By Anna Italia
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Hello my friends. Here is the 2017-2018 Serie A Week 37 PREVIEW / Thirty-seventh Round on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 May 2018. There is only 1 more game to end the season with 3 available points after this round.

Let’s summarize where we stand …..  Juventus is the sole leader reaching 91 points.  The Scudetto seems closer, but, it’s not over year. Napoli following closely in the second position with 85 points.    Here is the situation.  Juventus can win the Scudetto if they defeat AS Roma at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium despite the result of Sampdoria vs Napoli at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium.

The third position is still open which means securing the direct qualification to the Champions League next season.    Roma will secure the 3rd position if they defeat Juventus.   Lazio can take over the 3rd position if they defeat Crotone at the Stadio Ezio Scida.   Inter can jump to the 4th position if Lazio lose the match and Inter defeat Sassuolo at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium.

3		Roma	73	36	22	7	7	32
4		Lazio	71	36	21	8	7	41
5		Inter Milan	69	36	19	12	5	36

The Europa League zone is also open.     The 5th and 6th position qualify.   Inter already qualifying, but their target is still to make it to the Champions League.   The 6th position is open for AC Milan, Atalanta, and Fiorentina.    Here is why the match Atalanta vs AC Milan at the Atleti Azzurri D’Italia Stadium will be a brave battle.

5		Inter Milan	69	36	19	12	5	36
6		AC Milan	60	36	17	9	10	10
7		Atalanta	59	36	16	11	9	19
8		Fiorentina	57	36	16	9	11	13

The relegation zone is also a tough battle for survival.   Mathematically speaking,  Hellas Verona and Benevento are already relegated.  Spal, Chievo Verona, Crotone, Udinese, and Cagliari will battle to remain in the Serie A next season.

14		Spal	35	36	7	14	15	-21
15		Chievo	34	36	8	10	18	-25
16		Crotone	34	36	9	7	20	-25
17		Udinese	34	36	10	4	22	-17
18		Cagliari	33	36	9	6	21	-30
19		Verona	25	36	7	4	25	-46
20		Benevento	18	36	5	3	28	-51

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Results from Serie A Week 36

• AC Milan 4 – 1 Hellas Verona
• Juventus 3 – 1 Bologna
• Udinese 0 – 4 Inter
• Lazio 1 – 1 Atalanta
• Spal 2 – 0 Benevento
• Chievo Verona 2- 1 Crotone
• Genoa 2 – 3 Fiorentina
• Napoli 2 – 2 Torino
• Sassuolo 1 – 0 Sampdoria
• Cagliari 0 – 1 AS Roma

The top scorer of the Serie A Up to Week 36: Lazio forward Ciro Immobile with 29 goals.

Photo: twitter.com/OfficialSSLazio

 

Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 36 game. First 4 qualifying for Champions League, 5 and 6 for Europa League. (as of Sunday 6 May 2018)

– JUVENTUS, 1st position with 91 points and a positive goal difference of +61

– NAPOLI, 2nd position with 85 points and a positive goal difference of +45

– AS ROMA, 3rd positions with 73 points and a positive goal difference of +32

– LAZIO, 4th position with 71 points and a positive goal difference of +41

– INTER, 5th position with 69 points and a positive goal difference of +36

– AC MILAN, 6th position with 60 points and a positive goal difference of +10

Relegation Zone:

– CAGLIARI, 18th position with 33 points and a negative goal difference of -29

– HELLAS VERONA, 19th position with 25 points and a negative goal difference of -46

– BENEVENTO, 20th position with 18 points and a negative goal difference of -51

 

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Saturday 12 May 2018

BENEVENTO – GENOA
Stadio Ciro Vigorito
Referee: CHIFFI
Assistants: LOMBARDI – CIPRESSA
Fourth Official: ILLUZZI
VAR: MARESCA
AVAR: DE MEO
18:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Benevento, 20th position with 18 points and a negative goal difference of -51
Genoa, 11th position with 20 points and a positive goal difference of +1

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
11	Genoa	36	11	8	17	32:40	-8	41
20	Benevento	36	5	3	28	32:83	-51	18

Benevento playing their last home game at the Stadio Ciro Vigorito in Serie A.   Mathematically speaking, Benevento is already relegated to the Serie B next season.   Benevento winning only 5 games this season, 3 draws, and losing 28 games.

