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Serie A PREVIEW Week 18, Italian Serie A PREVIEW 2014 – 2015 for Round 18 on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 January 2015, Matchday 18

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Hello my friends. Here is  the Serie A PREVIEW for Week 18 on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 January, 2015.   Mamma mia, hello, hello, we are set for an exciting round because the Serie A leadership might change !  Here is the situation.  Juventus leading with 40 points while AS Roma following in the second position with 39 points.  Simply put, there is only 1 point difference!

What might happen?   If Juventus lose against Napoli at the San Paolo Stadium and AS Roma defeat or draw with Lazio…. we will have new leaders with the Roman gladiators commanding.    It’s a tough situation for Juventus going to Naples to grab the full 3 points while Roma are playing the Derby della Capitale against Lazio at the Olimpico di Roma stadium.  Napoli vs Juventus will be broadcasted in all 5 continents through most important networks.  An all Argentinian forward duel between Juventus forward Carlos Tevez and Napoli forward Gonzalo Higuain….  Napoli already defeated Juventus in Dubai winning the Supercoppa Italiana, will it be a revenge for Juventus?  Will Napoli win again to secure their dominion over Juve?

It’s an amazing round not only for the Derby della Capitale, but also because the first 3 position might change!  So far, Juventus are owner of their won destiny because they can keep the first position winning their game against Napoli.  Simply put, Lazio and Napoli have 30 points each and both need to win their games too.  For Lazio, a victory against Roma means keeping the third position.  Now, if Napoli defeat Juventus and Roma defeat Lazio, wow, wow, wow, we will have a switch order with Napoli taking over the third position and Roma the first position.  It’s just a round to keep both eyes open and not blink…..

Awaited debuts in Serie A in this round include Lukas Podolski and Xherdan Shaqiri for Inter and forward Alessio Cerci with AC Milan.

The top scorer up to Round 17: Juventus forward Carlos Tevez with 11 goals

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Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 17 games. First 3 qualifying for Champions League, 4 and 5 for Europa League.

Champions League Tickets–Juventus, 1st position with 40 points and a positive goal difference of +27

–AS Roma, 2nd position with 39 points and a positive goal difference of +18

–LAZIO, 3rd positions with 30 points points and a positive goal difference of +12

UEFA Europa League– NAPOLI, 4th position with 30 points and a positive goal difference of +11

–GENOA, 5th position with 27 points and a positive goal difference of +6

Relegation Zone: Cagliari, 18th position with 12 points and a negative goal difference of -13
– PARMA, 19th position with 9 points and a negative goal difference of -19

CESENA, 20th position with 9 points and a negative goal difference of -20

 

 

 

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Saturday 10 January 2015

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SASSUOLO – UDINESE
Mapei Stadium
Referee: MASSA
Assistants: DI FIORE – DEL GIOVANE
Fourth Official: DOBOSZ
ADD1: GHERSINI
ADD2: LA PENNA
18:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Sassuolo, 10th position with 23 points and a negative goal difference of -3
Udinese, 11th position with 22 points and a negative goal difference of -3

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
10 Sassuolo 17 5 8 4 19:22 -3 23
11 Udinese 17 6 4 7 20:23 -3 22

 

It’s a direct challenge with just 1 point difference.   Sassuolo with a high motivation after accomplishing an important victory last week by defeating AC Milan at the San Siro Stadium.  Now, it’s time for Sassuolo to delight their fans by winning the home game against Udinese.

Situation for Udinese becoming tense after their lost against AS Roma last week at the Olimpico Stadium.

There are  2 precedents for Sassuolo vs Udinese in Serie A.  Udinese winning both games.  Sassuolo are on a positive note and a home victory will be a perfect way to continue a successful 2015.

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for SASSUOLO:  Forward Simone Zaza with 6 goals

Top scorer for UDINESE:  Forward Antonio Di Natale with 8 goals

Sassuolo Goals Goals Udinese
Zaza, Simone 6 8 Di Natale, Antonio
Berardi, Domenico 3 5 Thereau, Cyril
Sansone, Nicola 2 2 Fernandes, Bruno
Taider, Saphir 2 2 Danilo
Floccari, Sergio 2 1 Widmer, Silvan

 

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

06/01/15 SA Milan – Sassuolo 1:2 Round 17
20/12/14 SA Sassuolo – Cesena 1:1 Round 16
13/12/14 SA Palermo – Sassuolo 2:1 Round 15

 

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

06/01/15 SA Udinese – Roma 0:1 Round 17
21/12/14 SA Sampdoria – Udinese 2:2 Round 16
14/12/14 SA Udinese – Verona 1:2 Round 15

 

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  No suspended players

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

Unavailable: Pegolo, Manfredini, Taider

Here is the probable formation for Udinese (3-5-2): Karnezis; Heurtaux, Danilo, Domizzi; Widmer, Kone, Guilherme, Allan, G. Silva; Geijo, Di Natale

Unavailable: Wague, Muriel, Badu, Evangelista, Zapata

Photo sassuolocalcio.it

 

TORINO – AC MILAN
Olimpico di Torino Stadium
Referee: ROCCHI
Asssistants: POSADO – STALLONE
Fourth Official: CRISPO
ADD1: IRRATI
ADD2: BARACANI
20:45

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Torino, 15th position with 18 points and a negative goal difference of -6
AC Milan, 8th position with 25 points and a positive goal difference of +6

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
8 Milan 17 6 7 4 26:20 6 25
15 Turin 17 4 6 7 12:18 -6 18

 

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  No suspended players

It’s a must win game for AC Milan after losing the home game last week against Sassuolo in San Siro looking their chances to grab the 3rd position disappearing.   The awaited debut and pressure for the ex Torino forward Alessio Cerci who joined Milan on loan from Atletico de Madrid this month to lead his new team.   Cerci played for Torino from 2012 to 2014 making 71 appearances and scoring 21 goals.  Other ex Torino players include defender Ignazio Abate (at Torino during the 2008-09 season), goalkeeper Christian Abbiati (at Torino in the 2006-07 season).

Ex AC Milan players now with Torino include Matteo Darmian (came through the AC Milan Youth Sector. At Milan until 2009), Antonio Nocerino (at Milan from the 2011-12 season until the 2013-14 season).
 

  LAST 5 MATCHES IN THE FIRST PART OF THE SEASON:

Season 2013/2014: Torino-Milan 2-2, Round 3.
Season 2012/2013: Torino-Milan 2-4, Round 16.
Season 2008/2009: Torino-Milan 2-2, Round 13.
Season 2001/2002: Torino-Milan 1-0, Round 10.
Season 1994/1995: Torino-Milan 0-0, Round 11.

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

Top scorer for AC MILAN: Forward Jeremy Menez with 8 goals

Torino Goals Goals AC Milan
Glik, Kamil 4 8 Menez, Jeremy
Quagliarella, Fabio 4 6 Honda, Keisuke
Peres, Bruno 1 3 Bonaventura, Giacomo
Martinez, Josef 1 2 Muntari, Sulley
Darmian, Matteo 1 2 de Jong, Nigel

 

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

06/01/15 SA Chievo – Turin 0:0 Round Round 17
21/12/14 SA Turin – Genoa 2:1 Round Round 16
15/12/14 SA Empoli – Turin 0:0 Round Round 15

 

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

06/01/15 SA Milan – Sassuolo 1:2 Round 17
30/12/14 CFG Real Madrid – Milan 2:4 Friendly
20/12/14 SA Roma – Milan 0:0 Round 16

 

 

Here is the probable formation for Torino (3-5-2): Padelli; Maksimovic, Glik, G. Silva; Peres, Vives, Gazzi, Farnerud, Darmian; Quagliarella, Martinez

Unavailable: Gillet, Masiello, El Kaddouri

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

Unavailable: Van Ginkel, Mexes, Honda, Bonera

Photo acmilan.com

 
Sunday 11 January 2015

 

INTER – GENOA
Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Referee: RUSSO
Assistants: PADOVAN – PAGANESSI
Fourth Official: FIORITO
ADD1: DI BELLO
ADD2: FABBRI
12:30

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Inter, 12th position with 22 points and a positive goal difference of +2
Genoa, 6th position with 27 points and a positive goal difference of +6

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
6 Genoa 17 7 6 4 23:17 6 27
12 Inter 17 5 7 5 26:24 2 22

 

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  3 suspended players for INTER: Kovacic (1), Ranocchia (1), Juan Jesus (4)

2 suspended players for GENOA: Perotti (2), Roncaglia (1)

Inter and Genoa got a draw last week.  Inter drew with Juventus and Genoa with Atalanta.  It’s now the time for Inter to win this home game.  Inter fans motivated after the signing of Xherdan Shaqiri and Lucas Podoslki.  Will it be the the added boost for a victory?

Out of the 67 precedents at the Giuseppe Meazza between Inter vs Genoa, stats showing Inter winning 43, Genoa winning 12, and 12 draws.

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for INTER: Forward Mauro Icardi with 9 goals

Top scorer for GENOA: Genoa forward Alessandro Matri with 7 goals

Inter Goals Goals Genoa
Icardi, Mauro 9 7 Matri, Alessandro
Osvaldo, Pablo Daniel 5 3 Pinilla, Mauricio
Kovacic, Mateo 4 3 Falque, Iago
Ranocchia, Andrea 2 2 Bertolacci, Andrea
Guarin, Fredy 2 2 Antonelli, Luca

 

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

06/01/15 SA Juventus – Inter 1:1 Round 17
30/12/14 CFG Paris St.-Germa… – Inter 1:0 Friendly
21/12/14 SA Inter – Lazio 2:2 Round 16

 

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

06/01/15 SA Genoa – Atalanta 2:2 Round 17
21/12/14 SA Turin – Genoa 2:1 Round 16
14/12/14 SA Genoa – Roma 0:1 ROund 15

 

Here is the probable formation for Inter (4-3-1-2): Handanovic; Campagnaro, Andreolli, Vidic, D’Ambrosio; Guarin, Medel, Kuzmanovic; Hernanes; Icardi, Podolski

Unavailable:  Yuto Nagatomo

Here is the probable formation for Genoa (3-4-3): Perin; Izzo, Burdisso, De Maio; Edenilson, Bertolacci, Rincon, Antonelli; Iago, Matri, Lestienne

Unavailable: Marchese

 

Photo: facebook.com/InterOfficialPage

 

 

ATALANTA – CHIEVO VERONA
Atleti Azzurri D’Italia Stadium
Referee: VALERI
Assistants: PETRELLA – IORI
Fourth Official: STEFANI
ADD1: PERUZZO
ADD2: CHIFFI
15:00

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  1 suspended player for ATALANTA: Benalouane (1)

2 suspended players for CHIEVO VERONA: Botta (1), Hetemaj (1)

Here is the probable formation for Atalanta (4-4-2): Sportiello; Biava, Stendardo, Dramé, Migliaccio; Zappacosta, Baselli, Carmona, Moralez; Pinella, Denis

Unavailable: Estigarribia, Raimondi, Cherubin

Here is the probable formation for Chievo Verona (4-4-2): Bizzarri; Frey, Dainelli, Cesar, Zukanovic; Birsa, Izco, Cofie, Lazarevic; Paloschi, Meggiorini

Unavailable: Gamberini, Radovanovic

 

CAGLIARI – CESENA
Sant’Elia Stadium
Referee: RIZZOLI
Assistants: FAVERANI – VIVENZI
Fourth Official: MARRAZZO
ADD1: MARIANI
ADD2: CANDUSSIO
15:00

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  2 suspended players for CAGLIARI: Conti (1), Farias (1)

No suspended players for CESENA.

