Adams Helps Venezia End Losing Streak After 2-1 Win Over Okoye’s Struggling Udinese

Akor Adams was in action as Venezia ended a three-match losing streak with a 2-1 Serie A victory over fellow strugglers Udinese on Friday.

Adams featured for 90 minutes in the encounter which was his 11th appearance in the Italian topflight for Venezia.

Also in action was Maduka Okoye, who featured in his 11th league appearance for Udinese this campaign.

The bottom-of-the-table clash in Gameweek 11 saw the hosts (previously on 3 points from 10 games, 20th) edge the visitors (5 points, 19th) in a match that came alive after a goalless first half.

Toma Bašić opened the scoring in the 53rd minute, Matías Moreno’s own goal leveled it four minutes later, and Kike Pérez struck a spectacular winner in the 65th minute.

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Both sides entered in dire form. Venezia, newly promoted and managed by survival specialist Davide Nicola (appointed mid-October after Giovanni Stroppa’s departure), had taken just one win all season—an upset over Napoli in Nicola’s debut—before losing their next three without scoring.

They had lost nine of their first 10 league games, one of the worst starts in Serie A history, with only six goals scored and a high concession rate.

Udinese were also in freefall: seven losses in their last eight matches (including a 5-2 home thrashing by Roma), leading to the sacking of Kosta Runjaic.

Ex-Venezia coach Paolo Zanetti took charge for his first game, facing his former club. Udinese had scored just 11 goals while conceding 23 in 10 games.

Despite the win Venezia, on six points, remain in the relegation zone while Udinese WBO have five points are bottom in the league table.