✅ Here are the match officials and fixtures for the Serie A Week 18 / Eighteenth Round on Friday 17, Saturday 18, and Sunday 19 December 2021 as designated by the Italian Referee Association (AIA).
🇮🇹 The Italian Referee Association (AIA) has designated the match officials for the Serie A Week 18 game Sampdoria vs Venezia on Sunday 19 December 2021 at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium in Genoa, Italy at 18:00.
Referee Rosario Abisso from the section of Palermo will be assisted by Sergio Ranghetti from the section of Chiari and Davide Miele from the section of Torino. The Fourth Official will be Daniele Minelli from the section of Varese. The VAR will be Paolo Valeri from the section of Roma 2 and the AVAR will be Fabiano Preti from the section of Mantova.
=============== Italian Serie A Tickets for next 10 games
=============== Friday 17 December 2021
LAZIO – GENOA
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: PAIRETTO
Assistants: ROSSI L. – MARGANI
Fourth Official: SANTORO
VAR: MAGGIONI
AVAR: BACCINI
18:30
SAMPDORIA – VENEZIA
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Referee: ABISSO
Assistants: RANGHETTI – MIELE D.
Fourth Official: MINELLI
VAR: VALERI
AVAR: PRETI
18:00
TORINO – HELLAS VERONA
Olimpico di Torino Stadium
Referee: FABBRI
Assistants: ROSSI M. – DEI GIUDICI
Fourth Official: MARCENARO
VAR: GHERSINI
AVAR: GIALLATINI
18:00
AC MILAN – NAPOLI
San Siro Stadium
Referee: MASSA
Assistants: MELI – BINDONI
Fourth Official: RAPUANO
VAR: DI PAOLO
AVAR: DE MEO
20:45
Hello, my friends. Here are the 2021-2022 Italian Serie A Week 17 RESULTS / Seventeenth Round on Friday 10, Saturday 11, Sunday 12, and Monday 13 December 2021.
✅ 10 Serie A Game completed
-⚽️ Serie A Top Scorer up to Week 17 (Updated on Monday 13 December 2021)
Inter with a leapfrog taking the 1st position after winning the Serie A Week 17 game against Cagliari at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium. Inter reaching 40 points being now +1 point above AC Milan in the 2nd position with 39 points. The sole leader now is Inter and we are set for a thriller round next week.
AC Milan succumbing to the pressure ending the Serie A Week 17 game against Udinese with an agonizing draw at the Dacia Arena. AC Milan stepping down to the 2nd position reaching 39 points. After the elimination in the Champions League, the Rossoneri now risk being overtaken by Inter. Expelled in the 95th minute Isaac Success for Udinese.
The Lantern Derby won by Sampdoria. The challenge is for Genoa to start earning points to dream with salvation while Sampdoria win the Serie A Week 17 game at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium. Sampdoria dragged by a super Manolo Gabbiadini returns to victory and does so on the most heartfelt occasion, the derby of the Lanterna arrived after difficult days and marked by the judicial events of the resigning President Massimo Ferrero as part of an investigation into corporate crimes and bankruptcy. Genoa sees 14 unsuccessful games, the last five with Andriy Shevchenko on the bench. Three heavy points also in terms of classification for the Sampdoria, who move away from the hottest area, reaching +8 on their city rivals.
Fiorentina winning in grand style the Serie A Week 17 game crushing Salernitana with a poker at the Artemio Franchi Stadium. Fiorentina have won all their last four home league games, always scoring at least three goals: the Viola have only three times achieved at least five domestic successes with 3+ goals scored in Serie A, in 1949 (five), in 1959 (nine) and in 1960 (five). Fiorentina reaching 30 points while Salernitana remain in the last position with just 8 points.
Venezia with a half mission accomplished with a draw against Juventus on Saturday 11 December 2021 at the Penzo Stadium in Venice, Italy. Juventus, on paper, favorites to win and needed the victory to climb the Standings. Yet, they failed. This draw is more like a victory for Venezia after being down. Paulo Dybala forced out due to injury after 12 minutes. Now for Juve – currently sixth in the standings – the race for the Champions League is again complicating considerably.
Surprise, surprise, Napoli losing the home game at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium. Empoli grabbing this important away victory. The defeat seeing Napoli stepping down from the 3rd to the 4th position.
Good news is for Atalanta climbing from the 4th to the 3rd position after winning the away game against Hellas Verona. Atalanta with 37 points are -2 points below AC Milan with 39 in the 2nd position and +1 point above Natalanta.
