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Serie A Week 8: Preview Lazio vs Inter, Saturday 16 October 2021


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Lazio – Inter
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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Inter, 3rd position with 17 points and a positive goal difference of +14
Lazio, 6th position with 11 points and a positive goal difference of +3

Here is the Preview for LAZIO vs INTER valid for the Serie A Week 8 game on Saturday 16 October 2021 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Rome, Italy at 18:00.

Inter having the pressure to win the game to keep up the race for the Scudetto and defend their title.  Inter having 17 points are -4 points below Napoli with 21 points.  Lazio with 11 points are -10 below Napoli.  The objective for both is to win.  Lazio will need the victory to climb the Standing towards the top 5 positions.  Inter with 249 goals against Lazio in Serie A will target to score the 250th goal.   Stats are in favor of Inter in 156 Serie A games: 65 wins Inter,  54 draws and 37 Lazio wins.

Highlight of the match is the return to the Olimpico Stadium of former Lazio coach Simone Inzaghi now coaching Inter.   Inzaghi spent five-year as Coach and  also spent a decade during his playing career.  In the era of three points to win, Inter coach Simone Inzaghi was the Lazio manager with the most Serie A games (197) and was second only to Sven-Göran Eriksson by average points (1.82 v 1.9) – min. 50 benches.

Inter have won six, drawn two and lost two of the last 10 Serie A match-ups. Against no other team have Lazio won fewer games since 2016/17 (at least three against other opponents).

Inter have scored in each of their last four Serie A encounters with Lazio. The next goal they score will be their 250th in the league against Lazio and the 100th at the Olimpico.

Lazio have only won two of their last 10 Serie A games against Inter (2 draw, 6 lost).  After a series of four consecutive home wins against Inter, Lazio have won only two of their last seven home games against Inter in Serie A (1 draw, 4 lost).

Lazio lost their last Serie A match against Bologna and have not recorded two consecutive league defeats since last March: in that case the first was against Bologna and the second against Juventus.  Lazio have not lost in 16 consecutive home games in the league (14 wins, 2 draws) and since 2002 they have not done better in Serie A: in that case Lazio reached 22 home games in a row without defeat.

For the first time in its history, Inter have scored at least two goals in all of their first seven league games this season – the 22 goals represent their best result since 1950/51, a season in which the Nerazzurri set their goal record. in the eighth game (25). Lazio and Inter are two of the three teams to have scored the most goals after an offensive recovery in this Serie A (three, like Torino).

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic has scored four goals against Inter in the league, against no team he has done better in Serie A – the next will be his 50th goal for Lazio included all competitions.

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Here are Lazio vs Inter match officials:

Referee Massimiliano Irrati from the section of Pistoia will be assisted by Giuseppe Perrotti from the section of Campobasso and Domenico Palermo from the section of Bari. The Fourth Official will be Gianluca Manganiello from the section of Pinerolo. The VAR will be Paolo Mazzoleni from the section of Bergamo and the AVAR will be Fabiano Preti from the section of Mantova.

Here are Lazio vs Inter probable lineups:

LAZIO (4-3-3): Reina; Lazzari, Luiz Felipe, Patric, Hysaj; S. Milinkovic, Leiva, Luis Alberto; F. Anderson, Immobile, Pedro.

Subs: Strakosha, Adamonis, S.Radu, Marusic, Escalante, Akpa Akpro, Cataldi, Basic, Raul Moro, Romero, Muriqi.

Suspended players: Acerbi.

Coach: Maurizio Sarri.

INTER (3-5-1-1): Handanovic; Skriniar, De Vrij, A. Bastoni; Darmian, Barella, Brozovic, Gagliardini, Dimarco; Perisic; Dzeko.

Subs: Radu, Cordaz, D’Ambrosio, Ranocchia, Kolarov, Dumfries, Vidal, Calhanoglu, Vecino, Sanchez, Correa, L. Martinez.

Unavailable: Sensi, Eriksen, Brazao.