Stats BEFORE the game.   Top scorer of BENEVENTO:  Cheick Diabate with 7 goals

Top scorer of GENOA:  Gianluca Lapadula with 6 goals

Benevento	Goals	Goals	Genoa
Diabate, Cheick	7	6	Lapadula, Gianluca
Coda, Massimo	4	4	Pandev, Goran
Brignola, Enrico	3	3	Laxalt, Diego
Guilherme	2	3	Galabinov, Andrey
Viola, Nicolas	2	2	Rigoni, Luca

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

06/05/18	SA	Spal – Benevento				2:0	36
29/04/18	SA	Benevento – Udinese				3:3	35
21/04/18	SA	Milan – Benevento				0:1	34

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

06/05/18	SA	Genoa – Fiorentina				2:3	36
29/04/18	SA	Atalanta – Genoa				3:1	35
23/04/18	SA	Genoa – Verona				3:1	34

Photo:   beneventocalcio.club

 

INTER – SASSUOLO
Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Referee: ABISSO
Assistants: DEL GIOVANE – PRENNA
Fourth Official: LA PENNA
VAR: DI BELLO
AVAR: CRISPO
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Inter, 5th position with 69 points and a positive goal difference of +36
Sassuolo, 12th position with 40 points and a negative goal difference of -30

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
5	Inter	36	19	12	5	62:26	36	69
12	Sassuolo	36	10	10	16	27:57	-30	40

Inter battling to make it to the Champions League next season.  Inter already qualifying for the Europa League being in the 5th position, but the target is the Champions.   Sassuolo with 40 points is already saved to remain in the Serie A next season.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of INTER:  Mauro Icardi with 28 goals

Top scorer of SASSUOLO:  Matteo Politano with 9 goal

Inter	Goals	Goals	Sassuolo
Icardi, Mauro	28	9	Politano, Matteo
Perisic, Ivan	11	3	Berardi, Domenico
Skriniar, Milan	4	3	Matri, Alessandro
Brozovic, Marcelo	4	2	Falcinelli, Diego
Eder	3	2	Babacar, Khouma

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

06/05/18	SA	Udinese – Inter				0:4	36
28/04/18	SA	Inter – Juventus				2:3	35
22/04/18	SA	Chievo – Inter				1:2	34

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

06/05/18	SA	Sassuolo – Sampdoria				1:0	36
29/04/18	SA	Crotone – Sassuolo				4:1	35
21/04/18	SA	Sassuolo – Fiorentina				1:0	34

Photo:  twitter.com/inter_en

Photo:  facebook.com/officialsassuolocalcio

 

Sunday 13 May 2018

BOLOGNA – CHIEVO VERONA
Renato Dall’Ara Stadium
Referee: PAIRETTO
Assistants: POSADO – SANTORO
Fourth Official: FOURNEAU
VAR: PASQUA
AVAR: TOLFO
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Bologna, 13th position with 39 points and a negative goal difference of -10
Chievo Verona, 15th position with 34 points and a negative goal difference of -25

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
13	Bologna	36	11	6	19	39:49	-10	39
15	Chievo	36	8	10	18	33:58	-25	34

Stats BEFORE the game.   Top scorer of BOLOGNA:  Simone Verdi with 9 goals

Top scorer of CHIEVO VERONA:  Roberto Inglese with 10 goals

Bologna	Goals	Goals	Chievo Verona
Verdi, Simone	9	10	Inglese, Roberto
Destro, Mattia	6	5	Stepinski, Mariusz
Palacio, Rodrigo	4	3	Hetemaj, Perparim
Pulgar, Erick	3	3	Castro, Lucas
Okwonkwo, Orji	3	3	Birsa, Valter

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

05/05/18	SA	Juventus – Bologna	3:1	36
29/04/18	SA	Bologna – Milan	1:2	35
22/04/18	SA	Cagliari – Bologna	0:0	34

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

06/05/18	SA	Chievo – Crotone				2:1	36
28/04/18	SA	Roma – Chievo				4:1	35
22/04/18	SA	Chievo – Inter				1:2	34

Photo:   twitter.com/BolognaFC1909en

CROTONE – LAZIO
Stadio Ezio Scida
Referee: MAZZOLENI
Assistants: VUOTO – PERETTI
Fourth Official: ABBATTISTA
VAR: BANTI
AVAR: SCHENONE
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Lazio, 4th position with 71 points and a positive goal difference of +41
Crotone, 16th position with 34 points and a negative goal difference of -25

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
4	Lazio	36	21	8	7	85:44	41	71
16	Crotone	36	9	7	20	37:62	-25	34