Here is the probable formation for Cagliari (4-3-3): Colombi; Balzano, Ceppitelli, Rossettini, Avelar; Dessena, Crisetig, Ekdal; Caio Rangel, Longo, Cossu

Unavailable: Sau, Ibarbo

Here is the probable formation for Cesena (3-5-1-1): Leali; Capelli, Lucchini, Magnusson; Giorgi, Carbonero, Ze Eduardo, Cascione, Mazzotta; Brienza; Hugo Almeida

Unavailable: Marilungo, Renzetti, Tabanelli

 

FIORENTINA – PALERMO
Artemio Franchi Stadium
Referee: MAZZOLENI
Assistants: DE LUCA – PEGORIN
Fourth Official: LA ROCCA
ADD1: GIACOMELLI
ADD2: AURELIANO
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Fiorentina, 9th position with 24 points and a positive goal difference of +7
Palermo, 7th position with 25 points and a positive goal difference of +1

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
7 Palermo 17 6 7 4 27:26 1 25
9 Fiorentina 17 6 6 5 21:14 7 24

 

There is only 1 point difference  between Fiorentina and Palermo.  The wake up call is for Fiorentina who are in the 9th position and their goal is to be among the top 6 positions.  It’s a good New Year 2015 start for Palermo who last week humiliated Cagliari with a 5-0 at the Renzo Barbera Stadium while Fiorentina lost the away game against Parma at the Ennio Tardini Stadium.

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  2 suspended players for FIORENTINA: Savic (4), Go. Rodriguez (1)

No suspended players for PALERMO.

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

Top scorer for PALERMO:  Forward Paulo Dybala with 9 goals

Fiorentina Goals Goals Palermo
Babacar, Khouma 4 9 Dybala, Paulo Bruno
Cuadrado, Juan 3 5 Vazquez, Franco
Rodriguez, Gonzalo 2 4 Rigoni, Luca
Valero, Borja 2 3 Belotti, Andrea
Savic, Stefan 2 2 Barreto, Edgar

 

Stats. Here are the last 3 games of FIORENTINA:

06/01/15 SA Parma – Fiorentina 1:0 Round 17
21/12/14 SA Fiorentina – Empoli 1:1 Round 16
14/12/14 SA Cesena – Fiorentina 1:4 Round 15

 

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

06/01/15 SA Palermo – Cagliari 5:0 Round 17
21/12/14 SA Atalanta – Palermo 3:3 Round 16
13/12/14 SA Palermo – Sassuolo 2:1 Round 15

 

Here is the probable formation for Fiorentina (3-5-1-1): Tatarusanu; Tomovic, Hegazi, Basanta; Joaquin, M. Fernandez, Pizarro, B. Valero, Alonso; Cuadrado; M. Gomez

Unavailable: Rossi, Bernardeschi, Lupatelli, Vargas, Babacar, Badelj

Here is the probable formation for Palermo (3-5-2): Sorrentino; Munoz, G. Gonzalez, Feddal; Morganella, Rigoni, Maresca, Barreto, Lazaar; Vazquez, Dybala

Unavailable: Daprelà

 

HELLAS VERONA – PARMA
Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium
Referee: GAVILLUCCI
Assistants: BIANCHI – BARBIRATI
Fourth Official: MARZALONI
ADD1: CERVELLERA
ADD2: PAIRETTO
15:00

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  2 suspended players for HELLAS VERONA: Hallfredsson (1), Campanharo (1)

No suspended players for PARMA.

Here is the probable formation for Hellas Verona (5-3-2): Benussi; Martic, Moras, Sorensen, Marques, Agostini; Lazaros, Tachtsidis, Greco; Toni, N. Lopez

Unavailable: Ionita, Obbadi, Gomez, Rodriguez, Jankovic

Here is the probable formation for Parma (3-5-2): Mirante; Costa, Paletta, Lucarelli; Rispoli, J, Mauri, Lodi, Galloppa, Gobbi; Cassano, Palladino

Unavailable: Biabiany, Coda, Ghezzal, Jorquera, Acquah, Belfodil

 

AS ROMA – LAZIO
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: ORSATO
Assistants: TONOLINI – MANGANELLI
Fourth Official: NICOLETTI
ADD1: BANTI
ADD2: GERVASONI
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 2nd position with 39 points and a positive goal difference of +18
Lazio, 3rd position with 30 points and a positive goal difference of +12

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
2 Roma 17 12 3 2 29:11 18 39
3 Lazio 17 9 3 5 31:19 12 30

 

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  No suspended players

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for AS ROMA: Forward Adem Ljajic with 6 goals

Top scorer for LAZIO: Forward Filip Djordjevic with 7 goals

AS Roma Goals Goals Lazio
Ljajic, Adem 6 7 Djordjevic, Filip
Destro, Mattia 4 6 Mauri, Stefano
Nainggolan, Radja 3 4 Felipe Anderson
Pjanic, Miralem 3 3 Parolo, Marco
Totti, Francesco 2 3 Klose, Miroslav

 

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

06/01/15 SA Udinese – Roma 0:1 Round 17
20/12/14 SA Roma – Milan 0:0 Round 16
14/12/14 SA Genoa – Roma 0:1 Round 15

 

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

05/01/15 SA  Lazio – Sampdoria 3:0 Round 17
21/12/14 SA Inter – Lazio 2:2 Round 16
13/12/14 SA Lazio – Atalanta 3:0 Round 15

 

Here is the probable formation for Roma (4-3-3): De Sanctis; Maicon, Manolas, Yanga Mbiwa, Holebas; Pjanic, De Rossi, Nainggolan; Ljajic, Totti, Iturbe

Unavailable: Ucan, Gervinho, S. Keita, Balzaretti, Castan, Sanabria

Here is the probable formation for Lazio (4-3-3): Marchetti; Basta, De Vrij, Cana, Radu; Parolo, Biglia, S. Mauri; Candreva, Djordjevic, F. Anderson

Unavailable: Ederson, Ciani, Gonzalez, Lulic, Gentiletti, Braafheid

 

SAMPDORIA – EMPOLI
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Referee: TOMMASI
Assistants: GIALLATINI – LONGO
Fourth Official: TEGONI
ADD1: GUIDA
ADD2: ABISSO
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Sampdoria, 5th position with 27 points and a positive goal difference of +5
Empoli, 14th position with 18 points and a negative goal difference of -5

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
5 Sampdoria 17 6 9 2 22:17 5 27
14 Empoli 17 3 9 5 17:22 -5 18

 

It’s time for Sampdoria’s redemption after starting 2015 with a defeat against Lazio.

Out of the 8 precedents between Sampdoria vs Empoli at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium, stats  showing 7 wins for Sampdoria, 1 win for Empoli.   From the 21 goals, Sampdoria scoring 19 goals while Empli scoring  only 2.   Simply put, chances for Sampdoria to win the home game are high considering they have collected 16 points in home games out of their current 27 points while Empoli in away games have collected only 8 points.   However, nothing is taken for granted and Empoli might cause a surprise…

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

1 suspended player for EMPOLI: Tonelli (1)

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for SAMPDORIA: Forward Manolo Gabbiadini with 7 goals
Top scorer for EMPOLI: Lorenzo Tonelli with 4 goals

Torino Goals Goals Empoli
Gabbiadini, Manolo 7 4 Tonelli, Lorenzo
Eder 4 3 Pucciarelli, Manuel
Okaka, Stefano 3 2 Tavano, Francesco
Obiang, Pedro 2 2 Maccarone, Massimo
Gastaldello, Daniele 2 2 Rugani, Daniele

 

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

05/01/15 SA Lazio – Sampdoria 3:0 Round 17
21/12/14 SA Sampdoria – Udinese 2:2 Round 16
14/12/14 SA Juventus – Sampdoria 1:1 Round 15

 

Here are the last 3 games of EMPOLI:  3 draws

06/01/15 SA Empoli – Verona 0:0 Round 17
21/12/14 SA Fiorentina – Empoli 1:1 Round 16
15/12/14 SA Empoli – Turin 0:0 Round 15

 

Here is the probable formation for Sampdoria (4-3-1-2): Viviano; Cacciatore, Gastaldello, Romagnoli, Regini; Rizzo, Palombo, Obiang; Soriano; Okaka, Eder

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

Unavailable: Guarente

http://www.sampdoria.it/images/stories/home/view/201501/07_foot.jpg

Photo: sampdoria.it

 

NAPOLI – JUVENTUS
San Paolo Stadium
Referee: TAGLIAVENTO
Assistants: DI LIBERATORE – PASSERI
Fourth Official: COSTANZO
ADD1: DAMATO
ADD2: CALVARESE
20:45

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Juventus, 1st position with 40 points and a positive goal difference of +27
Napoli, 4th position with 30 points and a positive goal difference of +11

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
1 Juventus 17 12 4 1 35:8 27 40
4 Napoli 17 8 6 3 32:21 11 30

 

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  No suspended players.

It’s the time for revenge or securing dominion.  Napoli with a high motivation after they defeated Juventus in Dubai winning the Supercoppa Italiana.  Juventus with the obligation not only to win this away game to avenge the defeat, but also because they might lose the leadership!   There is just 1 point difference between Juventus 40 points and AS Roma with 39 points.  That’s how importnat is for  Juventus to defeat Napoli.

Out of the 70 precendents at the San Paolo Stadium between Napoli vs Juventus, stats are even with 22 wins Napoli, 22 wins Juventus, and 26 draws.

A draw won’t be enough, the whole point in this game is to win it.  Napoli vs Juventus might be decided by the Argentinian forwards.  Juventus Argentinian forward Carlos Tevez who is the top scorer of the Serie A with 11 goals will challenge Napoli Argentinian forward Gonzalo Higuain who is the top scorer for Napoli with 9 goals.  Pressure is for both to stand and deliver winner goals.

