| Minute | Text commentary |
| 47' | Half time. Udinese 0-0 Inter. |
| 47' | Balotelli has a curling free kick saved by Belardi. |
| 45' | One minute of added time. |
| 45' | Felipe makes an acrobatic last-gasp clearance to deny Balotelli a clear chance on goal. |
| 41' | Maxwell is booked for a foul on Pepe. A foul which took place before Quagliarella's shot, but Banti played the advantage rule. |
| 41' | Quagliarella fires a fierce swerveshot just wide of Julio Cesar's left-hand post. |
| 40' | Another chance for Udinese after some good approach play by Asamoah. Pepe just fails to connect with Inler's pass across the face of the goal. |
| 37' | Chivu blocks an Inler shot as Udinese counter-attack again. |
| 34' | Udinese hit back. Floro Flores plays a long ball into the path of Quagliarella who takes the ball round Julio Cesar but the angle is too tight. |
| 34' | Santon does a Maicon down the right before playing to Ibra, who is dispossessed. |
| 33' | Ex-Inter player Giovanni Pasquale storms down the middle and looks for Pepe but underhits his pass. Santon intercepts. |
| 27' | Inter win their second corner of the game. Asamoah beats Cambiasso to Balotelli's cross at the back post, conceding another corner. |
| 24' | Ibrahimovic serves Balotelli in the area but Belardi is out quick to intercept. |
| 23' | Sulley Muntari sends a low shot just wide after a few touches of trickery by Ibrahimovic. |
| 22' | Quagliarella is booked for sarcasm after his foul from behind on Santon. |
| 20' | Cambiasso slices wide after Zapata's half-clearance from Stankovic's pass into the middle of the area. |
| 18' | A chance for Inter. Muntari fires wide with the outside of his foot after Stankovic mis-kicks. |
| 15' | Ibra wins us a corner after a powerful move down the left. |
| 13' | The Bianconeri striker is back on his feet and play resumes. |
| 11' | Quagriarella remains on the ground after an aerial duel with Chivu. |
| 11' | Free kick to Udinese out on the right wing. D'Agostino's curling free kick is on target at the near post. Julio Cesar saves. |
| 10' | Another chance for the home side. Asamoash serves Pepe who has a shot blocked by Maxwell. |
| 8' | The first clear chance goes Udinese's way. Inler unleashes a fierce strike from 20 yards, forcing Julio Cesar into a punched parry. |
| 6' | Julio Cesar moves off his line and makes a smothering save but Quagliarella is flagged for offside after racing on to Floro Flores' pass. |
| 5' | Inler gets back to tackle Muntari after a counter-attack started by Cambiasso. |
| 4' | Julio Cesar makes a punched clearance from the corner, taken by D'Agostino. |
| 3' | Asamoah swings in a cross from the left, forcing Maxwell to head behind for a corner at the back post. |
| 1' | The run-in to the Serie A title starts here at the Stadio Friuli in Udine. With Juventus held 3-3 by Chievo earlier today, we can open up a nine-point lead at the top of the table if we beat Udinese tonight. |
| 1' | Udinese kick off. FORZA INTER! |
| 1' | Inter: 12 Julio Cesar; 39 Santon, 2 Cordoba, 26 Chivu, 6 Maxwell; 4 Zanetti, 19 Cambiasso, 20 Muntari; 5 Stankovic; 8 Ibrahimovic, 45 Balotelli.<br> Subs: 1 Toldo, 7 Figo, 9 Cruz, 14 Vieira, 18 Crespo, 23 Materazzi, 25, Samuel. |
| 1' | Udinese: 80 Belardi; 15 Isla, 2 Zapata, 19 Felipe, 26 Pasquale; 88 Inler, 21 D'Agostino, 20 Asamoah; 7 Pepe, 27 Quagliarella, 83 Floro Flores.<br> Subs: 12 Koprivec, 5 Obodo, 18 Zimling, 65 Sissoko, 66 Bradaschia, 99 Sala. |
| 1' | Marino has opted for 4-3-2, with midfielders Inler, D'Agostino and Asamoah behind front men Pepe, Quagliarella and Floro Flores. |
| 1' | Udinese will have to make do without Domizzi and Sanchez, who are both out suspended, and six other players who are nursing injuries, including talismanic striker Di Natale. |
