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Hello my friends. Here is the Serie A PREVIEW for Week 17 on Monday 5 and January 6, 2015.   We are resuming the Serie A after the Christmas Break and these are the first games in 2015.   Challenge still open for the Scudetto.

Juventus ended 2014 as sole leader of the Serie A with 39 points after defeating Cagliari with a 1-3. Juventus commanding the Serie A and being the only Serie A team in Champions League.

AS Roma failing to defeat AC Milan at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium to keep a -1 point difference wit Juventus. The goalless draw keeps Roma in the 2nd position with a -3 points difference behind Juventus.

We have the amazing race for the 3rd position.  Three teams having 27 points: Lazio, Napoli, and Sampdoria.  It is a direct encounter on Monday with Lazio vs Sampdoria.  For the moment, Lazio hold the 3rd position for goal difference having +9 while Napoli and Sampdoria have +8.   Genoa and AC Milan have also chances to grab the third position.  Genoa having 26 points and Milan 25 points.

Cagliari coach Gianfranco Zola will make his debut leading the team against Palermo.  Zola replaced coach Zdenek Zeman.  Cagliari are in the relegation zone and the need for salvation is a “must.”

The top scorer up to Round 16: Juventus forward Carlos Tevez with 10 goals

 

Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 16 games. First 3 qualifying for Champions League, 4 and 5 for Europa League.

–Juventus, 1st position with 39 points and a positive goal difference of + 27

–AS Roma, 2nd position with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +17

–LAZIO, 3rd positions with 27 points points and a positive goal difference of +9

– NAPOLI, 4th position with 27 points and a positive goal difference of +8

–SAMPDORIA, 5th position with 27 points and a positive goal difference of +8

Relegation Zone: Cagliari, 18th position with 12 points and a negative goal difference of -8
Cesena, 19th position with 9 points and a negative goal difference of -17
Parma, 20th position with 6 points and a negative goal difference of -20

 

 

 

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Monday 5 January 2015

• Serie A Week 17 / 17ª Giornata Andata​​

LAZIO – SAMPDORIA
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: CALVARESE
Assistants: MELI – GALLONI
Fourth Official: DI LIBERATORE
ADD1: RUSSO
ADD2: MERCHIORI
20:45

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Lazio 3rd position with 27 points and a positive goal difference of +9
Sampdoria, 5th position with 27 points and a positive goal difference of +8

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
3	Lazio	16	8	3	5	28:19	9	27
5	Sampdoria	16	6	9	1	22:14	8	27

 

It’s a direct challenge for the 3rd position.  Lazio and Sampdoria having both 27 points.  Last season, Lazio defeated Samdpdoria with a 2-0.   The last draw  dates back to the 2009-2010 season when the match ended 1-1.  The last time Sampdoria defeated Lazio was in the 2004-2005 season resulting in a 2-1.

Stats in the Olimpico are in favor of Lazio.  There have been 48 games, Lazio winning 28, 12 draws while Sampdoria wining 8.

Special game for Sampdoria coach Sinisa Mihajlovic who had played for Lazio and Sampdoria.  Mihajlovic making 126 appearances with Lazio and 110 appearances with Sampdoria.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for LAZIO:  Filip Djordjevic and Stefano Mauri with 6 goals each.

Top scorer for SAMPDORIA: Forward Manolo Gabbiadini with 7 goals

Lazio	Goals	Goals	Sampdoria
Djordjevic, Filip	6	7	Gabbiadini, Manolo
Mauri, Stefano	6	4	Eder
Felipe Anderson	3	3	Okaka, Stefano
Lulic, Senad	3	2	Gastaldello, Daniele
Klose, Miroslav	3	2	Obiang, Pedro

 

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

21/12/14	SA	Inter – Lazio	2:2	Round 16
13/12/14	SA	Lazio – Atalanta	3:0	Round 15
07/12/14	SA	Parma – Lazio	1:2	Round 14

 

Here are the last 3 games of SAMPDORIA:  1 win, 2 draws

21/12/14	SA	Sampdoria – Udinese	2:2	Round 16
14/12/14	SA	Juventus – Sampdoria	1:1	Round 15
08/12/14	SA	Verona – Sampdoria	1:3	Round 14

 

Here is the probable formation for Lazio (4-3-3): Marchetti; Basta, De Vrij, Cana, Radu; Parolo, Ledesma, Lulic; Felipe Anderson, Djordjevic, Mauri.

