By Anna Italia
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Hello my friends. Here is the Serie A Week 27  Preview – Twenty-seventh Round on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 March 2017.

As far the as the status quo in the leadership, we won’t have a change.  Juventus leading the Serie A Table with 66 points followed by AS Roma in the second position with 59 points.  AS Roma and Napoli playing a direct game at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium, yet, the result won’t change their status.  Roma in the second position with 59 points and Napoli with 54 points.

The battle to be in the Europa League next season is open for:  Atalanta in the 4th position with 51 points, Lazio in the 5th position with 50 points, Inter in the 6th position with 48 points, and AC Milan in the 7th position with 47 points.

Problem is for the bottom positions who are desperately looking to win games or risk being relegated to the Serie B next season.    Palermo in the 18th position with 15 points, Crotone in the 19th position with 13 points and Pescara in the 20th position with 12 points.

The top scorer of the Serie A:  Torino forward Andrea Belotti, Juventus forward Gonzalo Higuaín and AS Roma forward Edin Dzeko with 19 goals each.

 

 

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Serie A Week 27 / 27a Giornata /

Saturday 4 March 2017

AS ROMA – NAPOLI
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: BANTI
Assistants: TONOLINI – DI LIBERATORE
Fourth Official: LONGO
ADD1: ORSATO
ADD2: GIACOMELLI
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 2nd position with 59 points and a positive goal difference of +34
Napoli, 3rd position with 54 points and a positive goal difference of +31

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
2	Roma	26	19	2	5	57:23	34	59
3	Napoli	26	16	6	4	60:29	31	54

 

It’s a direct match towards the leadership.   AS Roma in the 2nd position with 59 points while Napoli in the 3rd position with 54 points.  The last time they confronted each other for a direct duel was on April 25, 2016.  Napoli have not won at the Olimpico since February 12, 2011.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of AS ROMA:  Edi Dzeko with 19 goals

Top scorer of NAPOLI:  Dries Mertens with 16 goals

AS Roma	Goals	Goals	Napoli
Dzeko, Edin	19	16	Mertens, Dries
Salah, Mohamed	9	10	Hamsik, Marek
Nainggolan, Radja	9	8	Insigne, Lorenzo
Perotti, Diego	7	8	Callejon, Jose
El Shaarawy, Stephan	3	4	Milik, Arek

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

01/03/17	CI	Lazio – Roma				2:0	S
26/02/17	SA	Inter – Roma				1:3	26
23/02/17	UELK	Roma – Villarreal				0:1	1

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

28/02/17	CI	Juventus – Napoli				3:1	S
25/02/17	SA	Napoli – Atalanta				0:2	26
19/02/17	SA	Chievo – Napoli				1:3	25

 

 

SAMPDORIA – PESCARA
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Referee: PASQUA
Assistants: DI FIORE – LO CICERO
Fourth Official: CARIOLATO
ADD1: MASSA
ADD2: SERRA
18:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Sampdoria, 10th position with 35 points and a negative goal difference of -1
Pescara, 20th position with 12 points and a negative goal difference of -30

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
10	Sampdoria	26	9	8	9	31:32	-1	35
20	Pescara	26	2	6	18	27:57	-30	12

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of SAMPDORIA:  Luis Muriel with 9 goals

Top scorer of PESCARA:   Gianluca Caprari with 7 goals

Sampdoria	Goals	Goals	Pescara
Muriel, Luis	9	7	Caprari, Gianluca
Schick, Patrik	6	5	Benali, Ahmad
Quagliarella, Fabio	6	2	Bahebeck, Jean Christophe
Fernandes, Bruno	3	2	Campagnaro, Hugo
Barreto, Edgar	2	2	Manaj, Rey

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

26/02/17	SA	Palermo – Sampdoria				1:1	26
19/02/17	SA	Sampdoria – Cagliari				1:1	25
12/02/17	SA	Sampdoria – Bologna				3:1	24

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

26/02/17	SA	Chievo – Pescara				2:0	26
19/02/17	SA	Pescara – Genoa				5:0	25
12/02/17	SA	Turin – Pescara				5:3	24

 

 

 

AC MILAN – CHIEVO
San Siro Stadium
Referee: MARESCA
Assistants: MANGANELLI – FIORITO
Fourth Official: MARZALONI
ADD1: TAGLIAVENTO
ADD2: LA PENNA
20:45

