By Anna Italia
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Hello my friends, we are starting the New Year 2018. Here is the 2017-2018 Serie A Week 20 PREVIEW  for the Twentieth Round on Friday 5 and Saturday 6 January 2018.   We will have a winter break and the Serie A Week 21 will resume on Saturday 20 / Sunday 21 January.

This round will be a duel for the leadership.   Napoli with 48 points in the first position ending 2017 as “Champions of Winter / Campione d’Inverno.”  Juventus with 47points in the second position.  Napoli having only -1 point above Juventus.

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Results from Serie A Week 19

• Crotone 0 – 1 Napoli
• Fiorentina 1 – 1 AC Milan
• Inter 0 – 0 Lazio
• Hellas Verona 1 – 3 Juventus
• Atalanta 1 – 2 Cagliari
• Benevento 1 – 0 Chievo Verona
• AS Roma 1 – 1 Sassuolo
• Sampdoria 2 – 0 SPAL
• Torino 0 – 0 Genoa
• Bologna 1 – 2 Udinese

The top scorer of the Serie A Up to Week 19: Inter forward Mauro Icardi with 17 goals

Photo: twitter.com/inter_en

 

Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 19 game. First 4 qualifying for Champions League, 5 and 6 for Europa League.

– NAPOLI 1st position with 48 points and a positive goal difference of +29

– JUVENTUS 2nd position with 47 points and a positive goal difference of +33

– INTER 3rd positions with 41 points and a positive goal difference of +20

– AS ROMA 4th position with 39 points and a positive goal difference of +17

– LAZIO 5th position with 37 points and a positive goal difference of +21

–SAMPDORIA 6th position with 30 points and a positive goal difference of +8

Relegation Zone:

– CROTONE, 18th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of -24

– HELLAS VERONA, 19th position with 13 points and a negative goal difference of -21

– BENEVENTO, 20th position with 4 point and a negative goal difference of -31

 

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Friday 5 January 2018

CHIEVO VERONA – UDINESE
Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium
Referee: CHIFFI
Assistants: CRISPO – MELI
Fourth Official: PICCININI
VAR: MAZZOLENI
AVAR: DI LIBERATORE
18:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Chievo Verona, 13th position with 21 points and a negative goal difference of -12
Udinese, 8th position with 27 points and a positive goal difference of +6

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
8	Udinese	18	9	0	9	32:26	6	27
13	Chievo	19	5	6	8	19:31	-12	21

 

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer of CHIEVO VERONA:   Roberto Inglese with 7 goals

Top scorer of UDINESE: Kevin Lasagna with 7 goals

Chievo Verona	Goals	Goals	Udinese
Inglese, Roberto	7	7	Lasagna, Kevin
Birsa, Valter	2	6	Barak, Antonin
Cacciatore, Fabrizio	2	4	De Paul, Rodrigo
Hetemaj, Perparim	2	3	Jankto, Jakub
Castro, Lucas	2	2	Lopez, Maxi

Stata.  Here are the last 3 games of CHIEVO VERONA: 3 lost

30/12/17	SA	Benevento – Chievo				1:0	19
22/12/17	SA	Chievo – Bologna				2:3	18
17/12/17	SA	Crotone – Chievo				1:0	17

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

30/12/17	SA	Bologna – Udinese				1:2	19
23/12/17	SA	Udinese – Verona				4:0	18
19/12/17	CI	Napoli – Udinese				1:0	1/8

Photo:  facebook.com/UdineseCalcio1896

FIORENTINA – INTER
Arteio Franchi Stadium
Referee: VALERI
Assistants: GIALLATINI – DOBOSZ
Fourth Official: PASQUA
VAR: FABBRI
AVAR: LA PENNA
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Fiorentina, 7th position with 27 points and a positive goal difference of +8
Inter, 3rd position with 41 points and a positive goal difference of +20

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
3	Inter	19	12	5	2	34:14	20	41
7	Fiorentina	19	7	6	6	28:20	8	27

 

Inter with their fast pace to get back to the first position.   Inter with 41 points is -7 points below Napoli having 48 points.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of FIORENTINA:   Giovanni Simeone with 6 goals

