By Anna Italia
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Hello my friends. Here is the Serie A PREVIEW for Week 29  on Saturday 4 April 2015. How are you?   I am so happy returning to the Serie A games after the international break is over.  Wow, guys, we are set for a super mega day!   All 10 Serie A games will be played on Saturday because Sunday is “Easter.”   It’s a marathon starting at 12:30 with the big  match AS ROMA – NAPOLI at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium.

The first position will not change and by now, guys, hello.. I think Juventus already won the Scudetto having only 9 more games to go… Juventus with 67 points leading with +14 points over Roma with 53 points.

Wow, wow, wow…. what a tense match, pressure for both… However, Roma are the ones with the obligation to win the game, period.  Here is the situation.  Roma might risk losing the 2nd position if they lose against Napoli.   Roma having 53 points and followed by Lazio in the 3rd position with 52 points!   Really?  Yep!   On paper, Roma are favorites to win at the Olimpico while Lazio have to play the away game against Cagliari at the Sant’Elia Stadium.

The challenge in this round will be to see who can really make it to the “Europa League zone” and who have chances for “salvation.”     The only team with the suitcase almost ready for relegation is Parma being in the 20th position with just 9 points!!!!!

The top scorer up to Round 28: Juventus forward Carlos Tevez with 16 goals.

 

 

Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 28 games. First 3 qualifying for Champions League, 4 and 5 for Europa League.

–Juventus, 67 position with points and a positive goal difference of +41

–AS Roma, 2nd position with 53 points and a positive goal difference of +18

–Lazio, 3rd positions with 52 points points and a positive goal difference of +24

– Sampdoria, 4th position with 48 points and a positive goal difference of +9

–Napoli, 5th position with 47 points and a positive goal difference of +11

Relegation Zone: Cagliari, 18th position with 21 points and a negative goal difference of -19
– Cesena, 19th position with 21 points and a negative goal difference of -24

Parma, 20th position with 9 points and a negative goal difference of -32

 

 

 

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Saturday 4 April 2015

• Serie A Week 29 / 29ª Giornata Andata​​
  

AS ROMA – NAPOLI
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: RIZZOLI
Assistants: NICOLETTI – PADOVAN
Fourth Official: DE LUCA
ADD1: IRRATI
ADD2: GERVASONI
12:30

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma 2nd position with 53 points and a positive goal difference of +18
Napoli, 5th position with 47 points and a positive goal difference of +11

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
2	Roma	28	14	11	3	39:21	18	53
5	Napoli	28	13	8	7	47:36	11	47

 

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for AS ROMA:  Forward Adem Ljajic with 8 goals

Top scorer for NAPOLI: Forward Gonzalo Higuain with 13 goals

AS Roma	Goals	Goals	Napoli
Ljajic, Adem	8	13	Higuain, Gonzalo
Totti, Francesco	5	9	Callejon
Destro, Mattia	5	6	Zapata, Duvan
Nainggolan, Radja	3	5	Hamsik, Marek
Pjanic, Miralem	3	3	Gabbiadini, Manolo

 

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

22/03/15	SA	Cesena – Roma	0:1	Round 28
19/03/15	UELK	Roma – Fiorentina	0:3	Round 1/8
16/03/15	SA	Roma – Sampdoria	0:2	Round 27

 

Here are the last 3 games of NAPOLI: 2 draws, 1 lost

22/03/15	SA	Napoli – Atalanta	1:1	Round 28
19/03/15	UELK	Dinamo Moscow – Napoli	0:0	Round 1/8
15/03/15	SA	Verona – Napoli	2:0	Round 27

 

Stats in favor of Roma.  There are 159 precedents with Roma having 61 wins, 52 draws and Napoli 46 wins.

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game:  No suspended players for AS ROMA.