Stats BEFORE the match.   Top scorer of AC MILAN:  Carlos Bacca with 9 goals

Top scorer of CHIEVO VERONA:  Roberto Inglese with 6 goals

AC Milan	Goals	Goals	Chievo Verona
Bacca, Carlos	9	6	Inglese, Roberto
Suso	6	5	Pellissier, Sergio
Lapadula, Gianluca	4	5	Birsa, Valter
Niang, Mbaye	3	3	Castro, Lucas
Bonaventura, Giacomo	3	3	Meggiorini, Riccardo

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

26/02/17	SA	Sassuolo – Milan				0:1	26
19/02/17	SA	Milan – Fiorentina				2:1	25
13/02/17	SA	Lazio – Milan				1:1	24

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

26/02/17	SA	Chievo – Pescara				2:0	26
19/02/17	SA	Chievo – Napoli				1:3	25
12/02/17	SA	Sassuolo – Chievo				1:3	24

 

 

Sunday 5 March 2017

ATALANTA – FIORENTINA
Atleti Azzurri D’Italia Stadium
Referee: GUIDA
Assistants: PASSERI – PEGORIN
Fourth Official: DI VUOLO
ADD1: VALERI
ADD2: GHERSINI
12:30

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Atalanta, 4th position with 51 points and a positive goal difference of +16
Fiorentina, 8th position with 41 points and a positive goal difference of +7

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
4	Atalanta	26	16	3	7	42:26	16	51
8	Fiorentina	26	11	8	7	44:37	7	41

 

Atalanta having a good season dreaming to reach the Europa League zone for next season.   Atalanta having an advantage of +10 points over Fiorentina.   There are 53 precedents. Stats showing Atalanta with 19 wins, 20 draws, and Fiorentina with 14 wins.   Atalanta with 60 goals and Fiorentina with 58 goals.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of ATALANTA:   Alejandro Gomez with 9 goals

Top scorer of FIORENTINA:   Nikola Kalinic with 12 goals

Atalanta	Goals	Goals	Fiorentina
Gomez, Alejandro	9	12	Kalinic, Nikola
Kessie, Franck	6	10	Bernardeschi, Federico
Petagna, Andrea	5	6	Tello
Caldara, Mattia	5	5	Babacar, Khouma
Kurtic, Jasmin	5	4	Ilicic, Josip

Stats.  Here are the last3 games of ATALANTA: 3 wins

25/02/17	SA	Napoli – Atalanta				0:2	26
18/02/17	SA	Atalanta – Crotone				1:0	25
12/02/17	SA	Palermo – Atalanta				1:3	24

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

27/02/17	SA	Fiorentina – Turin				2:2	26
23/02/17	UELK	Fiorentina – M’gladbach				2:4	1
19/02/17	SA	Milan – Fiorentina				2:1	25

 

Photo: facebook.com/atalantabc

 

CAGLIARI – INTER
Sant’Elia Stadium
Referee: DI BELLO
Assitants: GIALLATINI – PERETTI
Fourth Official: TASSO
ADD1: MAZZOLENI
ADD2: MARIANI
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Cagliari, 12th position with 31 points and a negative goal difference of -17
Inter, 6th position with 48 points and a positive goal difference of +14

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
6	Inter	26	15	3	8	41:27	14	48
12	Cagliari	26	9	4	13	35:52	-17	31

 

Inter battling to get back for the race of the Europa League.   There are 36 precedents between Cagliari vs Inter at the Sant’Elia Stadium.  Stats showing Cagliari with 6 wins, 12 draws, and Inter with 18 wins. 

Stats BEFORE the match.  Top scorer of CAGLIARI: Marco Borriello with 11 goals

Top scorer of INTER:  Mauro Icardi with 16 goals

Cagliari	Goals	Goals	Inter
Borriello, Marco	11	16	Icardi, Mauro
Sau, Marco	4	7	Perisic, Ivan
Farias, Diego	4	4	Eder
Pedro, Joao	3	4	Candreva, Antonio
Melchiorri, Federico	3	3	Brozovic, Marcelo

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

26/02/17	SA	Crotone – Cagliari				1:2	26
19/02/17	SA	Sampdoria – Cagliari				1:1	25
12/02/17	SA	Cagliari – Juventus				0:2	2

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

26/02/17	SA	Inter – Roma				1:3	26
19/02/17	SA	Bologna – Inter				0:1	25
12/02/17	SA	Inter – Empoli				2:0	24

 

Photo: facebook.com/cagliaricalcio

 

CROTONE – SASSUOLO
Adriatico Stadium
Referee: FABBRI
Assistants: BARBIRATI – TOLFO
Fourth Official: POSADO
ADD1: ROCCHI
ADD2: PEZZUTO
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Sassuolo, 13th position with 30 points and a negative goal difference of -7
Crotone, 19th position with 13 points and a negative goal difference of -24

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
13	Sassuolo	26	9	3	14	35:42	-7	30
19	Crotone	26	3	4	19	21:45	-24	13

 

Crotone looking to win their 4th game this season.  The pressure is high for Crotone on their quest to save themselves and remain in the Serie A next season.