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for NAPOLI:  Forwards Gonzalo Higuain  and Jose Maria Callejon with 9 goals each

Top scorer for JUVENTUS:  Forward Carlos Tevez with 11 goals

Napoli Goals Goals Juventus
Higuain, Gonzalo 9 11 Tevez, Carlos
Callejon 9 5 Vidal, Arturo
Zapata, Duvan 4 4 Morata, Alvaro
de Guzman, Jonathan 3 4 Llorente, Fernando
Hamsik, Marek 3 3 Pogba, Paul

 

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

06/01/15 SA Cesena – Napoli 1:4 Round 17
22/12/14 SC Juventus – Napoli 7:8 (AP) Supercoppa Italiana
18/12/14 SA Napoli – Parma 2:0 Round 16

 

Here are the last 3 games of JUVENTUS:

06/01/15 SA Juventus – Inter 1:1 Round 17
22/12/14 SC Juventus – Napoli 7:8 (AP) Supercoppa Itlaiana
18/12/14 SA Cagliari – Juventus 1:3 Round 16

 

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

Unavailable: Zuniga, Michu, Insigne, Ghoulam

Here is the probable formation for Juventus (4-3-1-2): Buffon; Lichtsteiner, Bonucci, Chiellini, Padoin; Pirlo; Marchisio, Pogba; Vidal; Tevez, Llorente
 
Unavailable: Barzagli, Asamoah, Romulo

 

Photo sscnapoli.it

 

 

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

 

  Your Predictions???

Make your calculations and
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Sassuolo – Udinese
Torino – AC Milan
Inter – Genoa
Fiorentina – Palermo
Hellas Verona – Parma
AS Roma – Lazio
Cagliari – Cesena
Sampdoria – Empoli
Atalanta – Chievo Verona
Napoli – JuventusNOTE:  Copy and paste  in the comment boxthe predictions adding your own choices.		    Anna Italia Predictions.Sassuolo – Udinese = SASSUOLO
Torino – AC Milan = AC MILAN
Inter – Genoa = INTER
Fiorentina – Palermo = FIORENTINA
Hellas Verona – Parma = VERONA
AS Roma – Lazio = AS ROMA
Cagliari – Cesena = CAGLIARI
Sampdoria – Empoli = SAMPDORIA
Atalanta – Chievo Verona = ATALANTA
Napoli – Juventus = DRAW

 

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Hello my friends. Here is the Serie A PREVIEW for Week 17 on Monday 5 and January 6, 2015.   We are resuming the Serie A after the Christmas Break and these are the first games in 2015.   Challenge still open for the Scudetto.

Juventus ended 2014 as sole leader of the Serie A with 39 points after defeating Cagliari with a 1-3. Juventus commanding the Serie A and being the only Serie A team in Champions League.

AS Roma failing to defeat AC Milan at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium to keep a -1 point difference wit Juventus. The goalless draw keeps Roma in the 2nd position with a -3 points difference behind Juventus.

We have the amazing race for the 3rd position.  Three teams having 27 points: Lazio, Napoli, and Sampdoria.  It is a direct encounter on Monday with Lazio vs Sampdoria.  For the moment, Lazio hold the 3rd position for goal difference having +9 while Napoli and Sampdoria have +8.   Genoa and AC Milan have also chances to grab the third position.  Genoa having 26 points and Milan 25 points.

Cagliari coach Gianfranco Zola will make his debut leading the team against Palermo.  Zola replaced coach Zdenek Zeman.  Cagliari are in the relegation zone and the need for salvation is a “must.”

The top scorer up to Round 16: Juventus forward Carlos Tevez with 10 goals

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Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 16 games. First 3 qualifying for Champions League, 4 and 5 for Europa League.

Champions League Tickets–Juventus, 1st position with 39 points and a positive goal difference of + 27

–AS Roma, 2nd position with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +17

–LAZIO, 3rd positions with 27 points points and a positive goal difference of +9

UEFA Europa League– NAPOLI, 4th position with 27 points and a positive goal difference of +8

–SAMPDORIA, 5th position with 27 points and a positive goal difference of +8

Relegation Zone: Cagliari, 18th position with 12 points and a negative goal difference of -8
Cesena, 19th position with 9 points and a negative goal difference of -17
Parma, 20th position with 6 points and a negative goal difference of -20

 

 

 

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Monday 5 January 2015

  • Serie A Week 17 / 17ª Giornata Andata​​

LAZIO – SAMPDORIA
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: CALVARESE
Assistants: MELI – GALLONI
Fourth Official: DI LIBERATORE
ADD1: RUSSO
ADD2: MERCHIORI
20:45

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Lazio 3rd position with 27 points and a positive goal difference of +9
Sampdoria, 5th position with 27 points and a positive goal difference of +8

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
3 Lazio 16 8 3 5 28:19 9 27
5 Sampdoria 16 6 9 1 22:14 8 27

 

It’s a direct challenge for the 3rd position.  Lazio and Sampdoria having both 27 points.  Last season, Lazio defeated Samdpdoria with a 2-0.   The last draw  dates back to the 2009-2010 season when the match ended 1-1.  The last time Sampdoria defeated Lazio was in the 2004-2005 season resulting in a 2-1.

Stats in the Olimpico are in favor of Lazio.  There have been 48 games, Lazio winning 28, 12 draws while Sampdoria wining 8.

Special game for Sampdoria coach Sinisa Mihajlovic who had played for Lazio and Sampdoria.  Mihajlovic making 126 appearances with Lazio and 110 appearances with Sampdoria.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for LAZIO:  Filip Djordjevic and Stefano Mauri with 6 goals each.

Top scorer for SAMPDORIA: Forward Manolo Gabbiadini with 7 goals

Lazio Goals Goals Sampdoria
Djordjevic, Filip 6 7 Gabbiadini, Manolo
Mauri, Stefano 6 4 Eder
Felipe Anderson 3 3 Okaka, Stefano
Lulic, Senad 3 2 Gastaldello, Daniele
Klose, Miroslav 3 2 Obiang, Pedro

 

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

21/12/14 SA Inter – Lazio 2:2 Round 16
13/12/14 SA Lazio – Atalanta 3:0 Round 15
07/12/14 SA Parma – Lazio 1:2 Round 14

 

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

21/12/14 SA Sampdoria – Udinese 2:2 Round 16
14/12/14 SA Juventus – Sampdoria 1:1 Round 15
08/12/14 SA Verona – Sampdoria 1:3 Round 14

 

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

Unavailable: Ederson, Ciani, Braafheid, Gentiletti, Gonzalez

Here is the probable formation for Sampdoria (4-3-1-2): Viviano; Cacciatore, Gastaldello, Romagnoli, Regini; Rizzo, Palombo, Obiang; Soriano; Okaka, Eder.

Unavailable: Mesbah, De Silvestri

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game: No suspended players

Photo:  facebook.com/serieatim

 

Tuesday 6 January 2015

 

UDINESE – AS ROMA
Friuli Stadium
Referee: GUIDA
Assistants: MARZALONI – CRISPO
Fourth Official: PAGANESSI
ADD1: TAGLIAVENTO
ADD2: MARESCA
12:30

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Udinese 9th position with 22 points and a negative goal difference of -2
AS Roma, 2nd position with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +17

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
2 Roma 16 11 3 2 28:11 17 36
9 Udinese 16 6 4 6 20:22 -2 22

 

AS Roma having the “obligation” to win this away game against Udinese to keep up the race for the Scudetto with Juventus.  There are only 3 points difference with Juventus.  A lost for Roma means seeing their chances to grab the Scudetto vanishing in case of Juventus defeating Inter extending the gab to a +6 points.   Udinese looking to win the home game and we expect a fierce game for the full 3 points.

Stats at the Friuli Stadium are in favor of Udinese.  Out of the 40 precedents, Udinese winning 14, AS Roma winning 15 and 11 draws.

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game. 2 suspended players for UDINESE: Heurtaux (1), Pinzi (1)

No suspended players for AS ROMA.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for UDINESE:  Forward Antonio Di Natale with 8 goals

Top scorer for AS ROMA:  Forward Adem Ljajic with 6 goals

Udinese Goals Goals AS Roma
Di Natale, Antonio 8 6 Ljajic, Adem
Thereau, Cyril 5 4 Destro, Mattia
Fernandes, Bruno 2 3 Pjanic, Miralem
Danilo 2 3 Nainggolan, Radja
Heurtaux, Thomas 1 2 Florenzi, Alessandro

 

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

21/12/14 SA Sampdoria – Udinese 2:2 Round 16
14/12/14 SA Udinese – Verona 1:2 Round 15
07/12/14 SA Inter – Udinese 1:2 Round 14

 

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

20/12/14 SA Roma – Milan 0:0 Round 16
14/12/14 SA Genoa – Roma 0:1 Round 15
10/12/14 UCLG Roma – Man City 0:2 Round 6

 

Here is the probable formation for Udinese (3-5-1-1): Karnezis; Danilo, Domizzi, Piris; Widmer, Allan, Guilherme, Kone, Pasquale; Fernandes; Di Natale.

Unavailable: Muriel, Wague (Coppa d’Africa), Badu (Coppa d’Africa), Evangelista, Zapata

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

Unavailable: Ucan, Skorupski, Gervinho e Keita (Coppa d’Africa), Balzaretti, Castan

Photo: facebook.com/UdineseCalcio1896

 

CHIEVO VERONA – TORINO
Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium
Referee: ABISSO
Assistants: GAVA – STEFANI
Fourth Official: TONOLINI
ADD1: VALERI
ADD2: PERUZZO
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Chievo Verona, 16th position with 16 points and a negative goal difference of -6
Torino, 14th position with 17 points and a negative goal difference of -6

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
14 Turin 16 4 5 7 12:18 -6 17
16 Chievo 16 4 4 8 12:19 -7 16

 

Out of the 6 precedents for Chievo vs Torino  seeing Chievo winning 3 games, 2 draws while Torino winning 1.   It’s a motivation for Torino because they would love to repeat the victory as they did last season on Week 36 thanks to an own goal by Sardo.   There is only 1 point difference between Chievo and Torino.

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game. 1 suspended player for CHIEVO VERONA: Botta (2)

1 suspended player for TORINO: Moretti (1)

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for CHIEVO VERONA: Forward Alberto Paloschi with 4 goals

Top scorer for TORINO:  Forward Fabio Quagliarella and Kamil Glik with 4 goals each.

Chievo Verona Goals Goals Torino
Paloschi, Alberto 4 4 Glik, Kamil
Pellissier, Sergio 2 4 Quagliarella, Fabio
Meggiorini, Riccardo 2 1 Martinez, Josef
Zukanovic, Ervin 1 1 Peres, Bruno
Lopez, Maxi 1 1 Farnerud, Alexander

 

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

21/12/14 SA Verona – Chievo 0:1 Round 16
15/12/14 SA Chievo – Inter 0:2 Round 15
08/12/14 SA Cagliari – Chievo 0:2 Round 14

 

Here are the last 3 games of TORINO:  2 win, 1 draw

21/12/14 SA Turin – Genoa 2:1 Round 16
15/12/14 SA Empoli – Turin 0:0 Round 15
11/12/14 UELG Copenhagen – Turin 1:5 Matchday 6

 

Here is the probable formation for Chievo Verona (4-4-2): Bizzarri; Frey, Dainelli, Cesar, Zukanovic; Birsa, Izco, Cofie, Hetemaj; Paloschi, Meggiorini.

