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Hello my friends. Here is the Serie A PREVIEW for Week 14 on Friday 5, Saturday 6, Sunday 7, and Monday 8 December 2014. Juventus are super motivated not only because they are the absolute leaders, but also because they won the Derby della Molle last week against Torino.

Challenge is for AS Roma to keep up the race for the Scudetto.  Roma cannot allow mistakes.  It’s up to Juventus to keep the leadership.  There are only 3 points difference.  Juventus having 34 points and AS Roma 31 points.

The top scorer up to Round 13: Juventus forward Carlos Tevez with 9 goals

 

Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 13 games. First 3 qualifying for Champions League, 4 and 5 for Europa League.

–Juventus, 1st position with 34 points and a positive goal difference of +25

–AS Roma, 2nd position with 31 points and a positive goal difference of +16

– Napoli, 3rd positions with 23 points and a positive goal difference of +8

– Genoa, 4th position with 23 points and a positive goal difference of +7

– Sampdoria, 5th position with 22 points and a positive goal difference of +6

 

Relegation Zone: Chievo Verona, 18th position with 10 points and a negative goal difference of -8 .
Cesena, 19th position with 8 points and a negative goal difference of -13.
Parma,. 20th position with 6 points and a negative goal difference of 17- .

 

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Friday 5 December 2014

• Serie A Week 14 / 14ª Giornata Andata​​

 

FIORENTINA – JUVENTUS
Referee: RIZZOLI
Assistants: FAVERANI – STEFANI
Fourth Official: DE LUCA
ADD1: BANTI
ADD2: RUSSO
20:45

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Fiorentina 8th position with 19 points and a positive goal difference of +5
Juventus, 1st position with 34 points and a positive goal difference of +25

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
1	Juventus	13	11	1	1	30:5	25	34
8	Fiorentina	13	5	4	4	16:11	5	19

 

There are 75 precedents between Fiorentina vs Juventus at the Artemio Franchi Stadium.  Stats in favor of Fiorentina with 26 wins, Juventus 20 wins, and 29 draws.  Last game in the 2013-2014 season when Fiorentina made a come back winning with a 4-2 thanks to the 3 goals by forward Giuseppe Rossi.

 

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  No suspended players for FIORENTINA.

1 suspended player for JUVENTUS: Defender Stephan Lichtsteiner

 

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for FIORENTINA:  Khouma Babacar with 4 goals

Top scorer for JUVENTUS:  Forward Carlos Tevez with 9 goals

Fiorentina	Goals	Goals	Juventus
Babacar, Khouma	4	9	Tevez, Carlos
Cuadrado, Juan	3	4	Morata, Alvaro
Fernandez, Matias	2	4	Vidal, Arturo
Tomovic, Nenad	1	3	Pogba, Paul
Savic, Stefan	1	3	Llorente, Fernando

 

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

30/11/14	SA	Cagliari – Fiorentina				0:4	Round 13
27/11/14	UELG	Guingamp – Fiorentina				1:2	Matchday 5
23/11/14	SA	Verona – Fiorentina				1:2	Round 12

 

Here are the last 3 games of JUVENTUS:  3 wins

30/11/14	SA	Juventus – Turin				2:1	Round 13
26/11/14	UCLG	Malmo – Juventus				0:2	Matchday 5
22/11/14	SA	Lazio – Juventus				0:3	Round 12

 

Here is the probable formation for  Fiorentina (3-5-2): Neto; Savic, G. Rodriguez, Basanta; Joaquin, M. Fernandez, Pizarro, B. Valero, Alonso; Cuadrado, M. Gomez

Unavailable: Rossi, Bernardeschi, Pasqual, Lupatelli

Here is the probable formation for Juventus (3-5-2): Buffon; Ogbonna, Bonucci, Chiellini; Pereyra, Vidal, Pirlo, Pogba; Evra; Llorente, Coman

Unavailable: Barzagli, Caceres, Asamoah, Marrone, Romulo

 

 

Saturday 6 December 2014

AS ROMA – SASSUOLO
Referee: IRRATI
Assistants: PASSERI – STALLONE
Fourth Official: FIORITO
ADD1: PERUZZO
ADD2: BARACANI
18:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma,  2nd position with 31 points and a positive goal difference of +16
Sassuolo, 10th position with 18 points and a negative goal difference of -3

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
2	Roma	13	10	1	2	25:9	16	31
10	Sassuolo	13	4	6	3	13:16	-3	18

 

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game.  No suspended players for AS ROMA.

