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Hello, my friends. Here are the 2019-2020 Serie A Week 21 PREVIEW / Twenty-first Round on Friday 24, Saturday 25, Sunday 26 January 2020.

One thing is for sure.  The leadership will remain the same.  Juventus keeping the 1st position reaching 51 points after defeating Parma with a 2-1 score.  Juventus have  a +4 points lead over Inter with 47 points in the second position after their 1-1 draw with Lecce at the Via del Mare Stadium.  Juventus will face Napoli at the San Paolo Stadium while Inter will face Cagliari at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium.

The Derby della Capitale AS Roma vs Lazio will be a thriller.  Roma and Lazio dueling to claim the bragging rights to rule Rome.  However, the pressure is for Lazio not to slow down their race for the Scudetto having 45 points and a pending game.   We might have a change in the second position in case of Inter losing against Cagliari and Lazio defeating Roma.  In this situation, Lazio would overtake the second position!!!    Lazio in the 3rd position with 45 points and Roma in the 4th position with 38 points.  Win or Lose, Lazio will keep the third position.

👉 Up to Serie A Week 20: There is a three-way race between Juventus (48), Inter (46), and Lazio (45)

⚽️ Serie A Top Scorer up to Week 20:
Lazio forward Ciro Immobile with 23 goals

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Results from Serie A Week 20

• Lazio 5 – 1 Sampdoria
• Sassuolo 2 – 1 Torino
• Napoli 0 – 2 Fiorentina
• AC Milan 3 – 2 Udinese
• Brescia 2 – 2 Cagliari
• Bologna 1 – 1 Hellas Verona
• Lecce 1 – 1 Inter
• Genoa 1 – 3 AS Roma
• Juventus 2 – 1 Parma
• Atalanta 1 – 2 SPAL

Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 20 game. First 4 qualifying for Champions League, 5 and 6 for Europa League. (Up to Monday 20 January 2020)

– JUVENTUS, 1st position with 51 points and a positive goal difference of +20

– INTER, 2nd position with 47 points and a positive goal difference of +24

– LAZIO, 3rd positions with 45 points and a positive goal difference of +28

– AS ROMA, 4th position with 38 points and a positive goal difference of +15

– ATALANTA, 5th position with 35 points and a positive goal difference of +22

– CAGLIARI, 6th position with 30 points and a positive goal difference of +4

Relegation Zone:

– SPAL, 18th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of -16

– BRESCIA, 19th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of -19

– GENOA, 20th position with 14 points and a negative goal difference of -20

2019 – 2020 Italy Serie A Standing – Serie A Table up to Monday 20 January 2020

Rank	TEAM		GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PoinTS
1		Juventus	20	16	3	1	39	19	20	51
2		Internazionale	20	14	5	1	41	17	24	47
3		Lazio	19	14	3	2	46	18	28	45
4		Roma	20	11	5	4	37	22	15	38
5		Atalanta	20	10	5	5	50	28	22	35
6		Cagliari	20	8	6	6	35	31	4	30
7		Parma	20	8	4	8	27	27	0	28
8		Milan	20	8	4	8	21	26	-5	28
9		Torino	20	8	3	9	26	28	-2	27
10		Verona	19	7	5	7	22	22	0	26
11		Napoli	20	6	6	8	28	28	0	24
12		Bologna	20	6	6	8	29	32	-3	24
13		Fiorentina	20	6	6	8	25	29	-4	24
14		Udinese	20	7	3	10	19	31	-12	24
15		Sassuolo	20	6	4	10	32	35	-3	22
16		Sampdoria	20	5	4	11	20	33	-13	19
17		Lecce	20	3	7	10	23	39	-16	16
18		SPAL	20	4	3	13	14	30	-16	15
19		Brescia	20	4	3	13	19	38	-19	15
20		Genoa	20	3	5	12	21	41	-20	14

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Friday 24 January 2020

BRESCIA – AC MILAN
Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Referee: VALERI
Assistants: BINDONI – PRENNA
Fourth Official: GIUA
VAR: DI BELLO
AVAR: LONGO
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Brescia, 18th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of -19
AC MILAN, 7th position with 28 points and a negative goal difference of -5

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
7	Milan	20	8	4	8	21:26	-5	28
18	Brescia	20	4	3	13	19:38	-19	15

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of BRESCIA:  Mario Balotelli with 5 goals.