Unavailable: Ederson, Ciani, Braafheid, Gentiletti, Gonzalez

Here is the probable formation for Sampdoria (4-3-1-2): Viviano; Cacciatore, Gastaldello, Romagnoli, Regini; Rizzo, Palombo, Obiang; Soriano; Okaka, Eder.

Unavailable: Mesbah, De Silvestri

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game: No suspended players

Photo:  facebook.com/serieatim

 

Tuesday 6 January 2015

 

UDINESE – AS ROMA
Friuli Stadium
Referee: GUIDA
Assistants: MARZALONI – CRISPO
Fourth Official: PAGANESSI
ADD1: TAGLIAVENTO
ADD2: MARESCA
12:30

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Udinese 9th position with 22 points and a negative goal difference of -2
AS Roma, 2nd position with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +17

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
2	Roma	16	11	3	2	28:11	17	36
9	Udinese	16	6	4	6	20:22	-2	22

 

AS Roma having the “obligation” to win this away game against Udinese to keep up the race for the Scudetto with Juventus.  There are only 3 points difference with Juventus.  A lost for Roma means seeing their chances to grab the Scudetto vanishing in case of Juventus defeating Inter extending the gab to a +6 points.   Udinese looking to win the home game and we expect a fierce game for the full 3 points.

Stats at the Friuli Stadium are in favor of Udinese.  Out of the 40 precedents, Udinese winning 14, AS Roma winning 15 and 11 draws.

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game. 2 suspended players for UDINESE: Heurtaux (1), Pinzi (1)

No suspended players for AS ROMA.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for UDINESE:  Forward Antonio Di Natale with 8 goals

Top scorer for AS ROMA:  Forward Adem Ljajic with 6 goals

Udinese	Goals	Goals	AS Roma
Di Natale, Antonio	8	6	Ljajic, Adem
Thereau, Cyril	5	4	Destro, Mattia
Fernandes, Bruno	2	3	Pjanic, Miralem
Danilo	2	3	Nainggolan, Radja
Heurtaux, Thomas	1	2	Florenzi, Alessandro

 

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

21/12/14	SA	Sampdoria – Udinese	2:2	Round 16
14/12/14	SA	Udinese – Verona	1:2	Round 15
07/12/14	SA	Inter – Udinese	1:2	Round 14

 

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

20/12/14	SA	Roma – Milan	0:0	Round 16
14/12/14	SA	Genoa – Roma	0:1	Round 15
10/12/14	UCLG	Roma – Man City	0:2	Round 6

 

Here is the probable formation for Udinese (3-5-1-1): Karnezis; Danilo, Domizzi, Piris; Widmer, Allan, Guilherme, Kone, Pasquale; Fernandes; Di Natale.

Unavailable: Muriel, Wague (Coppa d’Africa), Badu (Coppa d’Africa), Evangelista, Zapata

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

Unavailable: Ucan, Skorupski, Gervinho e Keita (Coppa d’Africa), Balzaretti, Castan

Photo: facebook.com/UdineseCalcio1896

 

CHIEVO VERONA – TORINO
Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium
Referee: ABISSO
Assistants: GAVA – STEFANI
Fourth Official: TONOLINI
ADD1: VALERI
ADD2: PERUZZO
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Chievo Verona, 16th position with 16 points and a negative goal difference of -6
Torino, 14th position with 17 points and a negative goal difference of -6

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
14	Turin	16	4	5	7	12:18	-6	17
16	Chievo	16	4	4	8	12:19	-7	16

 

Out of the 6 precedents for Chievo vs Torino  seeing Chievo winning 3 games, 2 draws while Torino winning 1.   It’s a motivation for Torino because they would love to repeat the victory as they did last season on Week 36 thanks to an own goal by Sardo.   There is only 1 point difference between Chievo and Torino.

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game. 1 suspended player for CHIEVO VERONA: Botta (2)

1 suspended player for TORINO: Moretti (1)

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for CHIEVO VERONA: Forward Alberto Paloschi with 4 goals

Top scorer for TORINO:  Forward Fabio Quagliarella and Kamil Glik with 4 goals each.

