By Anna Italia
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Hello my friends. Here is Italy Serie PREVIEW for Week 8 – Matchday 8 on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 October 2014.  I hope you are doing well and following the games.  Wow, amazing, we might see a turning point in the race for the Scudetto, at least for this week!   Really?  Yep!   There is only 1 point difference between Juventus and AS Roma the two main contenders neck to neck.

Get this one, last week Sassuolo stopped Juventus managing a 1-1 draw at the Mapei Stadium.   Juventus reaching 19 points while AS Roma crushed Chievo Verona at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium  reaching 18 points resulting in the sacking of coach Eugenio Corini.    Here is the situation.  Juventus playing the home game against Palermo while Roma playing the away game against Sampdoria.  On paper, Juventus favorite to win while Roma will have to really challenge Sampdoria who are by themselves in the 3rd position.    You bet Sampdoria won’t back down and we expect a fierce game…   Sampdoria risking to go down to the 4th position in case of losing the match and AC Milan defeating Fiorentina!!!!! Sampdoria (15 points), AC Milan (14 points)

Oh my gosh… Can you imagine what will happen if Palermo also draw with Juve? Oops… pressure is for Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri to win the match after their lost in Champions League against Olympiacos.

This round we have the debut of new Chievo Verona coach Rolando Maran playing the home game against Genoa.

Oh my gosh… wait, just before I pause for a break..  There is much expectation for CESENA vs INTER. Why? Hum, you’ve got to be kidding, hello!   It’s chaos for Inter after the iconic ex president Massimo Moratti left the Club along with his son Angelomario who was the vice president.  Fans contesting the team under the leadership of President Eric Thohir.   Inter fans contested the team also on Thursday at the Giuseppe Meazza stadium because they were not even able to defeat Saint Etienne in the Europa League ending with a draw 0-0.

• The top scorer up to Round 6: Juventus forward Carlos Tevez and AC Milan Keisuke Honda with 6 goals.

 

Another hot, high tension match is NAPOLI vs HELLAS VERONA.   Napoli coach Rafael Benitez under heavy pressure after the fans even attacked the pullman following the lost to Young Boys in the Europa League.  Napoli risking big time following to the 7th position with 11 points just like Hella Verona.  It’s a direct match and Napoli fans would be praying for a convincing victory….. and what about Verona fans? They will also pray to cause an upset at the San Paolo Stadium to claim the 3 points.

The final match at a high intensity will be AC Milan vs Fiorentina!!!  Pressure for both teams to win the game, but Milan with the obligation to win or win… Bottom line, set your alarm and let’s roll the ball…..

 

Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 7 games. First 3 qualifying for Champions League, 4 and 5 for Europa League.

–Juventus, 1st position with 19 points and a positive goal difference of +11

–AS Roma, 2nd position with 18 points and a positive goal difference of +10

– Sampdoria, 3rd position with 15 points and a positive goal difference of +5

– AC Milan, 4th position with 14 points and a positive goal difference of +6

– Udinese, 5th positions with 13 points and a positive goal difference of +3

Relegation Zone: Chievo Verona, 18th position with 4 points and a negative goal difference of -7.
Sassuolo, 19th position with 4 points and a negative goal difference of -9 .
Parma,. 20th position with 3 point and a negative goal difference of -6 .

 

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Saturday 25 October 2014

• Serie A Week 8 / 8ª Giornata Andata​​

 EMPOLI – CAGLIARI 
Carlo Castellani Stadium
Referee: PAIRETTO
Assistants: MELI – RANGHETTI
Fourth Official: SCHENONE
ADD1: IRRATI
ADD2: SACCHI
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE  the game:
Empoli, 13th position with 7 points and a neutral  goal difference of “0″
Cagliari, 17th position with 5 points and a negative goal difference of -2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
13	Empoli	7	1	4	2	9:9	0	7
17	Cagliari	7	1	2	4	9:11	-2	5

 

Before the game. Disciplinary Situation. No suspended players

 

Two points difference and Cagliari will need a victory to avoid falling in the relegation zone.   There are 4 precedents in Serie A between Empoli and Cagliari with Empoli winning all 4 games.   Tough for Cagliari coach Zdenek Zeman, but confidence is there to defeat Cesena for the first time.

