Here is the list of suspensions by the sporting authorities after the latest round of Serie A matches after Round 20 completed on Sunday 19 January 2014.
The following have all been given a 1 match ban:
Konè (Bologna),
Ibarbo (Cagliari),
Onazi and Lulic (Lazio),
Barrientos (Catania),
Chiellini (Juventus),
Fernandez (Napoli),
Lucarelli (Parma),
Lucchini and Migliaccio (Atalanta),
Regini (Sampdoria),
Gonzalo Rodriguez (Fiorentina).
Bologna’s coach Davide Ballardini has also been given a 1 match touch-line ban while Bologna football club have been given a suspended sentence for one of their stands after anti-Neapolitan chants and banners.
(IN THE PHOTO: Sulley Muntari on the pitch the last time the team traveled to Sardinia)
MILAN – Here are the collective and individual numbers behind Cagliari-Milan this weekend in Serie A’s Round 21 at 15.00:
THE LAST FIVE MATCHES MILAN – Milan-Roma 2-2, Inter-Milan 1-0, Milan-Atalanta 3-0, Sassuolo-Milan 4-3, Milan-Verona 1-0. CAGLIARI – Parma-Cagliari 0-0, Cagliari-Napoli 1-1, Chievo-Cagliari 0-0, Cagliari-Juventus 1-4, Atalanta-Cagliari 1-0.
THE FIVE MOST USED PLAYERS CAGLIARI – Rossettini 1804 minutes, Conti 1722, Astori 1721, Dessena 1422, Sau 1304. MILAN – Zapata 1809 minutes, De Jong 1716, Balotelli 1324, Abbiati 1291, Montolivo 1219.
SHOTS AND GOALS SHOTS – Balotelli 92, Conti 42, Kakà 33, Pinilla 31, Montolivo 29, Robinho 23, Birsa 22. GOALS – Balotelli 8, Kakà 5, Conti 4, Muntari 4, Sau 4, Robinho 3, Pinilla 3. CAGLAIRI STATISTICS POSSESSION: 25.44 minutes per match SHOTS ON TAREGT: 4.4 BALLS PLAYED: 590.1 PASSES COMPLETED: 66.9% TERRITORIAL SUPREMACY: 10.40 minutes spent in the adversary’s half DANGER INDEX: 47.0%
MILAN STATISTICS POSSESSION: 29.54 minutes per match SHOTS ON TARGET: 6.3 BALLS PLAYED: 662.1 PASSES COMPLETED: 71.8% TERRITORIAL SUPREMACY: 14:06 minutes spent in the adversary’s half (Milan top team in the league) DANGER INDEX: 58.4% (Source: Panini Digital for legaseriea.it)
Serie A Standing AFTER the game:
Atalanta, 12th position with 24 points and a negative goal difference of -8
Cagliari, 14th position with 21 points and a negative goal difference of -10
Atalanta with a good home victory and jumping from the 14th to the 12th position reaching 24 points. Cagliari went down from the 12th to the 14th position. The game ending with the red card of Cagliari forward Victor Ibarbo in the 92nd minute for fighting. Atalanta winning the second consecutive game.
The only goal of the game in the 68th minute. A headed assist by forward Maximiliano Moralez towards the center finding midfielder Giacomo Bonaventura to defeat Cagliari goalkeeper Vlada Avramov in the center.
Here is ATALANTA official starting lineup by coach Stefano Colantuono:
Disciplinary Situation before the game: 1 suspended player for ATALANTA: Benalouane (1)
1 suspended player for CAGLIARI: Mauricio Pinilla for 2 games
Stats AFTER the game. Top scorer for ATALANTA: Forward German Denis with 7 goals
Top scorer for CAGLIARI: Marco Sau and Daniele Conti with 4 goals each
Click the video to watch the highlights of the match, ATALANTA vs CAGLIARI, Sunday 19 January 2014, Atleti Azzurri D’Italia Stadium, Bergamo, Italy,
Serie A Week 20
Photo cagliaricalcio.net
Cagliari captain Daniele Conti frustrated after the defeat against Atalanta
Hello my friends. Here is the Serie A ROUNDUP for
the
Serie A Week 20, 2013 – 2014 Season on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19
January 2014, matchday 20.