Coach: Simone Inzaghi.


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Lazio – Inter
Saturday 16 October 2021
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Rome, Italy

18:00

Referee: IRRATI
Assistants: PERROTTI – PALERMO
Fourth Official: MANGANIELLO
VAR: MAZZOLENI
AVAR: PRETI

Serie A Week 3: Preview Atalanta vs Fiorentina, Saturday 11 September 2021

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Atalanta – Fiorentina

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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Fiorentina, 10th position with 3 points and a negative goal difference of -1
Atalanta, 9th position with 4 points and a positive goal difference of +1

✅ Here is  Atalanta vs Fiorentina Preview  for the Serie A Week 3 game on Saturday 11 September 2021 at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo, Italy at 20:45.

Atalanta obtaining their first goalless draw in 23 Serie A games before the international break.   After finishing in third place for three consecutive seasons.  Atalanta have not reached the 2nd position in 60 previous Serie A season.   Atalanta have now failed to score in consecutive Serie A home matches for the first time since September – October 2018 (three).

Fiorentina are looking for a better season with coach Vincenzo Italiano brings with him the experience of having held Atalanta to a goalless draw with Spezia in 2020/21.  Fiorentina started the season with a 3-1 loss at Roma.   Dušan Vlahović scored a brace in that game, and is one of only six players in the top-six European leagues to score 18+ goals in 2021.

Atalanta have won 30 of the 116 games played against Fiorentina in Serie A (37 draws 49 lost): only against Lazio and Bologna (36), the Bergamo players have won more successes.
Atalanta have won their last three Serie A games against Fiorentina; Atalanta have never reached four wins in a row against Fiorentina (three also in 1942).

Atalanta have won two of their last three home games against Fiorentina (1N), achieving as many successes as in the previous 11 home games with the Viola (4N, 5P).  This could only become the third Serie A game in which Gian Piero Gasperini has not lost any of his first three games of the season, after last season with Atalanta and 2009/10 with Genoa (three wins in both cases).  Also considering the last matchday of last season, Atalanta have failed to score in two consecutive Serie A home matches for the first time since October 2018 (three on that occasion).

Fiorentina won their last Serie A match against Torino and could squeeze two consecutive wins in a single Serie A championship, for the first time since August 2020.  Atalanta have made five shots on target in the first two games of this championship: more conclusions only from Salernitana (four). In the first two games of the last championship the Bergamo players counted 13.

As for players, Josip Ilicic’s last goal in Serie A came against Fiorentina in April 2021; the Atalanta playmaker has scored five goals in 10 matches against his former team in the top flight, averaging one goal every 135 minutes against the Viola.  Giacomo Bonaventura has played 99 games with Atalanta in Serie A, scoring 14 goals in the period – against Atalanta he has scored three goals, including a brace, but no goals in the last four matches.

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✅  Here are Atalanta vs Fiorentina Match Officials

Referee Valerio Marini from the section of Roma 1 will be assisted by Damiano Di Iorio from the section of Vco and Mattia Scarpa from the section of Reggio Emilia. The Fourth Official will be Matteo Mercenaro from the section of Genoa. The VAR will be Aleandro Di Paolo from the section of Avezzano and the AVAR will be Daniele Bindoni from the section of Venice.

✅  Here are Atalanta vs Fiorentina probable lineups.

ATALANTA (3-4-1-2): Sportiello; Toloi, Palomino, Djimsiti; Zappacosta, Pasalic, Freuler, Gosens; Pessina; Ilicic, Piccoli.

Subs: Musso, Rossi, Demiral, Scalvini, Lovato, Maehle, Gius. Pezzella, Malinovskyi, Koopmeiners, Miranchuk, D. Zapata.

Unavailable: Muriel, Hateboer.

Suspended players: De Roon.

Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini.

FIORENTINA (4-3-3): Dragowski; Venuti, Milenkovic, Igor, Biraghi; Bonaventura, Torreira, Castrovilli; Callejon, Vlahovic, Sottil.