Top scorer of AC MILAN:  Theo Hernandez with 5 goals.

Brescia	Goals	Goals	AC MILAN
Balotelli, Mario	5	5	Hernandez, Theo
Donnarumma, Alfredo	4	4	Piatek, Krzysztof
Torregrossa, Ernesto	3	2	Leao, Rafael
Chancellor, Jhon	2	2	Bonaventura, Giacomo
Romulo	1	2	Rebic, Ante

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
19/01/20	SA	Brescia – Cagliari				2:2	20
12/01/20	SA	Sampdoria – Brescia				5:1	19
05/01/20	SA	Brescia – Lazio				1:2	18

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
19/01/20	SA	Milan – Udinese				3:2	20
15/01/20	CI	Milan – Spal				3:0	1/8
11/01/20	SA	Cagliari – Milan				0:2	19

• Here are Brescia vs AC Milan probable lineups.

BRESCIA (4-3-1-2): Joronen; Sabelli, Cistana, Chancellor, Mateju; Bisoli, Tonali, Bjarnason; Romulo; Torregrossa, Alfr.Donnarumma.

Subs: Alfonso, Andrenacci, Gastaldello, Ndoj, Spalek, Ayè, Mangraviti, Magnani, Skrabb, Viviani, Martella, Dessena.

Suspended players: Mario Balotelli.

Coach:  Eugenio Corini.

AC MILAN (4-4-2): G.Donnarumma; A.Conti, Musacchio, Romagnoli, Hernandez; Castillejo, Kessie, Bennacer, Calhanoglu; Ibrahimovic, Leao.

Subs: Begovic, A.Donnarumma, Gabbia, Kjaer, Rodriguez, Bonaventura, Krunic, Suso, Rebic, Piatek.

Unavailable: Calabria, Biglia, Duarte.

No suspended players.

Coach:  Stefano Pioli.

Saturday 25 January 2020

SPAL – BOLOGNA
Stadio Paolo Mazza
Referee: FABBRI
Assistants: COSTANZO – VALERIANI
Fourth Official: PAIRETTO
VAR: MASSA
AVAR: VIVENZI
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
SPAL, 19th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of  -16
Bologna, 12th position with 24 points and a negative goal difference of -3

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
12	Bologna	20	6	6	8	29:32	-3	24
19	Spal	20	4	3	13	14:30	-16	15

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of SPAL: Andrea Petagna with 7 goals.

Top scorer of BOLOGNA: Palacio and Orsolini with 5 goals each.

SPAL	Goals	Goals	Bologna
Petagna, Andrea	7	5	Palacio, Rodrigo
Valoti, Mattia	2	5	Orsolini, Riccardo
Di Francesco, Federico	2	4	Sansone, Nicola
Kurtic, Jasmin	2	3	Soriano, Roberto
Strefezza, Gabriel	1	3	Bani, Mattia

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
20/01/20	SA	Atalanta – Spal				1:2	20
15/01/20	CI	Milan – Spal				3:0	1/8
12/01/20	SA	Fiorentina – Spal				1:0	19

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
19/01/20	SA	Bologna – Verona				1:1	20
12/01/20	SA	Torino – Bologna				1:0	19
06/01/20	SA	Bologna – Fiorentina				1:1	18

• Here are SPAL vs Bologna probable lineups.

SPAL (3-5-2): E.Berisha; Cionek, Vicari, Igor;  Strefezza, B.Dabo, Missiroli, Valoti, Reca; Petagna, Di Francesco.

Subs: Thiam, Letica, Felipe, Tomovic, Salamon, Valdifiori, Murgia, Tunjov, Mastrilli, Floccari, Paloschi, Jankovic.