Torino with an important victory delighting their fans at the Olimpico defeating Bologna. Torino resists and wastes a clear opportunity in the 90th minute with Zaza pulling on Skorupski.
AS Roma win the Serie A Week 17 game defeating Spezia at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium. Roma needed the victory to climb towards the top 6 positions, and they made it! Spezia, with 12 points, remain in the 17th position risking to go down to the relegation zone. Roma climb above Juventus into sixth place in the Serie A standings both with 28 points but Roma with a better goal difference.
👉 Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 17 game. First 4 qualifying for Champions League, 5 and 6 for Europa League. (Monday 13 Sunday 12 December 2021)
– INTER, 1st position with 40 points and a positive goal difference of +28
– AC MILAN, 2nd position with 39 points and a positive goal difference of +17
– ATALANTA, 3rd position with 37 points and a positive goal difference of +17
– NAPOLI, 4th positions with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +21
– FIORENTINA, 5th position with 30 points and a positive goal difference of +9
– AS ROMA, 6th position with 28 points and a positive goal difference of +7
Relegation Zone:
– GENOA, 18th position with 10 points and a negative goal difference of -16
– CAGLIARI, 19th position with 10 points and a negative goal difference of -17
– SALERNITANA, 20th position with 8 points and a negative goal difference of -26
👉 2021 – 2022 Italy Serie A Standing – Serie A Table up to Monday 13 December 2021
2021-22 serie a standing
MP
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
PoinTS
1
Inter
17
12
4
1
43
15
28
40
2
AC Milan
17
12
3
2
36
19
17
39
3
Atalanta
17
11
4
2
37
20
17
37
4
Napoli
17
11
3
3
34
13
21
36
5
Fiorentina
17
10
0
7
31
22
9
30
6
AS Roma
17
9
1
7
26
19
7
28
7
Juventus
17
8
4
5
23
17
6
28
8
Empoli
17
8
2
7
27
29
-2
26
9
Lazio
17
7
4
6
33
32
1
25
10
Bologna
17
7
3
7
24
29
-5
24
11
Sassuolo
17
6
5
6
28
26
2
23
12
Hellas Verona
17
6
5
6
33
30
3
23
13
Torino
17
6
4
7
22
18
4
22
14
Sampdoria
17
5
3
9
25
33
-8
18
15
Udinese
17
3
8
6
22
28
-6
17
16
Venezia
17
4
4
9
16
30
-14
16
17
Spezia
17
3
3
11
17
38
-21
12
18
Genoa
17
1
7
9
18
34
-16
10
19
Cagliari
17
1
7
9
17
34
-17
10
20
Salernitana
17
2
2
13
11
37
-26
8
Uefa Champions League: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
Europa League: 5th, 6th
Relegation: 18th, 19th, 20th
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Napoli, 3rd position with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +22
Empoli, 11th position with 23 points and a negative goal difference of -11
Napoli suffering a major upset losing the Serie A Week 17 game defeated by Empoli on Sunday 12 December 2021 at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples, Italy. Empoli, not only surprising Napoli but almost everybody after grabbing the away victory stopping Napoli’s sprint race stepping down from the 3rd to the 4th position. Surely, this is a major victory for Empoli boosting their morale. Bad stats for Napoli, previously, not won any of the last five games played in December in Serie A (2D, 3L).
Empoli opening the score in the 70th minute. Patrick Cutrone defeating Napoli goalkeeper David Ospina with a headed shot to the bottom left corner following a corner conceded by Amir Rrahmani.
👉Napoli 0 – 1 Empoli, 70th minute, ⚽️ goal by Patrick Cutrone for @EmpoliCalcio with a headed shot to the bottom left corner following a corner conceded by Amir Rrahmani. https://t.co/YHv5JEXVT9
✅Stats before the game. After four consecutive successes against Empoli in Serie A, Napoli lost the most recent match against the Tuscan team (2-1 at Castellani in April 2019): the Neapolitans have never lost two games in a row in the top flight against the opponent of the day. Napoli have not drawn in Serie A against a newly promoted team since December 2014 (2-2 against Empoli): since then for the Neapolitans 18 wins and two defeats in 20 crossings with teams from Serie B. Napoli have won six of their eight home games against Empoli in Serie A (1D, 1L) and have always scored against the Tuscan team: 23 goals for the Neapolitans, an average of 2.9 per match.
Photo via twitter.com/Empolicalcio
A night to remember for Empoli conquering the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium
By Anna Italia