Subs: Terracciano, Odriozola, Nastasic, Martinez Quarta, Duncan, Amrabat, Benassi, Pulgar, Maleh, Saponara, Gonzalez, Kokorin.

Coach: Vincenzo Italiano.


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Atalanta – Fiorentina
Saturday 11 September 2021
Gewiss Stadium
Bergamo, Italy

20:45

Referee: MARINI
Assistants: DI IORIO – SCARPA
Fourth Official: MARCENARO
VAR: DI PAOLO
AVAR: BINDONI

Serie A Week 3: Preview Napoli vs Juventus, Saturday 11 September 2021

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Napoli – Juventus

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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Napoli, 5th position with 6 points and a positive goal difference of +3
Juventus, 12th position with 1 point and a negative goal difference of -1

✅ Here is the Preview NAPOLI vs JUVENTUS  for the Serie A Week 3 game on Saturday 11 September 2021 at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Napoli, Italy at 18:00.

In other seasons, we would have been talking about the start of a powerful Juventus. Things unexpectedly changing.  Juventus facing Napoli being down in the 12th position with just 1 point after being defeated last round by newly promoted Serie B team, Empoli at the Allianz Stadium.  Juventus objective to fight for the Scudetto seeming an uphill battle.  Making matters worst, Juventus are without the South American players after the international break not having enough time to recover.  Federico Chiesa also not available.   Moise Kean could make his comeback with Juve.

The balance of power. We might say Napoli are the favorites to win following their perfect start of the season winning all 2 games for 6 points.   Motivation high for Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti looking to win a third consecutive Serie A home victory against Juventus for the first time in a decade.  Victor Osimhen’s two game ban had been reduced to one game and Osimhen is expected to play.

Napoli and Juventus playing their 151st game in Serie A. It is the 76th edition in Napoli’s home.   Stats at home: Napoli 25 wins, 27 draws and Juventus 23 wins.   Napoli’s last home win against Juventus in Serie A was on February 13, 2021 – Napoli v Juventus 1-0. Napoli’s last draw at home against Juventus in Serie A was on April 2, 2017 – Napoli v Juventus 1-1. Napoli’s last home defeat to Juventus in Serie A was on March 3, 2019 – Napoli v Juventus 1-2.

Juventus have failed to win their opening two Serie A matches for only the third time in the last 52 years.   Luciano Spalletti and Massimiliano Allegri meet for the first time since the 1-1 draw between Inter (Spalletti) and Juve in April 2019.The defeat for Juventus will be a mighty slap.  Will Juve react and grab this away victory?

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✅ Here are Napoli vs Juventus match officials

Referee Irrati will be assisted by Matteo Passeri from the section of Gubbio and Alessandro Costanzo from the section of Orvieto. The Fourth Official will be Giovanni Ayroldi from the section of Molfetta. The VAR will be Maurizio Mariani from the section of Aprilia and the AVAR will be Filippo Meli from the section of Parma.

✅ Here are Napoli vs Juventus probable lineups

NAPOLI (4-3-3): Ospina; Di Lorenzo, Manolas, Koulibaly, Mario Rui; Anguissa, Fabian Ruiz, Elmas; Politano, Osimhen, L. Insigne.

Subs: Marfella, Idasiak, Rrahmani, Malcuit, Zanoli, Juan Jesus, Zielinski, Ounas, Lozano, Petagna.

Unavailable: Demme, Ghoulam, Lobotka, Meret, Mertens.

Coach: Luciano Spalletti.

JUVENTUS (3-5-2): Szczesny; De Ligt, Bonucci, Chiellini; De Sciglio, Mckennie, Locatelli, Rabiot, Bernardeschi; Morata, Kean

Subs: Perin, Pinsoglio, Rugani, De Winter, Lu. Pellegrini, Ramsey, Miretti, Soulè, Kulusevski.

Unavailable: Arthur, Kaio Jorge, Chiesa, Danilo, Alex Sandro, Cuadrado, Danilo, Bentancur, Dybala

Coach: Massimiliano Allegri.