Serie A seeing again the super Juventus achieving another record. Juventus winning their 12th consecutive game after defeating Livorno, Juventus 4 – 2 Sampdoria. Juventus confirming their dominion as sole leaders of the Serie A with 55 points keeping the advantage of +8 points ahead of AS Roma who are in the second place.
AS Roma keeping the race for the Scudetto alive. Roma defeating Livorno with a crashing victory: AS Roma 3 – 0 Livorno It’s a bad debut for Livorno coach Perotti who replaced coach Davide Nicola. Livoro remaining in the relegation zone.
Lazio making a comeback and defeat Udinese. Lazio being down and then claiming the full 3 points with only 10 players.
Highlight of the game, Catania 0 – 3 Fiorentina, seeing the great debut of new Fiorentina player Alessandro Matri who transferred from AC Milan. Matri not only scoring 2 goals, but also providing the assist for Fernandez’ goal.
AC Milan coach Clarence Seedorf debuts with a victory in San Siro defeating Hellas Verona. It is forward Mario Balotelli who converts a penalty in the 82nd minute. The penalty conceded by Verona defender Alejandro Gonzalez for a foul on Kaka bringing him down.
Here is the situation. Juventus in the 1st position with 55 points and a
positive goal difference of +36. AS Roma in the 2nd position with 47 points and a positive goal difference of +32. Napoli in the 3rd position with 43 points and a positive goal difference of +21.
The Europa League zone. Fiorentina in the 4th position with 40 points and a positive goal difference of +17. Inter in the 5th position with 32 points and a positive goal difference of +14.
Relegation Zone: Sassuolo in the 18th position with 17 points and a negative goal difference of -22. Livorno in the 19th position with 13 points and a negative goal difference of -20 Catania in the 20th position with 13 points and a negative goal difference of -24.
Up to Round 20, Week 20 most scored goals in favor: Juventus scoring 50 goals
Up to Round 20, Week 20 most scored against: Sassuolo conceding 43 goals Top scorer up to Round 20: Fiorentina forward Giuseppe Rossi with 14 goals
Referee: Rizzoli di Bologna
Assistants: Di Liberatore-Cariolato
Fourth Official: Manganelli;
Add1: Valeri,
Add2: Pinzani
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Hello my friends. Here is the Serie A PREVIEW for
the
Serie A Week 20, 2013 – 2014 Season on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 January 2014, matchday 20. Coppa Italia Round of 16 was completed on 15 January and motivation for the qualifying team in the Quarterfinal is high: AS Roma, Juventus, AC Milan, Udinese, Fiorentina, AC Siena, Napoli, and Lazio.
So, in the Serie A, we expect an exciting round. The only team not worrying is JUVENTUS. Yep. Juventus are the sole leaders with 52 points and having an advantage of 8 points ahead of AS Roma holding the second position with 44 points.
It’s also an interesting round. It’s the debut of AC Milan coach Clarence Seedorf after the sacking of coach Massimiliano Allegri. Milan are struggling to make it in the top 5 teams seeing their chances for European competition. Catania also sacking coach Luigi De Canio and rehiring coach Rolando Maran. Catania in total chaos having their worst moment being in relegation zone.
Fiorentina will see the debut of their new forward Alessandro Matri who transferred from AC Milan.
Here is the situation. Juventus in the 1st position with 52 points and a
positive goal difference of +34. AS Roma in the 2nd position with 44
points and a positive goal difference of +29. Napoli in the 3rd
position with 42 points and a positive goal difference of +21.
The Europa League zone. Fiorentina
in the 4th position with 37 points and a positive goal difference of
+14. Hellas Verona in the 5th position with 32 points and a positive
goal difference of +4.
Relegation Zone: Bologna in the 18th position with 16
points and a negative goal difference of -16. Livorno in the 19th
position with 13 points and a negative goal difference of -17. Catania
in the 20th position with a negative goal difference of -21.