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

Top scorer for CAGLIARI: Marco Sau and Albin Ekdal with 3 goals each

Empoli	Goals	Goals	Cagliari
Pucciarelli, Manuel	3	3	Sau, Marco
Tonelli, Lorenzo	3	3	Ekdal, Albin
Maccarone, Massimo	1	2	Cossu, Andrea
Rugani, Daniele	1	1	Avelar, Danilo
Tavano, Francesco	1

 

Before the game.  Here are EMPOLI last 3 games:  1 win, 2 draws

20/10/14	SA	Genoa – Empoli				1:1	Round 7
05/10/14	SA	Empoli – Palermo				3:0	Round 6
28/09/14	SA	Chievo – Empoli				1:1	Round 5

 

Here are CAGLIARI last 3 games:  1 win, 1 draw, 1 lost

19/10/14	SA	Cagliari – Sampdoria				2:2	Round 7
04/10/14	SA	Verona – Cagliari				1:0	Round 6
28/09/14	SA	Inter – Cagliari				1:4	Round 5

 

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

Here is the probable formation for Cagliari (4-3-3): Cragno; Balzano, Rossettini, Capuano, Avelar; Dessena, Crisetig, Ekdal; Ibarbo, Sau, Cossu
Unavailable: Conti, Eriksson, Ceppitelli

 

Photo  facebook.com/empolifcofficialpage

 

PARMA – SASSUOLO
Ennio Tardini Stadium
Referee: TAGLIAVENTO
Assistants: STEFANI – PAGANESSI
Fourth Official : MARRAZZO
ADD1: CERVELLERA
ADD2: MINELLI
18:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE  the game:
Parma, 20th position with 3 points and a negative  goal difference of -6
Sassuolo, 19th position with 4 points and a negative goal difference of -9

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
19	Sassuolo	7	0	4	3	4:13	-9	4
20	Parma	7	1	0	6	11:17	-6	3

 

Before the game. Disciplinary Situation: No suspended players

 

A direct match for salvation!    Parma living a nightmare by falling down to the very last position of the Serie A table!  Yep. Parma are in the 20th position while Sassuolo also desperate for a victory to escape from the relegation zone.  1 point difference and the need to win is  not an option, but “a must win.”  Parma are just in disbelief finding themselves in the rock rock bottom, such a bad start since the 2006-2007 season.

Sassuolo with higher motivation after they became protagonists by stopping Juventus  fast race for the Scudetto.  Sassuolo managing a draw against Italy’s Champions and will look to set the tone of the game for the victory.

There is only 1 precedent Parma vs Sassuolo with Parma winning  3-1.  Will Sassuolo cause the upset at the Ennio Tardini Stadium?

Before the game. Top scorer for PARMA: Forward Antonio Cassano with 4 goals

Top scorer for SASSUOLO:  Simone Zaza and Domenico berbardi with 2 goals each

Parma	Goals	Goals	Sassuolo
Cassano, Antonio	4	2	Zaza, Simone
Coda, Massimo	2	2	Berardi, Domenico
Felipe	1
Lucarelli, Alessandro	1
De Ceglie, Paolo	1

 

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

19/10/14	SA	Atalanta – Parma				1:0	Round 7
09/10/14	CFG	Parma – Shakhtar Donetsk				1:0
05/10/14	SA	Parma – Genoa				1:2	Round 6

 

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

18/10/14	SA	Sassuolo – Juventus				1:1	Round 7
05/10/14	SA	Lazio – Sassuolo				3:2	Round 6
28/09/14	SA	Sassuolo – Napoli				0:1	Round 5

 

 

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

Unavailable: Biabiany, Paletta, Coric, Cassani, Palladino, Costa, Pozzi, Jorquera

Here is the probable formation for Sassuolo (3-4-3): Consigli; Antei, Terranova, Acerbi; Vrsaljko, Magnanelli, Missiroli, Peluso; Berardi, Zaza, Sansone

Unavailable: Pegolo, Cannavaro, Manfredini, Ariaudo, Floro Flores

 

Photo facebook.com/fcparma

 

SAMPDORIA – AS ROMA 
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Referee: RIZZOLI
Assistants: NICOLETTI – GALLONI
Fourth Official: MANGANELLI
ADD1: ORSATO
ADD2: PERUZZO
20:45

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE  the game:
Sampdoria, 3rd position with 15 points and a positive  goal difference of  +5
AS Roma, 2nd position with 18 points and a positive  goal difference of +10

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
2	Roma	7	6	0	1	14:4	10	18
3	Sampdoria	7	4	3	0	9:4	5	15

 

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game:  1 suspended player for SAMPDORIA: Cacciatore.