Stats BEFORE the game.   Top scorer of CROTONE:  Marcello Trotta with 7goals

Top scorer of LAZIO:  Ciro Immobile with 29 goals

Crotone	Goals	Goals	Lazio
Trotta, Marcello	7	29	Immobile, Ciro
Simy	6	11	Milinkovic-Savic, Sergej
Budimir, Ante	6	11	Luis Alberto
Faraoni, Davide	2	6	de Vrij, Stefan
Barberis, Andrea	2	4	Bastos

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

06/05/18	SA	Chievo – Crotone				2:1	36
29/04/18	SA	Crotone – Sassuolo				4:1	35
22/04/18	SA	Udinese – Crotone				1:2	34

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of LAZIO:   2 wins, 1 draw

06/05/18	SA	Lazio – Atalanta				1:1	36
29/04/18	SA	FC Torino – Lazio				0:1	35
22/04/18	SA	Lazio – Sampdoria				4:0	34

Photo: facebook.com/F.C.Crotone/

FIORENTINA – CAGLIARI
Artemio Franchi Stadium
Referee: VALERI
Assistants: TONOLINI – PAGANESSI
Fourth Official: MANGANIELLO
VAR: IRRATI
AVAR: DOBOSZ
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Cagliari, 18th position with 33 points and a negative goal difference of -30
Fiorentina, 8th position with 57 points and a positive goal difference of +13

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
8	Fiorentina	36	16	9	11	53:40	13	57
18	Cagliari	36	9	6	21	31:61	-30	33

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of FIORENTINA:  Giovanni Simeone with 13 goals

Top scorer of CAGLIARI:  Leonardo Pavoletti with 10 goals

Fiorentina	Goals	Goals	Cagliari
Simeone, Giovanni	13	10	Pavoletti, Leonardo
Veretout, Jordan	8	6	Barella, Nicolo
Chiesa, Federico	6	5	Pedro, Joao
Benassi, Marco	5	2	Ceppitelli, Luca
Thereau, Cyril	5	2	Cigarini, Luca

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

06/05/18	SA	Genoa – Fiorentina				2:3	36
29/04/18	SA	Fiorentina – Napoli				3:0	35
21/04/18	SA	Sassuolo – Fiorentina				1:0	34

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

06/05/18	SA	Cagliari – Roma				0:1	36
29/04/18	SA	Sampdoria – Cagliari				4:1	35
22/04/18	SA	Cagliari – Bologna				0:0	34

Photo:   facebook.com/cagliaricalcio

 

HELLAS VERONA – UDINESE
Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium
Referee: CALVARESE
Assistants: TASSO – RANGHETTI
Fourth Official: SERRA
VAR: DOVERI
AVAR: MONDIN
15:00

TORINO – SPAL
Olimpico di Torino Stadium
Referee: MARIANI
Assistants: BINDONI – DI VUOLO
Fourth Official: SACCHI
VAR: DAMATO
AVAR: DI IORIO
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Torino, 10th position with 48 points and a positive goal difference of +6
Spal, 14th position with 35 points and a negative goal difference of -21

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
10	FC Torino	36	11	15	10	50:44	6	48
14	Spal	36	7	14	15	35:56	-21	35

Stats BEFORE the game.   Top scorer of TORINO:   Iago Falque with 11 goals

Top scorer of SPAL:  Mirko Antenucci with 9 goals

Torino	Goals	Goals	Spal
Falque, Iago	11	9	Antenucci, Mirko
Belotti, Andrea	9	7	Paloschi, Alberto
Ljajic, Adem	6	3	Floccari, Sergio
Obi, Joel	5	3	Viviani, Federico
Niang, Mbaye	4	2	Rizzo, Luca

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

06/05/18	SA	Napoli – FC Torino				2:2	36
29/04/18	SA	FC Torino – Lazio				0:1	35
22/04/18	SA	Atalanta – FC Torino				2:1	34

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

06/05/18	SA	Spal – Benevento				2:0	36
29/04/18	SA	Verona – Spal				1:3	35
21/04/18	SA	Spal – Roma				0:3	34

 

Photo:  facebook.com/SpalCalcioFerrara/

ATALANTA – AC MILAN
Atleti Azzurri D’Italia Stadium
Referee: GUIDA
Assistants: CARBONE – FIORITO
Fourth Official: GHERSINI
VAR: FABBRI
AVAR: GIALLATINI
18:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 6th position with 60 points and a positive goal difference of +10
Atalanta, 7th position with 59 points and a positive goal difference of +19

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
6	Milan	36	17	9	10	50:40	10	60
7	Atalanta	36	16	11	9	56:37	19	59

The duel for a spot in the Europa League next season.   The battle to get the 6th position is a must for Atalanta and AC Milan.   The victory for AC Milan will be enough for the rossoneri to keep the 6th position.   Atalanta will try to win the home game believing in their chance to grab the 6th position and crushed Milan’s dream to be in Europa.

