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Hello my friends. Here is  the Serie A PREVIEW for Week 23 on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 February, 2015. The gap for the Scudetto remaining with +7 points in favor of Juventus having 53 points after defeating AC Milan and AS Roma with 46 points after defeating Cagliari.

 

The top scorer up to Round 22: Juventus forward Carlos Tevez with 14 goals followed by Inter forward Mauro Icardi with 13 goals

 

Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 22 games. First 3 qualifying for Champions League, 4 and 5 for Europa League.

–Juventus, 53 position with points and a positive goal difference of +37

–AS Roma, 2nd position with 46 points and a positive goal difference of +19

–Napoli, 3rd positions with 42 points points and a positive goal difference of +14

– Fiorentina, 4th position with 35 points and a positive goal difference of +10

–Sampdoria, 5th position with 35 points and a positive goal difference of +2

Relegation Zone: Chievo Verona, 18th position with 18 points and a negative goal difference of -11
– Cesena, 19th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of -22

Parma, 21st position with 9 points and a negative goal difference of -26

 

 

 

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Saturday 14 February 2015

• Serie A Week 23 / 23ª Giornata Andata​​
  

 

SASSUOLO – FIORENTINA
Mapei Stadium
Referee: DOVERI
Assistants: GALLONI – BARBIRATI
Fourth Official: FAVERANI
ADD1: GUIDA
ADD2: MARIANI

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Sassuolo, 10th position with 29 points and a negative goal difference of -2
Fiorentina, 5th position with 35 points and a positive goal difference of +10

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
5	Fiorentina	22	9	8	5	32:22	10	35
10	Sassuolo	22	6	11	5	28:30	-2	29

 

There is only 1 precedent between Sassuolo vs Fiorentina at the Mapei Stadium.  The victory last season was thanks to the goal by Rossi.    Sassuolo having a good moment with their forwards Simone Zaza scoring 8 gols and Domenico Berardi with 6 goals while Fiorentina missing forward Giuseppe Rossi for injury.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for SASSUOLO: Forward Simone Zaza with 8 goals

Top scorer for FIORENTINA:  Khouma Babacar with 5 goals

Sassuolo	Goals	Goals	Fiorentina
Zaza, Simone	8	5	Babacar, Khouma
Berardi, Domenico	6	4	Rodriguez, Gonzalo
Sansone, Nicola	3	4	Cuadrado, Juan
Acerbi, Francesco	3	2	Gomez, Mario
Taider, Saphir	2	2	Fernandez, Matias

 

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

08/02/15	SA	Sampdoria – Sassuolo				1:1	Round 22
01/02/15	SA	Sassuolo – Inter				3:1	Round 21
24/01/15	SA	Cagliari – Sassuolo				2:1	Round 20

 

Here are the last 3 games of FIORENTINA: 2 wins, 1 draw

08/02/15	SA	Fiorentina – Atalanta				3:2	Round 22
03/02/15	CI	Roma – Fiorentina				0:2	Quarterfinal
31/01/15	SA	Genoa – Fiorentina				1:1	Round 21

 

 

 

PALERMO – NAPOLI
Renzo Barbera Stadium
Referee: MAZZOLENI
Assistants: PRETI – SCHENONE
Fourth Official: PEGORIN
ADD1: GERVASONI
ADD2: GHERSINI
20:45

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Palermo, 9th position with 30 points and a negative goal difference of -2
Napoli,  3rd position with 42 points and a positive goal difference of +14

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
3	Napoli	22	12	6	4	41:27	14	42
9	Palermo	22	7	9	6	34:36	-2	30

 

Palermo with a challenge to defeat Napoli at the Barbera Stadium considering the draw with Napoli at the San Paolo Stadium.    A defeat for Napoli will be a step back and might lose the third position.

There are 20 precedents between Palermo vs Napoli.  Stats showing Palermo with 7 wins, 8 draws, Napoli with 5 wins.

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for PALERMO: Forward Paulo Dybala with 11 goals

Top scorer for NAPOLI: Forward Gonzalo Higuain with 12 goals

Palermo	Goals	Goals	Napoli
Dybala, Paulo Bruno	11	12	Higuain, Gonzalo
Vazquez, Franco	6	9	Callejon
Belotti, Andrea	5	4	Zapata, Duvan
Rigoni, Luca	4	3	Hamsik, Marek
Barreto, Edgar	2	3	de Guzman, Jonathan

 

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

08/02/15	SA	Inter – Palermo				3:0	Round 22
01/02/15	SA	Palermo – Verona				2:1	Round 21
25/01/15	SA	Sampdoria – Palermo				1:1	Round 20

 