1 suspended player for AS ROMA: Manolas

 

Wake up call for AS Roma after their humiliating defeat in Champions League defeated by Bayern Munich with a 7-1 at the Olimpico!!!  Roma must archive the defeat and start the flight from the ashes..  the Ave Fenix…

Roma having the chance to claim the first position in case of Palermo defeating Juventus at the Juventus Stadium.   One point difference with Juve having 19 points and Roma with 18 points….    It won’t be an easy game because Sampdoria are in paradise being by themselves in the 3rd position.  You won’t expect Sampdoria to sit and watch the show, the battle is on….

Here is the situation.  There are 56 precedents at the Ferraris seeing Sampdoria 27 wins, Roma winning only 9, and 20 draws.   Roma will look to repeat the upset when they defeated Sampdoria  with a 2-0 last season on Matchday 5 with the goals by Benatia and Gervinho.

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

Top scorer for AS ROMA: Forward Mattia Destro with 3 goals.

Sampdoria	Goals	Goals	AS Roma
Gabbiadini, Manolo	4	3	Destro, Mattia
Gastaldello, Daniele	2	2	Ljajic, Adem
Obiang, Pedro	1	2	Florenzi, Alessandro
Romagnoli, Alessio	1	2	Totti, Francesco
Okaka, Stefano	1	1	Nainggolan, Radja

 

Her are the last 3 games of SAMPDORIA:  2 wins, 1 draw

19/10/14	SA	Cagliari – Sampdoria				2:2	Round 7
05/10/14	SA	Sampdoria – Atalanta				1:0	Round 6
28/09/14	SA	Genoa – Sampdoria				0:1	Round 5

 

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

21/10/14	UCLG	Roma – B. Munich				1:7	Round 3
18/10/14	SA	Roma – Chievo				3:0	Round 7
05/10/14	SA	Juventus – Roma				3:2	Round 6

 

Here is the probable formation for Sampdoria (4-3-3): Romero; De Silvestri, Silvestre, Romagnoli, Regini; Soriano, Palombo, Obiang; Gabbiadini, Okaka, Eder

Unavailable: Krsticic, Viviano, De Vitis

Here is the probable formation for AS Roma (4-3-3): De Sanctis; Torosidis, Astori, Yanga-Mbiwa, Holebas; Pjanic, De Rossi, Nainggolan; Ljajic, Totti, Destro

Unavailable: Balzaretti, Strootman, Maicon, Borriello, Keita, Castan

 

Photo sampdoria.it

 

 

Sunday 26 October 2014

 

CHIEVO VERONA – GENOA
Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium
Referee: DI BELLO
Assistants: LA ROCCA – GAVA
Fourth Official: BARBIRATI
ADD1: VALERI
ADD2: AURELIANO
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE  the game:
Chievo Verona, 18th position with 4 points and a negative  goal difference of  -7
Genoa, 10th position with 9 points and a neutral  goal difference of “0”

 

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
10	Genoa	7	2	3	2	7:7	0	9
18	Chievo	7	1	1	5	5:12	-7	4

 

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game:  No suspended players

Before the game. Top scorer for CHIEVO VERONA: Forward Alberto Paloschi with 2 goals

Top scorer for GENOA: Forward Alessandro Matri with 3 goals

 

Chievo Verona	Goals	Goals	Genoa
Paloschi, Alberto	2	3	Matri, Alessandro
Izco, Mariano Julio	1	2	Pinilla, Mauricio
Lopez, Maxi	1	1	Perotti, Diego
Meggiorini, Riccardo	1	1	Bertolacci, Andrea

 

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

18/10/14	SA	Roma – Chievo				3:0	Round 7
04/10/14	SA	Milan – Chievo				2:0	Round 6
28/09/14	SA	Chievo – Empoli				1:1	Round 5

 

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

20/10/14	SA	Genoa – Empoli				1:1	Round 7
05/10/14	SA	Parma – Genoa				1:2	Round 6
28/09/14	SA	Genoa – Sampdoria				0:1	Round 5

 

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

Unavailable: Izco, Botta

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

 

JUVENTUS – PALERMO
Juventus Stadium
Referee: CALVARESE
Assistants: MARZALONI – IORI
Fourth Official: TASSO
ADD1: DOVERI
ADD2: PASQUA
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE  the game:
Juventus, 1st position with 19 points and a positive  goal difference of  +11
Palermo, 16th position with 6 points and a negative  goal difference of -7

 

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
1	Juventus	7	6	1	0	14:3	11	19
16	Palermo	7	1	3	3	8:15	-7	6

 

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game:  1 suspended player for JUVENTUS: Padoin (1)

No suspended players for PALERMO.