AC Milan will battle with all their guts for the Europa League after Juventus  eliminated them in the Coppa Italia Final.

Stats BEFORE the game.   Top scorer of ATALANTA:  Josip Ilicic with 11 goals

Top scorer of AC MILAN:   Patrick Cutrone with 8 goals

Atalanta	Goals	Goals	AC Milan
Ilicic, Josip	11	8	Cutrone, Patrick
Cristante, Bryan	9	7	Bonaventura, Giacomo
Gomez, Papu	6	6	Suso
Freuler, Remo	5	5	Calhanoglu, Hakan
Petagna, Andrea	4	5	Kalinic, Nikola

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of ATALANTA:  2 wins, 1 draw

06/05/18	SA	Lazio – Atalanta				1:1	36
29/04/18	SA	Atalanta – Genoa				3:1	35
22/04/18	SA	Atalanta – FC Torino				2:1	34

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

09/05/18	CI	Juventus – Milan				4:0	F
05/05/18	SA	Milan – Verona				4:1	36
29/04/18	SA	Bologna – Milan				1:2	35

Photo:   facebook.com/atalantabc

AS ROMA – JUVENTUS
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: TAGLIAVENTO
Assistants: PASSERI – COSTANZO
Fourth Official: ROCCHI
VAR: GIACOMELLI
AVAR: VALERIANI
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Juventus, 1st position with 91 points and a positive goal difference of +61
AS Roma, 3rd position with 73 points and a positive goal difference of +32

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
1	Juventus	36	29	4	3	84:23	61	91
3	Roma	36	22	7	7	60:28	32	73

Juventus can crown as the winner of the 2017-2018 Serie A Scudetto if they defeat Roma and Napoli lose the game against Sampdoria.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of AS ROMA:   Edin Dzeko with 16 goals

Top scorer of JUVENTUS:  Paulo Dybala with 22 goals

AS RoMA	Goals	Goals	Juventus
Dzeko, Edin	16	22	Dybala, Paulo
Under, Cengiz	7	16	Higuain, Gonzalo
El Shaarawy, Stephan	7	9	Khedira, Sami
Perotti, Diego	5	5	Mandzukic, Mario
Nainggolan, Radja	4	4	Pjanic, Miralem

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

06/05/18	SA	Cagliari – Roma				0:1	36
02/05/18	UCLK	Roma – Liverpool				4:2	S
28/04/18	SA	Roma – Chievo				4:1	35

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

09/05/18	CI	Juventus – Milan				4:0	F
05/05/18	SA	Juventus – Bologna				3:1	36
28/04/18	SA	Inter – Juventus				2:3	35

Photo: twitter.com/ASRomaEN

 

SAMPDORIA – NAPOLI
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Referee: GAVILLUCCI
Assistants: TEGONI – MARRAZZO
Fourth Official: GIUA
VAR: MASSA
AVAR: ALASSIO
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Napoli, 2nd position with 85 points and a positive goal difference of +45
Sampdoria, 9th position with 54 points and a goal difference of “0”

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
2	Napoli	36	26	7	3	73:28	45	85
9	Sampdoria	36	16	6	14	55:55	0	54

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of SAMPDORIA:  Fabio Quagliarella with 19 goals

Top scorer of NAPOLI:  Dries Mertens with 18 goals

Sampdoria	Goals	Goals	Napoli
Quagliarella, Fabio	19	18	Mertens, Dries
Zapata, Duvan	11	9	Callejon, Jose
Caprari, Gianluca	5	8	Insigne, Lorenzo
Kownacki, Dawid	4	7	Hamsik, Marek
Torreira, Lucas	4	5	Koulibaly, Kalidou

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

06/05/18	SA	Sassuolo – Sampdoria				1:0	36
29/04/18	SA	Sampdoria – Cagliari				4:1	35
22/04/18	SA	Lazio – Sampdoria				4:0	34

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

06/05/18	SA	Napoli – FC Torino				2:2	36
29/04/18	SA	Fiorentina – Napoli				3:0	35
22/04/18	SA	Juventus – Napoli				0:1	34

Photo:   twitter.com/en_sscnapoli