Venezia FC v Udinese Calcio

Pasquale Mazzocchi was forced off injured soon after scoring-setup play in the 2-1 win over Udinese.

Venezia beat Udinese 2-1 to move off the bottom of Serie A, a point behind Monza, having previously won only once this season against Napoli.

Venezia have lost four straight Serie A matches, most recently 1-0 at Como, and sit last in the table on three points.

Thierry Correia is back in the Venezia squad after a hamstring problem, but is unlikely to play a major role.

Nicolò Zaniolo returned from injury on 25 October and scored in his first three games back for Udinese.

Nicolò Zaniolo has withdrawn from the Italy squad for personal reasons, so he is not on international duty this week and is not expected to join Italy for the Nations League games against France and Belgium.

Udinese had taken one point from their previous eight Serie A games before losing 2-1 at Venezia and dropping to last place in the table.

Paolo Zanetti was appointed Udinese head coach earlier in the week after Kosta Runjaić was sacked, and his first game in charge ended in a 2-1 defeat at Venezia.

Antoine Hainaut scored for Venezia.

John Yeboah missed a penalty against Lazio.

Issa Doumbia has an €80m release clause at Sporting CP that becomes active next July.

Armel Bella-Kotchap is out for Venezia.

Akor Adams scored for Venezia FC.

Filip Stankovic is expected to start as goalkeeper for Venezia.

Lion Lauberbach comes in to start for Venezia in the official line-up.

Thierry Correia misses out with a hamstring injury.

Marin Šverko misses out with a hip injury.

Davide Nicola is Venezia's head coach, and his first game in charge was a win over Napoli, followed by a 1-0 defeat at Genoa.

Andrea Adorante is still out injured.

Bartol Franjić is still out injured.

Jesper Karlstrom scored for Udinese.

Jakub Piotrowski needs heart surgery to correct a benign arrhythmia and will be out of action for around two months.

David Alaba joined Udinese as a free agent on a deal until June 2027.

David Alaba made his debut for Udinese as a substitute.

Jurgen Ekkelenkamp was sent off and is expected to be out for the next match.

Udinese have officially appointed Paolo Zanetti as head coach on a contract until 30 June 2027, replacing the sacked Kosta Runjaic.

Oumar Solet returned to the squad and showed his importance.

Udinese are on five points after 10 games, with eight matches without a win, after a 5-2 home defeat to Roma.

Alessandro Zanoli was missing for Udinese.

Idrissa Guèye was missing for Udinese.

Oumar Solet was missing for Udinese.

Keinan Davis was involved in a play leading to a goal against Inter.