Unavailable: Gamberini, Radovanovic

Here is the probable formation for Torino (3-5-2): Gillet; Maksimovic, Glik, Gaston Silva; Peres, Vives, Gazzi, El Kaddouri, Darmian; Quagliarella, Martinez.

 

EMPOLI – HELLAS VERONA
Stadio Carlo Castellani
Referee: GIACOMELLI
Assistants: MARRAZZO – SCHENONE
Fourth Official: LONGO
ADD1: MARIANI
ADD2: CANDUSSIO
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Empoli, 13th position with 17 points and a negative goal difference of -5
Hellas Verona, 15th position with 17 points and a negative goal difference of -9

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
13 Empoli 16 3 8 5 17:22 -5 17
15 Verona 16 4 5 7 18:27 -9 17

 

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

1 suspended player for HELLAS VERONA: Marquez (1)

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for EMPOLI: Lorenzo Tonelli with 4 goals

Top scorer for HELLAS VERONA: Forward Luca Toni with 5 goals

Empoli Goals Goals Hellas Verona
Tonelli, Lorenzo 4 5 Toni, Luca
Pucciarelli, Manuel 3 4 Lopez, Nicolas
Maccarone, Massimo 2 2 Ionita, Artur
Tavano, Francesco 2 2 Tachtsidis, Panagiotis
Rugani, Daniele 2 1 Gomez, Juan

 

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

21/12/14 SA Fiorentina – Empoli 1:1 Round 16
15/12/14 SA Empoli – Turin 0:0 Round 15
07/12/14 SA Napoli – Empoli 2:2 Round 14

 

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

21/12/14 SA Verona – Chievo 0:1 Round 16
14/12/14 SA Udinese – Verona 1:2 Round 15
08/12/14 SA Verona – Sampdoria 1:3 Round 14

 

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

Unavailable: Guarente, Laurini, Periticone

Here is the probable formation for Hellas Verona (3-5-2): Benussi; Moras, Sorensen, Rodriguez; Martic, Christodoulopoulos, Tachtsidis, Hallfredsson, Brivio; Nico Lopez, Nenè.

Unavailable: Ionita, Obbadi, Jankovic, Gomez

Photo:  facebook.com/empolifcofficialpage

 

GENOA – ATALANTA
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Referee: IRRATI
Assistants: VUOTO – RANGHETTI
Fourth Official: DI FIORE
ADD1: ROCCHI
ADD2: DI PAOLO
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Genoa, 6th position with 26 points and a positive goal difference of +6
Atalanta, 17th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of -10

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
6 Genoa 16 7 5 4 21:15 6 26
17 Atalanta 16 3 6 7 11:21 -10 15

 

Atalanta are in danger to fall in the relegation zone.  A defeat at the Luigi Ferraris will be a disaster for Atalanta.  Genoa will look to win the home game and break the last draws with Atalanta.   Stats.  Imagine in the last 3 seasons match at the Ferraris have ended with draw…  The last time Genoa won at the Ferraris was  back in the 2009- 2010 season with a 2-0.  Wow, as for Atalanta, the last time they won at the Ferraris was back in the 1991-1992 season with a 2-0.

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game. 1 suspended player for GENOA: Perotti (3)

1 suspended player for ATALANTA: Cigarini (1)

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

Top scorer for ATALANTA:  Forwards German Denis and Maximiliano Moralez with 3 goals each

Genoa Goals Goals Atalanta
Matri, Alessandro 6 3 Denis
Pinilla, Mauricio 3 3 Moralez, Maxi
Falque, Iago 2 2 Boakye, Richmond
Bertolacci, Andrea 2 1 Estigarribia, Marcelo
Antonelli, Luca 2 1 Stendardo, Guglielmo

 

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

21/12/14 SA Turin – Genoa 2:1 Round 16
14/12/14 SA Genoa – Roma 0:1 Round 15
07/12/14 SA Genoa – Milan 1:0 Round 14

 

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

21/12/14 SA Atalanta – Palermo 3:3 Round 16
13/12/14 SA Lazio – Atalanta 3:0 Round 15
07/12/14 SA Atalanta – Cesena 3:2 Round 14

 

Here is the probable formation for Genoa (3-4-3): Perin; Roncaglia, Burdisso, De Maio; Sturaro, Rincon, Bertolacci, Antonelli; Lestienne, Matri, Iago.

Unavailable: Marchese

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

Unavailable: Cherubin, Estigarribia, Raimondi

 

Genoa-Atalanta, i convocati

Photo:  atalanta.it

 

AC MILAN – SASSUOLO
San Siro Stadium
Referee: DI BELLO
Assistants: PRETI – DE PINTO
Fourth Official: VIVENZI
ADD1: MAZZOLENI
ADD2: FABBRI
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 7th position with 25 points and a positive goal difference of +7
Sassuolo, 12th position with 20 points and a negative goal difference of -4

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
7 Milan 16 6 7 3 25:18 7 25
12 Sassuolo 16 4 8 4 17:21 -4 20

 

AC Milan with a high motivation after  a prestigious victory defeating “all mighty” Real Madrid in Dubai with a 4-2.   AC Milan are battling to reach to the 3rd position.  It’s also a challenge for Sassuolo to cause an upset at the San Siro Stadium.

There is only 1 precedent for AC Milan vs Sassuolo in Serie A.  Last season it ended 2-1 thanks to the goals by Sulley Muntari and Nigel De John while for Sassuolo the goal was by Zaza.

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game. 3 suspended players for AC MILAN: Mexes (1), Armero (1), De Jong (1)

No suspended players for SASSUOLO.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for AC MILAN: Forward Jeremy Menez with 8 goals

Top scorer for SASSUOLO:  Forward Simone Zaza with 5 goals

AC Milan Goals Goals Sassuolo
Menez, Jeremy 8 5 Zaza, Simone
Honda, Keisuke 6 3 Berardi, Domenico
Bonaventura, Giacomo 3 2 Taider, Saphir
de Jong, Nigel 2 2 Floccari, Sergio
Muntari, Sulley 2 1 Acerbi, Francesco

 

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

30/12/14 CFG Real Madrid – Milan 2:4 Friendly
20/12/14 SA Roma – Milan 0:0 Round 16
14/12/14 SA Milan – Napoli 2:0 Round 15

 

Here are the last 3 games of SASSUOLO:  3 draws

20/12/14 SA Sassuolo – Cesena 1:1 Round 16
13/12/14 SA Palermo – Sassuolo 2:1 Round 15
06/12/14 SA Roma – Sassuolo 2:2 Round 14

 

Here is the probable formation for AC Milan (4-3-3): Diego Lopez; Rami, Zapata, Alex, De Sciglio; Poli, Muntari, Montolivo; Bonaventura, Menez, El Shaarawy.

Unavailable: Van Ginkel, Albertazzi, Bonera, Honda

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

Unavailable: Pegolo, Manfredini, Taider (Coppa d’Africa)

 

Photo: facebook.com/officialsassuolocalcio

 

PALERMO – CAGLIARI
Renzo Barbera Stadium
Referee: DOVERI
Assistants: CARIOLATO – CARBONE
Fourth Official: PASSERI
ADD1: GAVILLUCCI
ADD2: RIPA
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Palermo, 10th position with 22 points and a negative goal difference of -4
Cagliari, 18th position with 12 points and a negative goal difference of -8

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
10 Palermo 16 5 7 4 22:26 -4 22
18 Cagliari 16 2 6 8 21:29 -8 12

 

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game. No suspended players.

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for PALERMO:  Forward Paulo Dybala with 7 goals

Top scorer for CAGLIARI:  Marco Sau and Albin Ekdal with 4 goals each

Palermo Goals Goals Cagliari
Dybala, Paulo Bruno 7 4 Ekdal, Albin
Vazquez, Franco 5 4 Sau, Marco
Rigoni, Luca 4 3 Avelar, Danilo
Belotti, Andrea 3 3 Farias, Diego
Barreto, Edgar 1 2 Cossu, Andrea

 

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

21/12/14 SA Atalanta – Palermo 3:3 Round 16
13/12/14 SA Palermo – Sassuolo 2:1 Round 15
06/12/14 SA Turin – Palermo 2:2 Round 14

 

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

18/12/14 SA Cagliari – Juventus 1:3 Round 16
14/12/14 SA Parma – Cagliari 0:0 Round 15
08/12/14 SA Cagliari – Chievo 0:2 Round 14

 

Here is the probable formation for Palermo (3-5-2): Sorrentino; Munoz, Gonzalez, Feddal; Morganella, Rigoni, Maresca, Barreto, Lazaar; Vazquez, Dybala.

Unavailable: Daprelà

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

Unavailable: Colombi, Sau

Photo:  facebook.com/palermocalcioit

 

PARMA – FIORENTINA
Ennio Tardini Stadium
Referee: DAMATO
Assistants: COSTANZO – FIORITO
Fourth Official: STALLONE
ADD1: TOMMASI
ADD2: NASCA
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Parma, 20th position with 6 points and a negative goal difference of -20
Fiorentina, 8th position with 24 points and a positive goal difference of +8

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
8 Fiorentina 16 6 6 4 21:13 8 24
20 Parma 16 2 1 13 16:36 -20 6

 

It’s chaos for Parma being in the last position of the Serie A.  Challenge for coach Roberto Donadoni to wake up his Parma players or might risk to be sacked…..  It’s a tense situation for Fiorentina too after the announcement made by goalkeeper Neto deciding not to renew his contract.

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game. 2 suspended players for PARMA: Galloppa (1), Santacroce (1)

1 suspended player for FIORENTINA: Borja Valero (1)

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

Top scorer for FIORENTINA:  Forward Khouma Babacar with 4 goals

Parma Goals Goals Fiorentina
Cassano, Antonio 5 4 Babacar, Khouma
De Ceglie, Paolo 3 3 Cuadrado, Juan
Palladino, Raffaele 2 2 Savic, Stefan
Coda, Massimo 2 2 Rodriguez, Gonzalo
Felipe 1 2 Fernandez, Matias

 

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

18/12/14 SA Napoli – Parma 2:0 Round 16
14/12/14 SA Parma – Cagliari 0:0 Round 15
07/12/14 SA Parma – Lazio 1:2 Round 14

 

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

21/12/14 SA Fiorentina – Empoli 1:1 Round 16
14/12/14 SA Cesena – Fiorentina 1:4 Round 15
11/12/14 UELG Fiorentina – Dinamo Minsk 1:2 Round 6

 

Here is the probable formation for Parma (3-5-2): Mirante; Felipe, Paletta, Lucarelli; Cassani, Lila, Lodi, Mauri, Gobbi; Palladino, Cassano.

Unavailable: Biabiany, Coda, Ghezzal, Jorquera, Acquah e Belfodil

Here is the probable formation for Fiorentina (3-5-2): Tatarusanu; Savic, Rodriguez, Basanta; Joaquin, Fernandez, Pizarro, Kurtic, Alonso; Cuadrado, Gomez.