 

Before the game. Top scorer for JUVENTUS:  Forward Carlos Tevez  with 6 goals

Top scorer for Franco Vazquez with 3 goals

Juventus	Goals	Goals	Palermo
Tevez, Carlos	6	3	Vazquez, Franco
Vidal, Arturo	2	2	Dybala, Paulo Bruno
Pogba, Paul	1	2	Belotti, Andrea
Morata, Alvaro	1	1	Gonzalez, Giancarlo
Marchisio, Claudio	1

 

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

22/10/14	UCLG	Olympiacos – Juventus				1:0	Round 3
18/10/14	SA	Sassuolo – Juventus				1:1	Round 7
05/10/14	SA	Juventus – Roma				3:2	Round 6

 

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

19/10/14	SA	Palermo – Cesena				2:1	Round 7
05/10/14	SA	Empoli – Palermo				3:0	Round 6
29/09/14	SA	Palermo – Lazio				0:4	Round 5

 

Here is the probable formation for Juventus (3-5-2): Buffon; Ogbonna, Bonucci, Chiellini; Lichtsteiner, Vidal, Marchisio, Pogba, Asamoah; Tevez, Morata

Unavailable: Romulo, Barzagli, Marrone, Caceres, Pepe, Evra

Here is the probable formation for Palermo (3-5-2): Sorrentino; Munoz, Gonzalez, Andelkovic; Pisano, Bolzoni, Rigoni, Barreto, Feddal; Vazquez, Dybala

UDINESE – ATALANTA
TOMMASI
CRISPO – DI VUOLO
IV: CARIOLATO
ADD1: BARACANI
ADD2: MARESCA
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE  the game:
Udinese, 5th position with 13 points and a positive  goal difference of  +3
Atalanta, 14th position with 7 points and a negative  goal difference of -5

 

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
5	Udinese	7	4	1	2	9:6	3	13
14	Atalanta	7	2	1	4	3:8	-5	7

 

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game. No suspended players

Before the game. Top scorer for UDINESE: Forward Antonio Di Natale with 4 goals

Top scorer for ATALANTA: Richmond Boakye with 2 goals

Udinese	Goals	Goals	Atalanta
Di Natale, Antonio	4	2	Boakye, Richmond
Thereau, Cyril	2	1	Estigarribia, Marcelo
Danilo	1		Bonaventura, Giacomo
Heurtaux, Thomas	1
Fernandes, Bruno	1

 

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

19/10/14	SA	Turin – Udinese				1:0	Round 7
10/10/14	CFG	Wolfsberg – Udinese				3:3
05/10/14	SA	Udinese – Cesena				1:1	Round 6

 

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

19/10/14	SA	Atalanta – Parma				1:0	Round 7
05/10/14	SA	Sampdoria – Atalanta				1:0	Round 6
27/09/14	SA	Atalanta – Juventus				0:3	Round 5

 

Here is the probable formation for Udinese (4-4-2): Karnezis; Widmer, Heurtaux, Domizzi, Piris; Pinzi, Guilherme, Allan, Kone; Thereau, Di Natale.
 
Unavailable: Riera, Wague

Here is the probable formation for Atalanta (4-3-3): Sportiello; Zappacosta, Benalouane, Biava, Dramè; Baselli, Cigarini, Carmona; Moralez, Boakye, D’Alessandro.
 
Unavailable: Rosseti, Estigarribia, Gomez

CESENA – INTER
Dino Manuzzi Stadium
Referee: MAZZOLENI
Assistants: MUSOLINO – DE PINTO
Fourth Official: GIALLATINI
ADD1: GUIDA
ADD2: NASCA
18:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE  the game:
Cesena, 15th position with 6 points and a positive  goal difference of  +10
Inter, 9th position with  9 points and a positive  goal difference of +3

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
9	Inter	7	2	3	2	13:10	3	9
15	Cesena	7	1	3	3	6:12	-6	6

 

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game. 1 suspended player for CESENA: Coppola (1)

No suspended players for INTER.

