Parma host Udinese at Stadio Ennio Tardini on 28 October 2026, with both sides arriving in the lower half of the Serie A table and one of them already under real pressure to stop the slide. Kickoff is set for 17:30 local time, and the meeting comes with Parma 19th and Udinese 16th.
The reason this fixture is drawing attention now is simple: Parma have already shown they can beat Udinese, winning 1-0 on 18 April 2026, and that result still hangs over this rematch. Parma have only one win and one draw from their last five outings, yet they remain fighting to move away from the relegation places, which makes a home result here more than a routine ask.
Udinese arrive in far worse shape. They have lost all five of their most recent matches, falling to Torino, Cagliari, Inter and Lazio among them, and Kosta Runjaic did not hide from the problem after the Torino loss. He blamed defensive errors and said there were communication breakdowns at the back, which is a difficult message to carry into a league game that already looks fragile on paper.
That fragility is made worse by the absences. David Alaba is sidelined with a calf strain, while Idrissa Gueye faces three months out after ankle surgery. For a side already struggling to hold games together, those are not the kind of losses that invite confidence, especially on a ground where the home crowd can be a genuine factor.
Parma’s position in the table says this is a club still trying to climb clear of trouble, but the recent 1-0 win over Udinese says they have already found a way to make this matchup uncomfortable for their opponents. With Udinese in dreadful shape and vulnerable on the road, the question is not whether Parma can compete here. It is whether Udinese can finally stop the damage before the gap between them and the teams above grows even harder to close.