Unavailable: Rossi, Bernardeschi, Lupatelli, Babacar

 

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Photo: fcparma.com

 

 

 

CESENA- NAPOLI
Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Referee: MASSA
Assistants: MUSOLINO – GIALLATINI
Fourth Official: PETRELLA
ADD1: ORSATO
ADD2: BARACANI
18:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Cesena, 19th position with 9 points and a negative goal difference of -17
Napoli, 4th position with 27 points and a positive goal difference of +8

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
4 Napoli 16 7 6 3 28:20 8 27
19 Cesena 16 1 6 9 13:30 -17 9

 

Cesena looking to win this home game to see the light at the end of the tunnel to climb from the relegation zone.  Napoli need a victory to keep up the race for the 3rd position.

Stats, out of the 12 precedents between Cesena vs Napoli seeing a devastated Cesena never winning at home against Napoli who had won 7 games and collecting 5 draws.

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

No suspended players for NAPOLI.

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for CESENA: Gregoire Defrel with 4 goals

Top scorer for NAPOLI:  Forward Jose Maria Callejon with 8 goals

Cesena Goals Goals Napoli
Defrel, Gregoire 4 8 Callejon
Rodriguez, Alejandro 2 7 Higuain, Gonzalo
Succi, Davide 1 4 Zapata, Duvan
Duric, Milan 1 3 de Guzman, Jonathan
Cascione, Emmanuel 1 2 Hamsik, Marek

 

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

20/12/14 SA Sassuolo – Cesena 1:1 Round 16
14/12/14 SA Cesena – Fiorentina 1:4 Round 15
07/12/14 SA Atalanta – Cesena 3:2 Round 14

 

Here are the last 3 games of NAPOLI:   3 wins

22/12/14 SC Juventus – Napoli 7:8 (AP) Supercoppa Italiana
18/12/14 SA Napoli – Parma 2:0 Round 16
14/12/14 SA Milan – Napoli 2:0 Round 15

 

Here is the probable formation for Cesena (3-5-1-1): Leali; Volta, Lucchini, Capelli; Giorgi, Carbonero, Ze Eduardo, Cascione, Mazzotta; Brienza; Hugo Almeida.

Unavailable: Marilungo, Perico, Renzetti

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

Unavailable: Zuniga, Michu, Insigne, Ghoulam

 

JUVENTUS – INTER
Juventus Arena
Referee: BANTI
Assistants: NICOLETTI – DOBOSZ
Fourth Official: BIANCHI
ADD1: RIZZOLI
ADD2: GERVASONI
21:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Juventus 1st position with 39 points and a positive goal difference of +27
Inter, 11th position with 21 points and a positive goal difference of +2

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
1 Juventus 16 12 3 1 34:7 27 39
11 Inter 16 5 6 5 25:23 2 21

 

It’s a fresh start for Juventus in 2015 after losing the Supercoppa Italiana in Dubai against Napoli.  Juventus lead the Serie A and is the only team in Champions League while Inter struggling to make it to the top 5 teams.   Inter are 18 points below Juventus!

Stats in Turin are in favor of Juventus.  A precedent of 81 games seeing Juventus winning 56, Inter winning 11, and 14 draws.    It will be a big upset for Juventus in case of Inter grabbing a victory or even a draw.

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game. No suspended players.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for JUVENTUS: Forward Carlos Tevez with 10 goals

Top scorer for INTER:  Forward Mauro Icardi with 8 goals

Juventus Goals Goals Inter
Tevez, Carlos 10 8 Icardi, Mauro
Vidal, Arturo 5 5 Osvaldo, Pablo Daniel
Llorente, Fernando 4 4 Kovacic, Mateo
Morata, Alvaro 4 2 Guarin, Fredy
Pogba, Paul 3 2 Ranocchia, Andrea

 

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

22/12/14 SC Juventus – Napoli 7:8 (AP) SuperCoppa Italiana
18/12/14 SA Cagliari – Juventus 1:3 Round 16
14/12/14 SA Juventus – Sampdoria 1:1 Round 15

 

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

30/12/14 CFG Paris St.-Germa… – Inter 1:0 Friendly
21/12/14 SA Inter – Lazio 2:2 Round 16
15/12/14 SA Chievo – Inter 0:2 Round 15

 

Here is the probable formation for Juventus (4-3-1-2): Buffon; Lichtsteiner, Bonucci, Chiellini, Evra; Marchisio, Pirlo, Pogba; Vidal; Tevez, Llorente.

Unavailable: Barzagli, Asamoah, Romulo

Here is the probable formation for Inter (4-2-3-1): Handanovic; Campagnaro, Ranocchia, Juan Jesus, D’Ambrosio; Medel, Kuzmanovic; Hernanes, Kovacic, Palacio; Icardi.

Unavailable: Nagatomo, Mbaye

 

Photo:   facebook.com/Juventus

 

 

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Lazio – Sampdoria
Udinese – AS Roma
Genoa – Atalanta
Empoli – Hellas Verona
AC Milan – Sassuolo
Palermo – Cagliari
Parma – Fiorentina
Chievo Verona – Torino
Cesena – Napoli
Juventus – InterNOTE:  Copy and paste  in the comment box thepredictions adding your own choices.		    Anna Italia Predictions.Lazio – Sampdoria = LAZIO
Udinese – AS Roma = AS ROMA
Genoa – Atalanta = GENOA
Empoli – Hellas Verona = DRAW
AC Milan – Sassuolo = AC MILAN
Palermo – Cagliari = PALERMO
Parma – Fiorentina = FIORENTINA
Chievo Verona – Torino = TORINO
Cesena – Napoli = CESENA
Juventus – Inter = JUVENTUS

 

 

 

Serie A PREVIEW Week 16, Italian Serie A PREVIEW 2014 – 2015 for Round 16 on Thursday 18, Saturday 20, Sunday 21 December 2014, Matchday 16

AC Milan, ACF Fiorentina, AS Roma, Atalanta, Cagliari, Cesena, Chievo Verona, Empoli FC, Genoa, Hellas Verona, Inter Milan, Juventus, Lazio, Palermo, Parma, Sampdoria, Sassuolo, Serie A Preview, SSC Napoli, Torino FC, Udinese

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Hello my friends. Here is the Serie A PREVIEW for Week 16 on Thursday 18, Saturday 20, and Sunday 21 December 2014.  These are the last games in 2014 as there is the Christmas break.  Serie A will resume on  Monday 5 January 2015.

Here is the situation.  Juventus will finish as leader in case of defeating Cagliari.   The only way Juventus could lose the leadership is by losing against Cagliari and Roma defeating Milan.   AS Roma will finish in 2nd position whether they win, draw, or lose against AC Milan.

Juventus and Napoli will be traveling to Doha to play the Supercoppa Italia on Sunday 22 December, therefore playing the Serie A game on Thursday 18 December.

We have an exciting round for the 3rd position.  Three teams having 26 points: Lazio currently holding the 3rd position for goal difference +9 followed by Sampdoria +8, and Genoa +7. The third position is open … who will grab it?

The top scorer up to Round 15: Juventus forward Carlos Tevez with 10 goals

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Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 15 games. First 3 qualifying for Champions League, 4 and 5 for Europa League.

Champions League Tickets–Juventus, 1st position with 36 points and a positive goal difference of + 25

–AS Roma, 2nd position with 35 points and a positive goal difference of +17

– Lazio, 3rd positions with 26 points points and a positive goal difference of +9

UEFA Europa League– Sampdoria, 4th position with 26 points and a positive goal difference of +8

–Genoa, 5th position with 26 points and a positive goal difference of +7

Relegation Zone: Cagliari, 18th position with 12 points and a negative goal difference of -6
Cesena, 19th position with 8 points and a negative goal difference of -17
Parma, 20th position with 6 points and a negative goal difference of -18

 

 

 

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Thursday 18 December 2014

  • Serie A Week 16 / 16ª Giornata Andata​​

CAGLIARI – JUVENTUS
Sant’Elia Stadium
Referee: MAZZOLENI
Assistants: MARZALONI – DE LUCA
Fourth Official: GALLONI
ADD1: MASSA
ADD2: GIACOMELLI
19:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Cagliari, 18th position with 12 points and a negative goal difference of -6
Juventus, 1st position with 36 points and a positive goal difference of  +25

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
1 Juventus 15 11 3 1 31:6 25 36
18 Cagliari 15 2 6 7 20:26 -6 12

 

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer CAGLIARI:  Forward Marco Sau and Albin Ekdal with 4 goals each

Top scorer JUVENTUS:  Forward Carlos Tevez with 9 goals

Cagliari Goals Goals Juventus
Sau, Marco 4 9 Tevez, Carlos
Ekdal, Albin 4 4 Morata, Alvaro
Farias, Diego 3 4 Vidal, Arturo
Avelar, Danilo 3 3 Pogba, Paul
Ibarbo, Victor 2 3 Llorente, Fernando

 

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

14/12/14 SA Parma – Cagliari 0:0 Round 15
08/12/14 SA Cagliari – Chievo 0:2 Round 14
04/12/14 CI Cagliari – Modena 9:8 (AP) Round 4

 

Here are the last 3 games of JUVENTUS:  3 draws

14/12/14 SA Juventus – Sampdoria 1:1 Round 15
09/12/14 UCLG Juventus – At. Madrid 0:0 Round 6
05/12/14 SA Fiorentina – Juventus 0:0 Round 14

 

Photo:  facebook.com/CAGLIARICALCIOOFFICIALPAGE

 

NAPOLI – PARMA
San Paolo Stadium
Referee: DI BELLO
Assistants: PADOVAN – PEGORIN
Fourth Official: DE PINTO
ADD1: DOVERI
ADD2: PASQUA
21:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Napoli, 7th position with 24 points and a positive goal difference of +6
Parma, 20th position with 6 points and a negative goal difference of -18

os Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
7 Napoli 15 6 6 3 26:20 6 24
20 Parma 15 2 1 12 16:34 -18 6

 

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for NAPOLI:  Forward Jose Maria Callejon with 8 goals

Top scorer for PARMA:  Forward Antonio Cassano with 5 goals

Napoli Goals Goals Parma
Callejon 8 5 Cassano, Antonio
Higuain, Gonzalo 7 3 De Ceglie, Paolo
Zapata, Duvan 3 2 Palladino, Raffaele
de Guzman, Jonathan 3 2 Coda, Massimo
Hamsik, Marek 2 1 Mauri, Jose

 

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

14/12/14 SA Milan – Napoli 2:0 Round 15
11/12/14 UELG Napoli – Slovan Bratisla… 3:0 Round 6
07/12/14 SA Napoli – Empoli 2:2 Round 14

 

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

14/12/14 SA Parma – Cagliari 0:0 Round 15
07/12/14 SA Parma – Lazio 1:2 Round 14
30/11/14 SA Palermo – Parma 2:1 Round 13

 

 

Saturday 20 December 2014

 