1 suspended player for NAPOLI:  Gokhan Inler (1)

Here is the probable formation for Roma (4-3-3): De Sanctis; Torosidis, Manolas, Astori, Holebas; Pjanic, De Rossi, Nainggolan; Ljajic, Iturbe, Florenzi

Here is the probable formation for Napoli (4-2-3-1): Andujar; Maggio, Albiol, Koulibaly, Ghoulam; D. Lopez, Gargano; Callejon, Hamsik, Mertens; Higuain

Unavailable: Michu

 

Photo:  facebook.com/officialasroma

 

ATALANTA – TORINO
Atleti Azzurri D’Italia Stadium
Referee: GUIDA
Assistants: CARIOLATO – SCHENONE
Fourth Official: LONGO
ADD1: CERVELLERA
ADD2: MARESCA
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Atalanta, 17th position with 26 points and a negative goal difference of -15
Torino, 7th position with 39 points and a positive goal difference of +2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
7	Turin	28	10	9	9	32:30	2	39
17	Atalanta	28	5	11	12	23:38	-15	26

 

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of ATALANTA:  Forward Maxi Moralez with 5 goals

Top scorer of TORINO: Forward Fabio Quagliarella with 10 goals

Atalanta	Goals	Goals	Torino
Moralez, Maxi	5	10	Quagliarella, Fabio
Denis	4	6	Glik, Kamil
Boakye, Richmond	3	2	Benassi, Marco
Zappacosta, Davide	3	2	Peres, Bruno
Stendardo, Guglielmo	2	2	Martinez, Josef

 

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of ATALANTA:  3 draws

22/03/15	SA	Napoli – Atalanta	1:1	Round 28
15/03/15	SA	Atalanta – Udinese	0:0	Round 27
08/03/15	SA	Parma – Atalanta	0:0	Round 26

 

Here are the last 3 games of TORINO:  2 wins, 1 lost

22/03/15	SA	Parma – Turin	0:2	Round 28
19/03/15	UELK	Turin – Zenit	1:0	Round 1/8
16/03/15	SA	Turin – Lazio	0:2	Round 27

 

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  2 suspended players for ATALANTA: Gomez (1), Denis (1)

1 suspended player for TORINO: Benassi (1)

Here is the probable formation for Atalanta (3-4-1-2): Sportiello; Biava, Stendardo, Benalouane; Zappacosta, Migliaccio, Cigarini, Del Grosso; Moralez; Bianchi, Pinilla
 
Unavailable: Estigarribia, Raimondi, Cherubin

Here is the probable formation for Torino (3-5-2): Padelli; Bovo, Glik, Moretti; B. Peres, Vives, Gazzi, El Kaddouri, Molinaro; Quagliarella, Martinez

Unavailable: Farnerud

 

CAGLIARI – LAZIO
Sant’Elia Stadium
Referee: ROCCHI
Assistants: VUOTO – MUSOLINO
Fourth Official: IORI
ADD1: DI BELLO
ADD2: FABBRI
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Cagliari, 18th position with 21 points and a negative goal difference of -19
Lazio, 3rd position with 52 points and a positive goal difference of +24

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
3	Lazio	28	16	4	8	51:27	24	52
18	Cagliari	28	4	9	15	34:53	-19	21

 

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of CAGLIARI: Galvao, Avelar, Farias, Sau, and Ekdal with 4 goals each

Top scorer of LAZIO:  Forward Felipe Anderson with 9 goals

Cagliari	Goals	Goals	Lazio
Joao Pedro Galvao	4	9	Felipe Anderson
Avelar, Danilo	4	8	Klose, Miroslav
Farias, Diego	4	8	Mauri, Stefano
Sau, Marco	4	7	Djordjevic, Filip
Ekdal, Albin	4	6	Candreva, Antonio

 

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

21/03/15	SA	Milan – Cagliari	3:1	Round 28
14/03/15	SA	Cagliari – Empoli	1:1	Round 27
07/03/15	SA	Sampdoria – Cagliari	2:0	Round 26

 

Here are the last 3 games of LAZIO: 3 wins

22/03/15	SA	Lazio – Verona	2:0	Round 28
16/03/15	SA	Turin – Lazio	0:2	Round 27
09/03/15	SA	Lazio – Fiorentina	4:0	Round 26

 

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  1 suspended player for CAGLIARI: Ceppitelli (1)

No suspended players for LAZIO.