Chievo Verona	Goals	Goals	Torino
Paloschi, Alberto	4	4	Glik, Kamil
Pellissier, Sergio	2	4	Quagliarella, Fabio
Meggiorini, Riccardo	2	1	Martinez, Josef
Zukanovic, Ervin	1	1	Peres, Bruno
Lopez, Maxi	1	1	Farnerud, Alexander

 

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

21/12/14	SA	Verona – Chievo	0:1	Round 16
15/12/14	SA	Chievo – Inter	0:2	Round 15
08/12/14	SA	Cagliari – Chievo	0:2	Round 14

 

Here are the last 3 games of TORINO:  2 win, 1 draw

21/12/14	SA	Turin – Genoa	2:1	Round 16
15/12/14	SA	Empoli – Turin	0:0	Round 15
11/12/14	UELG	Copenhagen – Turin	1:5	Matchday 6

 

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

Unavailable: Gamberini, Radovanovic

Here is the probable formation for Torino (3-5-2): Gillet; Maksimovic, Glik, Gaston Silva; Peres, Vives, Gazzi, El Kaddouri, Darmian; Quagliarella, Martinez.

 

EMPOLI – HELLAS VERONA
Stadio Carlo Castellani
Referee: GIACOMELLI
Assistants: MARRAZZO – SCHENONE
Fourth Official: LONGO
ADD1: MARIANI
ADD2: CANDUSSIO
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Empoli, 13th position with 17 points and a negative goal difference of -5
Hellas Verona, 15th position with 17 points and a negative goal difference of -9

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
13	Empoli	16	3	8	5	17:22	-5	17
15	Verona	16	4	5	7	18:27	-9	17

 

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game. No suspended players for EMPOLI.

1 suspended player for HELLAS VERONA: Marquez (1)

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for EMPOLI: Lorenzo Tonelli with 4 goals

Top scorer for HELLAS VERONA: Forward Luca Toni with 5 goals

Empoli	Goals	Goals	Hellas Verona
Tonelli, Lorenzo	4	5	Toni, Luca
Pucciarelli, Manuel	3	4	Lopez, Nicolas
Maccarone, Massimo	2	2	Ionita, Artur
Tavano, Francesco	2	2	Tachtsidis, Panagiotis
Rugani, Daniele	2	1	Gomez, Juan

 

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

21/12/14	SA	Fiorentina – Empoli	1:1	Round 16
15/12/14	SA	Empoli – Turin	0:0	Round 15
07/12/14	SA	Napoli – Empoli	2:2	Round 14

 

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

21/12/14	SA	Verona – Chievo	0:1	Round 16
14/12/14	SA	Udinese – Verona	1:2	Round 15
08/12/14	SA	Verona – Sampdoria	1:3	Round 14

 

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

Unavailable: Guarente, Laurini, Periticone

Here is the probable formation for Hellas Verona (3-5-2): Benussi; Moras, Sorensen, Rodriguez; Martic, Christodoulopoulos, Tachtsidis, Hallfredsson, Brivio; Nico Lopez, Nenè.

Unavailable: Ionita, Obbadi, Jankovic, Gomez

Photo:  facebook.com/empolifcofficialpage

 

GENOA – ATALANTA
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Referee: IRRATI
Assistants: VUOTO – RANGHETTI
Fourth Official: DI FIORE
ADD1: ROCCHI
ADD2: DI PAOLO
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Genoa, 6th position with 26 points and a positive goal difference of +6
Atalanta, 17th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of -10

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
6	Genoa	16	7	5	4	21:15	6	26
17	Atalanta	16	3	6	7	11:21	-10	15

 

Atalanta are in danger to fall in the relegation zone.  A defeat at the Luigi Ferraris will be a disaster for Atalanta.  Genoa will look to win the home game and break the last draws with Atalanta.   Stats.  Imagine in the last 3 seasons match at the Ferraris have ended with draw…  The last time Genoa won at the Ferraris was  back in the 2009- 2010 season with a 2-0.  Wow, as for Atalanta, the last time they won at the Ferraris was back in the 1991-1992 season with a 2-0.

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game. 1 suspended player for GENOA: Perotti (3)

1 suspended player for ATALANTA: Cigarini (1)

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for GENOA:  Forward Alessandro Matri with 6 goals

Top scorer for ATALANTA:  Forwards German Denis and Maximiliano Moralez with 3 goals each

Genoa	Goals	Goals	Atalanta
Matri, Alessandro	6	3	Denis
Pinilla, Mauricio	3	3	Moralez, Maxi
Falque, Iago	2	2	Boakye, Richmond
Bertolacci, Andrea	2	1	Estigarribia, Marcelo
Antonelli, Luca	2	1	Stendardo, Guglielmo

 

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

21/12/14	SA	Turin – Genoa	2:1	Round 16
14/12/14	SA	Genoa – Roma	0:1	Round 15
07/12/14	SA	Genoa – Milan	1:0	Round 14

 

Here are the last 3 games of ATALANTA:  1 win, 1 draw, 1 lost

21/12/14	SA	Atalanta – Palermo	3:3	Round 16
13/12/14	SA	Lazio – Atalanta	3:0	Round 15
07/12/14	SA	Atalanta – Cesena	3:2	Round 14

 

Here is the probable formation for Genoa (3-4-3): Perin; Roncaglia, Burdisso, De Maio; Sturaro, Rincon, Bertolacci, Antonelli; Lestienne, Matri, Iago.

