Bernardeschi livened up the first half hitting the bar on 42 minutes to see Valero fire home the rebound and Babacar lucked out on 62 with
his shot crucially deflected by defender Samir.

Bernardeschi then took a free-kick to have it blocked by Seko Fofana's arm and converted the ensuing penalty 10 minutes from time.

La Viola advanced on 40 points from 24 games to fill seventh place and sit two points behind the Europa League zone. Udinese sit 11 on
29.

Second-place Napoli beat Genoa 2-0 Saturday, but could see Roma leapfrog them when they visit lowly Crotone Sunday.