Unavailable: Fares, D’Alessandro.

No suspended players.

Coach: Semplici.

BOLOGNA (4-2-3-1): Skorupski; Tomiyasu, Danilo, Paz, Mbaye; Poli, Schouten; Orsolini, Soriano, Barrow; Palacio.

Subs: Da Costa, Sarr, Corbo, Dominguez, Svanberg, Skov Olsen, Santander.

Unavailable: Dijks, Denswil, Medel, Krejci.

Suspended players: Bani, Sansone.

Coach: Sinisa Mihajlovic.

FIORENTINA – GENOA
Artemio Franchi Stadium
Referee: ORSATO
Assistants: CALIARI – FIORE
Fourth Official: IRRATI
VAR: GIACOMELLI
AVAR: LO CICERO
18:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Fiorentina,  11th position with 24 points and a negative goal difference of -4
Genoa, 20th position with 14 points and a negative goal difference of  -20

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
11	Fiorentina	20	6	6	8	25:29	-4	24
20	Genoa	20	3	5	12	21:41	-20	14

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of FIORENTINA:  Dusan Vlahovic with 4 goals.

Top scorer of GENOA:  Pandev and Kouame with 5 goals each.

Fiorentina	Goals	Goals	Genoa
Vlahovic, Dusan	4	5	Pandev, Goran
Pulgar, Erick	3	5	Kouame, Christian
Chiesa, Federico	3	4	Criscito, Domenico
Milenkovic, Nikola	3	2	Pinamonti, Andrea
Castrovilli, Gaetano	3	1	Sturaro, Stefano

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
18/01/20	SA	Napoli – Fiorentina				0:2	20
15/01/20	CI	Fiorentina – Atalanta				2:1	1/8
12/01/20	SA	Fiorentina – Spal				1:0	19

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of  GENOA:  3 lost.

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
19/01/20	SA	Genoa – Roma				1:3	20
12/01/20	SA	Verona – Genoa				2:1	19
09/01/20	CI	Torino – Genoa				6:4 (AP)	1/8

• Here are Fiorentina vs Genoa probable lineups.

FIORENTINA (3-5-2): Dragowski; Milenkovic, Ger. Pezzella, Caceres; Lirola, Benassi, Pulgar, Castrovilli, Venuti; Chiesa, Cutrone.

Subs: Terracciano, Ranieri, Terzic, Maxi Olivera, Ceccherini, Zurkowski, Badelj, Eysseric, Ghezzal, Boateng, Sottil, Vlahovic.

Unavailable: Franck Ribery.

Suspended players: Dalbert.

Coach: Giuseppe Iachini.

GENOA (3-5-2): Perin; Biraschi, Romero, Criscito; Ankersen, Behrami, Schöne, Sturaro, Barreca; Pandev, Pinamonti.

Subs: Radu, Marchetti, El Yamiq, Goldaniga, Jagiello, Radovanovic, Pajac, Ghiglione, Agudelo, Destro, Sanabria, Favilli.

Unavailable: Kouame, Lerager, Zapata.

Suspended players: Cassata.

Coach: Davide Nicola.

TORINO – ATALANTA
Olimpico di Torino Stadium
Referee: GUIDA
Assistants: CECCONI – ROCCA
Fourth Official: MARINELLI
VAR: MARESCA
AVAR: DI VUOLO
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Torino,  9th position with 27 points and a negative goal difference of -2
Atalanta, 5th position with 35 points and a positive goal difference of  +22

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
5	Atalanta	20	10	5	5	50:28	22	35
9	Torino	20	8	3	9	26:28	-2	27

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of  TORINO:  Andrea Belotti with 9 goals.

Top scorer of ATALANTA:  Muriel and Ilicic with 10 goals each.

