Our prediction
We are going with Torino 1-1 Udinese. These sides are level on four points from five games with identical records, and the numbers point to both teams scoring rather than either taking control. Torino have lost both home games so far, but Udinese have conceded in every match this season.
Form guide
Torino sit 14th with one win, one draw and three defeats, scoring 5 and conceding 8. The striking detail is where their points have come from: both arrived away from home. Fiorentina 1-2 Torino was their only win, and Bologna 1-1 Torino in their most recent outing was a solid point on the road. At home it has been a different story. Torino 1-2 Milan and Torino 0-2 Roma mean one goal scored and four conceded in Turin. Those were tough opponents, which softens the verdict, but Torino have not yet shown they can control a game on their own ground. Their matches average 2.6 goals, so they are not a side that locks games down.
Udinese are 13th, also on four points, with a one, one, three record. Their goal difference (8 scored, 11 conceded) tells you they play open football. They have conceded in all five matches, including Inter 5-3 Udinese, a game in which they still found the net three times. Monza 2-3 Udinese showed they can win a loose game away from home. The worry is the recent trend: Udinese 1-2 Lazio and Udinese 0-1 Cagliari were back-to-back home defeats, and the Cagliari loss was the only time this season they failed to score. Their games average 3.8 goals, the highest figure of the two teams by some distance.
Head-to-head
The last six meetings split evenly: two Torino wins, two Udinese wins and two draws. Recent momentum belongs to Udinese, who won the last two:
- Udinese 2-0 Torino (May 2026)
- Torino 1-2 Udinese (January 2026)
- Torino 2-0 Udinese (April 2025)
- Udinese 2-2 Torino (December 2024)
- Udinese 0-2 Torino (March 2024)
- Torino 1-1 Udinese (December 2023)
In Turin specifically, the record across these meetings is one win each and a draw. That balance is a fair summary of the fixture as a whole: neither side has held a lasting edge.
Team news
Team news as of 12 October 2026 (Sky Sport Italia, Corriere dello Sport, Tuttosport, La Gazzetta dello Sport via Toro News, Toro.it, FantaMaster). Torino (head coach Ignazio Abate). Absentees: No suspensions have been reported. Toro News lists Israel as unavailable. Pietro Pellegri is back in training but he’s not expected to be involved. Doubts: At his pre-match press conference Abate said everyone is fine, but Fortini, who has pubalgia, has to be assessed. Reports disagree on Casadei. FantaMaster says he is still out, but Corriere dello Sport’s line-up graphic has him in midfield. In defence, Sky Sport picks Rodriguez on the left, while Tuttosport and Corriere dello Sport prefer Comert. Toro News makes it Comert-Rodriguez 60%-40%. Ché Adams has recovered, and La Gazzetta dello Sport reports that Abate could opt for two strikers against Udinese: Adams and Simeone. Sky agrees, with Vlasic moved into midfield. Expected formation (3-5-2): Perri; Comuzzo, Coco, Comert; Cacciamani, Vlasic, Mandragora, Fitz-Jim, Belghali; Adams, Simeone.
Udinese (head coach Kosta Runjaic). Absentees: No suspensions have been reported. Piotrowski, Zaniolo and Gueye are out, with Gueye having had surgery this week and facing a long lay-off. Returns: Sky Sport says Solet is ready to return after the injury he picked up before the international break. Keinan Davis is fit again and is expected to lead the attack. Doubts: The main question is whether David Alaba makes his debut. Runjaic would only say: “I won’t reveal anything about the team, but we want Alaba available for the whole season, so his workload has to be managed carefully”. Tuttosport and Corriere dello Sport both start Alaba. Sky’s XI is different: Okoye; Abankwah, Solet, Ebosse; Vojvoda, Miller, Karlstrom, Kamara; Ekkelenkamp, Chakvetadze; Davis. FantaMaster prefers Kabasele and Ebosse ahead of Palma and new signing Alaba. Lovric and Miller are also competing for a midfield place. Expected formation (3-4-2-1): Okoye; Abankwah, Solet, Alaba; Vojvoda, Miller, Karlstrom, Kamara; Unai Gómez, Ekkelenkamp; Davis.
What decides it
Torino’s home attack against a defence that always concedes. Torino have scored once in two home games, but Udinese have let in at least one goal in every league match. Something has to give, and we think Torino find the net at least once, which would match what they managed against Milan.
Udinese’s goals on the road. Udinese have scored six times in two away games, three at Monza and three at Inter. Torino have kept only one clean sheet’s worth of nothing so far: in fact they have conceded in all five games. If Udinese carry their away scoring into this match, Torino will struggle to win it.
Which recent trend breaks. Torino’s best results have come away, Udinese’s worst have come at home. On neutral evidence, this fixture removes Torino’s comfort zone and puts Udinese in theirs, but Udinese’s last outing was a blank against Cagliari. Those competing signals are why we lean towards a shared result rather than backing either side.
Verdict
Two evenly matched teams, level on points, with defences that have conceded in every game and attacks that usually score. Udinese’s recent wins in this fixture and Torino’s home struggles stop us from backing the hosts, but Udinese’s own slump in their last two games stops us from backing them either. We expect goals at both ends and a point each: Torino 1-1 Udinese.
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