By Anna Italia
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Hello my friends. Here is Italy Serie A PREVIEW for Week 10 on Saturday 1, Sunday 2, and Monday 3 November 2014. Round 10 Serie A Roundup .   It’s a super exciting round because the leadership of the Serie A table will be unblock at a distance.  Here is the situation.   Juventus and AS Roma both having 22 points each and same positive goal difference of +12.  Now, the games are Napoli vs AS Roma at the San Paolo Stadium and Empoli vs Juventus at the Carlo Castellani Stadium.

Another interesting race will be for the 3rd position.  There are 4 teams having 16 points: Lazio, AC Milan, Udinese, and Sampdoria.  For the the moment, Lazio keep the 3rd position for having a positive goal difference of +7 while AC Milan are in the 4th position with a positive goal difference of +6, Sampdoria with +4, and Udinese with +2.   Simply put,  all 4 teams have chances to claim the 3rd position.

Three teams having 15 points each: Napoli, Inter, and Genoa.

The top scorer up to Round 9: Napoli forward Jose Maria Callejon with 7 goals

 

Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 9 games. First 3 qualifying for Champions League, 4 and 5 for Europa League.

–Juventus, 1st position with 22 points and a positive goal difference of +12

–AS Roma, 2nd position with 22 points and a positive goal difference of +12

– Lazio, 3rd position with 16 points and a positive goal difference of +7

–AC Milan, 4th position with 16 points and a positive goal difference of +6

– Sampdoria, 5th positions with 16 points and a positive goal difference of +4

Relegation Zone: Cesena, 18th position with 6 points and a negative goal difference of – 9.
Chievo Verona, 19th position with 4 points and a negative goal difference of -9.
Parma,. 20th position with 3 point and a negative goal difference of -9.

 

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Saturday 1 November 2014

• Serie A Week 10 / 10ª Giornata Andata​​

NAPOLI – AS ROMA
San Paolo Stadium
Referee: TAGLIAVENTO
Assistants: CARIOLATO – PADOVAN
Fourth Official: MANGANELLI
ADD1: ORSATO
ADD2: MASSA
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Napoli, 7th position with 10 points and a neutral goal difference of “0″
AS Roma, 3rd position with 16 points and a positive goal difference of +5

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
2	Roma	9	7	1	1	16:4	12	22
7	Napoli	9	4	3	2	17:12	5	15

 

Before the game: Disciplinary Situation, no suspended players

Before the game.  Top scorer for NAPOLI:  Forward Jose Maria Callejon

Top scorer for AS ROMA:  Forward Mattia Destro with 4 goals

Napoli	Goals	Goals	AS Roma
Callejon	7	4	Destro, Mattia
Higuain, Gonzalo	4	2	Ljajic, Adem
Hamsik, Marek	2	2	Florenzi, Alessandro
Koulibaly, Kalidou	1	2	Totti, Francesco
Zapata, Duvan	1	1	Nainggolan, Radja

 

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

29/10/14	SA	Atalanta – Napoli				1:1	Round 9
26/10/14	SA	Napoli – Verona				6:2	Round 8
23/10/14	UELG	Young Boys Bern – Napoli				2:0	Round 3

 

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

29/10/14	SA	Roma – Cesena				2:0	Round 9
25/10/14	SA	Sampdoria – Roma				0:0	Round 8
21/10/14	UCLG	Roma – B. Munich				1:7	Round 3

 

 

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

Unavailable: Zuniga

Here is the probable formation for AS Roma (4-3-3): De Sanctis; Torosidis, Manolas, Yanga-Mbiwa, Holebas; Pjanic, De Rossi, Nainggolan; Gervinho, Totti, Florenzi
 
Unavailable: Balzaretti, Strootman, Castan, Borriello, Maicon, Astori, Curci

Photo: facebook.com/SSCNapoli

 

EMPOLI – JUVENTUS
Carlo Castellani Stadium
Referee: VALERI
Assistants: TONOLINI – CRISPO
Fourth Official: PETRELLA
ADD1: DOVERI
ADD2: FABBRI
18:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Empoli, 17th position with 7 points and a negative goal difference of -6
Juventus, 1st position with 22 points and a positive goal difference of +12

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
1	Juventus	9	7	1	1	16:4	12	22
17	Empoli	9	1	4	4	10:16	-6	7

 

It’s a must win for both teams.  Empoli in desperate need of this home victory to avoid falling in the relegation zone while Juventus battle to win to keep the first position.   Juventus  lost their first game this season last week defeated by Genoa, the challenge is to defeat Empoli to get back to the winning road.

