Serie A | Udinese 1-0 Atalanta: Zaniolo inflicts first defeat on La Dea

Originally posted on Football Italia | By Susy Campanale | Last updated Nov 1, 2025 11:54 AM ET

Nicolò Zaniolo scored his third goal in four games, allowing Udinese to inflict the first Serie A defeat of the season on Atalanta, who had drawn five on the bounce.

La Dea were the only Serie A side unbeaten this season, but had drawn five in a row in this competition, leaving them in ninth place. Marten de Roon, Daniel Maldini, Sead Kolasinac, Giorgio Scalvini and Mitchel Bakker were out of action, but Lazar Samardzic faced his old club and Gianluca Scamacca returned to the starting XI. The Friulani were coming off a midweek 3-1 defeat to Juventus, where Keinan Davis joined Thomas Kristensen on the treatment table.

See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.

Zaniolo stung Marco Carnesecchi’s gloves with a powerful strike from distance, while Nicolò Bertola made a decisive tackle as Kamaldeen Sulemana was about to pull the trigger from seven yards.

Carnesecchi got down to parry a long-range Hassane Kamara scorcher, while Atalanta had the ball in the net on 23 minutes with Sulemana volleying in at full stretch, but Davide Zappacosta was offside before putting in the cross.

Udinese took the lead instead, as Jurgen Ekkelenkamp’s dinked pass sent Kamara down the left, he pulled back from the by-line for Zaniolo to sweep in first-time with the inside of the left foot from 12 yards. It was his third goal in the last four games.

It was very nearly 2-0 before half-time, Carnesecchi flying to fingertip a Jesper Karlstrom screamer out of the far top corner from distance.

Kabasele made a decisive challenge to prevent substitute Nikola Krstovic from sweeping in the Davide Zappacosta assist from nine yards.

Vakoun Bayo blasted over from a tricky angle, but Raoul Bellanova thought he had equalised on 81 minutes when hitting a sensational volley on a punched corner, only to be denied by the Arthur Atta goal-line clearance.

Udinese 1-0 Atalanta

Zaniolo 40 (U)

01-11-2025 14:00 MatchDay 10 Friuli Stadium (Dacia Arena)

Udinese

Atalanta Live 1 - 0

Player statistic

1st half

Nicolò Zaniolo (Assist: Hassane Kamara)

40' 2nd half

Hassane Kamara	64'
	67'	Nikola Krstovic
	90+2'

Charles De Ketelaere Udinese Atalanta

Starting lineups

40 Maduka Okoye Goalkeeper Alessandro Zanoli Defender 76' 27

Christian Kabasele Defender 11

Hassane Kamara Defender 13 Nicolò Bertola Defender 76' 28

Oumar Solet Defender 14

Arthur Atta Midfielder 8

Jesper Karlström Midfielder 32

Jurgen Ekkelenkamp Midfielder 69'

Nicolò Zaniolo Midfielder 69' 18

Adam Buksa Attacker 86' 29

Marco Carnesecchi Goalkeeper 19

Berat Djimsiti Defender 77

Davide Zappacosta Defender 4 Isak Hien Defender 3

Odilon Kossounou Defender 85' 13

Éderson Midfielder 7

Kamaldeen Sulemana Midfielder 59' 10

Lazar Samardžić Midfielder 77' 8

Mario Pasalic Midfielder 59

Nicola Zalewski Midfielder 77' 9

Gianluca Scamacca Attacker

59'

Substitutes

Daniele Padelli Goalkeeper 17

Iker Bravo Attacker 90 Răzvan Sava Goalkeeper 4

Sandi Lovric Midfielder 33 Jordan Zemura Defender 1 Alessandro Nunziante Goalkeeper 2 Saba Goglichidze Defender 77 Rui Modesto Midfielder 38 Lennon Miller Midfielder Idrissa Gueye Attacker 24

Jakub Piotrowski Midfielder 69' 15

Vakoun Bayo Attacker 69' 19

Kingsley Ehizibue Defender 76' 16 Matteo Palma Defender 76' 6 Oier Zarraga Midfielder 86' 31

Francesco Rossi Goalkeeper 57

Marco Sportiello Goalkeeper 47 Lorenzo Bernasconi Defender 6

Yunus Musah Midfielder 69 Honest Ahanor Defender

Relja Obric Defender 11

Ademola Lookman Attacker 59' 90

Nikola Krstovic Attacker 59' 16

Raoul Bellanova Defender 77' 17

Charles De Ketelaere Attacker 77' 44

Marco Brescianini Midfielder