Udinese host Lecce in Matchday 7 of Serie A

Udinese will host Lecce on 18 October 2026 at 13:30 Damascus time, in a match in Matchday 7 of Serie A for the 2026/27 season, with the match broadcast on STARZPLAY.

Udinese come into the match on the back of a series of negative results, having lost 1-2 away to Torino, and before that fallen 0-1 at home to Cagliari, as well as losing 3-5 away to Inter Milan and 1-2 at home to Lazio, with their last win coming 3-2 away against Monza.

Lecce, meanwhile, arrive at this encounter after losing 1-2 at home to Bologna, and before that losing 0-3 away to Milan, with their last win coming 3-2 at home against Monza, while they also lost 0-1 away to Cagliari and 0-4 at home to Roma.

In the teams previous meetings, Lecce beat Udinese 2-1 on 8 February 2026, while Udinese beat Lecce 3-2 on 25 October 2025, and Udinese also won 1-0 on 21 February 2025 when Lecce were hosts, and Udinese won 1-0 on 5 October 2024 when they were hosts, and Udinese won 2-0 at Lecce's ground on 13 May 2024.

Udinese will be without Idrissa Gueye, Nicolo Zaniolo, Jakub Piotrowski, Faruk Isak Bajo and James Bright Adeyemi Abankwah, while Lecce will be missing the services of Medon Berisha, Nikola Stulic and Ivan Ilic.

In the league table, Lecce are in 13th place with 6 points from 6 matches, having won 2, drawn none and lost 4, scoring 6 goals and conceding 12, while Udinese are in 15th place with 4 points from 6 matches, having won 1, drawn 1 and lost 4, scoring 9 goals and conceding 13.