Before the game.  Top scorer for EMPOLI:  Manuel Pucciarelli and Lorenzo Tonelli with 3 goals each

Disciplinary situation before the game: No suspended players

Top scorer for JUVENTUS:  Forward Carlos Tevez with 6 goals

Player	Goals	Goals	Player
Pucciarelli, Manuel	3	6	Tevez, Carlos
Tonelli, Lorenzo	3	3	Vidal, Arturo
Croce, Daniele	1	1	Pogba, Paul
Rugani, Daniele	1	1	Morata, Alvaro
Maccarone, Massimo	1	1	Caceres, Martin

 

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

28/10/14	SA	Sassuolo – Empoli				3:1	Round 9
25/10/14	SA	Empoli – Cagliari				0:4	Round 8
20/10/14	SA	Genoa – Empoli				1:1	Round 7

 

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

29/10/14	SA	Genoa – Juventus				1:0	Round 9
26/10/14	SA	Juventus – Palermo				2:0	Round 8
22/10/14	UCLG	Olympiacos – Juventus				1:0	Round 3

 

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

Here is the probable formation for  Juventus (3-5-2): Buffon; Ogbonna, Bonucci, Chiellini; Pereyra, Marchisio, Pirlo, Pogba, Asamoah; Giovinco, Morata
 
Unavailable: Barzagli, Caceres, Pepe, Evra, Marrone

 

 

PARMA – INTER
Ennio Tardini Stadium
Referee: RIZZOLI
Assistants: BIANCHI – LONGO
Fourth Official: DOBOSZ
ADD1: PERUZZO
ADD2: CHIFFI
20:45

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Parma, 20th position with 3 points and a negative goal difference of  -9
Inter, 3rd position with 16 points and a positive goal difference of +5

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
8	Inter	9	4	3	2	15:10	5	15
20	Parma	9	1	0	8	12:21	-9	3

 

Disciplinary situation before the game.  1 suspended player for PARMA: Cordaz(1).  No suspended players for INTER.

Before the game. Top scorer for PARMA:  Forward Antonio Cassano with 5 goals

Top scorer for INTER:  Forward Mauro Icardi with 5 goals

Parma	Goals	Goals	Inter
Cassano, Antonio	5	5	Icardi, Mauro
Coda, Massimo	2	4	Osvaldo, Pablo Daniel
Felipe	1	2	Kovacic, Mateo
Lucarelli, Alessandro	1	2	Hernanes
Mauri, Jose	1	2	Guarin, Fredy

 

Here are the last 3 games of PARMA:  3 lost

29/10/14	SA	Turin – Parma				1:0	Round 9
25/10/14	SA	Parma – Sassuolo				1:3	Round 8
19/10/14	SA	Atalanta – Parma				1:0	Round 7

 

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

29/10/14	SA	Inter – Sampdoria				1:0	Round 9
26/10/14	SA	Cesena – Inter				0:1	Round 8
23/10/14	UELG	Inter – St. Etienne				0:0	Round 3

 

Here is the probable formation for  Parma (3-5-2): Mirante; Mendes, Felipe, Lucarelli; Acquah, J. Mauri, Lodi, Gobbi, De Ceglie; Cassano, Coda
A disp.: Iacobucci, Rispoli, Ristovski, Costa, Sarr, Lucas, Mariga, Ghezzal, Coric, Jeraldino, Palladino, Santacroce

Unavailable: Paletta, Biabiany, Bidaoui, Cassani, Jorquera, Pozzi, Belfodil

 

Here is the probable formation for Inter (3-5-2): Handanovic; Ranocchia, Vidic, Juan Jesus; Mbaye, Kuzmanovic, Medel, Kovacic, Dodò; Palacio, Icardi
 
Unavailable: D’Ambrosio, Osvaldo, Jonathan, M’Vila, Nagatomo, Guarin, Campagnaro

 

 

Sunday 2 November 2014

CHIEVO VERONA – SASSUOLO
Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium
Referee: GUIDA
Assistants: MARZALONI – VALERIANI
Fourth Official: VIVENZI
ADD1: NASCA
ADD2: SACCHI
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Chievo Verona, 19th position with 4 points and a negative goal difference of – 9
Sassuolo, 13th position with 10 points and a negative goal difference of -5

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
13	Sassuolo	9	2	4	3	10:15	-5	10
19	Chievo	9	1	1	7	6:15	-9	4

 

Disciplinary situation before the game.  No suspended players.

