Overview
- Inter overturned a 2-0 deficit to win 5-3 at San Siro on Monday, Sept 14, 2026, keeping their perfect Serie A record after four wins.
- Eight different players scored in the match with James Abankwah and Jurgen Ekkelenkamp opening for Udinese and Carlos Augusto, Nicolò Barella, Marcus Thuram, Francesco Pio Esposito and Ange-Yoan Bonny replying for Inter before Idrissa Gueye’s late consolation.
- John Stones made his first start for Inter but limped off around the hour mark and will undergo tests for a suspected flexor muscle issue that could affect selection for the Roma game.
- Assistant coach Aleksandar Kolarov was sent off for dissent from the touchline and the match underlined Inter’s season pattern of prolific attack—14 goals in four games—paired with defensive vulnerability, having conceded eight.
- Udinese were weakened by injuries including Jakub Piotrowski’s reported surgery for a benign cardiac arrhythmia and both teams now turn focus to squad fitness and tactical balance ahead of the Inter–Roma meeting.