With its first victory in two months, a hard-fought 2-0 victory against Lecce on Monday lifted Udinese out of the Serie A drop zone. With two games left, Udinese moved one point ahead of the relegation zone.

In the 36th minute, Lorenzo Lucca opened the scoring with a powerful header on a cross from Martin Payero. Five minutes from time, Lazar Samardžić scored a classic poacher's goal to add the second. The men of Fabio Cannavaro are still engaged in combat. Six teams, including Salernitana, have already been demoted; Udinese is one of them trying to stay in the second level the next season. Sassuolo, which is in second position, is just five points ahead of Verona, which is five places above it. Udinese came in at number fifteen. In 13th, Lecce was secure.