By Anna Italia
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Hello my friends. Here are the 2017-2018 Serie A Week 28 PREVIEW for the Twenty eighth Round on Friday 9, Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 March 2018.   The Serie A is resuming after  the sudden death of Fiorentina Captain Davide Astori last Sunday.  This is a super round seeing Inter vs Napoli.

Napoli is still the sole leader of the Serie A with 69 points followed by Juventus with 68 points and a pending game.

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Results from Serie A Week 27

• Spal 1 – 0 Bologna
• Napoli 2 – 4 AS Roma
• Lazio 0 – 1 Juventus
• Genoa – Cagliari (Postponed)
• Torino – Crotone (Postponed)
• Udinese – Fiorentina (Postponed)
• Benevento – Hellas Verona (Postponed)
• Atalanta – Sampdoria (Postponed)
• Chievo Verona – Sassuolo (Postponed)
• AC Milan – Inter (Postponed)

 

The top scorer of the Serie A Up to Week 27: Lazio forward Ciro Immobile with 23 goals

Photo: twitter.com/OfficialSSLazio

 

Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 27 game. First 4 qualifying for Champions League, 5 and 6 for Europa League. (as of Sunday 4 March 2018)

– NAPOLI 1st position with 69 points and a positive goal difference of +43

– JUVENTUS 2nd position with 68 points and a positive goal difference of +48

– AS ROMA 3rd positions with 53 points and a positive goal difference of +21

– LAZIO 4th position with 52 points and a positive goal difference of +30

– INTER 5th position with 51 points and a positive goal difference of +21

–SAMPDORIA 6th position with 44 points and a positive goal difference of +12

Relegation Zone:

– CROTONE, 18th position with 21 points and a negative goal difference of -24

– HELLAS VERONA, 19th position with 19 points and a negative goal difference of -27

– BENEVENTO, 20th position with 10 points and a negative goal difference of -42

 

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Friday 9 March 2018

AS ROMA – TORINO
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: MARESCA
Assistants: VIVENZI – LONGO
Fourth Official: BARONI
VAR: ROCCHI
AVAR: MINELLI
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 3rd position with 53 points and a positive goal difference of +21
Torino, 9th position with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +4

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
3	Roma	27	16	5	6	44:23	21	53
9	FC Torino	26	8	12	6	36:32	4	36

AS Roma battling to remain in the top 3 positions for the Champions League zone.  Torino  also in need to get points winning only 8 games compared to Roma winning 16 games this season.  Roma and Torino losing 6 games, respectively.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of AS ROMA:  Edin Dzeko with 13 goals

Top scorer of TORINO:  Iago Falque with 9 goals

AS Roma	Goals	Goals	Torino
Dzeko, Edin	13	9	Falque, Iago
Under, Cengiz	5	5	Belotti, Andrea
El Shaarawy, Stephan	5	4	Niang, Mbaye
Perotti, Diego	5	4	Obi, Joel
Fazio, Federico	2	3	Ljajic, Adem

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of AS ROMA:

03/03/18	SA	Napoli – Roma	2:4	27
25/02/18	SA	Roma – Milan	0:2	26
21/02/18	UCLK	Shakhtar – Roma	2:1	1/8

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of TORINO:

25/02/18	SA	Verona – FC Torino	2:1	26
18/02/18	SA	FC Torino – Juventus	0:1	25
11/02/18	SA	FC Torino – Udinese	2:0	24

 

Saturday 10 March 2018

HELLAS VERONA – CHIEVO VERONA
Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium
Referee: DAMATO
Assistants: PRETI – POSADO
Fourth Official: PAIRETTO
VAR: DI BELLO
AVAR: DI LIBERATORE
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Chievo Verona, 14th position with 25 points and a negative goal difference of -20
Hellas Verona, 19th position with 19 points and a negative goal difference of -27

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
14	Chievo	26	6	7	13	23:43	-20	25
19	Verona	26	5	4	17	24:51	-27	19

The Derby is on!   Hellas Verona desperately needing to win this home game not only to collect points for salvation, but also to claim the bragging rights to rule Verona.   Chievo is in better shape with 25 points compared to Hellas with only 19 points.

There are 18 precedents at the Bentegodi between Hellas Verona and Chievo.    Stats showing Hellas Verona with 7 wins, 4 draws, and Chievo with 7 wins.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of HELLAS VERONA:  Moise Kean and Giampaolo Pazzini with 4 goals each

Top scorer of CHIEVO VERONA:  Roberto Inglese with 8 goals

Hellas Verona	Goals	Goals	Chievo Verona
Kean, Moise	4	8	Inglese, Roberto
Pazzini, Giampaolo	4	2	Hetemaj, Perparim
Caceres, Martin	3	2	Birsa, Valter
Cerci, Alessio	2	2	Cacciatore, Fabrizio
Valoti, Mattia	2	2	Castro, Lucas

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of HELLAS VERONA: 1 win, 2 lost