Stas. Before the game, top scorer for CHIEVO VERONA:  Forward Alberto Paloschi with 2 goals

Top scorer for SASSUOLO:  Forward Domenico Berardi with 3 goals

 

Chievo Verona	Goals	Goals	Sassuolo
Paloschi, Alberto	2	3	Berardi, Domenico
Meggiorini, Riccardo	1	2	Zaza, Simone
Zukanovic, Ervin	1	2	Floccari, Sergio
Lopez, Maxi	1	1	Acerbi, Francesco
Izco, Mariano Julio	1	1	Missiroli, Simone

 

Here are the last 3 games of CHIEVO VERONA:  3 lost

29/10/14	SA	Palermo – Chievo				1:0	Round 9
26/10/14	SA	Chievo – Genoa				1:2	Round 8
18/10/14	SA	Roma – Chievo				3:0	Round 7

 

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

28/10/14	SA	Sassuolo – Empoli				3:1	Round 9
25/10/14	SA	Parma – Sassuolo				1:3	Round 8
18/10/14	SA	Sassuolo – Juventus				1:1	Round 7

 

Here is the probable formation for Chievo (4-4-2): Bardi; Frey, Dainelli, Zukanovic, Biraghi; Birsa, Radovanovic, Cofie, Hetemaj; Paloschi, Maxi Lopez
 
Unavailable: Izco, Botta

Here is the probable formation for Sassuolo (4-3-3): Consigli; Vrsaliko, Terranova, Acerbi, Peluso; Taider, Magnanelli, Missiroli; Berardi, Floccari, N.Sansone
 
Unavailable: Pegolo, Manfredini, Ariaudo, Cannavaro, Zaza

 

Photo: facebook.com/ACChievoVerona1929

 

SAMPDORIA – FIORENTINA
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Referee: GIACOMELLI
Assistants: LA ROCCA – BARBIRATI
Fourth Official: DE PINTO
ADD1: MAZZOLENI
ADD2: LA PENNA
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Sampdoria, 5th position with 16 points and a positive goal difference of  +4
Fiorentina, 10th position with 13 points and a positive goal difference of +3

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
5	Sampdoria	9	4	4	1	9:5	4	16
10	Fiorentina	9	3	4	2	9:6	3	13

 

Disciplinary situation before the game.  No suspended players.

Before the game. Top scorer for SAMPDORIA:  Forward Manolo Gabbiadini with 4 goals

Top scorer for FIORENTINA:  Khouma Babacar with 4 goals

Sampdoria	Goals	Goals	Fiorentina
Gabbiadini, Manolo	4	4	Babacar, Khouma
Gastaldello, Daniele	2	1	Tomovic, Nenad
Obiang, Pedro	1	1	Cuadrado, Juan
Okaka, Stefano	1	1	Ilicic, Josip
Romagnoli, Alessio	1	1	Valero, Borja

 

Here are the last 3 games of SAMPDORIA:  2 draws, 1 draw

29/10/14	SA	Inter – Sampdoria				1:0	Round 9
25/10/14	SA	Sampdoria – Roma				0:0	Round 8
19/10/14	SA	Cagliari – Sampdoria				2:2	Round 7

 

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

29/10/14	SA	Fiorentina – Udinese				3:0	Round 9
26/10/14	SA	Milan – Fiorentina				1:1	Round 8
23/10/14	UELG	PAOK – Fiorentina				0:1	Round 3

 

Here is the probable formation of Sampdoria (4-3-3): Romero; De Silvestri, Fornasier, Romagnoli, Mesbah; Soriano, Palombo, Obiang; Gabbiadini, Okaka, Eder
 
Unavailable: Viviano, De Vitis, Krsticic, Silvestre, Gastaldello, L.Djordjevic

Here is the probable formation of  Fiorentina (4-3-1-2): Neto;Tomovic, Savic, G. Rodriguez, Alonso; Aquilani, Pizarro, Vargas; Borja Valero; Cuadrado, Babacar
 
Unavailable: Rossi, Mati Fernandez

 

Photo: facebook.com/sampdoria

 