Top scorer of INTER:  Mauro Icardi with 17 goals

Fiorentina	Goals	Goals	Inter
Simeone, Giovanni	6	17	Icardi, Mauro
Chiesa, Federico	4	7	Perisic, Ivan
Babacar, Khouma	4	3	Skriniar, Milan
Thereau, Cyril	4	3	Brozovic, Marcelo
Benassi, Marco	3	1	Vecino, Matias

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of FIORENTINA:   1 win, 1 draw, 1 lost

30/12/17	SA	Fiorentina – Milan				1:1	19
26/12/17	CI	Lazio – Fiorentina				1:0	Q
22/12/17	SA	Cagliari – Fiorentina				0:1	18

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of INTER:  1 draw, 2 los

30/12/17	SA	Inter – Lazio				0:0	19
27/12/17	CI	Milan – Inter				1:0 (OT)	Q
23/12/17	SA	Sassuolo – Inter				1:0	18

 

Photo:   twitter.com/inter_en

 

Saturday 6 January 2018

TORINO – BOLOGNA
Olimpico di Torino Stadium
Referee: DAMATO
Assistants: PRENNA – ROSSI C.
Fourth Official: GHERSINI
VAR: DI BELLO
AVAR: FIORITO
12:30

BENEVENTO – SAMPDORIA
Stadio Ciro Vigorito
Referee: MANGANIELLO
Assistants: MONDIN – PERETTI
Fourth Official: MARTINELLI
VAR: GAVILLUCCI
AVAR: DI PAOLO
15:00

GENOA – SASSUOLO
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Referee: GIACOMELLI
Assistaants: COSTANZO – BINDONI
Fourth Official: SERRA
VAR: ORSATO
AVAR: MARINELLI
15:00

AC MILAN – CROTONE
San Siro Stadium
Referee: MARESCA
Assistants: VALERIANI – DEL GIOVANE
Fourth Official: SACCHI
VAR: MASSA
AVAR: RAPUANO
15:00

NAPOLI – HELLAS VERONA
San Paolo Stadium
Referee: ABISSO
Assistants: VUOTO – SANTORO
Fourth Official: ABBATTISTA
VAR: MARIANI
AVAR: PASSERI
15:00

SPAL – LAZIO
Stadio Paolo Mazza
Referee:TAGLIAVENTO
Assistants: CARBONE – BOTTEGONI
Fourth Official: PINZANI
VAR: IRRATI
AVAR: AURELIANO
15:00

AS ROMA – ATALANTA
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: GUIDA
Assistants: LA ROCCA – LIBERTI
Fourth Official: PAIRETTO
VAR: ROCCHI
AVAR: POSADO
18:00

CAGLIARI – JUVENTUS
Sardegna Arena
Referee: CALVARESE
Assistants: PAGANESSI – TOLFO
Fourth Official: GIUA
VAR: BANTI
AVAR: MARRAZZO
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Cagliari, 15th position with 20 points and a negative goal difference of -12
Juventus, 2nd position with 47 points and a positive goal difference of +33

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
2	Juventus	19	15	2	2	48:15	33	47
15	Cagliari	19	6	2	11	18:30	-12	20

 

Juventus  rushing to get to the first position challenging Napoli in a neck to neck race.   Juventus with 47 points is only -1 point below Napoli with 48 points.  Juventus will look to defeat Cagliari at the Sardegna Stadium.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of CAGLIARI: Joao Pedro and Leonardo Pavoletti with 5 goals each.

Top scorer of JUVENTUS:  Paulo Dybala with 14 goals

Cagliari	Goals	Goals	Juventus
Pedro, Joao	5	14	Dybala, Paulo
Pavoletti, Leonardo	5	9	Higuain, Gonzalo
Barella, Nicolo	2	4	Mandzukic, Mario
Farago, Paolo	2	3	Cuadrado, Juan
Ceppitelli, Luca	1	3	Khedira, Sami

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

30/12/17	SA	Atalanta – Cagliari				1:2	19
22/12/17	SA	Cagliari – Fiorentina				0:1	18
16/12/17	SA	Roma – Cagliari				1:0	17

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

03/01/18	CI	Juventus – FC Torino				2:0	Q
30/12/17	SA	Verona – Juventus				1:3	19
23/12/17	SA	Juventus – Roma				1:0	18

 

Photo: facebook.com/Juventus/