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ROME, ITALY – APRIL 27: Luca Pellegrini of Lazio celebrates scoring his team’s second goal with teammate Pedro during the Serie A match between SS Lazio and Udinese Calcio at Stadio Olimpico on April 27, 2026 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images)
Lazio and Udinese truly did battle in a thrilling 3-3 draw including some spectacular goals by Pedro, Kingsley Ehizibue and Luca Pellegrini, plus two in stoppages.
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The Aquile were in celebratory mood after reaching the Coppa Italia Final, eliminating Atalanta on penalties with a heroic performance from goalkeeper Edoardo Motta, but the fans continued to boycott their home games.
Mattia Zaccagni, Danilo Cataldi and Mario Gila joined Samuel Gigot, Ivan Provedel and Alessio Furlanetto on the treatment table in this head-to-head for a top 10 finish, but surprisingly Nicolò Rovella returned to the bench over two months after suffering a fractured clavicle. Jesper Karlstrom was suspended for Udinese after the surprise loss to Parma, with Keinan Davis, Jordan Zemura, Nicolò Bertola and Alessandro Zanoli injured.
See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.
Idrissa Gueye went sliding in and just failed to connect with a low Hassane Kamara cross from six yards in the opening minutes, then Edoardo Motta made a tough save as Jakub Piotrowski ran onto the Nicolò Zaniolo through ball.
That move continued, and after two players collided trying to head the Oumar Solet cross at the back post, it fell kindly for Kingsley Ehizibue to smash a screamer into the roof of the net from a tricky angle.
Arthur Atta tried to add a second moments later, his shot charged down at the near post, while Patric was unlucky to see his attempt for Lazio charged down by teammate Boulaye Dia.
The Aquile equalised with practically their first chance of the game, but it was another spectacular finish. A corner was cleared to just inside the area, where Luca Pellegrini let it bounce and thumped the magnificent left-foot strike on the volley into the far top corner.
Jurgen Ekkelenkamp went off with an ankle injury, while Tijjani Noslin grazed the crossbar with his strike on the Pellegrini assist.
Gustav Isaksen came even closer when running onto a cross-field pass and seeing Maduka Okoye palm the finish onto the crossbar, with Noslin unable to get clean contact on the rebound.
Adam Buksa wasted a golden opportunity to restore Udinese’s lead when shinning the first-time finish from seven yards on a low cross.
Zaniolo did even worse, as he somehow managed to connect with a Solet low cross from the right and didn’t bundle it over the line from five yards, getting the contact horribly wrong.
Moments later, Pedro reminded everyone how it’s done with a wonderful first-time right-foot curler into the far top corner from the edge of the area, on the Toma Basic lay-off.
Fisayo Dele-Bashiru surged forward and dribbled past two only to then place the angled drive wide for Lazio.
Instead, Udinese equalised when Vakoun Bayo’s header at the back post on a Zaniolo cross was meekly palmed by Motta into the path of Arthur Atta for the easiest of tap-ins.
It remained wide open, as Zaniolo on the counter forced Motta into a great flying save to palm his screamer over the bar, with another Zaniolo attempt charged down.
On the resulting corner, Atta was left unmarked to sweep into the far bottom corner with the inside of the right boot from 12 yards to turn it around again.
It still wasn’t over, as when an Alessio Romagnoli header bounced off the near post, the Pedro cross came back in from the right for Daniel Maldini’s tap-in from close range, springing the offside trap for 3-3.
Lazio 3-3 Udinese
Ehizibue 18 (U), Pellegrini 50 (L), Pedro 80 (L), Atta 86, 93 (U), Maldini 95 (L)
27-04-2026 19:45
MatchDay 34
Stadio OlimpicoLazioUdinese3 – 3
Player statistic
| 18' | Kingsley Ehizibue(Assist: Jurgen Ekkelenkamp) |
| Matteo Cancellieri | 41' |
| Luca Pellegrini | 50' |
| Luca Pellegrini | 57' |
| Pedro(Assist: Toma Basic) | 80' |
| 86' | Arthur Atta |
| Daniel Maldini(Assist: Pedro) | 90+5' |
| Patric | 90+7' |
| 90' | Oier Zarraga |
| 90+3' | Arthur Atta(Assist: Vakoun Bayo) |
Match statistic
47
Possession %
53
13
Total shots
16
5
Shots on target
7
6
Shots off target
6
2
Blocked shots
3
4
Corners
5
1
Offsides
3
17
Fouls
14
Lazio
Udinese
Starting lineups
40
Edoardo Motta
Goalkeeper
13
Alessio Romagnoli
Defender
3
Luca Pellegrini
Defender
84′
29
Manuel Lazzari
Defender
25
Oliver Provstgaard
Defender
4
Patric
Defender
24
Kenneth Taylor
Midfielder
46′
26
Toma Basic
Midfielder
19
Boulaye Dia
Attacker
46′
22
Matteo Cancellieri
Attacker
65′
14
Tijjani Noslin
Attacker
76′
40
Maduka Okoye
Goalkeeper
27
Christian Kabasele
Defender
82′
11
Hassane Kamara
Defender
82′
19
Kingsley Ehizibue
Defender
82′
28
Oumar Solet
Defender
31
Thomas Kristensen
Defender
14
Arthur Atta
Midfielder
24
Jakub Piotrowski
Midfielder
65′
32
Jurgen Ekkelenkamp
Midfielder
69′
10
Nicolò Zaniolo
Midfielder
7
Idrissa Gueye
Attacker
Substitutes
77
Adam Marusic
Defender
23
Elseid Hysaj
Defender
6
Nicolò Rovella
Midfielder
21
Reda Belahyane
Midfielder
20
Petar Ratkov
Attacker
28
Adrian Przyborek
Attacker
99
Giacomo Giacomone
Goalkeeper
72
Nicolò Pannozzo
Goalkeeper
9
Pedro
Attacker
46′
7
Fisayo Dele-Bashiru
Midfielder
46′
18
Gustav Isaksen
Attacker
65′
27
Daniel Maldini
Midfielder
76′
17
Nuno Tavares
Defender
84′
93
Daniele Padelli
Goalkeeper
90
Răzvan Sava
Goalkeeper
1
Alessandro Nunziante
Goalkeeper
29
Abdoulaye Camara
Midfielder
45
Giulio Vinciati
Attacker
22
Branimir Mlacic
Defender
38
Lennon Miller
Midfielder
65′
18
Adam Buksa
Attacker
69′
6
Oier Zarraga
Midfielder
82′
15
Vakoun Bayo
Attacker
82′
20
Juan Arizala
Defender
82′
