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Hello my friends. Here is  Italy Serie Results for Week 7  – Matchday 7  on Saturday 18, Sunday 19, and Monday 20  October 2014.  We are back to the Serie A after the international break for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifications and friendly games.   Let’s recap. This week, Juventus are the sole leaders and the only team winning all 6 games!  Yep.  Juventus defeated Roma last week reaching 18 points while leaving Roma in the second position with 15 points.   Juventus winning their 22nd consecutive home game.

• The top scorer up to Round 6: Juventus forward Carlos Tevez with 6 goals.

Challenge in this round mostly for Inter and their so-called crisis.  There is the mega clash with the ex coaches Inter vs Napoli at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium. Ex Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri and the ex Inter coach Rafael Benitez. Atalanta will look to stop the negative road after losing  4th consecutive defeats.  Parma have won only 1 game this season while losing 5.

There is the awaited direct match Hellas Verona vs AC Milan both having 11 points.  Pressure is for AC Milan to win this away game to climb towards the top 3 position this season.

Another team under pressure is Palermo. Yep, Palermo not winning a single game.  Palermo vs Cesena at the Barbera Stadium will see the fans rooting for the squad to win the home game against Cesena to leave the relegation zone right now in the 19th position.

Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 6 games. First 3 qualifying for Champions League, 4 and 5 for Europa League.

–Juventus, 1st position with 18 points and a positive goal difference of +11

–AS Roma, 2nd position with 15 points and a positive goal difference of +7

– Sampdoria, 3rd position with 14 points and a positive goal difference of +5

– Udinese, 4th position with 13 points and a positive goal difference of +4

– AC Milan, 5th positions with 11 points and a positive goal difference of + 4

Relegation Zone: Parma, 18th position with 3 points and a negative goal difference of -5.
Palermo, 19th position with 3 points and a negative goal difference of -8.
Sassuolo,. 20th position with 3 point and a negative goal difference of -9 .

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Saturday 18 October 2014

• Serie A Week 7 / 7ª Giornata Andata​​

AS ROMA – CHIEVO VERONA
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: CALVARESE
Assistants: TONOLINI – PAGANESSI
Fourth Official: NICOLETTI
ADD1: MASSA
ADD2: PINZANI
18:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma,  2nd position with 15  points and a positive goal difference of  +7
Chievo Verona, 16th position with 4 points and a negative goal difference of -4

Before the game.  Disciplinary Situation. 1 suspended player for AS ROMA: Manolas (2)
No suspended players for CHIEVO VERONA

Stats in favor of AS ROMA.  Out of the 12 precedent games at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium there are 7 wins for Roma, 3 draws and only 2 wins for Chievo.  Roma under pressure to win this home game to keep up the race for the Scudetto.  Last week, Roma losing the match against Juventus and went down to the 2nd position.  Roma are only 3 points behind Juventus who are playing the away game against Sassuolo.

Before the game. Here is the top scorer for AS ROMA: Alessandro Florenzi and Mattia Destro with 2 goals each
Top scorer for CHIEVO VERONA: Alberto Paloschi with 2 goals

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

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

Here is the probable formation for AS ROMA (4-3-3): DE SANCTIS 26, MAICON 13, ASTORI 23, YANGA-MBIWA 2, COLE 3, PJANIC 15, NAINGGOLAN 4, PAREDES 32, LJAJIC 8, DESTRO 22, FLORENZI 24

Here is the probable formation for CHIEVO VERONA (4-3-1-2): BARDI25, FREY21, DAINELLI3 , ZUKANOVIC87, BIRAGHI34, COFIE14, RADOVANOVIC8, HETEMAJ56, BIRSA23, PALOSCHI43 MEGGIORINI69

Photo facebook.com/officialasroma

SASSUOLO – JUVENTUS
Mapei Stadium
Referee: BANTI
Assistants: COSTANZO – SCHENONE
Fourth Official: LA ROCCA
ADD1: DI BELLO
ADD2: CHIFFI
20:45
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Juventus, 1st position with 18 points and a positive goal difference of  +11
Sassuolo, 20th position with 3 points and a negative goal difference of -9

There is only 1 precedent for Sassuolo vs Juventus seeing Juventus as winner last season with a 3-1.  On that occasion, scoring for Juventus Carlos Tevez, Claudio Marchisio, and Fernando Llorente while for Sassuolo scoring the honor goal Zaza.   Juventus with 18 points having the chance to continue as sole leaders of the Serie A if they win this match to keep the distance with AS Roma holding the second position with 15 points.

