Udinese vs AS Roma Prediction

Form check: a title challenger against a side searching for answers

Roma have won four of their opening five league games this season, conceding just three goals in the process. Widen the lens to their last 20 matches across all competitions and the picture stays positive: 12 wins, five draws and only three defeats, with 45 goals scored along the way.

Udinese: 20 completed matches; AS Roma: 20 completed matches.

Udinese

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

27

Conceded

28

Difference

-1

AS Roma

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

15% 3 / 20

Scored

44

Conceded

25

Difference

+19

Udinese's numbers tell a different story. They've won just once in their first five Serie A games, losing three on the spin, and have already let in 11 goals. Over a broader 20-match sample they're closer to an even side, with seven wins, five draws and eight losses, but that doesn't disguise the recent dip in form heading into this one.

Roma's defensive solidity and Udinese's leaky recent form in Serie A stand out as the clearest gap between the two sides.

Comparative Team Statistics: Udinese vs AS Roma

Head-to-head

Looking back over the last 20 meetings between these two, Roma have won the vast majority, often by comfortable margins. Udinese's most recent success in the fixture came back in February 2026, a 1-0 home win, but that's been the exception rather than the rule in this rivalry.

Udinese have shown they can spring a surprise at home against Roma before, even if it's rare.

Where they stand

Roma currently sit top of Serie A with 13 points from five games, while Udinese are down in 13th on just four points. That's a 9-point gap after only five matchdays, which says a lot about how each side's start has gone.

Players to watch

Dusan Malen has been in excellent scoring form for Roma, with six goals in five appearances, and Paulo Dybala has chipped in four assists to go with it. For Udinese, Hassane Kamara and Jesper Ekkelenkamp have two goals apiece, while Keinan Davis has provided a couple of assists, though their overall attacking output has been modest by comparison.

Udinese:

Best scorers:

H. Kamara - 2

J. Ekkelenkamp - 2

Best assist providers:

K. Davis - 2

Penalty cards:

J. Karlström x 2

AS Roma:

Best scorers:

D. Malen - 6

M. Soulé - 2

Best assist providers:

P. Dybala - 4

G. Mancini - 2

M. Soulé - 1

Penalty cards:

Hermoso x 2

How this one could play out

Roma arrive with a settled, in-form attack and a defence that's barely been troubled this season. Udinese, by contrast, have been conceding freely at home in recent league matches and haven't strung together consistent results since the campaign began.

Given this fixture is still a month away from the data we're working with, team news and form could shift before kickoff, so it's worth treating the current gap as a snapshot rather than a guarantee of how matchday will unfold.