Torino	Goals	Goals	ATALANTA
Belotti, Andrea	9	10	Muriel, Luis
Berenguer, Alex	5	10	Ilicic, Josip
Ansaldi, Cristian	4	6	Gosens, Robin
Zaza, Simone	3	6	Zapata, Duvan
Rincon, Tomas	1	6	Gomez, Papu

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
18/01/20	SA	Sassuolo – Torino				2:1	20
12/01/20	SA	Torino – Bologna				1:0	19
09/01/20	CI	Torino – Genoa				6:4 (AP)	1/8

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
20/01/20	SA	Atalanta – Spal				1:2	20
15/01/20	CI	Fiorentina – Atalanta				2:1	1/8
11/01/20	SA	Inter – Atalanta				1:1	19

• Here are Torino vs Atalanta probable lineups.

TORINO (3-4-2-1): Sirigu; Izzo, Nkoulou, Djidji; De Silvestri, Lukic, Meitè, Laxalt; Verdi, Berenguer; Belotti.

Subs: Rosati, Ujkani, Bremer, Lyanco, Adopo, Edera, Millico, Iago Falque.

Unavailable: Ansaldi, Zaza, Baselli.

Suspended players: Aina, Rincon.

Coach:  Walter Mazzarri.

ATALANTA (3-4-1-2): Gollini; Toloi, Caldara, Palomino; Hateboer, De Roon, Pasalic, Gosens; Gomez; Ilicic, D.Zapata.

Subs: Sportiello, F.Rossi, Djimsiti, Da Riva, Heidenreich, Freuler, Malinovskyi, Piccoli, Muriel.

Unavailable: Castagne.

No suspended players.

Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini.

Sunday 26 January 2020

INTER – CAGLIARI
Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Referee: MANGANIELLO
Assistants: PRETI – BRESMES
Fourth Official: PEZZUTO
VAR: BANTI
AVAR: RANGHETTI
12:30

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Inter,  2nd position with 47 points and a positive goal difference of +24
Cagliari, 6th position with 30 points and a positive goal difference of  +4

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
2	Inter	20	14	5	1	41:17	24	47
6	Cagliari	20	8	6	6	35:31	4	30

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of INTER:  Romelu Lukaku with 14 goals.

Top scorer of CAGLIARI:  Joao Pedro with 13 goals.

Inter	Goals	Goals	Cagliari
Lukaku, Romelu	14	13	Pedro, Joao
Martinez, Lautaro	10	5	Simeone, Giovanni
Sensi, Stefano	3	4	Nainggolan, Radja
Brozovic, Marcelo	2	2	Ceppitelli, Luca
Candreva, Antonio	2	2	Castro, Lucas

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
19/01/20	SA	Lecce – Inter				1:1	20
14/01/20	CI	Inter – Cagliari				4:1	1/8
11/01/20	SA	Inter – Atalanta				1:1	19

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
19/01/20	SA	Brescia – Cagliari				2:2	20
14/01/20	CI	Inter – Cagliari				4:1	1/8
11/01/20	SA	Cagliari – Milan				0:2	19

• Here are Inter vs Cagliari probable lineups.

INTER (3-5-2): Handanovic; Skriniar, De Vrij, Bastoni; Young, Barella, Borja Valero, Sensi, Biraghi; L.Martinez, R.Lukaku.

Subs: Padelli, Berni, Godin, Ranocchia, D’Ambrosio, Dimarco, Gagliardi, Agoumè, Sanchez, Esposito.

Unavailable: Brozovic.

Suspended players: Candreva.

Coach: Antonio Conte.

CAGLIARI (4-3-2-1): Olsen; Faragò, Klavan, Walukiewicz, Lu.Pellegrini; Nandez, Cigarini, Ionita; Nainggolan, Joao Pedro; Simeone.

Subs: Cragno, Rafael, Mattiello, Lykogiannis, Carboni, Birsa, Oliva, Castro, Ladinetti.

Unavailable: Rog, Cacciatore, Ceppitelli, Pavoletti.

Suspended players: Pisacane.

Coach:  Rolando Maran.