Photo via twitter.com/Juventusfcen

2021 – 2022 Italian Serie A Recovered Week 3

Napoli – Juventus
Saturday 11 September 2021
Diego Armando Maradona Stadium
Napoli, Italy

18:00

Referee: IRRATI
Assistants: PASSERI – COSTANZO
Fourth Official: AYROLDI
VAR: MARIANI
AVAR: MELI

Serie A Week 3: Preview Empoli vs Venezia, Saturday 11 September 2021

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Empoli – Venezia
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👉 Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Empoli,11th position with 3 points and a negative goal difference of -1
Venezia, 20th position with 0 points and a negative goal difference of -5

✅ Here is the Preview Empoli vs Venezia for the Serie A Week 3 game on Saturday 11 September 2021 at the Carlo Castellani Stadium in Empoli, Italy at 15:00.

Empoli with a super motivation after defeating Juventus on Week 2 at the Allianz Stadium reaching 3 points while Juventus remained with just 1 point.  Empoli kept a clean sheet at the Allianz (1-0) and have not collected two clean sheets in a row since January 2017 in Serie A (three in that case).  Empoli scored their first away goal against Juventus in Serie A (SA) since 2006. Curiously, they also beat Juventyus on matchday two 1-0 in 1987, but still were relegated that season.  Empoli return to the Castellani where they lost to Lazio in the season opener after an impressive run of 22 competitive outings without a single defeat (W14, D8).

Stats, Empoli and Venezia faced each other only in the 1998/99 season in Serie A: in that season Venezia winning with a 3-2 at Penzo and a draw 2-2 at the Castellani Stadium.
For Empoli, in case of a victory, would equal their best starts in a Serie A championship: the Tuscans achieved two victories in their first three games in 1986/87 and 2002/03, both seasons in which they achieved salvation.  Empoli have lost their first home game this season against Lazio, and have never started a Serie A season with two defeats in their first two home games.

We might say, the real test is for Venezia to collect at least 1 point or they could remain without points in the first three games played in a Serie A season for the third time: in 1949/50 and in 2001/02 the first two – in both previous cases they scored a goal.  Venezia have not scored a goal in their first two games of this league and may miss the appointment with the goal for three straight games in a single Serie A season for the first time since November 1999.  Venezia’s last Serie A victory came against a Tuscan team: 2-0 against Fiorentina in 2002, with Giuseppe Iachini at the helm.

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✅  Here are Empoli vs Venezia match officials

Referee Antonio Rapuano from the section of Rimini will be assisted by Giacomo Paganessi from the section of Bergamo and Oreste Muto from the section of Torre Annunziata. The fourth official will be Matteo Marchetti from the section of Ostia Lido. The VAR will be Davide Ghersini from the section of Genova and the AVAR will be Marco Bresmes from the section of Bergamo.

✅  Here are Empoli vs Venezia probable lineups.

EMPOLI (4-3-1-2): Vicario; Stojanovic, Ismajli, Luperto, Marchizza; Haas, S. Ricci, Bandinelli; Bajrami; L. Mancuso, Cutrone.

Subs: Ujkani, Furlan, Viti, Fiamozzi, S. Romagnoli, Tonelli, Stulac, Henderson, Asllanj, Di Francesco, Zurkowski, La Mantia, Pinamonti.

Coach: Andreazzoli.

VENEZIA (4-3-3): Lezzerini; Mazzocchi, Caldara, Ceccaroni, Haps; Cernigoi, Busio, Kiyine; Okereke, Henry, Johnsen.

Subs: Maenpaa, Molinaro, Modolo, Fiordilino, Ebuehi, Schnegg, Svoboda, Heymans, Tessmann, Aramu, Forte, Sigurdsson. 

Unavailable: Ala-Myllymaki, Peretz.

Coach: Zanetti.