Here is the probable formation for Cagliari (4-3-3): Brkic; Balzano, Rossettini, Diakité, Avelar; Ekdal, Crisetig, Joao Pedro; Farias, Sau, Mpoku

Unavailable: Donsah

Here is the probable formation for Lazio  (4-3-3): Marchetti; Basta, De Vrij, Mauricio, Cavanda; Parolo, Biglia, Lulic; B. Keita, Klose, F. Anderson

Unavailable: Pereirinha, Gentiletti, Djordjevic, Tounkara, Konko, Radu

Photo:  cagliaricalcio.net

 

GENOA – UDINESE
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Referee: MAZZOLENI
Assistants: PASSERI – RAPARELLI
Fourth Official: RANGHETTI
ADD1: MASSA
ADD2: DI PAOLO
15:00

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game. 1 suspeded player for GENOA: Bertolacci (1)

1 suspended player for UDINESE: Danilo (1)

Here is the probable formation for Genoa (3-4-3): Lamanna; Roncaglia, Burdisso, De Maio; Edenilson, Rincon, Kucka, Bergdich; Iago, Niang, Perotti

Unavailable: Bertolacci, Ariaudo, Perin, Marchese

Here is the probable formation for Udinese (3-5-2): Karnezis; Heurtaux, Wague, Piris; Widmer, Allan, Pinzi, Guilherme, Pasquale; Kone, Di Natale

Unavailable: Domizzi

HELLAS VERONA – CESENA
Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium
Referee: ORSATO
Assistants: PRETI – LA ROCCA
Fourth Official: VIVENZI
ADD1: BARACANI
ADD2: GHERSINI
15:00

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  No suspended players

Here is the probable formation for Hellas Verona (4-3-3): Benussi; Sala, Moras, Marquez, Pisano; Christodolopoulos, Tachtsidis, Hallfredsson; Jankovic, Toni, J. Gomez

Unavailable: Obbadi, Ionita, Campanharo

Here is the probable formation for Cesena (4-3-1-2): Leali; Perico, Capelli, Lucchini, Krajnc; Giorgi, Mudingayi, Pulzetti; Brienza; Defrel, Djuric

Unavailable: Marilungo, Tabanelli, Ze Eduardo, Yabré, Valzania, Renzetti, Magnusson

INTER – PARMA
Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Referee: PERUZZO
Assistants: FIORITO – TASSO
Fourth Official: BARBIRATI
ADD1: TOMMASI
ADD2: PINZANI
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Inter, 9th position with 37  points and a positive goal difference of +6
Parma, 20th position with 9 points and a negative goal difference of -32

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
9	Inter	28	9	10	9	42:36	6	37
20	Parma	26	3	3	20	21:53	-32	9

 

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of INTER:   Forward Mauro Icardi with 15 goals

Top scorer of PARMA:  Forward Antonio Cassano with 5 goals

Inter	Goals	Goals	Parma
Icardi, Mauro	15	5	Cassano, Antonio
Osvaldo, Pablo Daniel	5	3	De Ceglie, Paolo
Kovacic, Mateo	5	2	Palladino, Raffaele
Guarin, Fredy	5	2	Coda, Massimo
Palacio, Rodrigo Sebastian	5	1	Costa, Andrea

 

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

22/03/15	SA	Sampdoria – Inter	1:0	Round 28
19/03/15	UELK	Inter – Wolfsburg	1:2	Round 1/8
15/03/15	SA	Inter – Cesena	1:1	Round 27

 

Here are the last 3 games of PARMA:  1 draw, 2 lost

22/03/15	SA	Parma – Turin	0:2	Round 28
15/03/15	SA	Sassuolo – Parma	4:1	Round 27
08/03/15	SA	Parma – Atalanta	0:0	Round 26

 

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  2 suspended players for INTER: Vidic (1), Icardi (1)

1 suspended player for PARMA: Lucarelli (3)

Here is the probable formation for Inter (4-3-1-2): Handanovic; Santon, Ranocchia, Juan Jesus, D’Ambrosio; Guarin, Medel, Brozovic; Shaqiri; Palacio, Podolski

Unavailable: Nagatomo, Jonathan, Dodò

Here is the probable formation for Parma (4-3-3): Mirante; Cassani, Mendes, Costa, Gobbi; Lila, J. Mauri, Nocerino; Varela, Coda, Belfodil

Unavailable: Biabiany, Haraslin, Galloppa, Iacobucci, Mariga

Photo: facebook.com/Inter

PALERMO – AC MILAN
Renzo Barbera Stadium
Referee: DOVERI
Assistants: MANGANELLI – GAVA
Fourth Official: MARRAZZO
ADD1: DAMATO
ADD2: NASCA
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 8th position with 38 points and a positive goal difference of +6
Palermo, 11th position with 35 points and a negative goal difference of –3

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
8	Milan	28	9	11	8	41:35	6	38
11	Palermo	28	8	11	9	38:41	-3	35