TORINO – ATALANTA
Olimpico di Torino Stadium
Referee: CERVELLERA
Assistants: FIORITO – STEFANI
Fourth Official: SCHENONE
ADD1: BANTI
ADD2: MINELLI
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Torino, 12th position with 11 points and a negative goal difference of  -2
Atalanta, 16th position with 8 points and a negative goal difference of +-7

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
12	Turin	9	3	2	4	7:9	-2	11
16	Atalanta	9	2	2	5	4:11	-7	8

 

Disciplinary situation before the game.  No suspended players for TORINO. 2 suspended players for ATALANTA: Cigarini, Banalouane

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

Top scorer for ATALANTA: Richmond Boakye wiht 2 goals

Torino	Goals	Goals	Atalanta
Quagliarella, Fabio	4	2	Boakye, Richmond
Glik, Kamil	1	1	Denis
Darmian, Matteo	1	1	Estigarribia, Marcelo
Farnerud, Alexander	1		Bonaventura, Giacomo

 

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

29/10/14	SA	Turin – Parma				1:0	Round 9
26/10/14	SA	Lazio – Turin				2:1	Round 8
23/10/14	UELG	Turin – HJK				2:0	Round 3

 

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

29/10/14	SA	Atalanta – Napoli				1:1	Round 9
26/10/14	SA	Udinese – Atalanta				2:0	Round 8
19/10/14	SA	Atalanta – Parma				1:0	Round 7

 

Here is the probable formation for Torino (3-5-2): Gillet; Maksimovic, Glik, Moretti; Peres, Gazzi, Vives,El Kaddouri, Darmian; Amauri, Quagliarella
 
Unavailable: Basha, Bovo, Masiello

Here is the probable formation for Atalanta (4-3-3): Sportiello; Zappacosta, Biava, Stendardo, Dramè; Carmona, Baselli, Migliaccio; D’Alessandro, Denis, Moralez
 
Unavailable: Rossetti, Avramov, Estigarribia, Gomez

Photo: facebook.com/TorinoFootballClub / LaPresse

 

UDINESE – GENOA
Friuli Stadium
Referee: IRRATI
Assistants: TEGONI – FAVERANI
Fourth Official: GAVA
ADD1: DAMATO
ADD2: SAIA
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Udinese, 6th position with 16 points and a positive goal difference of +2
Genoa, 9th position with  15  points and a positive goal difference of +2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
6	Udinese	9	5	1	3	11:9	2	16
9	Genoa	9	4	3	2	10:8	2	15

 

Disciplinary Situation before the game.  No suspended players

Before the game. Top scorer for UDINESE:   Forward Antonio Di Natale with 5 goals

Top scorer for GENOA:  Forward Alessandro Matri with 4 goals

Udinese	Goals	Goals	Genoa
Di Natale, Antonio	5	4	Matri, Alessandro
Thereau, Cyril	3	3	Pinilla, Mauricio
Danilo	1	1	Perotti, Diego
Fernandes, Bruno	1	1	Bertolacci, Andrea
Heurtaux, Thomas	1	1	Antonini, Luca

 

Here are the last 3 games of UDINESE:

29/10/14	SA	Fiorentina – Udinese				3:0	9
26/10/14	SA	Udinese – Atalanta				2:0	8
19/10/14	SA	Turin – Udinese				1:0	7

 

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

29/10/14	SA	Genoa – Juventus				1:0	Round 9
26/10/14	SA	Chievo – Genoa				1:2	Round 8
20/10/14	SA	Genoa – Empoli				1:1	Round 7

 

Here is the probable formation for Udinese (4-3-2-1): Karnezis; Widmer, Heurtaux, Danilo, Piris; Badu, Allan, Guilherme; Kone; Di Natale, Thereau
 
Unavailable: Brkic, Riera, G. Silva

Here is the probable formation for Genoa (3-4-3): Perin; De Maio, Burdisso, Roncaglia; Rosi, Mandragora, Kucka, Antonelli; Lestienne, Pinilla, Perotti
 
Unavailable: Fetfatzidis, Rincon, Sturaro

 

 

Photo:  facebook.com/UdineseCalcio1896

 

AC MILAN – PALERMO
San Siro Stadium
Referee: GERVASONI
Assistants: POSADO – DI FIORE
Fourth Official: COSTANZO
ADD1: TOMMASI
ADD2: GHERSINI
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 11th position with 10 points and a neutral goal difference of “0″
Palermo, 3rd position with 16 points and a positive goal difference of +5