HELLAS VERONA – LECCE
Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium
Referee: ABISSO
Assistants: PAGANESSI – AFFATATO
Fourth Official: ROS
VAR: CHIFFI
AVAR: TOLFO
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Hellas Verona, 10th position with 26 points and a goal difference of “0”
Lecce, 17th position with 16 points and a negative goal difference of -16

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
10	Verona	19	7	5	7	22:22	0	26
17	Lecce	20	3	7	10	23:39	-16	16

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of HELLAS VERONA:  Di Carmine and Verre with 3 goals each.

Top scorer of LECCE:  Marco Mancosu with 6 goals.

Hellas Verona	Goals	Goals	Lecce
Di Carmine, Samuel	3	6	Mancosu, Marco
Verre, Valerio	3	4	Lapadula, Gianluca
Veloso, Miguel	2	3	Calderoni, Marco
Pazzini, Giampaolo	2	2	Farias, Diego
Faraoni, Davide	2	2	Babacar, Khouma

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
19/01/20	SA	Bologna – Verona				1:1	20
12/01/20	SA	Verona – Genoa				2:1	19
05/01/20	SA	Spal – Verona				0:2	18

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
19/01/20	SA	Lecce – Inter				1:1	20
13/01/20	SA	Parma – Lecce				2:0	19
06/01/20	SA	Lecce – Udinese				0:1	18

• Here are Hellas Verona vs Lecce probable lineups.

HELLAS VERONA (3-4-2-1): Silvestri; Rrahmani, Kumbulla, Gunter; Faraoni, Amrabat, Veloso, Lazovic; Pessina, Borini; Di Carmine.

Subs: Radunovic, Berardi, Dawidowicz, Adjapong, Bocchetti, Empereur, Danzi, Wesley, Badu, Verre, Stepinski, Pazzini.

Unavailable: Salcedo.

Suspended players: Zaccagni.

Coach: Ivan Juric.

LECCE (4-3-1-2): Gabriel; Donati, Lucioni, Rossettini, Dell’Orco; Deiola, Petriccione, Majer; Mancosu; Lapadula, Babacar.

Subs: Riccardi, Vera, Falco, Shakov, Meccariello, Saponara, Vigorito, Maselli, Tachtsidis, Bleve.

Unavailable: Calderoni, Farias.

No suspended players.

Coach:  Fabio Liverani.

PARMA – UDINESE
Ennio Tardini Stadium
Referee: SOZZA
Assistants: CARBONE – FIORITO
Fourth Official: DOVERI
VAR: NASCA
AVAR: MONDIN
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Parma, 8th position with 28 points and a goal difference of “0”
Udinese, 13th position with 24 points and a negative goal difference of -12

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
8	Parma	20	8	4	8	27:27	0	28
13	Udinese	20	7	3	10	19:31	-12	24

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of PARMA:  Andreas Cornelius with 7 goals.

Top scorer of UDINESE: Okaka, De Paul, and Lasagna with 4 goals each.

Parma	Goals	Goals	Udinese
Cornelius, Andreas	7	4	Okaka, Stefano
Kulusevski, Dejan	4	4	De Paul, Rodrigo
Gervinho	4	4	Lasagna, Kevin
Iacoponi, Simone	2	2	Sema, Ken
Kucka, Juraj	2	1	Nestorovski, Ilija

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
19/01/20	SA	Juventus – Parma				2:1	20
16/01/20	CI	Parma – Roma				0:2	1/8
13/01/20	SA	Parma – Lecce				2:0	19

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
19/01/20	SA	Milan – Udinese				3:2	20
15/01/20	CI	Juventus – Udinese				4:0	1/8
12/01/20	SA	Udinese – Sassuolo				3:0	19

• Here are Parma vs Udinese probable lineups.

PARMA (4-2–3-1): Sepe; Darmian, Iacoponi, Alves, Gagliolo; Hernani, Scozzarella; Kulusevski, Kucka, Kurtic; Cornelius.

Subs: Colombi, Alastra, Dermaku, Laurini, Pezzella, Brugman, Grassi, Siligardi, Sprocati.

Unavailable: Karamoh, Gervinho, Barillà, Inglese.

