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Venezia will host Udinese at the Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo on Friday, 6 November 2026 (20:45 CET) in a crucial Serie A 2026/2027 relegation-zone clash, with the Lagoon side sitting 20th on 3 points and the visitors 17th on just 4 points after eight rounds. Both teams arrive in poor form: Venezia were beaten 1-0 by Como after a De Cunha penalty and fell 0-2 at home to Inter, while Udinese collapsed 2-5 against AS Roma and drew 0-0 with Parma after losing to AC Milan.

Davide Nicola's Venezia will rely on the 2026/2027 squad built around captain Gianluca Busio in midfield, striker Akor Adams (the team's most dangerous forward with 1.5 shots on target per game), John Yeboah, Albion Rrahmani and loan arrivals Matías Moreno and Simon Sohm, though Thierry Correia, Bartol Franjić, Andrea Adorante and Marin Šverko are all sidelined. Kosta Runjaić's Udinese counter with Nicolò Zaniolo, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Jakub Piotrowski, Sandi Lovric and Oier Zarraga, but their absences list is long: Alessandro Zanoli, Oumar Solet, David Alaba, Vakoun Issouf Bayo and Idrissa Gueye are all unavailable.

AS Roma host Sassuolo at the Stadio Olimpico on Saturday, 7 November 2026 (kick-off 20:45 CET) in a Serie A 2026/27 fixture that pits one of Italy's most in-form attacks against the league's leakiest defence. Gian Piero Gasperini's Giallorossi arrive in devastating scoring form, having put five past Udinese in their last outing — a 5-2 away triumph on 31 October — and before that edging a thriller at the Olimpico against Cagliari by 4-2 on 27 October, with Rodrigo Mora and Donyell Malen striking late. Roma's only blemish in recent weeks was a breathless 3-3 draw at Napoli on 24 October, where Leonardo Balerdi's late equaliser rescued a point after Roma trailed 2-0. Donyell Malen, signed permanently from Aston Villa, leads the scoring charts with 8 Serie A goals, ably supported by Paulo Dybala, Matías Soulé and teenage sensation Rodrigo Mora.

Sassuolo, by contrast, travel to Rome in crisis. Fabio Grosso's Neroverdi have lost three consecutive league matches, most recently collapsing to a 2-4 home defeat to Fiorentina on 2 November despite an Armand Laurienté brace, and before that being thrashed 2-6 by Lazio at the Mapei Stadium on 27 October. Their 2026/27 squad — built around Stefano Turati in goal, Sebastian Walukiewicz, Jay Idzes and Fali Candé in defence, Nemanja Matić and Ibrahim Sulemana in midfield, and the experienced Domenico Berardi, Sebastiano Esposito and Laurienté in attack — has conceded at an alarming rate and sits 15th with just 8 points. The injury list is long: Cristian Volpato, Fedde Leysen, Daniel Boloca and Ismaël Koné are all out, while Kristian Thorstvedt is suspended.

Cagliari host Frosinone at Unipol Domus on Saturday, 7 November 2026 (14:00 UTC) in a Serie A Round 11 match. The latest standings make the visitors look stronger: Frosinone have 20 points from 10 matches, while Cagliari have 13 and are still searching for momentum after a difficult run. Team news is mixed for both camps, with Cagliari missing suspended Adam Obert and injured Alessandro Deiola, Alieu Fadera, Mattia Felici and Riyad Idrissi, while Frosinone are without Antonio Raimondo and Florian Grillitsch.

Recent form strongly favors Massimiliano Alvini's side. Cagliari are winless in five after a 2-1 defeat at Lazio, a 4-2 loss at Roma and a 0-2 home reverse against Bologna. Frosinone, by contrast, have taken 10 points from their last four league games, beating Torino 2-0 and Lecce 5-1 either side of a thrilling 4-4 draw at Atalanta. The contrast is stark: Cagliari have struggled for control and clean sheets, whereas Frosinone have combined aggressive pressing with one of the division's most productive attacks.

Parma host Bologna at Stadio Ennio Tardini on Saturday, 7 November 2026, with kick-off at 17:00 UTC, in a Serie A 2026/2027 match that pits a recovering home side against an away team building momentum. Parma are trying to carry forward the confidence from their surprise 0:3 win at Atalanta, while Bologna arrive after beating Monza 2:1, so the visitors should start with the stronger belief even though this fixture often becomes tight and tactical.

Parma’s recent form has still been short on goals: they drew 0:0 with Udinese and lost 2:1 at Lazio before the Atalanta response, leaving the 2026/2027 squad needing more consistency from Edoardo Corvi, Diego Carlos, Mariano Troilo, Dominik Drobnič, Enrico Del Prato, Mandela Keita, Vincent Sierro, Christian Ordóñez, Emanuele Valeri, Adrián Bernabé, Gianluca Fabbian, Samuele Lontani, David Romero and El Bilal Touré. Team news remains important, with Nesta Elphege, Pontus Almqvist and Hans Nicolussi Caviglia among the players to monitor before the final squad list is confirmed.

Torino host Lecce at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino on Saturday 7 November 2026 (15:00 CET) in a Serie A Round 11 clash that both sides desperately need to win. Ignazio Abate's Torino sit 14th after back-to-back defeats, while Eusebio Di Francesco's Lecce arrive in Turin 12th on nine points, having lost four of their last five league matches. The head-to-head favours the Granata, who have won seven of the last 12 meetings between the teams, including a 1-0 victory in this fixture in February 2026, and Torino's greater firepower at home makes them the side to watch this weekend.

Both teams come into this match in poor form and with painful recent memories of Frosinone. Torino were beaten 2-0 at the Stadio Benito Stirpe on 1 November after Fares Ghedjemis and Giacomo Calo struck for the Canarini, a result that followed a 1-3 home defeat to Como in midweek that ended Torino's run of three straight wins. Lecce's away form is even more worrying: they were thrashed 5-1 by the same Frosinone side on 29 October, and before that slipped to a 0-2 home defeat against Juventus, a match that also saw Kialonda Gaspar sent off. With the Salentini conceding nine goals in the opening 30 minutes of matches this season, Torino will look to start fast.