1 suspended player for SASSUOLO: Manganelli

 

Pressure is for AS Roma to win this home game to keep up the race for the Scudetto with Juventus.  Victory is a must.  A lost means a step back for the Roman gladiators.

Sassuolo highly motivated considering they have won their last 3 games this season.  Precedents at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium is only 1 ending with a draw.  Sassuolo has been been almost like a bad luck for Roma.  Sassuolo put an end to the 10 consecutive victories of the Roman gladiators with that 1-1 draw with the own goal by Longhi and the goal by forward Domenico Berardi.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for AS ROMA:  Forwards Mattia Destro and Adem Ljajic with 4 goals each

Top scorer for SASSUOLO: Forward Domenico Berardi with 3 goals

AS Roma	Goals	Goals	Sassuolo
Destro, Mattia	4	3	Berardi, Domenico
Ljajic, Adem	4	2	Zaza, Simone
Pjanic, Miralem	3	2	Taider, Saphir
Florenzi, Alessandro	2	2	Floccari, Sergio
Nainggolan, Radja	2	1	Sansone, Nicola

 

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

30/11/14	SA	Roma – Inter				4:2	Round 13
25/11/14	UCLG	CSKA Moscow – Roma				1:1	Matchday 5
22/11/14	SA	Atalanta – Roma				1:2	Round 12

 

Here are the last 3 games of SASSUOLO: 3 wins

02/12/14	CI	Sassuolo – Pescara				1:0	R4
29/11/14	SA	Sassuolo – Verona				2:1	Round 13
23/11/14	SA	Turin – Sassuolo				0:1	Round 12

 

Here is the probable formation for Roma (4-3-3): De Sanctis; Maicon, Manolas, Astori, Holebas; Pjanic, De Rossi, Nainggolan; Destro, Totti, Gervinho

Unavailable: Castan, Balzaretti, Ucan

Here is the probable formation for Sassuolo (4-3-3): Consigli; Vrsaljko, Cannavaro, Acerbi, Peluso; Taider, Missiroli, Biondini; Berardi, Zaza, Sansone

Unavailable: Pegolo, Manfredini

Photo:  facebook.com/officialsassuolocalcio

 

TORINO – PALERMO
Referee: GIACOMELLI
Assistants: PAGANESSI – MONDIN
Fourth Official: MANGANELLI
ADD1: MAZZOLENI
ADD2: PEZZUTO
20:45

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Torino,  15th position with 12 points and a negative goal difference of -7
Palermo, 12th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of -5

 

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
12	Palermo	13	4	5	4	15:20	-5	17
15	Turin	13	3	3	7	8:15	-7	12

 

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  1 suspended player for TORINO: Gazzi

2 suspended players for PALERMO: Edgar Barreto and Vazquez

There are 20 precedents between Torino and Palermo.  Stats in favor of Torino having 15 wins, 4 draws, Palermo with 1 win.   It is a super challenge for Palermo who had beaten Torino only once back in the 1932-1933 season ending with a 0-1.

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for TORINO:  Forward Fabio Quagliarella with 4 goals

Top scorer for PALERMO:  Forward Paulo Dybala with 6 goals

Torino	Goals	Goals	Palermo
Quagliarella, Fabio	4	6	Dybala, Paulo Bruno
Peres, Bruno	1	3	Vazquez, Franco
Glik, Kamil	1	2	Belotti, Andrea
Darmian, Matteo	1	1	Gonzalez, Giancarlo
Farnerud, Alexander	1	1	Barreto, Edgar

 

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

30/11/14	SA	Juventus – Turin				2:1	Round 13
27/11/14	UELG	Turin – Club Brugge				0:0	Matchday 5
23/11/14	SA	Turin – Sassuolo				0:1	Round 12

 