No suspended players.

Coach:  Roberto D’Aversa.

UDINESE (3-5-2): Musso; De Maio, Ekong, Nuytinck; Stryger, Fofana, Mandragora, De Paul, Sema; Okaka, Lasagna.

Subs: Nicolas, Perisan, Becao, Opoku, Ter Avest, Walace, Jajalo, Barak, Nestorovski, Teodorczyk.

Unavailable: Samir.

No suspended players.

Coach:  Luca Gotti.

SAMPDORIA – SASSUOLO
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Referee: PICCININI
Assistants: TEGONI – BACCINI
Fourth Official: DIONISI
VAR: DI PAOLO
AVAR: LIBERTI
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Sampdoria, 16th position with 19 points and a negative goal difference of -13
Sassuolo, 15th position with 22 points and a negative goal difference of -3

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
15	Sassuolo	20	6	4	10	32:35	-3	22
16	Sampdoria	20	5	4	11	20:33	-13	19

Stats BEFORE the game.  Sampdoria top scorer:  Fabio Quagliarella with 5 goals.

Top scorer of SASSUOLO:  Domenico Berardi with 9 goals.

Sampdoria	Goals	Goals	Sassuolo
Quagliarella, Fabio	5	9	Berardi, Domenico
Gabbiadini, Manolo	4	8	Caputo, Francesco
Ramirez, Gaston	3	5	Boga, Jeremie
Caprari, Gianluca	3	3	Djuricic, Filip
Linetty, Karol	2	3	Traore, Hamed Junior

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
18/01/20	SA	Lazio – Sampdoria				5:1	20
12/01/20	SA	Sampdoria – Brescia				5:1	19
06/01/20	SA	Milan – Sampdoria				0:0	18

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
18/01/20	SA	Sassuolo – Torino				2:1	20
12/01/20	SA	Udinese – Sassuolo				3:0	19
05/01/20	SA	Genoa – Sassuolo				2:1	18

• Here are Sampdoria vs Sassuolo probable lineups.

SAMPDORIA (4-4-2): Audero; Bereszynski, Colley, Regini, Murru; Linetty, Ekdal, Vieira, Jankto; Quagliarella, Gabbiadini.

Subs: Seculin, Falcone, Augello, Thorsby, Barreto, Bertolacci, Leris, E. Rigoni, Ramirez, Maroni, Bonazzoli, Caprari.

Unavailable: Depaoli, Ferrari.

Suspended players: Chabot.

Coach:  Claudio Ranieri.

SASSUOLO (4-2-3-1): Consigli; Toljan, Romagna, Peluso, Kyriakopoulos; Locatelli, Obiang; D.Berardi, Djuricic, Boga; Caputo.

Subs: Pegolo, Turati, Muldur, Piccinini, Rogerio, Magnanelli, Bourabia, J.Traorè, Raspadori, Pellegrini.

Unavailable: Chiriches, Marlon, Duncan, G.Ferrari, Defrel.

No suspended players.

Coach:  Roberto De Zerbi.

AS ROMA – LAZIO
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: CALVARESE
Assistants: PERETTI – ALASSIO
Fourth Official: PASQUA
VAR: MAZZOLENI
AVAR: SCHENONE
18:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 4th position with 38 points and a positive goal difference of +15
Lazio, 3rd position with 45 points and a positive goal difference of  +28

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
3	Lazio	19	14	3	2	46:18	28	45
4	Roma	20	11	5	4	37:22	15	38

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of AS ROMA:  Edin Dzeko with 8 goals.

Top scorer of LAZIO:  Ciro Immobile with 23 goals.