Up to Round 19, Week 19 most scored goals in favor: Juventus scoring 46 goals
Up to Round 19, Week 19 most scored against: Sassuolo conceding 41 goals Top scorer up to Round 19: Fiorentina forward Giuseppe Rossi with 14 goals
AS Roma – Livorno
Referee: Russo di Nola
Assistants: Tasso-Meli
Fourth Official: Tonolini
Add1: Peruzzo
Add2: Nasca
18:00
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 2nd position with 44 points and a positive goal difference of +29
Livorno, 19th position with 13 points and a negative goal difference of -17
Here is the probable formation for AS ROMA 4-3-3:
26 DE SANCTIS,
35 TOROSIDIS,
17 BENATIA,
5 CASTAN,
3 DODÒ,
44 NAINGGOLAN,
16 DE ROSSI,
6 STROOTMAN,
27 GERVINHO,
22 DESTRO,
8 LJAJIC
Here is the probable formation for LIVORNO 5-4-1:
1 BARDI,
2 PICCINI,
85 CODA,
23 EMERSON,
17 CECCHERINI,
15 MBAYE,
24 BENASSI,
10 LUCI,
41 DUNCAN,
19 GRECO,
9 PAULINHO
Photo asroma.it
Juventus – Sampdoria
Referee: Gervasoni di Mantova
Assistants: De Luca-Petrella
Fourth Official: Posado
Add1: Tommasi
Add2: Irrati
20:45
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Juventus, 1st position with 52 points and a positive goal difference of +34
Sampdoria, 13th position with 21 points and a negative goal difference of -5
Here is the probable formation for JUVENTUS 3-5-2:
1 BUFFON,
15 BARZAGLI,
19 BONUCCI,
3 CHIELLINI,
26 LICHTSTEINER,
23 VIDAL,
21 PIRLO,
6 POGBA,
22 ASAMOAH,
10 TEVEZ,
14 LLORENTE
Here is the probable formation for SAMPDORIA 4-2-3-1:
1 DA COSTA,
29 DE SILVESTRI,
8 MUSTAFI,
28 GASTALDELLO,
3 COSTA,
17 PALOMBO,
14 OBIANG,
11 GABBIADINI,
22 BJARNASON,
15 WSZOLEK,
23 EDER
Sunday 19 January 2014
Udinese – Lazio
Referee: Rocchi di Firenze
Assistants: Nicoletti-Grilli
Fourth Official: Bianchi
Add1: Massa,
Add2: Merchiori
12:30
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Udinese, 15th position with 20 points and a negative goal difference of -10
Lazio, 9th position with 24 points and a negative goal difference of -3
Disciplinary Situation: 2 suspended players for UDINESE: 3 Allan (1), 34 Gabriel Silva (1)
2 suspended player for LAZIO: 24 Ledesma, 6 Mauri (until 2 February 2014)
Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for UDINESE: Forward Antonio Di Natale, Luis Muriel, and Thomas Heurtaux with 3 goals each
Top scorer for LAZIO: Forward Miroslav Klose with 5 goals
Here is the probable formation for UDINESE 3-4-2-1:
1 BRKIC,
75 HEURTAUX,
5 DANILO,
11 DOMIZZI,
8 BASTA,
66 PINZI,
21 LAZZARI,
19 DOUGLAS,
37 PEREYRA,
17 NICO LOPEZ,
10 DI NATALE
Here is the probable formation for LAZIO 4-5-1:
22 MARCHETTI,
29 KONKO,
20 BIAVA,
3 DIAS,
39 CAVANDA,
87 CANDREVA,
23 ONAZI,
5 BIGLIA,
8 HERNANES,
19 LULIC,
11 KLOSE
Atalanta – Cagliari
Referee:MARIANI
Assistants: GALLONI – VUOTO
Fourth Official: MUSOLINO
ADD1: TAGLIAVENTO
ADD2: GHERSINI
15:00
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Atalanta, 14th position with 21 points and a negative goal difference of -9
Cagliari, 12th position with 21 points and a negative goal difference of -9
Disciplinary Situation: 1 suspended player for ATALANTA: Benalouane (1)
1 suspended player for CAGLIARI: Mauricio Pinilla for 2 games
Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for ATALANTA: Forward German Denis with 7 goals
Top scorer for CAGLIARI: Marco Sau and Daniele Conti with 4 goals each
Here is the probable formation for ATALANTA 4-4-1-1:
37 SPORTIELLO,
77 RAIMONDI,
2 STENDARDO,
3 LUCCHINI,
28 BRIVIO,
23 BRIENZA,
21 CIGARINI,
17 CARMONA,