 

Inter “must win this home game” to see the light at the end of the tunnel on what is a clear crisis.   Cesena will look to defeat Inter and even a draw will be good while for Inter would be a disaster.    Here is the thing.  If Cesena defeat Inter, they will both have 9 points!!!!!!!  inter risking even to go down to the 10th position!!!

Stats in favor of Inter.  Out of the 12 games Cesena vs Inter, Cesena never defeating Inter!  Inter winning 8 games and 4 draws.  Will this be the first time cor Cesena to win?

Last precedent in Serie A Cesena – Inter was back in teh 2011-2012 season with the winner goal by defender Andrea Ranocchia.   This was the last time Cesena played i Serie A because they were promoted until this season.

Before the game. Top scorer for CESENA:  Alejandro Rodriguez with 2 goals

Top scorer for INTER:  Forward Pablo Osvaldo with 4 goals

Cesena	Goals	Goals	Inter
Rodriguez, Alejandro	2	4	Osvaldo, Pablo Daniel
Marilungo, Guido	1	3	Icardi, Mauro
Succi, Davide	1	2	Kovacic, Mateo
Cascione, Emmanuel	1	2	Hernanes
Defrel, Gregoire	1	2	Guarin, Fredy

 

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

19/10/14	SA	Palermo – Cesena				2:1	Round 7
05/10/14	SA	Udinese – Cesena				1:1	Round 6
28/09/14	SA	Cesena – Milan				1:1	Round 5

 

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

23/10/14	UELG	Inter – St. Etienne				0:0	Round 3
19/10/14	SA	Inter – Napoli				2:2	Round 7
05/10/14	SA	Fiorentina – Inter				3:0	Round 6

 

Here is the probable formation for Cesena (4-3-3): Leali; Capelli, Lucchini, Volta, Renzetti; Cascione, De Feudis, Giorgi; Brienza, Marilungo, Rodriguez.

Unavailable: Cazzola, Tabanelli, Pulzetti

 

Here is the probable formation for Inter (3-5-2): Handanovic; Ranocchia, Vidic, Juan Jesus; Mbaye, Hernanes, Medel, Kovacic, Dodò; Palacio, Icardi

Unavailable: D’Ambrosio, Nagatomo, Jonathan, Osvaldo

 

 

LAZIO – TORINO
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: GIACOMELLI
Assistants: FAVERANI – TEGONI
Fourth Official: PEGORIN
ADD1: DAMATO
ADD2: GHERSINI
18:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE  the game:
Lazio, 6th position with 12 points and a positive  goal difference of  +6
Torino, 12th position with 8 points and a negative  goal difference of -2

 

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
6	Lazio	7	4	0	3	13:7	6	12
12	Turin	7	2	2	3	5:7	-2	8

 

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game: 1 suspended player for LAZIO: Cana

1 suspended player for TORINO:  El Kaddouri (1)

 

Before the game. Top scorer for LAZIO: Filip Djordjevic with 5 goals

Top scorer for TORINO: Forward Fabio Quagliarella with 4 goals

Lazio	Goals	Goals	Torino
Djordjevic, Filip	5	4	Quagliarella, Fabio
Parolo, Marco	2	1	Glik, Kamil
Mauri, Stefano	2
Candreva, Antonio	2
Lulic, Senad	1

 

Here are the last 3 games of LAZIO: 3 wins

19/10/14	SA	Fiorentina – Lazio				0:2	Round 7
05/10/14	SA	Lazio – Sassuolo				3:2	Round 6
29/09/14	SA	Palermo – Lazio				0:4	Round 5

 

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

23/10/14	UELG	Turin – HJK				2:0	Round 3
19/10/14	SA	Turin – Udinese				1:0	Round 7
05/10/14	SA	Napoli – Turin				2:1	Round 6

 

Here is the probable formation for  Lazio (4-3-3): Marchetti; Cavanda, Cana, De Vrij, Radu; Parolo, Biglia, Lulic; Candreva, Djordjevic, Felipe Anderson.
 
Unavailable: Gentiletti, Basta, Keita, Mauri

 

Here is the probable formation for Torino (3-5-2): Gillet; Bovo, Glik, Moretti; Peres, Benassi, Vives, Sanchez Mino, Darmian; Quagliarella, Amauri

Unavailable: Basha, Gazzi, Larrondo

 

 

 

NAPOLI – HELLAS VERONA
San Paolo Stadium
Referee: GERVASONI
Assistants: TONOLINI – STALLONE
Fourth Official: POSADO
ADD1: FABBRI
ADD2: SAIA
18:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE  the game:
Napoli, 7th position with 11 points and a positive  goal difference of  +1
Hellas Verona, 8th position with 11 points and a negative  goal difference of -1

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
7	Napoli	7	3	2	2	10:9	1	11
8	Verona	7	3	2	2	7:8	-1	11

 

 

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game: No suspended players for NAPOLI.