AS Roma	Goals	Goals	Player
Dzeko, Edin	8	23	Immobile, Ciro
Kolarov, Aleksandar	5	6	Correa, Joaquin
Zaniolo, Nicolo	4	5	Caicedo, Felipe
Perotti, Diego	3	3	Alberto, Luis
Mkhitaryan, Henrikh	3	3	Milinkovic-Savic, Sergej

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
22/01/20	CI	Juventus – Roma				3:1	Q
19/01/20	SA	Genoa – Roma				1:3	20
16/01/20	CI	Parma – Roma				0:2	1/8

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
21/01/20	CI	Napoli – Lazio				1:0	Q
18/01/20	SA	Lazio – Sampdoria				5:1	20
14/01/20	CI	Lazio – Cremonese				4:0	1/8

• Here are AS Roma vs Lazio probable lineups.

AS ROMA (4-2-3-1): Pau Lopez; Santon, Mancini, Smalling, Kolarov; Veretout, Cristante; Under, Pellegrini, Kluivert; Dzeko.

Subs: Fuzato, Cardinali, Fazio, Juan Jesus, Cetin, Florenzi, Spinazzola, Peres, Perotti.

Unavailable: Zaniolo, Pastore, Mkhitaryan, Diawara, Mirante, Antonucci, Zappacosta.

No suspended players.

Coach:  Paulo Fonseca.

LAZIO (3-5-2): Strakosha; Patric, Acerbi, Radu; Lazzari, Milinkovic, Leiva, Luis Alberto, Lulic; Correa, Immobile.

Subs: Proto, Guerrieri, Vavro, Luiz Felipe, Bastos, Parolo, V.Berisha, Jony, A. Anderson, Adekanye, Caicedo.

Unavailable: Cataldi, Marusic, J.Lukaku.

No suspended players.

Coach: Simone Inzaghi.

NAPOLI – JUVENTUS
San Paolo Stadium
Referee: MARIANI
Assistants: MANGANELLI – GIALLATINI
Fourth Official: LA PENNA
VAR: ROCCHI
AVAR: DEL GIOVANE
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Juventus, 1st position with 51 points and a positive goal difference of +20
Napoli, 14th position with 24 points and a goal difference of “0”

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
1	Juventus	20	16	3	1	39:19	20	51
14	Napoli	20	6	6	8	28:28	0	24

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of JUVENTUS:  Arek Milik with 7 goals.

Top scorer of NAPOLI:  Cristiano Ronaldo with 16 goals.

Juventus	Goals	Goals	Napoli
Milik, Arek	7	16	Ronaldo, Cristiano
Mertens, Dries	4	5	Higuain, Gonzalo
Insigne, Lorenzo	3	5	Dybala, Paulo
Llorente, Fernando	3	3	Bonucci, Leonardo
Lozano, Hirving	2	3	Pjanic, Miralem

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
21/01/20	CI	Napoli – Lazio				1:0	Q
18/01/20	SA	Napoli – Fiorentina				0:2	20
14/01/20	CI	Napoli – Perugia				2:0	1/8

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
22/01/20	CI	Juventus – Roma				3:1	Q
19/01/20	SA	Juventus – Parma				2:1	20
15/01/20	CI	Juventus – Udinese				4:0	1/8

• Here are Napoli vs Juventus probable lineups.

NAPOLI (4-3-3): Ospina; Hysaj, Manolas, Di Lorenzo, Mario Rui; Lobotka, Demme, Zielinski; Callejon, Milik, Insigne.

Subs: Meret, Karnezis, Daniele, Luperto, Fabian Ruiz, Elmas, Lozano, Leandrinho, Llorente.

Unavailable: Allan, Ghoulam, Koulibaly, Malcuit, Maksimovic, Mertens, Younes.

No suspended players.

Coach: Gennaro Gattuso.

JUVENTUS (4-3-1-2): Szczesny; Cuadrado, De Ligt, Bonucci, Alex Sandro; Bentancur, Pjanic, Matuidi; Ramsey; Dybala, C.Ronaldo.

Subs: Buffon, Pinsoglio, Rugani, Coccolo, Emre Can, Rabiot, Bernardeschi, Pjaca, Douglas Costa, Higuain.

Unvailable: Chiellini, Khedira, Demiral, De Sciglio, Danilo.

No suspended players.

Coach:  Maurizio Sarri.