Here are the last 3 games of NAPOLI:  3 wins

08/02/15	SA	Napoli – Udinese				3:1	Round 22
04/02/15	CI	Napoli – Inter				1:0	Quarterfinal
01/02/15	SA	Chievo – Napoli				1:2	Round 21

 

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  1 suspended player for PALERMO: G. Gonzalez (1)

1 suspended player for NAPOLI: Mertens (1)

Here is the probable formation for Palermo (3-5-2): Sorrentino; Andelkovic, Terzi, Daprelà; Morganella, Rigoni, Jajalo, Barreto, Lazaar; Vazquez, Dybala

Unavailable: Maresca, Vitiello

Here is the probable formation for Napoli (4-2-3-1): Rafael; Maggio, Koulibaly, Albiol, Strinic; Gargano, Lopez; Gabbiadini, Hamsik, De Guzman; Higuain

Unavailable: Mesto, Michu, Insigne, Zuniga

 

 

Photo:  facebook.com/palermocalcioit

 

Sunday 15 February 2015

 

AC MILAN – EMPOLI
San Siro Stadium
Referee: VALERI
Assistants: NICOLETTI – VIVENZI
Fourth Official: GIALLATINI
ADD1: CERVELLERA
ADD2: AURELIANO
12:30

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 12th position with 29 points and a positive goal difference of +3
Empoli,  15th position with 23 points and a negative goal difference of -5

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
12	Milan	22	7	8	7	32:29	3	29
15	Empoli	22	4	11	7	21:26	-5	23

 

Pressure is for AC Milan to start climbing the Serie A Table.  The objective to reach the 3rd position seems only a dream, a mirage.    There are only 6 points difference between Milan and Empoli.

There are 9 precedents for AC Milan vs Empoli.  Stats showing Milan with 7 wins and Empoli with 2 wins.

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for AC MILAN: Forward Jeremy Menez with 12 goals

Top scorer for EMPOLI: Forward Massimo Maccarone and Lorenzo Tonelli with 4 goals each

AC Milan	Goals	Goals	Empoli
Menez, Jeremy	12	4	Maccarone, Massimo
Honda, Keisuke	6	4	Tonelli, Lorenzo
Bonaventura, Giacomo	3	3	Pucciarelli, Manuel
de Jong, Nigel	2	2	Tavano, Francesco
Muntari, Sulley	2	2	Rugani, Daniele

 

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

07/02/15	SA	Juventus – Milan				3:1	Round 22
01/02/15	SA	Milan – Parma				3:1	Round 21
27/01/15	CI	Milan – Lazio				0:1	Quarterfinal

 

Here are the last 3 games of EMPOLI:  2 wins, 1 draw

08/02/15	SA	Empoli – Cesena				2:0	Round 22
31/01/15	SA	Roma – Empoli				1:1	Round 21
26/01/15	SA	Empoli – Udinese				1:2	Round 20

 

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  1 suspended player for AC MILAN: Mexes (2)

No suspended players for EMPOLI.

Here is the probable formation for AC Milan (4-2-3-1): D. Lopez; Rami, Alex, Paletta, Antonelli; Poli, De Jong; Honda, Menez, Bonaventura; Destro

Unavailable: Zapata, De Sciglio, Mastour, El Shaarawy, Agazzi, Montolivo, Abate

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

Unavailable: Guarente, Saponara

 

 

ATALANTA – INTER
Atleti Azzurri D’Italia Stadium
Referee: BANTI
Assistants: CRISPO – LA ROCCA
Fourth Official: STALLONE
ADD1: IRRATI
ADD2: PASQUA
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Atalanta, 16th position with 23  points and a negative goal difference of -10
Inter,  11th position with 29  points and a positive goal difference of +4

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
11	Inter	22	7	8	7	33:29	4	29
16	Atalanta	22	5	8	9	19:29	-10	23

 

It’s a super challenge for Inter to defeat Atalanta at the Atleti Azzurri D’Italia Stadium.  The last time Inter defeated Atalanta in Bergamo was back in the 2007 -2008 season with a 0-2 thanks to the goals by Vieira and Mario Balotelli.   Will it be this time for Inter to break the curse?

Stats at the Atleti Azzurri  showing Inter with 21 wins, 19 draws and Atalanta with 13 wins.

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for ATALANTA:  Forward German Denis and Maxi Moralez with 4 goals each

Top scorer for INTER:  Forward Mauro Icardi with 13 goals.