10 BONAVENTURA,
11 MORALEZ,
19 DENIS
Here is the probable formation for CAGLIARI 4-3-1-2:
26 ADÀN,
14 PISANO,
15 ROSSETTINI,
13 ASTORI,
29 MURRU,
21 DESSENA,
5 CONTI,
20 EKDAL,
7 COSSU,
9 SAU,
23 IBARBO
Photo cagliaricalcio.net
Catania – Fiorentina
Referee: Banti di Livorno
Assistants: Costanzo-Passeri
Fourth Official: Marrazzo
Add1: Mazzoleni;
Add2: Celi
15:00
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Catania, 20th position with 13 points and a negative goal difference of -21
Fiorentina, 4th position with 37 points and a positive goal difference of +14
Disciplinary Situation: 2 suspended players for CATANIA: Lodi (1), Peruzzi (1)
No suspended player FIORENTINA
Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer CATANIA: Forward Pablo Barrientos and Lucas Castro with 3 goals each
Top scorer FIORENTINA: Forward Giuseppe Rossi with 14 goals
Here is the probable formation for CATANIA 4-3-3
1FRISON
5ROLIN
6LEGROTTAGLIE
3SPOLLI
34BIRAGHI
13IZCO
15RINAUDO
8PLASIL
16KEKO
9BERGESSIO
28BARRIENTOS
Here is the probable formation for FIORENTINA 4-3-2-1:
1NETO
40TOMOVIC
2GO. RODRIGUEZ
15SAVIC
23PASQUAL
10AQUILANI
7PIZARRO
20BORJA VALERO
17JOAQUIN
11CUADRADO
32MATRI
Photo ilcalciocatania.it
Catania coach Rolando Mara will attempt to defeat Fiorentina. Maran making his re-debut with Catania replacing coach Luigi De Canio
Genoa – Inter
Referee: Rizzoli di Bologna
Assistants: Di Liberatore-Cariolato
Fourth Official: Manganelli;
Add1: Valeri,
Add2: Pinzani
15:00
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Genoa, 10th position with 23 points and a negative goal difference of -5
Inter, 5th position with 32 points and a positive goal difference of +15
Here is the probable formation for GENOA 3-4-3:
53 BIZZARRI,
3 ANTONINI,
4 DE MAIO,
15 MARCHESE,
20 VRSALJKO,
8 BIONDINI,
7 CABRAL,
13 ANTONELLI,
77 KONATE,
11 GILARDINO,
91 BERTOLACCI
Here is the probable formation for INTER 3-5-1-1:
1 HANDANOVIC,
14 CAMPAGNARO,
35 ROLANDO,
5 JUAN JESUS,
2 JONATHAN,
21 TAIDER,
19 CAMBIASSO,
13 GUARIN,
55 NAGATOMO,
11 ALVAREZ,
8 PALACIO
Bologna – Napoli
Referee: DAMATO
Assistants: CRISPO – PRETI
Fourth Official: GHIANDAI
ADD1: DOVERI
ADD2: CIAMPI
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Bologna, 18th position with 16 points and a negative goal difference of -16
Napoli, 3rd position with 42 points and a positive goal difference of +21
Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer BOLOGNA: Forward Alessandro Diamanti and Panagiotis Kone with 4 goals each
Top scorer NAPOLI: Forward Gonzalo Higuain with 9 goals
Here is the probable formation for BOLOGNA 3-5-1-1:
1 CURCI,
6 SORENSEN,
14 NATALI,
21 CHERUBIN,
8 GARICS,
33 KONE,
15 PEREZ,
24 PAZIENZA,
3 MORLEO,
23 DIAMANTI,
9 BIANCHI
Here is the probable formation for NAPOLI 4-2-3-1:
1 RAFAEL,
11 MAGGIO,
21 FERNANDEZ,
33 ALBIOL,
27 ARMERO,
88 INLER,
20 DZEMAILI,
7 CALLEJON,
19 PANDEV,
14 MERTENS,
9 HIGUAIN
Photo sscnapoli.it
Chievo Verona – Parma
Referee: Orsato di Schio
Assistants: Avellano-Iannello
Fourth Official: La Rocca
Add1: Di Bello,
Add2: Borriello
15:00
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Chievo Verona, 16th position with 17 points and a negative goal difference of -10
Parma, 7th position with 26 points and a positive goal difference of +3
Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer CHIEVO VERONA: Forward Alberto Paloschi and Cyril Thereau with 4 goals each
Top scorer PARMA: Forward Antonio Cassano and Marco Parolo with 6 goals each