| 1' | Inter will start with a diamond midfield of Zanetti, Cambiasso, Muntari and Stankovic, with the Serbian slotting into the playmaker position behind strikers Balotelli and Ibrahimovic. |
| 1' | Chivu gets the nod ahead of Samuel at the centre of defence, with Santon coming in for the injured Maicon at right-back - his first start in that position after 13 appearances on the left. Maxwell returns in his customary left-back slot. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 52' | Full time. Serie A leaders Inter beat Udinese 1-0 and move nine points clear of Juventus. See you next Saturday for our Easter fixture against Palermo. |
| 50' | Inter survive a late scare as Obodo heads wide Iglaho's right-wing cross. |
| 48' | Ibrahimovic goes close to what would have been a mgnificent goal, taking on three in a crossfield run before firing narrowly wide of the right post. |
| 47' | Toldo saves a looping header from Pepe. |
| 45' | Six minutes of added time. |
| 45' | Ibrahimovic's header from Figo's corner takes a deflection. Stankovic's header from the second corner is wide of the far post. |
| 43' | Toldo makes a save from Pepe as Udinese go close from a corner. |
| 42' | Stankovic's long-range effort is high and wide. |
| 39' | Marino makes his second switch. On comes Ighalo for Floro Flores. |
| 38' | Udinese replace Inler with Obodo. |
| 37' | Muntari is inches offside as he runs to meet Vieira's through pass. |
| 33' | Pepe is booked. |
| 32' | GOAL!!!!! Isla turns into his own net after dispossessing Vieira who beat the offside trap to collect Ibrahimovic's pass. UDINESE 0-1 INTER. |
| 29' | Zanetti, who has slotted in at right-back after the substitution of Santon, elegantly dispossesses Floro Flores and sets up a counter-attack. The move ends as Felipe gets back to tackle Ibrahimovic in the area. |
| 28' | Toldo replaces Julio Cesar. |
| 27' | Julio Cesar appears to have sustained a muscular injury. Francesco Toldo has started warming up. |
| 25' | Vieira is booked for a sliding challenge on Asamoah. |
| 24' | Mourinho brings on veterans Luis Figo and Patrick Vieira for youngsters Mario Balotelli and Davide Santon. |
| 20' | A chance for Inter at the other end. Balotelli plays in Ibrahimovic on the right and the Swede crosses low for Stankovic who slides wide. |
| 19' | Felipe sends wide a flicked header from Pasquale's cross as Udinese step up the pressure. |
| 18' | Udinese close through Fabio Quagliarella. The Neapolitan striker collects a pass from Pasquale, swivels on the edge of the box and crashes a right-foot shot on target that forces Julio Cesar into a tipped save. |
| 14' | Ibra tests Belardi with a well struck low shot from 20 yards. |
| 13' | Balotelli is flagged for offside as he runs on to Muntari's left-wing cross. |
| 12' | Pepe breaks after blocking a Balotelli cross but the Italian international falls over after running into Zanetti. |
| 10' | Udinese counter-attack. Floro Flores runs down the middle and plays short to Inler whose long-range effort isn't far wide. |
| 9' | Ibra fails to make aerial contact with Balotelli's dangerous outswinging free kick. |
| 8' | Free kick to us on the right wing after a Pasquale foul on Ibrahimovic. |
| 7' | Udinese break and Quagliarella gets into the box but top marks to Cordoba for a terrific block. |
| 6' | Santon's low cross from the right is blocked and cleared by Felipe. |
| 5' | D'Agostino's left-wing free kick is headed clear by Muntari. Udinese stay in attack and Floro Flores has a header from Inler's cross saved by Julio Cesar. |
| 2' | Zapata makes a clearance from Cambiasso's inswinging right-wing free kick. |
| 1' | Inter get the second half under way. |