SASSUOLO – CESENA
Mapei Stadium
Referee: CERVELLERA
Assistants: NICOLETTI – POSADO
Fourth Official: VUOTO
ADD1: DAMATO
ADD2: PEZZUTO
18:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Sassuolo, 12th position with 19 points and a negative goal difference of -4
Cesena, 19th position with 8 points and a negative goal difference of -17

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
12 Sassuolo 15 4 7 4 16:20 -4 19
19 Cesena 15 1 5 9 12:29 -17 8

 

Disciplinary Situation before the game.  2 suspended players for SASSUOLO: Consigli (1), Cannavaro (1)

1 suspended player for CESENA: Volta (1)

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for SASSUOLO:  Forward Simone Zaza with 4 goals

Top scorer for CESENA:  Forward Gregoire Defrel with 4 goals

Sassuolo Goals Goals Cesena
Zaza, Simone 4 4 Defrel, Gregoire
Berardi, Domenico 3 2 Rodriguez, Alejandro
Taider, Saphir 2 1 Succi, Davide
Floccari, Sergio 2 1 Duric, Milan
Acerbi, Francesco 1 1 Cascione, Emmanuel

 

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

13/12/14 SA Palermo – Sassuolo 2:1 Round 15
06/12/14 SA Roma – Sassuolo 2:2 Round 14
02/12/14 CI Sassuolo – Pescara 1:0 Round 4

 

Here are the last 3 games of CESENA:  3 lost

14/12/14 SA Cesena – Fiorentina 1:4 Round 15
07/12/14 SA Atalanta – Cesena 3:2 Round 14
03/12/14 CI Udinese – Cesena 4:2 (OT) Round 4

 

Here is the probable formation for Sassuolo (4-3-3): Pomini; Vrsaljko, Antei, Acerbi, Peluso; Taider, Magnanelli, Missiroli; Berardi, Zaza, Sansone
 
Unavailable: Pegolo, Manfredini

Here is the probable formation for Cesena (3-5-2): Leali; Capelli, Lucchini, Magnusson; Nica, Giorgi, De Feudis, Cascione, Mazzotta; Defrel, Hugo Almeida
 
Unavailable: Marilungo, Perico, Renzetti

Photo:  facebook.com/officialsassuolocalcio

 

AS ROMA – AC MILAN
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: RIZZOLI
Assistants: DI LIBERATORE – BIANCHI
Fourth Official: MUSOLINO
ADD1: MASSA
ADD2: GIACOMELLI
20:45

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 2nd position with 35 points and a positive goal difference of +17
AC Milan, 7th position with 24 points and a positive goal difference of +7

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
2 Roma 15 11 2 2 28:11 17 35
7 Milan 15 6 6 3 25:18 7 24

 

Disciplinary Situation before the game.  2 suspended players for AS ROMA:  Astori (1), Pjanic (1)

No suspended players for AC MILAN.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for AS ROMA:  Forward Adem Ljajic with 6 goals

Top scorer for AC MILAN:  Forward Jeremy Menez with 8 goals

AS Roma Goals Goals AC Milan
Ljajic, Adem 6 8 Menez, Jeremy
Destro, Mattia 4 6 Honda, Keisuke
Nainggolan, Radja 3 3 Bonaventura, Giacomo
Pjanic, Miralem 3 2 de Jong, Nigel
Totti, Francesco 2 2 Muntari, Sulley

 

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

14/12/14 SA Genoa – Roma 0:1 Round 15
10/12/14 UCLG Roma – Man City 0:2 Matchday 6
06/12/14 SA Roma – Sassuolo 2:2 Round 14

 

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

14/12/14 SA Milan – Napoli 2:0 Round 15
07/12/14 SA Genoa – Milan 1:0 Round 14
30/11/14 SA Milan – Udinese 2:0 Round 13

 

Here is the probable formation for AS Roma (4-3-3): De Sanctis; Maicon, Manolas, Yanga Mbiwa, Holebas; Keita, De Rossi, Nainggolan; Ljajic, Totti, Gervinho
 
Unavailable: Balzaretti, Castan, Ucan, Skorupski

Here is the probable formation for AC Milan (4-3-2-1): Diego Lopez; Bonera, Zapata, Mexes, Armero; Poli, De Jong, Montolivo; Honda, Bonaventura; Menez

Unavailable: Abate, De Sciglio, Mastour, Van Ginkel, Rami

The ex AS Roma player Jeremy Menez returning to the Olimpico as an AC Milan player now.

 

Sunday 21 December 2014

HELLAS VERONA – CHIEVO VERONA
Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium
Referee: GERVASONI
Assistants: TASSO – PAGANESSI
Fourth Official: PRETI
ADD1: ROCCHI
ADD2: DI PAOLO
12:30

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Hellas Verona, 13th position with 17 points and a negative goal difference of -8
Chievo Verona, 17th position with 13 points and a negative goal difference of -8

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
13 Verona 15 4 5 6 18:26 -8 17
17 Chievo 15 3 4 8 11:19 -8 13

 

It’s a time for revenge going for the honor as Hellas Verona lost the Verona Derby from last season 2013 – 2014  with a 1-0 when Lazarevic scored in the 92nd minute.   However, Hellas avenged themselves on the return by winning thanks to the goal by forward Luca Toni.

There are 4 precedents in Serie A for Hellas Verona vs Chievo Verona with 2 wins for each.  Ten goals also seeing both teams scoring 5 each.  Simply put, this Verona Derby is a must win for any to break the balance.

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game.  1 suspended player for HELLAS VERONA: Agostini (1)

1 suspended player for CHIEVO VERONA: Botta (3)

 

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for HELLAS VERONA: Forward Luca Toni with 5 goals

Top scorer for CHIEVO VERONA: Forward Alberto Paloschi with 3 goals

Hellas Verona Goals Goals Chievo Verona
Toni, Luca 5 3 Paloschi, Alberto
Lopez, Nicolas 4 2 Pellissier, Sergio
Ionita, Artur 2 2 Meggiorini, Riccardo
Tachtsidis, Panagiotis 2 1 Zukanovic, Ervin
Hallfredsson, Emil 1 1 Radovanovic, Ivan

 

Here is the probable formation for Hellas Verona (3-5-2): Rafael; Moras, Marquez, G. Rodriguez; Martic, Lazaros, Tachtsidis, Hallfredsson, Brivio; N. Lopez, Toni.
 
Unavailable: Sala, Obbadi, Sorensen, Jankovic, Ionita. Gomez

Here are the probable formations for Chievo Verona (4-4-2): Bizzarri; Frey, Gamberini, Dainelli, Zukanovic; Birsa, Izco, Radovanovic, Hetemaj; Paloschi, Meggiorini.
 

ATALANTA – PALERMO
Atleti Azzurri D’Italia Stadium
Referee: ORSATO
Assistants: LONGO – STALLONE
Fourth Official: DI FIORE
ADD1: BARACANI
ADD2: ROCA
15:00

Disciplinary Situation before the game. No suspended players

Here is  the probable formation for Atalanta (4-4-1-1): Sportiello; Benalouane, Stendardo, Cherubin, Dramé; Zappacosta, Cigarini, Carmona, A. Gomez; Moralez; Denis
 
Unavailable: Rosseti, Estigarribia, Raimondi

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

 

FIORENTINA – EMPOLI
Artemio Franchi Stadium
Referee: RUSSO
Assistants: PETRELLA – VIVENZI
Fourth Official: SCHENONE
ADD1: PERUZZO
ADD2: GAVILLUCCI
15:00

Disciplinary Situation before the game.  No suspended players for FIORENTINA.

1 suspended player for EMPOLI: Vecino (1)

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

Unavailable: Rossi, Bernardeschi, Lupatelli, Babacar

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

Unavailable: Guarente, Laurini, Perticone

SAMPDORIA – UDINESE
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Referee: IRRATI
Assistants: FAVERANI – RANGHETTI
Fourth Official: MELI
ADD1: MAZZOLENI
ADD2: SACCHI
15:00

Disciplinary Situation before the game. 1 suspended player for SAMPDORIA: Romagnoli (1)

1 suspended player for UDINESE: Allan (1)

Here is the probable formation for Sampdoria (4-3-3): Romero; Cacciatore, Gastaldello, Regini, Mesbah; Rizzo, Palombo, Obiang; Gabbiadini, Okaka, Eder

Unavailable: Silvestre, Wszolek, Sansone, De Silvestri, Soriano

Here is the probable formation for Udinese (4-3-2-1): Karnezis; Widmer, Heurtaux, Danilo, Pasquale; Badu, Pinzi, Guilherme; Kone, B. Fernandes; Di Natale
 
Unavailable: Muriel, A. Zapata, Piris, Domizzi

TORINO – GENOA
Olimpico di Torino Stadium
Referee: TOMMASI
Assistants: LA ROCCA – TEGONI
Fourth Official: IORI
ADD1: DOVERI
ADD2: SAIA

15:00

Disciplinary Situation before the game.  1 suspended player for TORINO: Jansson (1)

2 suspended players for GENOA: Perin (1), Perotti (4)

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

Here is the probable formation for Genoa (4-3-3): Lamanna; Roncaglia, De Maio, Burdisso, Antonelli; Rincon, Bertolacci, Sturaro; Iago Falque, Matri, Lestienne

Unavailable: Mandragora, Kucka

INTER – LAZIO
Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Referee: TAGLIAVENTO
Assistants: PASSERI – BARBIRATI
Fourth Official: CARIOLATO
ADD1: GUIDA
ADD2: MARESCA
20:45

Disciplinary Situation before the game.  No suspended players

Here is the probable formation for Inter (4-3-1-2):  Handanovic; D’Ambrosio, Ranocchia, Juan Jesus, Dodò; Guarin, Medel, Kuzmanovic; Kovacic; Icardi, Osvaldo

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

 

 

 

 

Serie A PREVIEW Week 15, Italian Serie A PREVIEW 2014 – 2015 for Round 14 on Saturday 13, Sunday 14, and Monday 15 December 2014, Matchday 15

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Hello my friends. Here is  the Serie A PREVIEW for Week 15 on  Saturday 13, Sunday 14, and Monday 15 December 2014.    The race for the Scudetto continuing with Juventus having 35 points just 3 points ahead of AS Roma with 32 points.   This week motivation high for Juventus after qualifying to the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 while AS Roma are eliminated in Champions and now down to a consolation stage demoted to play in Europa League after losing against Manchester City.

The four Serie A teams to win this week are Napoli, Inter, Torino and Fiorentina after qualifying to the Europa League Round of 16.

The race for the 3rd position is open seeing Genoa leading with 26 points followed by Sampdoria having 25 points, Napoli with 24 points, and Lazio with 23 points.

 

The top scorer up to Round 14: Juventus forward Carlos Tevez with 9 goals

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Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 14 games. First 3 qualifying for Champions League, 4 and 5 for Europa League.