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

30/11/14	SA	Palermo – Parma				2:1	Round 13
24/11/14	SA	Genoa – Palermo				1:1	Round 12
09/11/14	SA	Palermo – Udinese				1:1	Round 11

 

Here is the probable formation for Torino (3-5-1-1): Gillet; Maksimovic, Glik, Moretti; Peres, Sanchez Miño, Vives, Farnerud, Darmian; El Kaddouri; Quagliarella

Unavailable: Basha, Masiello, Nocerino, Benassi, Larrondo

Here is the probable formation for Palermo (3-5-2): Sorrentino; Munoz, Gonzalez, Andelkovic; Morganella, Bolzoni, Maresca, Chochev, Lazaar; Belotti, Dybala

Unavailable: Makienok, Ngoyi

Photo: facebook.com/palermocalcioit

 
Sunday 7 December 2014

NAPOLI – EMPOLI
Referee: CERVELLERA
Assistants: NICOLETTI – RANGHETTI
Fourth Official: DI LIBERATORE
ADD1: MASSA
ADD2: LA PENNA
12:30

 

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  1 suspended player for NAPOLI:  Koulibaly

No suspended players for EMPOLI

Here is the probable formation for Napoli (4-2-3-1): Rafael; Maggio, Albiol, Henrique, Ghoulam; Gargano, D. Lopez; Callejon, Hamsik, Mertens; Higuain

Unavailable: Zuniga, Michu, Insigne

Here is the probable formation for Empoli (4-3-1-2): Sepe; Hysaj, Tonelli, Rugani, Mario Rui; Vecino, Valdifiori, Croce; Verdi; Maccarone, Tavano

Unavailable: Guarente, Laurini, Perticone

Photo:  facebook.com/SSCNapoli

 

 

ATALANTA – CESENA
Referee: DI BELLO
Assistants: TASSO – PADOVAN
Fourth Official: CRISPO
ADD1: VALERI
ADD2: ABISSO
15:00

 

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  2 suspended players for ATALANTA: Dramé, Boakye

No suspended players for CESENA

Here is the probable formation for Atalanta (4-4-1-1): Sportiello; Zappacosta, Stendardo, Benalouane, Del Grosso; Molina, Cigarini, Carmona, A. Gomez; Moralez; Denis

Unavailable: Rossetti, Estigarribia, Raimondi

Cesena (4-3-1-2): Leali; Capelli, Volta, Lucchini, Mazzotta; Carbonero, Cascione, De Feudis; Brienza; Defrel, Hugo Almeida

Unavailable: Marilungo, Renzetti, Perico

Photo: facebook.com/atalantabc

 

 

GENOA – AC MILAN
Referee: TAGLIAVENTO
Assistants: GIALLATINI – BARBIRATI
Fourth Official: DOBOSZ
ADD1: ROCHHI
ADD2: CANDUSSIO
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Genoa,  4th position with 23 points and a positive goal difference of +7
AC Milan, 6th position with 21 points and a positive goal difference of +6

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
4	Genoa	13	6	5	2	19:12	7	23
6	Milan	13	5	6	2	23:17	6	21

 

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game.  No suspended players for GENOA.

1 suspended player for AC MILAN:   Essien

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for GENOA:  Forward Alessandro Matri with 6 goals

Top scorer for AC MILAN: Forward Jeremy Menez with 7 goals

Genoa	Goals	Goals	AC Milan
Matri, Alessandro	6	7	Menez, Jeremy
Pinilla, Mauricio	3	6	Honda, Keisuke
Bertolacci, Andrea	2	2	Bonaventura, Giacomo
Falque, Iago	1	2	Muntari, Sulley
Perotti, Diego	1	2	de Jong, Nigel

 

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

03/12/14	CI	Empoli – Genoa				2:0	R4
30/11/14	SA	Cesena – Genoa				0:3	Round 13
24/11/14	SA	Genoa – Palermo				1:1	Round 12

 

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

30/11/14	SA	Milan – Udinese				2:0	Round 13
23/11/14	SA	Milan – Inter				1:1	Round 12
08/11/14	SA	Sampdoria – Milan				2:2	Round 11

 

