Udinese beat Napoli 1-0

Match report

Napoli were beaten 1-0 by Udinese at Bluenergy Stadium - Stadio Friuli on Sunday, 14 December 2025 in Serie A matchday 15. J. Ekkelenkamp scored the only goal of the game for Udinese in the 73rd minute. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Udinese had 38% of the ball and 18 shots (5 on target) against Napoli’s 7 (0 on target). Jürgen Ekkelenkamp (Udinese) was the top-rated player with 8.3. The result leaves Udinese 13th in the Serie A table on 4 points and Napoli 9th on 7.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Udinese

13th · 4 points · P 5 W 1 D 1 L 3

Form

Napoli

9th · 7 points · P 5 W 2 D 1 L 2

Form

Serie A table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
8	Como	5	+3	10
9	Napoli	5	+1	7
10	Sassuolo	5	0	7
12	Lecce	5	-5	6
13	Udinese	5	-3	4
14	Torino	5	-3	4

Full Serie A table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Sun, 24 May 2026, Napoli 1-0 Udinese

Full Udinese vs Napoli head-to-head

Match events

33'yellow cardNicolò ZanioloYellow Card
53'VAR decisionKeinan DavisGoal cancelled
61'substitutionN. LangOff: S. Lobotka
61'substitutionS. BeukemaOff: M. Politano
70'VAR decisionNicolò ZanioloGoal cancelled
73'goalJ. EkkelenkampAssist: K. Davis
75'substitutionA. BuongiornoOff: M. Olivera
83'substitutionJ. EkkelenkampOff: O. Zarraga
83'substitutionK. DavisOff: A. Buksa
83'substitutionL. SpinazzolaOff: M. Gutierrez
83'substitutionE. ElmasOff: L. Lucca
84'substitutionN. BertolaOff: K. Ehizibue
90+1'substitutionN. ZanioloOff: I. Bravo
90+4'substitutionA. ZanoliOff: S. Goglichidze

Lineups

Udinese

Formation 3-5-2 · Coach Kosta Runjaic

Starting XI

Substitutes

Napoli

Formation 3-4-3 · Coach Antonio Conte

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

38%Possession62%
1.31Expected goals (xG)0.93
18Total shots7
5Shots on target0
6Shots off target6
7Blocked shots1
7Shots inside the box5
11Shots outside the box2
1Corners3
1Offsides1
16Fouls9
1Yellow cards0
–Red cards–
0Goalkeeper saves4
322Passes518
245Accurate passes426
76%Pass accuracy82%
-0.40Goals prevented-0.40

Player statistics

Udinese

Udinese player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
40Maduka OkoyeG	90	6.6				30 · 50%			1/1
27Christian KabaseleD	90	7.6			1 (1)	26 · 81%		3	12/12
28Oumar SoletD	90	6.6			1 (0)	46 · 83%			1/2
31Thomas KristensenD	90	7.0				33 · 73%		2	2/3
8Jesper KarlströmM	90	6.9				30 · 83%		2	5/10
13Nicolò BertolaM	84	7.0			1 (1)	27 · 67%		1	5/8
24Jakub PiotrowskiM	90	7.3			3 (1)	21 · 90%	1	4	8/13
32Jürgen EkkelenkampMTop rated	83	8.3	1		3 (2)	26 · 77%	5	2	2/3
59Alessandro ZanoliM	89	6.9				28 · 86%	1	2	4/8
9Keinan DavisF	84	6.3		1		22 · 77%	2		3/14
10Nicolò ZanioloF	89	6.7			1 (0)	25 · 80%	3	2	3/13
1Alessandro NunzianteG	–	–
90Răzvan SavaG	–	–
93Daniele PadelliG	–	–
2Saba GoglichidzeD	1	–
16Matteo PalmaD	–	–
19Kingsley EhizibueD	13	6.7				3 · 67%
4Sandi LovrićM	–	–
6Oier ZarragaM	14	6.3			1 (0)	1 · 0%			0/1
29Abdoulaye CamaraM	–	–
38Lennon MillerM	–	–
77Rui ModestoM	–	–
7Idrissa GueyeF	–	–
17Iker BravoF	1	–				1 · 100%			1/2
18Adam BuksaF	13	6.5				3 · 33%			1/4

Napoli

Napoli player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
32Vanja Milinković-SavićG	90	6.7		46 · 63%			1/1
4Alessandro BuongiornoD	75	6.0		34 · 76%			1/5
13Amir RrahmaniD	90	7.0		93 · 90%		2	9/13
31Sam BeukemaD	61	7.0		45 · 82%			0/4
8Scott McTominayM	90	7.0		49 · 92%		1	8/13
20Eljif ElmasM	83	6.9		37 · 81%			1/1
22Giovanni Di LorenzoM	90	6.9	1 (0)	58 · 86%		2	3/7
37Leonardo SpinazzolaM	82	6.9		33 · 76%	1	3	5/8
7David NeresF	90	6.3		24 · 83%		1	3/9
19Rasmus HøjlundF	90	5.3	2 (0)	17 · 71%	1		4/16
70Noa LangF	61	6.9	1 (0)	11 · 73%	1	1	3/6
14Nikita ContiniG	–	–
25Mathias FerranteG	–	–
3Miguel GutiérrezD	8	6.6		9 · 78%			1/2
17Mathías OliveraD	15	7.0		18 · 94%			2/2
30Pasquale MazzocchiD	–	–
35Luca MarianucciD	–	–
26Antonio VergaraM	–	–
68Stanislav LobotkaM	29	6.3		23 · 91%		1	2/3
21Matteo PolitanoF	29	6.3	1 (0)	20 · 70%			1/2
27Lorenzo LuccaF	14	7.0	1 (0)	1 · 100%	1		2/2
69Giuseppe AmbrosinoF	–	–