Before the game. Disciplinary Situation. 1 suspended player for SASSUOLO: Peluso (1)
1 suspended player for JUVENTUS: Morata (1)

Before the game. Here is the top scorer for SASSUOLO: Forward Domenico Berardi with 2 goals
Top scorer for JUVENTUS: Forward Carlos Tevez with 6 goals

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

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

Here is the probable formation for SASSUOLO (3-4-3): CONSIGLI47 ANTEI5 CANNAVARO28 ACERBI15 VRSALJKO 11 MAGNANELLI4 TAIDER19 LONGHI3 BERARDI 25 ZAZA10 SANSONE17

Here is the probable formation for JUVENTUS (3-5-2): BUFFON1, OGBONNA5, BONUCCI19, CHIELLINI 3, LICHTSTEINER26, PEREYRA37, PIRLO21, POGBA6, EVRA33, TEVEZ10, LLORENTE14

Photo facebook.com/officialsassuolocalcio

Sunday 19 October 2014

FIORENTINA – LAZIO
Artemio Franchi Stadium
Referee: PERUZZO
Assistants: PADOVAN – TASSO
Fourth Official: PASSERI
ADD1: MAZZOLENI
ADD2: CANDUSSIO
12:30

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Fiorentina, 9th position with 9 points and a positive goal difference of +2
Lazio, 8h position with 9 points and a positive goal difference of  +4

Tough game for Fiorentina and Lazio both having 9 points.  Pressure is for Fiorentina who have won only 2 games compared to Lazio winning 3.   The nightmare still appearing at the Artemio Franchi Stadium when last season Lazio defeated Fiorentina with the goal by Cana.   The last draw 0-0 in the 2009-2010 season.  A draw is not helpful and for Fiorentina would be like losing the game.

Stats for games in Florence  between 65 games Fiorentina vs Lazio are in favor of Fiorentina winning 31, Lazio winning 15 and 19 draws.  Goals scored 165 with Fiorentina scoring 105 and Lazio scoring 60.

Before the game. Disciplinary Situation. No suspended player for FIORENTINA.
1 suspended player for LAZIO: Cana (1)

Before the game. Here is the top scorer for FIORENTINA:  Khoma Babacar with 2 goals
Top scorer for LAZIO:  Filip Djordjevic with 4 goals

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

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

Here is the probable formation for FIORENTINA (4-3-1-2):
NETO1, TOMOVIC 40, RODRIGUEZ2, SAVIC15, ALONSO28, KURTIC16, PIZARRO7, AQUILANI10, FERNANDEZ14, CUADRADO11, BABACAR30

Here is the probable formation for LAZIO (4-3-3): MARCHETTI22, CAVANDA39, DE VRIJ3, CIANI2, RADU26, PAROLO16, BIGLIA20, MAURI6, CANDREVA87, DJORDJEVIC9, LULIC19

Photo  facebook.com/ACFFiorentina

ATALANTA – PARMA
Atletico Azzurri D’Italia Stadiu
Referee: GUIDA
Assistants: PEGORIN – DOBOSZ
Fourth Official: FAVERANI
ADD1: TOMMASI
ADD2: ABBATTISTA
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Atalanta, 15th position with 4 points and a negative goal difference of  -6
Parma, 18th position with 3 points and a negative goal difference of -5

One point difference and both teams winning only 1 game in this season.  Stats seeing 17 precedents with Atalanta winning 6 and Parma winning 5 and 6 draws.  35 goals with 18 goals scored by Atalanta and 17 by Parma…

Parma will look to create another upset just as they did last season in the 24th week humiliating Atalanta by scoring 4 goals to claim the victory.  Goals by Molinaro, Schelotto, Antonio Cassano, and the own goal by Benalouane.

Surely, Atalanta will look to win the home game not only to claim the 3 points, but also to celebrate their 107th birthday!   Atalanta was founded on October 17, 1907

Before the game. Disciplinary Situation. No suspended players

Before the game. Here is the top scorer for ATALANTA:  Estigarribia, Boakye and Bonaventura with 1 goal
Top scorer for PARMA:  Forward Antonio Cassano with 4 goals

Here are the last 3 games of ATALANTA:  3 lost

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

Here is the probable formation for ATALANTA (4-4-2): SPORTIELLO57, ZAPPACOSTA22, BIAVA20, BENALOUANE29, DRAMÈ93, D’ALESSANDRO7, CARMONA17, CIGARINI21, MORALEZ11, BOAKYE99, DENIS19

Here is the probable formation for PARMA (3-5-2): MIRANTE83 MENDES4 FELIPE19 LUCARELLI6 RISPOLI33 ACQUAH30 LODI21 MAURI8 DE CEGLIE11 CASSANO99 BELFODIL10

Photo facebook.com/atalantabc

CAGLIARI – SAMPDORIA
Sant’Elia Stadium
Refereee: GERVASONI
Assistants: FIORITO – POSADO
Fourth Official: PRETI
ADD1: NASCA
ADD2: SAIA
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Cagliari, 17th position with 4  points and a negative goal difference of -2
Sampdoria,  3rd position with 14 points and a positive goal difference of+5

Before the game. Disciplinary Situation. 1 suspended player for CAGLIARI: Rossettini (1)
No suspended players for SAMPDORIA.