Unavailable: Marchese

Here is the probable formation for Atalanta (4-4-1-1): Sportiello; Zappacosta, Benalouane, Stendardo, Dramè; Molina, Baselli, Carmona, Gomez; Moralez; Denis.

Unavailable: Cherubin, Estigarribia, Raimondi

 

Photo:  atalanta.it

 

AC MILAN – SASSUOLO
San Siro Stadium
Referee: DI BELLO
Assistants: PRETI – DE PINTO
Fourth Official: VIVENZI
ADD1: MAZZOLENI
ADD2: FABBRI
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 7th position with 25 points and a positive goal difference of +7
Sassuolo, 12th position with 20 points and a negative goal difference of -4

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
7	Milan	16	6	7	3	25:18	7	25
12	Sassuolo	16	4	8	4	17:21	-4	20

 

AC Milan with a high motivation after  a prestigious victory defeating “all mighty” Real Madrid in Dubai with a 4-2.   AC Milan are battling to reach to the 3rd position.  It’s also a challenge for Sassuolo to cause an upset at the San Siro Stadium.

There is only 1 precedent for AC Milan vs Sassuolo in Serie A.  Last season it ended 2-1 thanks to the goals by Sulley Muntari and Nigel De John while for Sassuolo the goal was by Zaza.

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game. 3 suspended players for AC MILAN: Mexes (1), Armero (1), De Jong (1)

No suspended players for SASSUOLO.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for AC MILAN: Forward Jeremy Menez with 8 goals

Top scorer for SASSUOLO:  Forward Simone Zaza with 5 goals

AC Milan	Goals	Goals	Sassuolo
Menez, Jeremy	8	5	Zaza, Simone
Honda, Keisuke	6	3	Berardi, Domenico
Bonaventura, Giacomo	3	2	Taider, Saphir
de Jong, Nigel	2	2	Floccari, Sergio
Muntari, Sulley	2	1	Acerbi, Francesco

 

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

30/12/14	CFG	Real Madrid – Milan				2:4	Friendly
20/12/14	SA	Roma – Milan				0:0	Round 16
14/12/14	SA	Milan – Napoli				2:0	Round 15

 

Here are the last 3 games of SASSUOLO:  3 draws

20/12/14	SA	Sassuolo – Cesena	1:1	Round 16
13/12/14	SA	Palermo – Sassuolo	2:1	Round 15
06/12/14	SA	Roma – Sassuolo	2:2	Round 14

 

Here is the probable formation for AC Milan (4-3-3): Diego Lopez; Rami, Zapata, Alex, De Sciglio; Poli, Muntari, Montolivo; Bonaventura, Menez, El Shaarawy.

Unavailable: Van Ginkel, Albertazzi, Bonera, Honda

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

Unavailable: Pegolo, Manfredini, Taider (Coppa d’Africa)

 

Photo: facebook.com/officialsassuolocalcio

 

PALERMO – CAGLIARI
Renzo Barbera Stadium
Referee: DOVERI
Assistants: CARIOLATO – CARBONE
Fourth Official: PASSERI
ADD1: GAVILLUCCI
ADD2: RIPA
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Palermo, 10th position with 22 points and a negative goal difference of -4
Cagliari, 18th position with 12 points and a negative goal difference of -8

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
10	Palermo	16	5	7	4	22:26	-4	22
18	Cagliari	16	2	6	8	21:29	-8	12

 

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game. No suspended players.

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for PALERMO:  Forward Paulo Dybala with 7 goals

Top scorer for CAGLIARI:  Marco Sau and Albin Ekdal with 4 goals each

Palermo	Goals	Goals	Cagliari
Dybala, Paulo Bruno	7	4	Ekdal, Albin
Vazquez, Franco	5	4	Sau, Marco
Rigoni, Luca	4	3	Avelar, Danilo
Belotti, Andrea	3	3	Farias, Diego
Barreto, Edgar	1	2	Cossu, Andrea

 

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of PALERMO:  1 win, 2 draws

21/12/14	SA	Atalanta – Palermo	3:3	Round 16
13/12/14	SA	Palermo – Sassuolo	2:1	Round 15
06/12/14	SA	Turin – Palermo	2:2	Round 14

 

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

18/12/14	SA	Cagliari – Juventus	1:3	Round 16
14/12/14	SA	Parma – Cagliari	0:0	Round 15
08/12/14	SA	Cagliari – Chievo	0:2	Round 14

 

Here is the probable formation for Palermo (3-5-2): Sorrentino; Munoz, Gonzalez, Feddal; Morganella, Rigoni, Maresca, Barreto, Lazaar; Vazquez, Dybala.