Atalanta	Goals	Goals	Inter
Moralez, Maxi	4	13	Icardi, Mauro
Denis	4	5	Osvaldo, Pablo Daniel
Zappacosta, Davide	3	4	Kovacic, Mateo
Boakye, Richmond	3	3	Guarin, Fredy
Estigarribia, Marcelo	1	2	Ranocchia, Andrea

 

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

08/02/15	SA	Fiorentina – Atalanta				3:2	Round 22
01/02/15	SA	Atalanta – Cagliari				2:1	Round 21
25/01/15	SA	Verona – Atalanta				1:0	Round 20

 

Here are the last 3 games of INTER:   1 win, 2 lost

08/02/15	SA	Inter – Palermo				3:0	Round 22
04/02/15	CI	Napoli – Inter				1:0	Quarterfinal
01/02/15	SA	Sassuolo – Inter				3:1	Round 21

 

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  No suspended players

Here is the probable formation for Atalanta (4-4-1-1): Sportiello; A. Masiello, Stendardo, Benalouane, Bellini; Zappacosta, Cigarini, Carmona, Gomez; Moralez; Pinilla

Unavailable: Cherubin, Estigarribia, Raimondi, Dramé

Here is the probable formation for Inter (4-3-1-2): Handanovic; Campagnaro, Ranocchia, J. Jesus, Santon; Guarin, Medel, Brozovic; Shaqiri; Icardi, Podolski

Unavailable: Andreolli, D’Ambrosio, Vidic, Nagatomo, Jonathan

 

GENOA – HELLAS VERONA
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Referee: DAMATO
Assistants: MARRAZZO – VUOTO
Fourth Official: POSADO
ADD1: ORSATO
ADD2: MARESCA
15:00

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  No suspended players

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

Unavailable: Marchese, T. Costa, Antonini

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

Unavailable: Gu. Rodriguez, Sala, Obbadi

 

AS ROMA – PARMA
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: GIACOMELLI
Assistants: PETRELLA – FIORITO
Fourth Official: DI LIBERATORE
ADD1: TOMMASI
ADD2: ABISSO
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 2nd position with 46  points and a positive goal difference of +19
Parma,  20th position with 9  points and a negative goal difference of -27

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
2	Roma	22	13	7	2	36:17	19	46
20	Parma	22	3	1	18	20:47	-27	9

 

AS Roma with the pressure to win the game to keep up the race for the Scudetto.  Roma having 46 points while Juventus having 53 points having a +7 points gap.  On paper, Roma are the favorites to win the match considering the poor performance by Parma in this season.   Para are in the very last position of the table with only 9 points and just 3 wins.

There are 23 precedents at the Olimpico Stadium  between AS Roma vs Parma.   Stats showing Roma with 17 wins, Parma with 1 win, and 5 draws.  Last time Roma defeated Parma with a 4-2 during Week 31 of the 2013-14 season.

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  1 suspended player for AS ROMA: Holebas (1)

1 suspended player for PARMA: Galloppa (1)

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

Top scorer for PARMA:  Forward Antonio Cassano with 5 goals

AS Roma	Goals	Goals	Parma
Ljajic, Adem	8	5	Cassano, Antonio
Destro, Mattia	5	3	De Ceglie, Paolo
Totti, Francesco	4	2	Palladino, Raffaele
Nainggolan, Radja	3	2	Coda, Massimo
Pjanic, Miralem	3	1	Costa, Andrea

 

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

08/02/15	SA	Cagliari – Roma				1:2	Round 22
03/02/15	CI	Roma – Fiorentina				0:2	Quarterfinal
31/01/15	SA	Roma – Empoli				1:1	Round 21

 

Here are the last 3 games of PARMA:  3 lost

11/02/15	SA	Parma – Chievo				0:1	Round 22
01/02/15	SA	Milan – Parma				3:1	Round 21
28/01/15	CI	Parma – Juventus				0:1	Quarterfinal

 

Here is the probable formation for AS Roma (4-3-3): De Sanctis; Maicon, Manolas, Yanga Mbiwa, Cole; Nainggolan, De Rossi, Keita; Gervinho, Ljajic, Florenzi

Unavailable: Strootman, Balzaretti, Castan, Iturbe, Ibarbo

Here is the probable formation for Parma (4-3-3): Mirante; Cassani, Santacroce, Lucarelli, Feddal; J. Mauri, Lodi, Nocerino; Varela, Palladino, C. Rodriguez

Unavailable: Biabiany, Jorquera, Lila, Coda, Haraslin, Costa, Gobbi

Photo:  facebook.com/officialasroma

 

TORINO – CAGLIARI
Olimpico di Torino Stadium
Referee: CALVARESE
Assistants: STEFANI – ALASSIO
Fourth Official: IORI
ADD1: CANDUSSIO
ADD2: ROS
15:00

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  No suspended players

Here is the probable formation for Torino (3-5-2): Padelli; Maksimovic, Glik, Moretti; B. Peres, Benassi, Gazzi, Farnerud, Darmian; Martinez, Quagliarella