Stats BEFORE the game.   Top scorer of CROTONE:   Diego Falcinelli with 8 goals

Top scorer of SASSUOLO:   Gregoire Defrel with 8 goals

Crotone	Goals	Goals	Sassuolo
Falcinelli, Diego	8	8	Defrel, Gregoire
Stoian, Adrian	3	6	Matri, Alessandro
Ferrari, Gianmarco	2	5	Pellegrini, Lorenzo
Palladino, Raffaele	2	3	Acerbi, Francesco
Trotta, Marcello	2	3	Politano, Matteo

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

26/02/17	SA	Sassuolo – Milan				0:1	26
19/02/17	SA	Udinese – Sassuolo				1:2	25
12/02/17	SA	Sassuolo – Chievo				1:3	24

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

26/02/17	SA	Crotone – Cagliari				1:2	26
18/02/17	SA	Atalanta – Crotone				1:0	25
12/02/17	SA	Crotone – Roma				0:2	24

 

Photo:   facebook.com/officialsassuolocalcio

 

EMPOLI – GENOA
Carlo Castellani Stadium
Referee: DOVERI
Assistants: MARRAZZO – VIVENZI
Fourth Official: VUOTO
ADD1: PAIRETTO
ADD2: RAPUANO
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Genoa, 8th position with 11 points and a positive goal difference of +3
Empoli, 19th position with 4 points and a negative goal difference of -9

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
16	Genoa	26	6	8	12	28:41	-13	26
17	Empoli	26	5	7	14	15:37	-22	22

A match for salvation.  Empoli and Genoa dueling to get points to keep away from the relegation zone.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of EMPOLI:  Lean Mchedlidze with 5 goals

Top scorer of GENOA:   Giovanni Simeone with 10 goals

Empoli	Goals	Goals	Genoa
Mchedlidze, Levan	5	10	Simeone, Giovanni
Maccarone, Massimo	3	3	Ocampos, Lucas
Pucciarelli, Manuel	2	3	Pavoletti, Leonardo
Saponara, Riccardo	2	2	Ninkovic, Nikola
Bellusci, Giuseppe	1	2	Rigoni, Luca

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

25/02/17	SA	Juventus – Empoli	2:0	26
18/02/17	SA	Empoli – Lazio	1:2	25
12/02/17	SA	Inter – Empoli	2:0	24

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

26/02/17	SA	Genoa – Bologna				1:1	26
19/02/17	SA	Pescara – Genoa				5:0	25
10/02/17	SA	Napoli – Genoa				2:0	24

Photo: facebook.com/empolifcofficialpage

 

TORINO – PALERMO
Olimpico di Torino Stadium
Referee: RIZZOLI
Assistants: MONDIN – DEL GIOVANE
Fourth Official: DE MEO
ADD1: GAVILLUCCI
ADD2: MARTINELLI
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Torino, 9th position with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +6
Palermo, 18th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of -28

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
9	Turin	26	9	9	8	48:42	6	36
18	Palermo	26	3	6	17	22:50	-28	15

 

Wake up call for Palermo to win this away game.  The situation is tense for Palermo winning only 3 games this season and down in the relegation zone.    Torino with 36 points having a +21 points advantage over Palermo.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of TORINO:   Andrea Belotti with 19 goals

Top scorer of PALERMO:  Ilija Nestoroski with 10 goals

Torino	Goals	Goals	Palermo
Belotti, Andrea	19	10	Nestorovski, Ilija
Falque, Iago	10	4	Quaison, Robin
Ljajic, Adem	6	3	Chochev, Ivaylo
Benassi, Marco	5	2	Rispoli, Andrea
Baselli, Daniele	4	1	Goldaniga, Edoardo

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

27/02/17	SA	Fiorentina – Turin				2:2	26
19/02/17	SA	Roma – Turin				4:1	25
12/02/17	SA	Turin – Pescara				5:3	24

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

26/02/17	SA	Palermo – Sampdoria				1:1	26
17/02/17	SA	Juventus – Palermo				4:1	25
12/02/17	SA	Palermo – Atalanta				1:3	24