Champions League Tickets–Juventus, 1st position with 35 points and a positive goal difference of +25

–AS Roma, 2nd position with 32 points and a positive goal difference of +16

– Genoa, 3rd positions with 26 points and a positive goal difference of +8

UEFA Europa League– Sampdoria, 4th position with 25 points and a positive goal difference of +8

– Napoli, 5th position with 24 points and a positive goal difference of +8

 

Relegation Zone: Cagliari, 18th position with 11 points and a negative goal difference of -6 .
Cesena, 19th position with 8 points and a negative goal difference of -14.
Parma,. 20th position with 6 points and a negative goal difference of -18.

 

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Saturday 13 December 2014

  • Serie A Week 15 / 15ª Giornata Andata​​

PALERMO – SASSUOLO
Renzo Barbera Stadium
Referee: MARESCA
Assistants: TONOLINI – FIORITO
Fourth Official: TEGONI
ADD1: DI BELLO
ADD2: MINELLI
18:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Palermo 11th position with 18 points and a negative goal difference of -3
Sassuolo, 10th position with 19 points and a negative goal difference of -5

 

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
10 Sassuolo 14 4 7 3 15:18 -3 19
11 Palermo 14 4 6 4 17:22 -5 18

 

There is only 1 point difference and pressure for a victory is for both teams.  Sassuolo are confident to defeat Palermo at the Renzo Barbera Stadium considering they are undefeated in the last 8 games with 5 wins and 3 draws.  Palermo are looking to win the home game.

There are no precedents between Palermo vs Sassuolo in Serie A.

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

3 suspended players for SASSUOLO: Peluso (1), Vrsaljko (1), Berardi (1)

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for PALERMO:  Forward Paulo Dybala with 7 goals

Top scorer for SASSUOLO: Forward Simone Zaza with 4 goals

Palermo Goals Goals Sassuolo
Dybala, Paulo Bruno 7 4 Zaza, Simone
Vazquez, Franco 3 3 Berardi, Domenico
Belotti, Andrea 2 2 Taider, Saphir
Rigoni, Luca 2 2 Floccari, Sergio
Gonzalez, Giancarlo 1 1 Sansone, Nicola

 

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

06/12/14 SA Turin – Palermo 2:2 Round 14
30/11/14 SA Palermo – Parma 2:1 Round 13
24/11/14 SA Genoa – Palermo 1:1 Round 12

 

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

06/12/14 SA Roma – Sassuolo 2:2 Round 14
02/12/14 CI Sassuolo – Pescara 1:0 Round 4
29/11/14 SA Sassuolo – Verona 2:1 Round 13

 

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

Unavailable: Makienok, Ngoyi, Daprelà

Here is the probable formation for Sassuolo (4-3-3): Consigli; Gazzola, Cannavaro, Acerbi, Longhi; Taider, Magnanelli, Missiroli; Floro Flores, Zaza, Sansone

Unavailable: Pegolo, Manfredini

Photo: #TorinoPalermo 2-2, ecco la partita dei #rosanero in quindici secondi! http://palermocalcio.it/it/1415/news/scheda.php?id=30833

Photo: facebook.com/palermocalcioit

 

 

LAZIO – ATALANTA
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: ROCCHI
Assistants: CARIOLATO – GAVA
Fourth Official: LONGO
ADD1: IRRATI
ADD2: PAIRETTO
20:45

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Lazio 6th position with 23 points and a positive goal difference of +6
Atalanta, 14th position with 14 points and a negative goal difference of -7

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
6 Lazio 14 7 2 5 23:17 6 23
14 Atalanta 14 3 5 6 8:15 -7 14

 

 

Pressure is for Lazio to win this home game.  There are only 3 points difference with Genoa holding the 3rd position with 26 points.   A victory at the Olimpico against Atalanta would be an added boost for the morale of the team and fans towards the dream to be among the top 5 positions.

Precedents for Lazio vs Atalanta at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium include 46 games.  Lazio winning 18, Atalanta winning 12, and 16 draws, Lazio scoring 67 goals and Atalanta scoring 46 goals. Atalanta relying on last season when they defeated Lazio at the Olimpico.

It’s also a personal challenge for Atalanta coach Stefano Colantuono  who had confronted Lazio 11 times with 6 defeats, 4 wins, and 1 draw.  Coach Stefano Pioli challenging Lazio 7 times with 3 wins, 3 draws, and 1 draw.

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.   1 suspended player for LAZIO: Parolo (1)

No suspended players for ATALANTA.

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for LAZIO:  Filip Djordjevic with 6 goals

Top scorer for ATALANTA:  Maxi Moralez and Richmond Boakye with 2 goals each.

Lazio Goals Goals Atalanta
Djordjevic, Filip 6 2 Moralez, Maxi
Mauri, Stefano 4 2 Boakye, Richmond
Klose, Miroslav 3 1 Stendardo, Guglielmo
Parolo, Marco 2 1 Denis
Lulic, Senad 2 1 Estigarribia, Marcelo

 

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

07/12/14 SA Parma – Lazio 1:2 Round 14
02/12/14 CI Lazio – Varese 3:0 Round 4
29/11/14 SA Chievo – Lazio 0:0 Round 13

 

Here are the last 3 games of ATALANTA:

07/12/14 SA Atalanta – Cesena 3:2 Round 14
03/12/14 CI Atalanta – Avellino 2:0 Round 4
30/11/14 SA Empoli – Atalanta 0:0 Round 13

 

Here is the probable formation for Lazio (4-3-3): Marchetti; Basta, De Vrij, Cana, Radu; A. Gonzalez, Ledesma, Lulic; F. Anderson, Djordjevic, Mauri

Unavailable: Braafheid, Gentiletti, Ciani, Pereirinha, Cavanda, Candreva, Ederson, Biglia

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

Unavailable: Rosseti, Estigarribia, Raimondi, Zappacosta

 

Photo: facebook.com/atalantabc

 

 

Sunday 14 December 2014

 

JUVENTUS – SAMPDORIA
Juventus Stadium
Referee: DOVERI
Assistants: VUOTO – MARRAZZO
Fourth Official: FAVERANI
ADD1: TAGLIAVENTO
ADD2: MARIANI
12:30

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Juventus, 1st position with 35 points and a positive goal difference of +25
Sampdoria, 4th position with 25 points and a positive goal difference of +8

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
1 Juventus 14 11 2 1 30:5 25 35
4 Sampdoria 14 6 7 1 19:11 8 25

 

Juventus with a high motivation not only for being the sole leader in Serie A with 35 points, but also for qualifying to the UEFA Champions League Round of 16.   It’s a game to win for Juventus and not slow down as Roma is following with 32 points.

There are 56 precedents between Juventus vs Sampdoria in Turin with stats in favor of Juventus having 33 wins, 18 draws while Sampdoria winning only 5.   Last season, Juventus defeating Sampdoria with a 4-2.  Out of 150 goals, Juventus scoring 105 while Sampdoria scoring only 45 goals.  Can it win again or Sampdoria cause an upset?

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  1 suspended player for JUVENTUS:  Giorgio Chiellini (1)

1 suspended player for SAMPDORIA:  De Silvestri (1)

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for JUVENTUS:  Forward Carlos Tevez with 9 goals

Top scorer for SAMPDORIA:  Forward Manolo Gabbiadini with 5 goals

 

Juventus Goals Goals Sampdoria
Tevez, Carlos 9 5 Gabbiadini, Manolo
Morata, Alvaro 4 4 Eder
Vidal, Arturo 4 3 Okaka, Stefano
Pogba, Paul 3 2 Gastaldello, Daniele
Llorente, Fernando 3 1 Rizzo, Luca

 

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

09/12/14 UCLG Juventus – At. Madrid 0:0 Matchday 6
05/12/14 SA Fiorentina – Juventus 0:0 Round 14
30/11/14 SA Juventus – Turin 2:1 Round 13

 

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

08/12/14 SA Verona – Sampdoria 1:3 Round 14
04/12/14 CI Sampdoria – Brescia 2:0 Round 4
01/12/14 SA Sampdoria – Napoli 1:1 Round 13

 

Here is the probable formation for Juventus (4-3-1-2): Buffon; Lichtsteiner, Bonucci, Ogbonna, Evra; Marchisio, Pirlo, Pogba; Vidal; Llorente, Tevez

Unavailable: Barzagli, Caceres, Asamoah, Marrone, Romulo

Here is the probable formation for Sampdoria (4-3-3): Romero; Cacciatore, Gastaldello, Romagnoli, Mesbah; Rizzo, Palombo, Obiang; Gabbiadini, Okaka, Eder

Unavailable: Silvestre, Wszolek, Sansone

 

Photo:   facebook.com/Juventus

 

GENOA – AS ROMA
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Referee: BANTI
Assistants: COSTANZO – PRETI
Fourth Official: TASSO
ADD1: MAZZOLENI
ADD2: RUSSO
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Genoa, 3rd position with 26 points and a positive goal difference of +8
AS Roma,  2nd position with 32 points and a positive goal difference of +16

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
2 Roma 14 10 2 2 27:11 16 32
3 Genoa 14 7 5 2 20:12 8 26

 

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

Top scorer for AS ROMA:  Forward Adem Ljajic with 6 goals

Genoa Goals Goals AS Roma
Matri, Alessandro 6 6 Ljajic, Adem
Pinilla, Mauricio 3 4 Destro, Mattia
Bertolacci, Andrea 2 3 Pjanic, Miralem
Antonelli, Luca 2 2 Nainggolan, Radja
Falque, Iago 1 2 Totti, Francesco

 

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

07/12/14 SA Genoa – Milan 1:0 Round 14
03/12/14 CI Empoli – Genoa 2:0 Round 4
30/11/14 SA Cesena – Genoa 0:3 Round 13

 

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

10/12/14 UCLG Roma – Man City 0:2 Matchday 6
06/12/14 SA Roma – Sassuolo 2:2 Round 14
30/11/14 SA Roma – Inter 4:2 Round 13

 

 

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

1 suspended player for AS ROMA: Daniele De Rossi (1)

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

Unavailable: Mandragora

Here is the probable formation for AS Roma (4-3-3): De Sanctis; Maicon, Manolas, Yanga Mbiwa, Holebas; Pjanic, Strootman, Nainggolan; Gervinho, Totti, Ljajic

Unavailable: Balzaretti, Castan, Ucan, Torosidis

 

PARMA – CAGLIARI
Ennio Tardini Stadium
Referee: VALERI
Assistants: MANGANELLI – DE PINTO
Fourth Official: NICOLETTI
ADD1: CHIFFI
ADD2: ABBATTISTA
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Parma, 20th position with 5 points and a negative goal difference of +18
Cagliari, 18th position with 11 points and a negative goal difference of +6

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
18 Cagliari 14 2 5 7 20:26 -6 11
20 Parma 14 2 0 12 16:34 -18 5

 

There are 18 precedents for Parma vs Cagliari at the Ennio Tardini Stadium.  Stats seeing Parma with 12 wins, 4 draws, and Cagliari with 2 wins.  Out of the 54 goals, Parma scoring 37 while Cagliari scoring 17.