Here is the probable formation for CHIEVO VERONA 3-5-2:
1 PUGGIONI,
21 FREY,
3 DAINELLI,
12 CESAR,
17 SARDO,
9 BENTIVOGLIO,
27 L. RIGONI,
56 HETEMAJ,
93 DRAMÉ,
43 PALOSCHI,
77 THEREAU
Here is the probable formation for PARMA 4-3-3:
83 MIRANTE,
2 CASSANI,
29 PALETTA,
6 LUCARELLI,
18 GOBBI,
30 ACQUAH,
32 MARCHIONNI,
16 PAROLO,
7 BIABIANY,
11 AMAURI,
99 CASSANO
Photo parmafc.com
Sassuolo – Torino
Referee: Giacomelli di Trieste
Assistants: Stefani-Faverani
Fourth Official: Di Fiore
Add1: Guida,
Add2: Chiffi
15:00
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Sassuolo, 17th position with 17 points and a negative goal difference of -20
Torino, 8th position with 26 points and a positive goal difference of +4
15:00
Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer SASSUOLO: Forward Domenico Berardi with 11 goals
Top scorer TORINO: Forwards Ciro Immobile and Alessio Cerci with 9 goals each
Here is the probable formation for SASSUOLO 3-4-3:
79 PEGOLO,
5 ANTEI,
6 ARIAUDO,
35 ROSSINI,
37 SCHELOTTO,
4 MAGNANELLI,
8 MARRONE,
3 LONGHI,
25 BERARDI,
83 FLORO FLORES,
86 ZIEGLER
Here is the probable formation for TORINO 3-4-1-2:
30 PADELLI,
19 MAKSIMOVIC,
25 GLIK,
24 MORETTI,
36 DARMIAN,
20 VIVES,
33 BRIGHI,
8 FARNERUD,
7 EL KADDOURI,
11 CERCI,
9 IMMOBILE
Photo sassuolocalcio.it
The player of the moment…. Domenico Berardi the player who scored 4 goals against AC Milan being the “cherry” on top of the ice cream resulting in the sacking of Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri.
AC Milan – Hellas Verona
Referee: Bergonzi di Genova
Assistants: Giallatini-Dobosz
Fourth Official: Paganessi
Add1: De Marco
Add2: Candussio
20:45
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 6th position with 32 points and a positive goal difference of +4
Hellas Verona, 11th position with 22 points and a positive goal difference of +1
Here is the probable formation for AC MILAN 4-3-2-1:
32 ABBIATI,
2 DE SCIGLIO,
25 BONERA,
17 ZAPATA,
28 EMANUELSON,
24 CRISTANTE,
34 DE JONG,
16 POLI,
22 KAKÀ,
7 ROBINHO,
45 BALOTELLI
Here is the probable formation for HELLAS VERONA 4-3-3:
1 RAFAEL,
22 CACCIATORE,
18 MORAS,
22 MAIETTA,
33 AGOSTINI,
2 ROMULO,
14 CIRIGLIANO,
10 HALLFREDSSON,
15 ITURBE,
9 TONI,
21 GOMEZ
New AC Milan coach Clarence Seedorf next to Mauro Tassotti. It will be the debut of Seedorf !
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Let’s get the ball rolling and talk about the games, grab your snacks…
Your Predictions??? Make your calculations and
changes… get your dancing pencil..
AS Roma – Livorno
Juventus – Sampdoria
Udinese – Lazio
Atalanta – Cagliari
Catania – Fiorentina
Genoa – Inter
Bologna – Napoli
Chievo Verona – Parma
Sassuolo – Torino
AC Milan – Hellas Verona
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Anna Italia Predictions.
AS Roma – Livorno = AS ROMA
Juventus – Sampdoria = JUVENTUS
Udinese – Lazio = UDINESE
Atalanta – Cagliari = ATALANTA
Catania – Fiorentina = FIORENTINA
Genoa – Inter = GENOA
Bologna – Napoli = NAPOLI
Chievo Verona – Parma = CHIEVO VERONA
Sassuolo – Torino = SASSUOLO
AC Milan – Hellas Verona = AC MILAN
By Anna Italia
What do you think of the result? Agree? Disagree? Best and worst player?
The Europa League zone. Fiorentina in the 4th position with 40 points and a positive goal difference of +17. Inter in the 5th position with 32 points and a positive goal difference of +14.
Top scorer up to Round 20: Fiorentina forward Giuseppe Rossi with 14 goals
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