 

Photo:  facebook.com/TorinoFootballClub

 

UDINESE – JUVENTUS
Friuli Stadium
Referee: DAMATO
Assistants: DOBOSZ – VALERIANI
Fourth Official: CARBONE
ADD1: IRRATI
ADD2: SACCHI
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Juventus, 1st position with 66 points and a positive goal difference of +38
Udinese, 14th position with 29 points and a negative goal difference of -7

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
1	Juventus	26	22	0	4	55:17	38	66
14	Udinese	26	8	5	13	28:35	-7	29

Juventus being the absolute leader in the Serie A with 66 points.  Fact is that whether Juventus win, draw, or lose, they will keep the first position.  The objective is now to qualify for the Champions League Quarterfinals.  On top of that, Juventus overwhelmingly having a +31 points advantage over Udinese with only 29 points.

There are 87 precedents between Udinese and Juventus in Serie A.   Out of the 43 games at the Friuli Stadium, stats showing Udinese with  5 wins, 13 draws, and Juventus with 25 wins.   Udinese scoring 29 goals and Juventus 78 goals.   Udinese coach Luigi Delneri coached Juventus in the 2010-2011 season.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of UDINESE:   Cyril Thereau with 9 goals

Top scorer of JUVENTUS:   Gonzalo Higuain with 19 goals

Udinese	Goals	Goals	Juventus
Thereau, Cyril	9	19	Higuain, Gonzalo
Fofana, Seko	5	7	Dybala, Paulo
Zapata, Duvan	5	5	Pjanic, Miralem
Perica, Stipe	3	5	Mandzukic, Mario
Danilo	2	4	Khedira, Sami

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

26/02/17	SA	Lazio – Udinese				1:0	26
19/02/17	SA	Udinese – Sassuolo				1:2	25
16/02/17	CFG	Udinese – Terek Grozny				4:2

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

28/02/17	CI	Juventus – Napoli				3:1	S
25/02/17	SA	Juventus – Empoli				2:0	26
22/02/17	UCLK	Porto – Juventus				0:2	1/8

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of UDINESE:   Cyril Thereau with 9 goals

Top scorer of JUVENTUS:   Gonzalo Higuain with 19 goals

Udinese	Goals	Goals	Juventus
Thereau, Cyril	9	19	Higuain, Gonzalo
Fofana, Seko	5	7	Dybala, Paulo
Zapata, Duvan	5	5	Pjanic, Miralem
Perica, Stipe	3	5	Mandzukic, Mario
Danilo	2	4	Khedira, Sami

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

26/02/17	SA	Lazio – Udinese				1:0	26
19/02/17	SA	Udinese – Sassuolo				1:2	25
16/02/17	CFG	Udinese – Terek Grozny				4:2

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

28/02/17	CI	Juventus – Napoli				3:1	S
25/02/17	SA	Juventus – Empoli				2:0	26
22/02/17	UCLK	Porto – Juventus				0:2	1/8

 

Photo: facebook.com/UdineseCalcio1896

 

BOLOGNA – LAZIO
Renato Dall’Ara Stadium
Referee: RUSSO
Assistants: COSTANZO – TEGONI
Fourth Official: LA ROCCA
ADD1: CELI
ADD2: ABBATTISTA
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Lazio, 5th position with 50 points and a positive goal difference of +16
Bologna, 15th position with 28 points and a negative goal difference of -15

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
5	Lazio	26	15	5	6	45:29	16	50
15	Bologna	26	7	7	12	24:39	-15	28

Stats BEFORE the game.   Top scorer of BOLOGNA:  Blerim Dzemaili with 6 goals

Top scorer of LAZIO:  Ciro Immobile with 14 goals

Bologna	Goals	Goals	Lazio
Dzemaili, Blerim	6	14	Immobile, Ciro
Destro, Mattia	5	7	Keita, Balde
Verdi, Simone	4	5	Parolo, Marco
Viviani, Federico	2	4	Milinkovic-Savic, Sergej
Helander, Filip	1	3	Biglia, Lucas

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

26/02/17	SA	Genoa – Bologna				1:1	26
19/02/17	SA	Bologna – Inter				0:1	25
12/02/17	SA	Sampdoria – Bologna				3:1	24

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

01/03/17	CI	Lazio – Roma				2:0	S
26/02/17	SA	Lazio – Udinese				1:0	26
18/02/17	SA	Empoli – Lazio				1:2	25

 

Photo:  facebook.com/bfc1909official/