Super-sub Elphege fires Parma past Udinese in tight Serie A clash

Nesta Elphege made an instant impact from the bench to give Parma Calcio 1913 a vital 1–0 victory over Udinese Calcio on Serie A matchday 33.

The match, played on 18 April 2026, remained goalless at the interval before Parma’s tactical switch at half-time proved decisive. Mateo Pellegrino was withdrawn at the break, with Elphege introduced for the second half — a substitution that changed the course of the game.

Just six minutes after coming on, Elphege struck the winner in the 51st minute. The forward finished off a move created by Gabriel Strefezza, whose assist set up the only goal of the afternoon and put Parma 1–0 ahead. The scoring play moved the scoreboard to 0–1, and Udinese were unable to find a response.

Udinese coach turned to the bench in search of an equaliser, introducing Idrissa Guèye and Juan Arizala on 64 minutes, followed by Oier Zarraga and Adam Buksa in the 73rd minute, and Branimir Mlacic late on. Parma, meanwhile, refreshed their own ranks with a series of changes, including Christian Ordonez and Jacob Ondrejka in the 66th minute and Nahuel Estévez and Sascha Britschgi later in the half, to help see out the lead.

The hosts’ frustrations were reflected in two yellow cards, shown to Nicolò Zaniolo in the 70th minute and Jesper Karlström in the 84th minute. No bookings were recorded for Parma in the available data.

Aside from the goal, bookings and substitutions listed here, detailed minute-by-minute statistics and further match events are not available. For the confirmed basic match data, visit the full match page on Ballaxy.

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Serie A Standings

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	PTS	Form
1	FC Internazionale Milano	35	26	4	5	82	31	51	82	W D W W W
2	SSC Napoli	35	21	7	7	52	33	19	70	D W L D W
3	AC Milan	35	19	10	6	48	29	19	67	L D W L L
4	Juventus FC	35	18	11	6	58	30	28	65	D D W W W
5	AS Roma	35	20	4	11	52	29	23	64	W W D W L
6	Como 1907	35	17	11	7	59	28	31	62	D W L L D
7	Atalanta BC	35	14	13	8	47	32	15	55	D L D L W
8	SS Lazio	35	13	12	10	39	34	5	51	W D W L D
9	Bologna FC 1909	35	14	7	14	42	41	1	49	D L L W W
10	US Sassuolo Calcio	35	14	7	14	43	44	-1	49	W D W L W
11	Udinese Calcio	35	13	8	14	43	46	-3	47	W D L W D
12	Parma Calcio 1913	35	10	12	13	25	42	-17	42	L W W D D
13	Torino FC	35	11	8	16	39	58	-19	41	L D D W W
14	Genoa CFC	35	10	10	15	40	48	-8	40	D L W W L
15	ACF Fiorentina	35	8	13	14	38	49	-11	37	L D D W W
16	Cagliari Calcio	35	9	10	16	36	49	-13	37	D W L W L
17	US Lecce	35	8	8	19	24	47	-23	32	W D D L L
18	US Cremonese	35	6	10	19	27	53	-26	28	L L D L L
19	Hellas Verona FC	35	3	11	21	24	57	-33	20	D D L L L
20	AC Pisa 1909	35	2	12	21	25	63	-38	18	L L L L L