Unavailable: Daprelà

Here is the probable formation for Cagliari (4-3-3): Cragno; Balzano, Ceppitelli, Rossettini, Avelar; Crisetig, Conti, Ekdal; Ibarbo, Longo, Cossu.

Unavailable: Colombi, Sau

Photo:  facebook.com/palermocalcioit

 

PARMA – FIORENTINA
Ennio Tardini Stadium
Referee: DAMATO
Assistants: COSTANZO – FIORITO
Fourth Official: STALLONE
ADD1: TOMMASI
ADD2: NASCA
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Parma, 20th position with 6 points and a negative goal difference of -20
Fiorentina, 8th position with 24 points and a positive goal difference of +8

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
8	Fiorentina	16	6	6	4	21:13	8	24
20	Parma	16	2	1	13	16:36	-20	6

 

It’s chaos for Parma being in the last position of the Serie A.  Challenge for coach Roberto Donadoni to wake up his Parma players or might risk to be sacked…..  It’s a tense situation for Fiorentina too after the announcement made by goalkeeper Neto deciding not to renew his contract.

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game. 2 suspended players for PARMA: Galloppa (1), Santacroce (1)

1 suspended player for FIORENTINA: Borja Valero (1)

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for PARMA:  Forward Antonio Cassano with 5 goals

Top scorer for FIORENTINA:  Forward Khouma Babacar with 4 goals

Parma	Goals	Goals	Fiorentina
Cassano, Antonio	5	4	Babacar, Khouma
De Ceglie, Paolo	3	3	Cuadrado, Juan
Palladino, Raffaele	2	2	Savic, Stefan
Coda, Massimo	2	2	Rodriguez, Gonzalo
Felipe	1	2	Fernandez, Matias

 

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

18/12/14	SA	Napoli – Parma	2:0	Round 16
14/12/14	SA	Parma – Cagliari	0:0	Round 15
07/12/14	SA	Parma – Lazio	1:2	Round 14

 

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

21/12/14	SA	Fiorentina – Empoli	1:1	Round 16
14/12/14	SA	Cesena – Fiorentina	1:4	Round 15
11/12/14	UELG	Fiorentina – Dinamo Minsk	1:2	Round 6

 

Here is the probable formation for Parma (3-5-2): Mirante; Felipe, Paletta, Lucarelli; Cassani, Lila, Lodi, Mauri, Gobbi; Palladino, Cassano.

Unavailable: Biabiany, Coda, Ghezzal, Jorquera, Acquah e Belfodil

Here is the probable formation for Fiorentina (3-5-2): Tatarusanu; Savic, Rodriguez, Basanta; Joaquin, Fernandez, Pizarro, Kurtic, Alonso; Cuadrado, Gomez.

Unavailable: Rossi, Bernardeschi, Lupatelli, Babacar

 

Photo: fcparma.com

 

 

 

CESENA- NAPOLI
Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Referee: MASSA
Assistants: MUSOLINO – GIALLATINI
Fourth Official: PETRELLA
ADD1: ORSATO
ADD2: BARACANI
18:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Cesena, 19th position with 9 points and a negative goal difference of -17
Napoli, 4th position with 27 points and a positive goal difference of +8

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
4	Napoli	16	7	6	3	28:20	8	27
19	Cesena	16	1	6	9	13:30	-17	9

 

Cesena looking to win this home game to see the light at the end of the tunnel to climb from the relegation zone.  Napoli need a victory to keep up the race for the 3rd position.

Stats, out of the 12 precedents between Cesena vs Napoli seeing a devastated Cesena never winning at home against Napoli who had won 7 games and collecting 5 draws.

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game. 1 suspended player for CESENA: Defrel (1)

No suspended players for NAPOLI.