Photo via twitter.com/EmpoliCalcio

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Empoli – Venezia
Saturday 11 September 2021
Carlo Castellani Stadium
Empoli, Italy

15:00

Referee: RAPUANO
Assistants: PAGANESSI – MUTO
Fourth Official: MARCHETTI
VAR: GHERSINI
AVAR: BRESMES

Serie A Week 2: Preview AC Milan vs Cagliari, Sunday 29 August 2021

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AC Milan -Cagliari
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👉 Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 8th position with 3 points and a positive goal difference of +1
Cagliari, 9th position with 1 point and a goal difference of “0”

✅ Here is AC Milan vs Cagliari preview  for the Serie A Week 2 game on Sunday 29 August 2021 at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy at 20:45.

AC Milan will be playing the first home game of the 2021-22 Season at San Siro.  The mood should be optimistic considering that a victory will give full 3 points to collect a total of 6 points after winning Week 1 Sampdoria 0 – 1 AC Milan and be among the top 5 positions.  For Cagliari, a victory means reaching 4 points helping them to be among the top 8 positions having collected 1 point last week, Cagliari 2 – 2 Spezia.   The last time AC Milan won two consecutive Serie A games was under Carlo Ancelotti in 2002/03 and 2003/04.

Stats between AC Milan vs Cagliari showing AC Milan with 43 wins, 27 draws, and Cagliari with only 8 wins.  AC Milan and Cagliari will play their 40th game in San Siro with stats AC Milan 26 wins, 10 draws, and Cagliari with 3 wins.

At this point, the pressure is more for AC Milan because they are pursuing the first objective to win the Scudetto as last season they ended up in the 2nd position after leading many weeks the first position.

Good news is that AC Milan have not conceded a goal in their last five Serie A games against Cagliari. The last team that AC Milan recorded more consecutive clean sheets against in the Serie A was Chievo Verona in 2016 (seven). The last time Cagliari won against AC Milan was at the Sant’Elia Stadium in May 2017 (2-1).

Curious detail, the last AC Milan game in San Siro was against Cagliari in May.  AC Milan will play for the second consecutive home game against Cagliari in Serie A.    AC Milan have not conceded a goal in their last 6 Serie A games.

Cagliari are unbeaten in four Serie A away games with 2 wins and 2 draws since the 2000s only twice have Cagliari entered a longer streak without defeat away from home in Serie A: eight in December 2019 with Rolando Maran and five in November 2006 with Marco Giampaolo.  Cagliari have drawn three of their last four league games (1P), as many as in the previous 22 in Serie A (6W, 13P).

Referee Serra will be assisted by Rodolfo Di Vuolo from the section of Castellammare di Stabia and Andrea Zingarelli from the section of Siena. The fourth official will be Luca Massimi from the section of Termoli. The VAR will be Marco Guida from the section of Torre Annunziata and Alessandro Lo Cicero from the section of Brescia.

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✅ Here are AC Milan vs Cagliari probable lineups.

AC MILAN (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Calabria, Kjaer, Tomori, T. Hernandez; Bennacer, Tonali; Saelemaekers, B. Diaz, Leao; Giroud.

Subs: Tatarusanu, Plizzari, Kalulu, Romagnoli, Gabbia, B.Touré, Krunic, Florenzi, Rebic, Pellegri, Maldini.

Unavailable: Ibrahimovic, Kessie.

Coach: Stefano Pioli.

CAGLIARI (3-5-2): Radunovic; Ceppitelli, Godin, Carboni; Nandez, Marin, Strootman, Deiola, Dalbert; J. Pedro, Pavoletti.

Subs: Aresti, Walukiewicz, Altare, Oliva, Lykogiannis, Zappa, Grassi, Pereiro, Ceter.

Unavailable: Cragno, Rog, Faragò.

Coach: Semplici.


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AC Milan – Cagliari
Sunday 29 August 2021
San Siro Stadium
Milan, Italy

20:45

Referee: SERRA
Assistants: DI VUOLO – ZINGARELLI
Fourth Official: MASSIMI
VAR: GUIDA
AVAR: LO CICERO