Before the game. Here is the top scorer for CAGLIARI:  Albin Ekdal with 3 goals
Top scorer for SAMPDORIA: Forward Manolo Gabbiadini with 3 goals

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

Here are the last 3 games of SAMPDORIA:   3 wins

Here is the probable formation for CAGLIARI (4-3-3): CRAGNO27, BALZANO21, BENEDETTI24, CAPUANO33, AVELAR8, DESSENA16, CONTI 5 EKDAL20, IBARBO23, SAU25, COSSU7

Here is the probable formation for SAMPDORIA (4-3-3): VIVIANO2, DE SILVESTRI29, SILVESTRE26, GASTALDELLO28, CACCIATORE86, SORIANO21, PALOMBO17, OBIANG14, GABBIADINI11, OKAKA9, EDER23

Photo facebook.com/CAGLIARICALCIOOFFICIALPAGE

HELLAS VERONA – AC MILAN
Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium
Referee: VALERI
Assistants: GIALLATINI – MARRAZZO
Fourth Official: MARZALONI
ADD1: TAGLIAVENTO
ADD2: MERCHIORI
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Hellas Verona, 6th position with  11 points and a positive goal difference of +1
AC Milan, 5th position with 11  points and a positive goal difference of +4

Before the game. Disciplinary Situation. No suspended player for HELLAS VERONA.
1 suspended player for AC MILAN: De Jong (1)

Before the game. Here is the top scorer for HELLAS VERONA:  Tachtsidis and Ionita with 2 goals each
Top scorer for AC MILAN:  Keisuke Honda with 4 goals

Here are the last 3 games of HELLAS VERONA:   1 win, 1 draw, 1 loat

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

Here is the probable formation for HELLAS VERONA (4-3-3): RAFAEL1, MORAS 18, MARQUEZ, 4, MARQUES25, AGOSTINI33, IONITA23, TACHTSIDIS77, HALLFREDSSON10, GOMEZ21 TONI9 JANKOVIC11

Here is the probable formation for AC MILAN (4-3-3): DIEGO LOPEZ 23, ABATE 20, ALEX 33, RAMI 13, DE SCIGLIO 2, BONAVENTURA 28, ESSIEN 15, MUNTARI 4, HONDA 10, TORRES 9, EL SHAARAWY 92

Photo facebook.com/hellasveronafc1903

PALERMO – CESENA
Renzo Barbera Stadium
Referee: DAMATO
Assistants: BARBIRATI – DE LUCA
Fourth Official: PETRELLA
ADD1: LA PENNA
ADD2: MARESCA
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Palermo, 19th position with 3 points and a negative goal difference of -8
Cesena 13th position with 6 points and a negative goal difference of -5

A cry for help!   Palermo struggling and in deep trouble unable to win a single game this season and down to the 19th position.   Pressure is super high to win this home game.    Palermo and Cesena both promoted from Serie B this season will be dueling at the Barbera seeing Cesena with a better average.

Precedents for Palermo vs Cesena are 2 seeing Cesena winning 1 and 1 draw.  It’s a double challenge for Palermo to claim the victory against Cesena and give a moment to celebrate to the fans.

Before the game. Disciplinary Situation. No suspended player for PALERMO.
1 suspended player for CESENA: Lucchini (1)

Before the game. Here is the top scorer for PALERmo: Franco Vazquez with 3 goals
Top scorer for CEENA: Succi, Marilungo, Cascione, and Rodriguez with 1 goal each.

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

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

Here is the probable formation for PALERMO (3-5-2): SORRENTINO70, MUNOZ6, GONZALEZ12, TERZI19, MORGANELLA89, NGOYI17, RIGONI27, BOLZONI15, LAZAAR7, VAZQUEZ20, DYBALA9

Here is the probable formation for CESENA (3-5-1-1): LEALI1, VOLTA14, CAPELLI 25, MAGNUSSON17, GARRITANO61, CARBONERO7, DE FEUDIS8, COPPOLA10, RENZETTI33, BRIENZA11, MARILUNGO89

Photo facebook.com/palermocalcioi

Palermo fans want to celebrate a victory….. will this happen?