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for CESENA: Gregoire Defrel with 4 goals

Top scorer for NAPOLI:  Forward Jose Maria Callejon with 8 goals

Cesena	Goals	Goals	Napoli
Defrel, Gregoire	4	8	Callejon
Rodriguez, Alejandro	2	7	Higuain, Gonzalo
Succi, Davide	1	4	Zapata, Duvan
Duric, Milan	1	3	de Guzman, Jonathan
Cascione, Emmanuel	1	2	Hamsik, Marek

 

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

20/12/14	SA	Sassuolo – Cesena	1:1	Round 16
14/12/14	SA	Cesena – Fiorentina	1:4	Round 15
07/12/14	SA	Atalanta – Cesena	3:2	Round 14

 

Here are the last 3 games of NAPOLI:   3 wins

22/12/14	SC	Juventus – Napoli	7:8 (AP)	Supercoppa Italiana
18/12/14	SA	Napoli – Parma	2:0	Round 16
14/12/14	SA	Milan – Napoli	2:0	Round 15

 

Here is the probable formation for Cesena (3-5-1-1): Leali; Volta, Lucchini, Capelli; Giorgi, Carbonero, Ze Eduardo, Cascione, Mazzotta; Brienza; Hugo Almeida.

Unavailable: Marilungo, Perico, Renzetti

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

Unavailable: Zuniga, Michu, Insigne, Ghoulam

 

JUVENTUS – INTER
Juventus Arena
Referee: BANTI
Assistants: NICOLETTI – DOBOSZ
Fourth Official: BIANCHI
ADD1: RIZZOLI
ADD2: GERVASONI
21:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Juventus 1st position with 39 points and a positive goal difference of +27
Inter, 11th position with 21 points and a positive goal difference of +2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
1	Juventus	16	12	3	1	34:7	27	39
11	Inter	16	5	6	5	25:23	2	21

 

It’s a fresh start for Juventus in 2015 after losing the Supercoppa Italiana in Dubai against Napoli.  Juventus lead the Serie A and is the only team in Champions League while Inter struggling to make it to the top 5 teams.   Inter are 18 points below Juventus!

Stats in Turin are in favor of Juventus.  A precedent of 81 games seeing Juventus winning 56, Inter winning 11, and 14 draws.    It will be a big upset for Juventus in case of Inter grabbing a victory or even a draw.

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game. No suspended players.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for JUVENTUS: Forward Carlos Tevez with 10 goals

Top scorer for INTER:  Forward Mauro Icardi with 8 goals

Juventus	Goals	Goals	Inter
Tevez, Carlos	10	8	Icardi, Mauro
Vidal, Arturo	5	5	Osvaldo, Pablo Daniel
Llorente, Fernando	4	4	Kovacic, Mateo
Morata, Alvaro	4	2	Guarin, Fredy
Pogba, Paul	3	2	Ranocchia, Andrea

 

Here are the last 3 games of JUVENTUS: 1 win, 1 draw, 1 lost

22/12/14	SC	Juventus – Napoli	7:8 (AP)	SuperCoppa Italiana
18/12/14	SA	Cagliari – Juventus	1:3	Round 16
14/12/14	SA	Juventus – Sampdoria	1:1	Round 15

 

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

30/12/14	CFG	Paris St.-Germa… – Inter				1:0	Friendly
21/12/14	SA	Inter – Lazio				2:2	Round 16
15/12/14	SA	Chievo – Inter				0:2	Round 15

 

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

Unavailable: Barzagli, Asamoah, Romulo

Here is the probable formation for Inter (4-2-3-1): Handanovic; Campagnaro, Ranocchia, Juan Jesus, D’Ambrosio; Medel, Kuzmanovic; Hernanes, Kovacic, Palacio; Icardi.

Unavailable: Nagatomo, Mbaye

 

Photo:   facebook.com/Juventus

 

 

Your Predictions??? Make your calculations and changes… get your dancing pencil.. Lazio – Sampdoria Udinese – AS Roma Genoa – Atalanta Empoli – Hellas Verona AC Milan – Sassuolo Palermo – Cagliari Parma – Fiorentina Chievo Verona – Torino Cesena – Napoli Juventus – InterNOTE:  Copy and paste  in the comment box thepredictions adding your own choices.

Anna Italia Predictions.Lazio – Sampdoria = LAZIO Udinese – AS Roma = AS ROMA Genoa – Atalanta = GENOA Empoli – Hellas Verona = DRAW AC Milan – Sassuolo = AC MILAN Palermo – Cagliari = PALERMO Parma – Fiorentina = FIORENTINA Chievo Verona – Torino = TORINO Cesena – Napoli = CESENA Juventus – Inter = JUVENTUS