 

Stats BEFORE the game.   Top scorer of PALERMO:  Forward Paulo Dybala with 12 goals

Top scorer of AC MILAN:  Forward Jeremy Menez with 15 goals

Palermo	Goals	Goals	AC Milan
Dybala, Paulo Bruno	12	15	Menez, Jeremy
Vazquez, Franco	7	6	Honda, Keisuke
Rigoni, Luca	5	4	Bonaventura, Giacomo
Belotti, Andrea	5	2	Muntari, Sulley
Quaison, Robin	2	2	de Jong, Nigel

 

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of PALERMO:  1 draw, 2 lost

21/03/15	SA	Chievo – Palermo	1:0	Round 28
14/03/15	SA	Palermo – Juventus	0:1	Round 27
08/03/15	SA	Cesena – Palermo	0:0	Round 26

 

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

25/03/15	CFG	Reggiana – Milan	0:3	Friendly
21/03/15	SA	Milan – Cagliari	3:1	Round 28
16/03/15	SA	Fiorentina – Milan	2:1	Round 27

 

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game:  1 suspended player for PALERMO: Andelkovic (1)

No suspended players for AC MILAN.

Here is the probable formation for Palermo (4-3-1-2): Sorrentino; Vitiello, Terzi, Gonzalez, Daprelà; Rigoni, Maresca, Barreto; Vazquez; Dybala, Belotti.

Unavailable: Morganella

Here is the probable formation for AC Milan (4-3-3): D. Lopez; Abate, Paletta, Mexes, Antonelli; Van Ginkel, De Jong, Bonaventura; Cerci, Destro, Menez

Unavailable: El Shaarawy, Agazzi, Armero, Mastour, Zaccardo, Montolivo, Bonaventura

Photo: facebook.com/palermocalcioit

 

 

SASSUOLO – CHIEVO VERONA
Mapei Stadium
Referee: PAIRETTO
Assistants: GALLONI – CRISPO
Fourth Official: MARZALONI
ADD1: CALVARESE
ADD2: GAVILLUCCI
15:00

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  No suspended players

Here is the probable formation for Sassuolo (4-3-3): Consigli; Vrsaljko, Cannavaro, Acerbi, Peluso; Taider, Brighi, Missiroli; Berardi, Zaza, Sansone

Unavailable: Pegolo, Terranova, Antei, Cannavaro

Here is the probable formation for Chievo Verona (4-4-2): Bizzarri; Frey, Dainelli, Cesar, Zukanovic; Schelotto, Radovanovic, Izco, Birsa; Meggiorini, Paloschi

Unavailable: Mattiello, Botta, Hetemaj

FIORENTINA – SAMPDORIA
Artemio Franchi Stadium
Referee: BANTI
Assistants: DOBOSZ – PETRELLA
Fourth Official: BIANCHI
ADD1: TAGLIAVENTO
ADD2: CANDUSSIO
18:30

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  1 suspended player for FIORENTINA: Ilicic (1)

Here is the probable formation for Fiorentina (3-5-2): Neto; Tomovic, G. Rodriguez, Basanta; Joaquin, Aquilani, Badelj, B. Valero, Alonso; Salah, Gomez

Unavailable: Tatarusanu, Rossi, Bernardeschi, Pizarro, Savic, Pasqual

Here is the probable formation for Sampdoria (4-3-3): Viviano; De Silvestri, Silvestri, Romagnoli, Regini; Acquah, Palombo, Obiang; Muriel, Eto’o, Eder

Unavailable: De Vitis, Cacciatore, Mesbah

 

JUVENTUS – EMPOLI
Juventus Stadium
Referee: GIACOMELLI
Assistants: PAGANESSI – STALLONE
Fourth Official: STEFANI
ADD1: VALERI
ADD2: MERCHIORI
21:00

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game:  No suspended players

Here is the probable formation for Juventus (3-5-2): Buffon; Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini; Lichtsteiner, Vidal, Sturaro, Pereyra, Evra; Llorente, Morata

Unavailable: Asamoah, Romulo, Caceres, Pogba, Marchisio, Pirlo

Here is the probable formation for Empoli (4-3-1-2): Sepe; Hysaj, Rugani, Tonelli, Mario Rui; Vecino, Valdifiori, Croce; Saponara; Maccarone, Pucciarelli

Unavailable: Guarente