TORINO – UDINESE
Olimpico di Torino Stadium
Referee: RUSSO
Assistants: CARIOLATO – LONGO
Fourth Official: MUSOLINO
ADD1: DOVERI
ADD2: PASQUA
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Torino, 14th position with 5 points and a negative goal difference of -3
Udinese, 4th position with 13 points and a positive goal difference of  +4

Before the game. Disciplinary Situation. 2 suspended players for TORINO: El Kaddouri (2), Glik (2)
No suspended plaeyrs for UDINESE

Before the game. Here is the top scorer for TORINO:  Forward Fabio Quagliarella with 3 goals
Top scorer for UDINESE:  Forward Antonio Di Natale with 4 goals

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

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

Here is the probable formation for TORINO (3-5-2): GILLET1, MAKSIMOVIC19, BOVO5, MORETTI24, PERES33, GAZZI14, VIVES20, SANCHEZ MIÑO28, DARMIAN36, AMAURI22, QUAGLIARELLA27

Here is the probable formation for UDINESE (4-3-2-1): KARNEZIS31, WIDMER27, HEURTAUX75, DANILO5, PIRIS89, BADU7, ALLAN6, GUILHERME 19, FERNANDES8, THEREAU77, DI NATALE10

INTER – NAPOLI
Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Referee: ORSATO
Assistants: MANGANELLI – MELI
Fourth Official: VUOTO
ADD1: RIZZOLI
ADD2: IRRATI
20:45
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Inter, 10th position with 8 points and a positive goal difference of  +3
Napoli, 7th position with 10 points and a positive goal difference of +3

It’s the match to win for Inter not only to lift the morale of the team, but of the fans too.  Inter suffering two big defeats against Cagliari and Fiorentina.  It’s an emotional game for the ex Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri now with Inter and the ex Inter coach Rafael Benitez now with Napoli.    Inter are down to the 10th position and a defeat at the Meazza will be a total disaster!!!!

Precedents for Inter vs Napoli games are 68 seeing Inter winning 45, Napoli winning only 8 and 15  draws.  197 goals with Inter scoring 132 and 65 goals by Napoli.

Before the game. Disciplinary Situation. No suspended players

Before the game. Here is the top scorer for INTER:  Forward Pablo Osvaldo with 4 goals
Top scorer for NAPOLI:  Jose Maria Callejon with 4 goals

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

Here are the last 3 games of NAPOLI: 3 wins

Here is the probable formation for INTER (3-5-2): HANDANOVIC1, RANOCCHIA23, VIDIC15, JUAN JESUS5, NAGATOMO55, HERNANES88, MEDEL18, KOVACIC10, DODO’22, PALACIO8, ICARDI9

Here is the probable formation for NAPOLI (4-2-3-1): RAFAEL1, MAGGIO11, ALBIOL33, KOULIBALY26, ZUNIGA 18, GARGANO77, DAVID LOPEZ19, CALLEJON7, HAMSIK17, INSIGNE24, HIGUAIN9

Photo facebook.com/InterOfficialPage

Monday 20 October 2014

GENOA – EMPOLI
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Referee: CERVELLERA
Assistants: DI FIORE – BIANCHI
Fourth Official: TEGONI
ADD1: GIACOMELLI
ADD2: MINELLI
20:45
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Genoa, 11th position with 8 points and a neutral goal difference of “0″
Empoli, 12th position with 6 points and a neutral goal difference of  “0”

Before the game. Disciplinary Situation. 1 suspended player for GENOA: Roncaglia (1)
No suspended player for EMPOLI

Before the game. Here is the top scorer for GENOA:  Forward Alessandro Matri with 3 goals
Top scorer for EMPOLI:  Manuel Pucciarelli with 3 goals

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

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

Here is the probable formation for GENOA (3-4-3): PERIN1, ANTONINI3, DE MAIO4, BURDISSO8, EDENILSON21, RINCON88, BERTOLACCI91, ANTONELLI13, KUCKA33, MATRI32, PEROTTI10

Here is the probable formation for EMPOLI (4-3-1-2): SEPE33, HYSAJ23, TONELLI26, RUGANI24, MARIO RUI21, VECINO88, VALDIFIORI6, CROCE11 VERDI18, PUCCIARELLI20, MACCARONE7

Your Predictions??? Make your calculations and changes… get your dancing pencil.. AS Roma vs Chievo Verona Sassuolo vs Juventus FC Fiorentina vs Lazio Torino FC vs Udinese Hellas Verona vs AC Milan Palermo vs AC Cesena Cagliari vs UC Sampdoria Atalanta BC vs Parma FC Inter vs SSC Napoli Genoa CFC vs Empoli FCNOTE:  Copy and paste  in the comment box the predictions adding your own choices.

Anna Italia Predictions.AS Roma vs Chievo Verona = AS ROMA Sassuolo vs Juventus = JUVENTUS Fiorentina vs Lazio = FIORENTINA Torino FC vs Udinese = TORINO Hellas Verona vs AC Milan = AC MILAN Palermo vs AC Cesena = PALERMO Cagliari vs Sampdoria = CAGLIARI Atalanta BC vs Parma = ATALANTA Inter vs SSC Napoli = INTER Genoa CFC vs Empoli = GENOA