udinese throughout the Serie A match between Udinese Calcio and Genoa CFC at Stadio Friuli on December 08, 2025 in Udine, Italy. (Photograph by Timothy Rogers/Getty Photographs)
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A protracted-range Rui Modesto scorcher was fingertipped over the bar, with Okoye doing the identical on the different finish on Vitinha’s roller after the restart.
UDINE, ITALY – DECEMBER 08: Johan Vasquez of Genoa intercepts a run into the penalty space from Nicolò Zaniolo of Udinese throughout the Serie A match between Udinese Calcio and Genoa CFC at Stadio Friuli on December 08, 2025 in Udine, Italy. (Photograph by Timothy Rogers/Getty Photographs)
Udinese defender Nicolò Bertola had a double probability on 51 minutes, as first Nicola Leali parried the management and volley on the close to publish, then on the ensuing nook he thumped his end onto the side-netting.
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Piotrowski nodded a nook over from shut vary, however he did handle to attract stage quickly after. Patrizio Masini misplaced the ball to spark a counter-attack, then Rui Modesto rolled throughout from the left for Piotrowski to comb first-time into the close to prime nook from 12 yards. It was his first purpose within the Udinese shirt.
UDINE, ITALY – DECEMBER 08: Jakub Piotrowski of Udinese celebrates scoring a purpose throughout the Serie A match between Udinese Calcio and Genoa CFC at Stadio Friuli on December 08, 2025 in Udine, Italy. (Photograph by Timothy Rogers/Getty Photographs)
Colombo ought to’ve restored the Genoa lead with a diving header on the again publish, however didn’t make adequate contact to shock Okoye, whereas Zaniolo’s snapshot was straight at Leali.
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Genoa stunned the Udinese defence with a well-worked transfer, as Caleb Ekuban received down the left and rolled throughout for Junior Messias, however he let it by way of for unmarked Norton-Cuffy to fireside in on the again publish.
It was large open, moments later Buksa’s header looping simply large of the far prime nook, whereas late on Sandi Lovric stung Leali’s gloves with a right-foot strike.
Udinese 1-2 Genoa
Malinovskyi pen 34 (G), Piotrowski 65 (U), Norton-Cuffy 83 (G)