Udinese held on after a late Torino comeback for all three valuable factors on this shocking away victory, as Nicolò Zaniolo and Jurgen Ekkelenkamp had been decisive.
Ivan Ilic, Perr Schuurs and Zanos Savva had been , plus Adam Masina at AFCON, whereas Marcus Pedersen and Zakaria Aboukhlal nursed knocks after . Cyril Ngonge and Niels Nkounkou shook off flu signs. The Friulani missed Jordan Zemura, Saba Goglichidze and Adam Buksa, with Vakoun Bayo on worldwide responsibility, however Arthur Atta returned to the squad on the bench.
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TURIN, ITALY – JANUARY 07: Alessandro Zanoli of Udinese Calcio battles for possession with Saul Coco of Torino through the Serie A match between Torino FC and Udinese Calcio at Stadio Olimpico di Torino on January 07, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Picture by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Pictures)
Udinese had the ball within the web after 18 minutes with Christian Kabasele’s header, and it was initially disallowed for offside. Nevertheless, the VAR assessment confirmed he was onside, and it was dominated out for handball as a substitute.
Moments later, Cesare Casadei’s header compelled a tricky save out of Maduka Okoye, whereas Nicolò Zaniolo’s volley flashed simply vast from the sting of the realm.
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An acrobatic Giovanni Simeone chest and bicycle-kick volley was straight at Okoye, however Udinese had two big alternatives.
First Zaniolo on the counter from Jurgen Ekkelenkamp’s go fired straight at Alberto Paleari. Moments later, the Toro goalkeeper’s clearance hit Keinan Davis and the ricochet bounced inches vast of the empty web.
Ekkelenkamp went on one other harmful counter-attack to check Paleari from a difficult angle on the stroke of half-time.
Udinese had been the higher workforce and took a deserved lead after the restart when Nikola Vlasic misplaced it in midfield, sparking one other Ekkelenkamp counter, as Zanoli laid it off for Zaniolo to brush house.
TURIN, ITALY – JANUARY 07: Cesare Casadei of Torino celebrates scoring his workforce’s first purpose through the Serie A match between Torino FC and Udinese Calcio at Stadio Olimpico di Torino on January 07, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Picture by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Pictures)
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Davis was prepared so as to add a second quickly after when despatched by way of by Ekkelenkamp, however this time Paleari rushed off his line to parry.
Thomas Kristensen nearly gifted Torino an equaliser along with his comical back-pass with out wanting, so Okoye needed to dash again to clear off the road.
Arthur Atta’s counter-attack despatched Davis by way of, however Saul Coco managed two twist on the final second and deflect the end over the bar.
Torino additionally threatened, as Okoye received simply sufficient on Cyril Ngonge’s angled drive to sluggish it down, permitting Kabasele to clear off the road.
Udinese doubled their lead late on when Davis went on the counter down the left and put within the low cross, so Ekkelenkamp intelligently dinked it over the on-rushing Paleari.
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Torino stored it open to the top, as Valentino Lazaro whipped in a cross from the left for the Cesare Casadei towering header.
The Granata nearly equalised with the final kick of the sport, as Duvan Zapata laid it off for Casadei, forcing a determined block out of Oumar Solet.
Torino 1-2 Udinese
Zaniolo 50 (U), Ekkelenkamp 82 (U), Casadei 87 (T)
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