Venezia Beat Udinese 2–1 as Three Goals Transform Second Half

Three goals in twelve minutes decide the contest

Venezia defeated Udinese 2–1 at Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo after three goals in a twelve-minute spell early in the second half changed the match. Toma Bašić opened the scoring, a Matías Moreno own goal briefly brought the visitors level, and Enrique Pérez Muñoz produced the decisive finish. The teams had reached the interval without scoring before the contest suddenly came alive.

The home victory came against an Udinese side managed by Paolo Zanetti, whose return to Venezia had been the focus of considerable pre-match attention. Davide Nicola's team responded quickly after conceding an own goal, ensuring that a defensive setback did not prevent them collecting three Serie A points.

Bašić opens the scoring before Moreno's own goal

Bašić gave Venezia the lead in the 53rd minute, with Antoine Hainaut providing the assist. Four minutes later, Venezia defender Matías Moreno put the ball into his own net. The Events tab credits the own-goal incident to Udinese, while the Lineups panel places Moreno in Venezia's starting eleven. The goal therefore benefited the visiting side and made the score 1–1.

Venezia restored their lead in the 65th minute through Enrique Pérez Muñoz, assisted by Pasquale Mazzocchi. His finish proved decisive as Udinese could not find another equaliser. The remaining minutes included substitutions and disciplinary incidents, but the final score stayed at 2–1.

Udinese hold more possession, Venezia create the higher xG

Udinese finished with 54% possession and seven corners, compared with Venezia's 46% and three. They also registered five shots on target to the hosts' four. Venezia nevertheless attempted more shots overall, fifteen to thirteen, and recorded the higher expected-goals total: 1.62 against Udinese's 0.98.

Those figures reveal different statistical advantages for the two sides. Udinese saw more of the ball and tested the goalkeeper more often, but their only credited goal came through Moreno's own goal. Venezia scored twice through attacking actions and recovered from the equaliser within eight minutes.

Pérez Muñoz supplies the winning contribution

Nicola's Venezia began in a 3-5-2 formation, while Zanetti's Udinese used a 3-4-2-1. The starting line-ups provide an important detail in this fixture because the own-goal scorer appears in the Venezia team despite the event being credited to Udinese. Treating that incident as a conventional visiting goal would misrepresent the match.

BetLogic's Player Impact panel gives Kike Pérez a rating of 8.20, the highest displayed Venezia figure in the retrieved data. The winning goal appears in the Events timeline under his longer name, Enrique Pérez Muñoz. Bašić and Hainaut also contributed through the opening goal and assist. These records establish the principal individual actions without requiring speculation about unrecorded chances.

Venezia overcome the setback to secure victory

The result gives Venezia three points in Serie A, while Udinese leave Venice without any. The decisive scoring sequence was unusually compressed: Venezia led from the 53rd minute, lost that advantage through an own goal in the 57th and moved ahead again in the 65th. The visitors could not respond a second time.

Zanetti's first match against his former club therefore ended in defeat despite Udinese's possession advantage and five attempts on target. Venezia's two successful finishes were enough to secure the home win. BetLogic's match centre provides the chronology, confirmed line-ups and statistical context behind the result.