Serie A’s opening weeks have given the 2026-27 season an unexpectedly open rhythm, with the league moving beyond a record that had stood since 2015-16. By the fifth matchday, 42 consecutive fixtures had produced at least one goal, making the scoreless draw an increasingly unusual sight.
Key takeaways
- The league has set a new Serie A record with 42 straight matches featuring a goal.
- The previous best sequence was 41 games, recorded during the 2015-16 campaign.
- Monza’s 2-1 win over Sassuolo brought the run level with the old record.
- Bologna-Torino and Udinese-Cagliari then ensured the new landmark was established.
- No Serie A match ended 0-0 across the first four rounds of the season.
A record shaped across the fifth round
The old mark was matched in Monza’s 2-1 victory against Sassuolo, a game decided by Varela’s two goals and an Adzic free-kick. That result took Serie A to 41 consecutive matches without a goalless outcome, drawing level with the standard set more than a decade earlier.
The record did not remain shared for long. Bologna’s 1-1 draw with Torino supplied another goal-bearing match, with Bernardeschi scoring the goal that opened the contest at the Dall’Ara. Udinese’s 0-1 home defeat to Cagliari added a further fixture to the sequence, pushing the championship to 42.
Goals becoming the early-season habit
The statistic tells of a notably different start to the campaign from the more restrained expectations often attached to the Italian game. After four rounds, every match had contained a goal, and the fifth round arrived without Serie A having recorded a single 0-0.
There have also been mistakes from goalkeepers in the early part of the season, helping to create an environment in which defences have not yet imposed the usual control. It is still only the first chapter of a long championship, but the record has already given the 2026-27 Serie A season a clear opening theme: goals have become the weekly certainty.
