By Anna Italia
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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. 

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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

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Italy Serie A  Week 19   Saturday 11, Sunday 12 and Monday 13 January 2014 Saturday 11 January 2014 Livorno 0 – 3 Parma Bologna 0 – 0 Lazio   Sunday 12 January 2014 Torino 0 – 0 Fiorentina Atalanta 2 – 1 Catania Cagliari 1 – 4 Juventus Hellas Verona 0 – 3 Napoli AS Roma 4 – 0 Genoa Sassuolo 4  – 3 AC Milan   Monday 13 January 2014   Sampdoria 3 – 0 Udinese Inter – Chievo Verona   Click here to   Buy your  UEFA Champions League tickets, Champions League Football tickets

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Saturday 18 January 2014
 

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

Disciplinary Situation: No suspended players for AS ROMA
1 suspended player for LIVORNO: De Lucia (until 18 January 2014)

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for AS ROMA: Alessandro Florenzi and Medhi Benatia with 5 goals each
Top scorer for LIVORNO: Paulinho with 6 goals

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

Here are the last 3 games of LIVORNO:  3 lost

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

Disciplinary Situation: No suspended players for Juventus
2 suspended players for SAMPDORIA: Soriano (1), Krsticic (1)

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for JUVENTUS:  Forward Carlos Tevez with 11 goals
Top scorer for SAMPDORIA: Forward Citadin Eder with 9 goals

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

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

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

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

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

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 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Disciplinary Situation: 1 suspended player for GENOA: Matuzalem
No suspended player for Inter

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for GENOA: Forward Alberto Gilardino with 8 goals
Top scorer for INTER:  Forward Rodrigo Palacio with 10 goals

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

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

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 

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

Disciplinary Situation: No suspended players

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

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

Here are the last 3 games of NAPOLI: 3 wins

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

Disciplinary Situation: No suspended players

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

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

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

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

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

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

 
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

Disciplinary Situation: 1 suspended player for AC MILAN: Sulley Muntari
No suspended player for HELLAS VERONA

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for AC MILAN: Forward Mario Balotelli with 7 goals
Top scorer for HELLAS VERONA: Forward Luca Toni with 9 goals

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of AC MILAN: 3 wins

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

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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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  NOTE:  Copy and paste  in the comment box  the predictions adding your own choices.

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   Buy Italian Serie A teams Gear: Serie A teams Football Shirts, Football Kit and Football Strip – UKSoccershop.com – Official Soccer Merchandise, AC Milan Products, US CItta di Palermo Gear, Inter Milan Gear, Juventus Products Online, AS Roma Jerseys, Lazio Shirts, Napoli Soccer Gear and more.

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