Disciplinary situation before the game. 1 suspended player for AC MILAN: Sulley Muntari

1 suspended player for PALERMO: Rigoni

Stats before the game. Top scorer for AC MILAN:  Forward Keisuke Honda with 6 goals

Top scorer for PALERMO:  Franco Vazquez with 3 goals

AC Milan	Goals	Goals	Palermo
Honda, Keisuke	6	3	Vazquez, Franco
Menez, Jeremy	3	2	Dybala, Paulo Bruno
Bonaventura, Giacomo	2	2	Belotti, Andrea
de Jong, Nigel	2	1	Gonzalez, Giancarlo
Muntari, Sulley	2	1	Rigoni, Luca

 

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

29/10/14	SA	Cagliari – Milan				1:1	Round 9
26/10/14	SA	Milan – Fiorentina				1:1	Round 8
19/10/14	SA	Verona – Milan				1:3	Round 7

 

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

29/10/14	SA	Palermo – Chievo				1:0	Round 9
26/10/14	SA	Juventus – Palermo				2:0	Round 8
19/10/14	SA	Palermo – Cesena				2:1	Round 7

 

Here is the probable formation for AC Milan (4-3-3): Diego Lopez; Abate, Alex, Zapata, De Sciglio; Poli, De Jong, Essien; Honda, Menez, El Shaarawy
 
Unavailable: Montolivo, Bonaventura

Here is the probable formation for Palermo (3-5-2): Sorrentino; Andelkovic, Gonzalez, Muñoz; Morganella, Bolzoni, Maresca, Barreto, Lazaar; Dybala, Vazquez
 
Unavailable: Bamba

 

Monday 3 November 2014

CESENA – HELLAS VERONA
Dino Manuzzi Stadium
Referee: CALVARESE
Assistants: RANGHETTI – NICOLETTI
Fourth Official: DE LUCA
ADD1: ROCCHI
ADD2: ROS
19:00

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game. 1 suspended player for CESENA: Leali

No suspended players for HELLAS VERONA.

Here is the probable formation for Cesena (4-5-1):Agliardi; Capelli, Lucchini, Volta, Renzetti; Defrel, Giorgi, De Feudis, Cascione, Brienza; Djuric.
 
Unavailable: Cazzola, Tabanelli, Pulzetti, Marilungo, Rodriguez

Here is the probable formation for Hellas Verona (4-3-3): Rafael; Sorensen, Moras, Marquez, Agostini; Ionita, Tachtsidis, Hallfredsson; N. Lopez, Toni, J.Gomez

Unavailable: Obbadi, Gu. Rodriguez, Sala, Marques, Jankovic, Martic

 

LAZIO – CAGLIARI
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: DI BELLO
Assistants: PAGANESSI – PASSERI
Fourth Official: STALLONE
ADD1: RUSSO
ADD2: ROCA
21:00

Disciplinary situation before the game. 1 suspended player for LAZIO: Cavanda

1 suspended player for CAGLIARI: Avelar

Here is the probable formation for Lazio (4-3-3): Marchetti; Pereirinha, De Vrij, Ciani, Radu; Parolo, Biglia, Mauri; Candreva, Djordjevic, Lulic
 
Unavailable: Gentiletti, Basta, Keita, Cataldi, Cana, Konko

Cagliari (4-3-3): Cragno; Balzano, Rossettini, Ceppitelli, Murru; Crisetig, Conti, Ekdal; Ibarbo, Sau, Cossu
 
Unavailable: Eriksson

 

Let’s get the ball rolling and talk about the games, grab your  snacks…

 

Your Predictions??? Make your calculations and changes… get your dancing pencil.. Napoli – AS Roma Empoli – Juventus Parma – Inter Torino – Atalanta Udinese – Genoa Chievo Verona – Sassuolo Sampdoria – Fiorentina AC Milan – Palermo Cesena – Hellas Verona Laziio – CagliariNOTE:  Copy and paste  in the comment box  the predictions adding your own choices.

Anna Italia Predictions.Napoli – AS Roma = NAPOLI Empoli – Juventus = JUVENTUS Parma – Inter = PARMA Torino – Atalanta = TORINO Udinese – Genoa = UDINESE Chievo Verona – Sassuolo = CHIEVO Sampdoria – Fiorentina = SAMPDORIA AC Milan – Palermo  = AC MILAN Cesena – Hellas Verona = VERONA Laziio – Cagliari = LAZIO