25/02/18	SA	Verona – FC Torino	2:1	26
19/02/18	SA	Lazio – Verona	2:0	25
11/02/18	SA	Sampdoria – Verona	2:0	24

Stats. Here are the last 3 games of CHIEVO VERONA: 1 win, 2 lost

25/02/18	SA	Fiorentina – Chievo	1:0	26
17/02/18	SA	Chievo – Cagliari	2:1	25
11/02/18	SA	Chievo – Genoa	0:1	24

 

Photo:  facebook.com/hellasveronafc1903/

 

Sunday 11 March 2018

FIORENTINA – BENEVENTO
Artemio Franchi Stadium
Referee: PASQUA
Assistants: DEL GIOVANE – LIBERTI
Fourth Official: ROS
VAR: NASCA
AVAR: SAIA
12:30

BOLOGNA – ATALANTA
Renato Dall’Ara Stadium
Referee: CALVARESE
Assistants: MARRAZZO – BOTTEGONI
Fourth Official: DI MARTINO
VAR: GHERSINI
AVAR: MARINI
15:00

CAGLIARI – LAZIO
Sardegna Arena
Referee: GUIDA
Assistants: CARBONE – SCHENONE
Fourth Official: PEZZUTO
VAR: GAVILLUCCI
AVAR: TEGONI
15:00

CROTONE – SAMPDORIA
Stadio Ezio Scida
Referee: MAZZOLENI
Assistants: LO CICERO – GORI
Fourth Official: SERRA
VAR: ABISSO
AVAR: DOBOSZ
15:00

SASSUOLO – SPAL
Mapei Stadium
Referee: DOVERI
Assistants: CRISPO – TASSO
Fourth Official: FOURNEAU
VAR: MARIANI
AVAR: PASSERI
15:00

JUVENTUS – UDINESE
Juventus Stadium
Referee: GIACOMELLI
Assistants: PAGANESSI – VALERIANI
Fourth Official: GIUA
VAR: TAGLIAVENTO
AVAR: TONOLINI
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Juventus, 2nd position with 68 points and a positive goal difference of +48
Udinese, 11th position with 33 points and a negative goal difference of -1

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
2	Juventus	26	22	2	2	63:15	48	68
11	Udinese	26	10	3	13	37:38	-1	33

 

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of JUVENTUS:  Paulo Dybala with 15 goals

Top scorer of UDINESE:  Kevin Lasagna with 7 goals

Juventus	Goals	Goals	Udinese
Dybala, Paulo	15	7	Lasagna, Kevin
Higuain, Gonzalo	14	6	Barak, Antonin
Khedira, Sami	6	4	De Paul, Rodrigo
Bernardeschi, Federico	4	3	Jankto, Jakub
Pjanic, Miralem	4	2	Lopez, Maxi

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of JUVENTUS: 3 wins

07/03/18	UCLK	Tottenham – Juventus	1:2	1/8
03/03/18	SA	Lazio – Juventus	0:1	27
28/02/18	CI	Juventus – Atalanta	1:0	S

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of UDINESE:  3 lost

25/02/18	SA	Sampdoria – Udinese	2:1	26
17/02/18	SA	Udinese – Roma	0:2	25
11/02/18	SA	FC Torino – Udinese	2:0	24

Photo:  facebook.com/Juventus

 

GENOA – AC MILAN
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Referee: FABBRI
Assistants: ALASSIO – BINDONI
Fourth Official: ABBATTISTA
VAR: MANGANIELLO
AVAR: RANGHETTI
18:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 7th position with 44 points and a positive goal difference of +7
Genoa, 13th position with 30 points and a negative goal difference of -6

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
7	Milan	26	13	5	8	37:30	7	44
13	Genoa	26	8	6	12	21:27	-6	30

 

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of GENOA: Diego Laxalt, Goran Pandev, and Andrey Galabinov with 3 goals each

Top scorer of AC MILAN: Suso and Patrick Cutrone with 6 goals each

Genoa	Goals	Goals	AC Milan
Laxalt, Diego	3	6	Suso
Pandev, Goran	3	6	Cutrone, Patrick
Galabinov, Andrey	3	5	Bonaventura, Giacomo
Rigoni, Luca	2	4	Kessie, Franck
Taarabt, Adel	2	4	Kalinic, Nikola

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of GENOA:  2 wins,  1 lost

24/02/18	SA	Bologna – Genoa	2:0	26
17/02/18	SA	Genoa – Inter	2:0	25
11/02/18	SA	Chievo – Genoa	0:1	24

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of AC MILAN:  2 wins, 1 lost

08/03/18	UELK	Milan – Arsenal	0:2	1/8
28/02/18	CI	Lazio – Milan	4:5 (AP)	S
25/02/18	SA	Roma – Milan	0:2	26

 

Photo:  twitter.com/GenoaCFC

INTER – NAPOLI
Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Referee: ORSATO
Assistants; DI FIORE – MANGANELLI
Fourth Official: BANTI
VAR: MASSA
AVAR: GIALLATINI
20:45