1 suspended player for HELLAS VERONA:  Marquez (1)

 

Before the game. Top scorer for NAPOLI:  Forward Jose Maria Callejon with 6 goals

Top scorer for HELLAS VERONA: Ionita and Tachtsidis with 2 goals each

Napoli	Goals	Goals	Hellas Verona
Callejon	6	2	Ionita, Artur
Insigne, Lorenzo	1	2	Tachtsidis, Panagiotis
Koulibaly, Kalidou	1	1	Toni, Luca
Zapata, Duvan	1	1	Lopez, Nicolas
de Guzman, Jonathan	1

 

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

23/10/14	UELG	Young Boys Bern – Napoli				2:0	Round 3
19/10/14	SA	Inter – Napoli				2:2	Round 7
05/10/14	SA	Napoli – Turin				2:1	Round 6

 

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

19/10/14	SA	Verona – Milan				1:3	Round 7
04/10/14	SA	Verona – Cagliari				1:0	Round 6
27/09/14	SA	Roma – Verona				2:0	Round 5

 

Here is the probable formation for Napoli (4-2-3-1): Rafael; Maggio, Albiol, Koulibaly, Zuniga; Inler, Lopez; Callejon, Hamsik, Insigne; Higuain
 
Unavaiable: Gargano, Britos

Here is the probable formation for Verona (4-3-3): Rafael; Martic, Moras, Marques, Agostini; Ionita, Tachtsidis, Hallfredsson; Nico Lopez, Toni, Gomez
 
Unavailable: Christodoulopoulos, Obbadi, Sala

 

 

AC MILAN – FIORENTINA
San Siro Stadium
Referee: BANTI
Assistants:VUOTO – PASSERI
Fourth Official: DI FIORE
ADD1: RUSSO
ADD2: DI PAOLO
20:45

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE  the game:
AC Milan, 4th position with 14 points and a positive  goal difference of  +6
Fiorentina, 11th position with 9 points and a neutral  goal difference of “0”

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
4	Milan	7	4	2	1	16:10	6	14
11	Fiorentina	7	2	3	2	5:5	0	9

 

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game:  No suspended players

 

Wanted a thriller match?  Here is this one!  AC Milan vs Fiorentina and the challenge for Fiorentina to defeat AC Milan for the 4th consecutive time in San Siro!!!   Yep, you are reading right.  Fiorentina have defeated Milan in San Siro in the last 3 games.   AC Milan with the obligation to win to keep the race towards the Scudetto, not an impossible dream.  Milan are just 1 point behind Sampdoria holding the 3rd position!    Fiorentina super motivated after winning the Europa League match against Paok.

Stats in San Siro seeing 74 games AC Milan vs Fiorentina  with Milan winning 44 games, 19 draws and Fiorentina winning 11.   Milan scoring 134 goals while Fiorentina scoring 65 goals.

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

Top scorer for FIORENTINA: Khouma Babacar with 2 goals

AC Milan	Goals	Goals	Fiorentina
Honda, Keisuke	6	2	Babacar, Khouma
Menez, Jeremy	3	1	Kurtic, Jasmin
Muntari, Sulley	2	1	Cuadrado, Juan
Bonaventura, Giacomo	1	1	Tomovic, Nenad
Rami, Adil	1

 

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

19/10/14	SA	Verona – Milan				1:3	Round 7
04/10/14	SA	Milan – Chievo				2:0	Round 6
28/09/14	SA	Cesena – Milan				1:1	Round 5

 

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

23/10/14	UELG	PAOK – Fiorentina				0:1	Round 3
19/10/14	SA	Fiorentina – Lazio				0:2	Round 7
05/10/14	SA	Fiorentina – Inter				3:0	Round 6

 

Here is the probable formation for Milan (4-3-3): Diego Lopez; Abate, Alex, Rami, De Sciglio; Poli, De Jong, Muntari; Honda, Torres, El Shaarawy.
 
Unavailable: Montolivo

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

AC Milan coach Filippo Inzaghi putting his trust on forward Keisuke Honda…

 

 

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

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