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.   1 suspended player for PARMA: Gobbi (1)

1 suspended player for CAGLIARI: Ibarbo (1)

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

Top scorer for CAGLIARI:  Forward Marco Sau and Albin Ekdal with 4 goals each.

Parma Goals Goals Cagliari
Cassano, Antonio 5 4 Sau, Marco
De Ceglie, Paolo 3 4 Ekdal, Albin
Coda, Massimo 2 3 Farias, Diego
Palladino, Raffaele 2 3 Avelar, Danilo
Mauri, Jose 1 2 Ibarbo, Victor

 

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

07/12/14 SA Parma – Lazio 1:2 Round 14
30/11/14 SA Palermo – Parma 2:1 Round 13
23/11/14 SA Parma – Empoli 0:2 Round 12

 

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

08/12/14 SA Cagliari – Chievo 0:2 Round 14
04/12/14 CI Cagliari – Modena 9:8 (AP) Round4
30/11/14 SA Cagliari – Fiorentina 0:4 Round 13

 

Here is the probable formation for Parma (3-5-2): Iacobucci; Santacroce, Lucarelli, Costa; Rispoli, Mauri, Lodi, Galloppa, De Ceglie; Cassano, Palladino

Unavailable: Biabiany, Cassani, Coda, Ghezzal, Paletta

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

Unavailable: Colombi, Eriksson, Sau

 

UDINESE – HELLAS VERONA
Friuli Stadium
Referee: PERUZZO
Assistants: DI LIBERATORE – CITRO
Fourth Official: RANGHETTI
ADD1: RIZZOLI
ADD2: FABBRI
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Udinese 8th position with 21 points and a negative goal difference of -1
Hellas Verona, 15th position with 14 points and a negative goal difference of -9

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
8 Udinese 14 6 3 5 17:18 -1 21
15 Verona 14 3 5 6 16:25 -9 14

 

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

1 suspended player for HELLAS VERONA:  Rafael Marquez (1)

 

Udinese looking to win the home game and avenge the defeat from last season when Hellas Verona defeated Udinese at the Friuli Stadium with a 3-1 with the two goals by Luca Toni and Iturbe while Udine’s goal was by Pereyra.

There are 12 precedents at the Friuli with Udinese winning 6, Hellas Verona 2 wins, and 4 draws.  Out of the 44 goals, Udinese scoring 26 and Hellas Verona scoring 18.

Stas BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for UDINESE:  Forward Antonio Di Natale with 7 goals

Top scorer for HELLAS VERONA:  Forward Luca Toni and Nicolas Lopez with 4 goals each

Udinese Goals Goals Hellas Verona
Di Natale, Antonio 7 4 Lopez, Nicolas
Thereau, Cyril 5 4 Toni, Luca
Fernandes, Bruno 2 2 Ionita, Artur
Heurtaux, Thomas 1 2 Tachtsidis, Panagiotis
Danilo 1 1 Gomez, Juan

 

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

07/12/14 SA Inter – Udinese 1:2 Round 14
03/12/14 CI Udinese – Cesena 4:2 (OT) Round 4
30/11/14 SA Milan – Udinese 2:0 Round 13

 

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

08/12/14 SA Verona – Sampdoria 1:3 Round 14
02/12/14 CI Verona – Perugia 1:0 Round 4
29/11/14 SA Sassuolo – Verona 2:1 Round 13

 

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

Unavailable: Muriel

Here is the probable formation for Hellas Verona (4-3-3): Rafael; A. Gonzalez, Moras, G. Rodriguez, Agostini; Campanharo, Tachtsidis, Hallfredsson; N. Lopez, Toni, Lazaros.
 
Unavailable: Sala, Obbadi, Sorensen, Martic, Jankovic, Ionita

 

CESENA – FIORENTINA
Dino Manuzzi Stadium
Referee: ORSATO
Assistants: MELI – GALLONI
Fourth Official: POSADO
ADD1: GIACOMELLI
ADD2: GHERSINI
18:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Cesena, 19th position with 8 points and a negative goal difference of -14
Fiorentina, 10th position with 20 points and a positive goal difference of -5

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
10 Fiorentina 14 5 5 4 16:11 5 20
19 Cesena 14 1 5 8 11:25 -14 8

 

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  1 suspended player for CESENA: Giorgi (1)

1 suspended player for FIORENTINA: Juan Guillermo Cuadrado (1)

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for CESENA:  Forward Gregoire Defrel with 4 goals

Top scorer for FIORENTINA:  Khoma Babacar with 4 goals

Cesena Goals Goals Fiorentina
Defrel, Gregoire 4 4 Babacar, Khouma
Rodriguez, Alejandro 2 3 Cuadrado, Juan
Marilungo, Guido 1 2 Fernandez, Matias
Succi, Davide 1 1 Ilicic, Josip
Duric, Milan 1 1 Kurtic, Jasmin

 

Here are the last 3 games of CESENA:  3 lost

07/12/14 SA Atalanta – Cesena 3:2 Round 14
03/12/14 CI Udinese – Cesena 4:2 (OT) Round 4
30/11/14 SA Cesena – Genoa 0:3 Round 13

 

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

11/12/14 UELG Fiorentina – Dinamo Minsk 1:2 Round 6
05/12/14 SA Fiorentina – Juventus 0:0 Round 14
30/11/14 SA Cagliari – Fiorentina 0:4 Round 13

 

Here is the probable formation for Cesena (4-3-1-2): Leali; Capelli, Volta, Lucchini, Renzetti; De Feudis, Cascione, Carbonero; Brienza; Defrel, Hugo Almeida

Unavailable: Marilungo, Perico

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

Unavailable: Rossi, Bernardeschi, Pasqual, Lupatelli, Babacar

 

AC MILAN – NAPOLI
San Siro Stadium
Referee: DAMATO
Assistants: CRISPO – DE LUCA
Fourth Official: PADOVAN
ADD1: GERVASONI
ADD2: TOMMASI

20:45

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 7th position with 21 points and a positive goal difference of +5
Napoli, 5th position with 24 points and a positive goal difference of +8

 

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
5 Napoli 14 6 6 2 26:18 8 24
7 Milan 14 5 6 3 23:18 5 21

 

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  No suspended players for AC MILAN.

1 suspended player for NAPOLI: Christian Maggio

 

What a pressure for AC Milan to win the home game!  AC Milan failed big time to defeat last week Genoa falling down to the 7th position when they could have make it to the 3rd position.   Napoli with high motivation  after the qualification to the Europa League Round of 16.    For Milan it is a must to win, a defeat will be a chaos.

There are 75 precedents between AC Milan vs Napoli including 68 games in Serie A and 7 in Coppa Italia.  Stats in favor of AC Milan with 35 wins, Napoli with 14 wins, and 26 draws.  131 goals AC Milan and 76 goals Napoli.

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for AC MILAN: Forward Jeremy Menez with 7 goals

Top scorer for NAPOLI:  Forward Jose Maria Callejon with 8 goals

AC Milan Goals Goals Napoli
Menez, Jeremy 7 8 Callejon
Honda, Keisuke 6 7 Higuain, Gonzalo
de Jong, Nigel 2 3 de Guzman, Jonathan
Muntari, Sulley 2 3 Zapata, Duvan
Bonaventura, Giacomo 2 2 Hamsik, Marek

 

 

FORMER PLAYERS:

MILAN: Ignazio Abate (at Napoli in the 2004-05 season), Pablo Armero (at Napoli from January 2013 to January 2014)
NAPOLI: Roberto Colombo (at Milan from July 1999 to January 2000).

The following have played for both sides: José Altafini (at Milan from 1958-59 to 1964-65, at Napoli from 1965-66 to 1971-72), Giovanni Galli (at Milan from 1986-87 to 1989-90, at Napoli from 1990-91 to 1992-93), Paolo Di Canio (at Napoli in the 1993-94 season, at Milan from 1994-95 to 1995-96), Marek Jankulovski (at Napoli from 2000-01 to 2001-02, at Milan from 2005-06 to 2010-11).
Stats. Here are the last 3 games of AC MILAN: 1win, 1 draw, 1 lost

07/12/14 SA Genoa – Milan 1:0 Round 14
30/11/14 SA Milan – Udinese 2:0 Round 13
23/11/14 SA Milan – Inter 1:1 Round 12

 

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

11/12/14 UELG Napoli – Slovan Bratisla… 3:0 Matchday 6
07/12/14 SA Napoli – Empoli 2:2 Round 14
01/12/14 SA Sampdoria – Napoli 1:1 Round 13

 

5 MOST USED PLAYERS
MILAN – Menez 1138 minutes, Honda 1058, De Sciglio 1051, De Jong 1050, Rami 988.
NAPOLI – Rafael 1334 minutes, Albiol 1240, Koulibaly 1230, Callejon 1224, Maggio 1045

Here is the probable formation for AC Milan (4-3-3): Diego Lopez; Bonera, Rami, Mexes, Armero; Montolivo, De Jong, Muntari; Bonaventura, Torres, Menez

Unavailable: Abate, Alex, De Sciglio, Mastour, Albertazzi, Niang, Van Ginkel

Here is the probable formation for Napoli (4-2-3-1): Rafael; Mesto, Albiol, Koulibaly, Ghoulam; Gargano, Jorginho; Callejon, Hamsik, Mertens; Higuain

Unavailable: Zuniga, Michu, Insigne

 

Photo: acmilan.com
Monday 15 December 2014

 

EMPOLI – TORINO
Carlo Castellani Stadium
Referee: CALVARESE
Assistants: IORI – DOBOSZ
Fourth Official: PEGORIN
ADD1: GUIDA
ADD2: SACCHI
19:00

 

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  No suspended players

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

Here is the probable formation for Torino (3-4-1-2): Gillet; Maksimovic, Glik, Moretti; Peres, Vives, Farnerud, Darmian; El Kaddouri; Quagliarella, Martinez.
 
Unavailable: Larrondo, Basha, Masiello, Nocerino, Benassi

 

CHIEVO VERONA – INTER
Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium
Referee: MASSA
Assistants: MUSOLINO – SCHENONE
Fourth Official: BARBIRATI
ADD1: CERVELLERA
ADD2: CANDUSSIO
21:00

 

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  2 suspended players for CHIEVO VERONA: Frey e  Zukanovic (1)

No suspended players for INTER.

Here is the probable formation for Chievo Verona (4-4-2): Bizzarri; Sardo, Cesar, Gamberini, Biraghi; Izco, Radovanovic, Hetemaj, Birsa; Paloschi, Meggiorini.
 
Unavailable:

Here is the probable formation for Inter (4-3-1-2): Handanovic; Nagatomo, Ranocchia, Juan Jesus, Dodò; Guarin , Medel, Kuzmanovic; Kovacic; Icardi, Palacio.
 
Unavailable: Hernanes, Jonathan, Vidic

 

 

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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

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

Champions League Tickets–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

UEFA Europa League– 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

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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

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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

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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

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Photo:  facebook.com/hellasveronafc1903