Here is the probable formation for Genoa (3-4-3): Perin; Roncaglia, Burdisso, Marchese; Edenilson, Sturaro, Bertolacci, Antonelli; Perotti, Matri, Iago

Unavailable: Rincon, Mandragora

Here is the probable formation for AC Milan (4-3-3): Diego Lopez; Bonera, Rami, Mexes, Armero; Van Ginkel; De Jong, Bonaventura; Honda, Menez, El Shaarawy

Unavailable: Abate, Alex, De Sciglio, Muntari, Mastour

Photo: facebook.com/genoaCFCofficial

 

PARMA – LAZIO
Referee: GUIDA
Assistants: DI FIORE – VIVENZI
Fourth Official: COSTANZO
ADD1: DAMATO
ADD2: SAIA
15:00

 

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game.   1 suspended player for PARMA: Felipe.

No suspended players for LAZIO.

Here is the probable formation for Parma (3-5-2): Mirante; Mendes, Lucarelli, Costa; Rispoli, J. Mauri, Lodi, Acquah, De Ceglie; Cassano, Palladino

Unavailable: Biabiany, Cassani, Jorquera, Coda, Ghezzal, Paletta

Here is the probable formation for Lazio (4-3-3): Marchetti; Basta, De Vrij, Radu, Braafheid; Parolo, Biglia, Lulic; F. Anderson, Klose, Mauri

Unavailable: Gentiletti, Cataldi, Ciani, Pereirinha, Cavanda, Candreva

Photo: facebook.com/fcparma

 

INTER – UDINESE
Referee: GERVASONI
Assistants: LA ROCCA – POSADO
Fourth Official: PRETI
ADD1: ORSATO
ADD2: DI PAOLO
20:45

 

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game.   No suspended players.

Here is the probable formation for Inter (4-3-3): Handanovic; Campagnaro, Ranocchia, Juan Jesus, Dodò; Guarin, Medel, Kuzmanovic; Palacio, Osvaldo, Kovacic

Unavailable: Vidic, Jonathan, Hernanes

Udinese (4-3-2-1): Karnezis; Piris, Heurtaux, Danilo, Pasquale; Badu, Allan, Guilherme; Kone, Thereau; Di Natale

Unavailable: G. Silva, Muriel

Photo: facebook.com/InterOfficialPage

 
Monday 8 December 2014

 

CAGLIARI – CHIEVO VERONA
Referee: MARIANI
Assistants: LONGO – BIANCHI
Fourth Official: MARRAZZO
ADD1: DOVERI
ADD2: GAVILLUCCI
19:00

 

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game.  No suspended players.

Here is the probable formation for Cagliari (4-3-3): Cragno; Balzano, Ceppitelli, Rossettini, Pisano; Crisetig, Conti, Ekdal; Ibarbo, Farias, Cossu

Unavailable: Colombi, Eriksson, Sau

Here is the probable formation for Chievo Verona (4-4-2): Bizzarri; Frey, Dainelli, Gamberini, Zukanovic; Izco, Radovanovic, Hetemaj, Birsa; Pellissier, Meggiorini

Unavailable: Schelotto

Photo: facebook.com/CAGLIARICALCIOOFFICIALPAGE

 

 

HELLAS VERONA – SAMPDORIA
Referee: TOMMASI
Assistants: MARZALONI – PETRELLA
Fourth Official: GAVA
ADD1: CALVARESE
ADD2: ABBATTISTA
21:00

 

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game.  1 suspended player for HELLAS VERONA: Hallfredsson

2 suspended players for SAMPDORIA:  Roberto Soriano and Obiang

Here is the probable formation for Hellas Verona (4-3-3): Rafael; Gonzalez, Marquez, Moras, Agostini; Campanharo, Tachtsidis, Lazaros; N. Lopez, Toni, Gomez

Unavailable: Sala, Obbadi, Sorensen, Martic, Jankovic

Sampdoria (4-3-3): Romero; De Silvestri, Silvestre, Romagnoli, Regini; Rizzo, Palombo, Krsticic; Gabbiadini, Okaka, Eder

Unavailable: nessuno

Photo:  facebook.com/hellasveronafc1903