Here is the probable formation for Cagliari (4-3-2-1): Brkic; A. Gonzalez, Rossettini, Capuano, Avelar; Dessena, Conti, Donsah; Ekdal, Joao Pedro; Mpoku

Unavailable: F. Pisano, Balzano

 

UDINESE – LAZIO
Friuli Stadium
Referee: MASSA
Assistants: MUSOLINO – TEGONI
Fourth Official: PADOVAN
ADD1: ROCCHI
ADD2: DI PAOLO
15:00

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  2 suspended players for UDINESE: Kone (1), Pasquale (1)

3 suspended players for LAZIO: Marchetti (1), Cana (1), S. Mauri (1)

Here is the probable formation for Udinese (3-5-2): Karnezis; Heurtaux, Danilo, Piris; Widmer, Allan, Guilherme, Hallberg, G. Silva; Thereau, Di Natale

Unavailable: Geijo , Pinzi, Domizzi

Here is the probable formation for Lazio (4-3-3): Berisha; Basta, Mauricio, De Vrij, Radu; Cataldi, Biglia, Parolo; F. Anderson, Klose, Keita

Unavailable: Ciani, Pereirinha, Gentiletti, Lulic, Djordjevic, Tounkara

 

CHIEVO VERONA – SAMPDORIA
Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium
Referee: PERUZZO
Assistants: DOBOSZ – DE PINTO
Fourth Official: MARZALONI
ADD1: DI BELLO
ADD2: LA PENNA
18:00

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  1 suspended player for CHIEVO VERONA: Radovanovic (1)

1 suspended player for SAMPDORIA: Okaka (1)

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

Here is the probable formation for Sampdoria (4-3-1-2): Viviano; De Silvestri, Silvestre, Romagnoli, Regini; Obiang, Palombo, Duncan; Soriano; Bergessio, Eder

Unavailable: De Vitis, Cacciatore, Rizzo, Munoz, Romero

 

CESENA – JUVENTUS
Dino Manuzzi Stadium
Referee: RUSSO
Assistants: MELI – PAGANESSI
Fourth Official: DE LUCA
ADD1: TAGLIAVENTO
ADD2: GAVILLUCCI
20:45

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Juventus, 1st position with 53  points and a positive goal difference of +37
Cesena,  19th position with 15  points and a negative goal difference of -22

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
1	Juventus	22	16	5	1	47:10	37	53
19	Cesena	22	3	6	13	21:43	-22	15

 

Juventus will keep the first position whether they win, draw, or lose.  Juventus have a +7 points advantage over AS Roma.  Pressure is for Cesena to defeat the “giants” and dream with salvation.   A defeat for Cesena means “chaos.”

There are 12 precedents at the Dino Manuzzi Stadium.  Stats showing Empoli with just 1 win, Juventus with 5 wins, and 6 draws.  Cesena still not forgetting their defeat at the Juventus Stadium when they lost 3-0.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for CESENA:  Gregoire Defrel with 5 goals

Top scorer for JUVENTUS:  Forward Carlos Tevez with 14 goals

Cesena	Goals	Goals	Juventus
Defrel, Gregoire	5	14	Tevez, Carlos
Brienza, Franco	4	6	Pogba, Paul
Rodriguez, Alejandro	3	6	Vidal, Arturo
Ze Eduardo	1	5	Morata, Alvaro
Succi, Davide	1	4	Llorente, Fernando

 

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

08/02/15	SA	Empoli – Cesena				2:0	Round 22
01/02/15	SA	Cesena – Lazio				2:1	Round 21
25/01/15	SA	Parma – Cesena				1:2	Round 20

 

Here are the last 3 games of JUVENTUS:  2 wins, 1 draw

07/02/15	SA	Juventus – Milan	3:1	Round 22
01/02/15	SA	Udinese – Juventus	0:0	Round 21
28/01/15	CI	Parma – Juventus	0:1	Quarterfinal

 

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  No suspended players for CESENA.

1 suspended player for JUVENTUS: Tevez (1)

Here is the probable formation for Cesena (4-3-1-2): Leali; Perico, Capelli, Lucchini, Magnusson; Giorgi, De Feudis, Zè Eduardo; Brienza; Djuric, Defrel

Unavailable: Marilungo, Tabanelli, Valzania, Succi, Cazzola, Pulzetti, Cascione, Renzetti

Here is the probable formation for Juventus (4-3-1-2): Buffon; Lichtsteiner, Bonucci, Chiellini, Evra; Pogba, Vidal, Marchisio;

Unavailable: Asamoah, Romulo, Matri, Caceres

 

Photo juventus.com