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Hello, my friends. Here are the 2019-2020 Serie A Week 18 PREVIEW / Eighteenth Round on Sunday 5 and Monday 6 January 2020.   We are back to the Serie A after the break to celebrate Christmas and New Year.   It’s a new decade and all 20 Serie A teams are energized fulled of motivation to change their performance.

The good news is for Lazio returning after the break as winner of the Supercoppa Italiana defeating Juventus in Saudi Arabia on 22 December 2019.   You bet, Juventus will be more than motivated to resume the season after the defeat and focus on their main objective which is to win the UEFA Champions League.

In the meantime, we might have a change in the Serie A leadership.   Inter keeping the first position reaching 42 points and a positive goal difference of +22. Inter crushed Genoa at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium with a 4-0.  Juventus also with 42 points share the same points with Inter. However, Juventus is in the second position because they have a lower goal difference of +14.    Simply put, Inter will keep the first position if they defeat Napoli at the San Paolo Stadium.  In case of Inter losing, Juventus might take back the first position if they defeat Cagliari at the Allianz Stadium.

👉 Up to Serie A Week 17: There is a three-way race between Inter (42), Juventus (42), and Lazio (36)

⚽️ Serie A Top Scorer up to Week 17:
Lazio forward Ciro Immobile with 17 goals

AC Milan is highly motivated after signing the great Zlatan Ibrahimovic with the dream to revive AC Milan.   Last game, Atalanta humiliated AC Milan at the Atleti Azzurri D’Italia Stadium with a mega goleada 5-0!!!!  Now, it’s time to archive the bad experience and dream big.

Genoa with new coach Davide Nicola replacing Thiago Motta will look to win his debut game against Sassuolo.   Genoa is in the 20th position and dreaming with salvation must become a reality or face relegation next season.

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Results from Serie A Week 17

• Sampdoria 1 – 2 Juventus
• Fiorentina 1 – 4 AS Roma
• Udinese 2 – 1 Cagliari
• Inter 4 – 0 Genoa
• Torino 1 – 2 SPAL
• Atalanta 5 – 0 AC Milan
• Lecce 2 – 3 Bologna
• Parma 1 – 1 Brescia
• Sassuolo 1 – 2 Napoli

Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 17 game. First 4 qualifying for Champions League, 5 and 6 for Europa League. (Up to Sunday 22 December 2019)

– INTER, 1st position with 42 points and a positive goal difference of +22

– JUVENTUS, 2nd position with 42 points and a positive goal difference of +14

– LAZIO, 3rd positions with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +22

– AS ROMA, 4th position with 35 points and a positive goal difference of +16

– ATALANTA, 5th position with 31 points and a positive goal difference of +18

– CAGLIARI, 6th position with 29 points and a positive goal difference of +10

Relegation Zone:

– BRESCIA, 18th position with 14 points and a negative goal difference of -14

– SPAL, 19th position with 12 points and a negative goal difference of -14

– GENOA, 20th position with 11 points and a negative goal difference of -18

2019 – 2020 Italy Serie A Standing – Serie A Table

Rank	TEAM		GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PoinTS
1		Internazionale	17	13	3	1	36	14	22	42
2		Juventus	17	13	3	1	31	17	14	42
3		Lazio	16	11	3	2	38	16	22	36
4		Roma	17	10	5	2	33	17	16	35
5		Atalanta	17	9	4	4	43	25	18	31
6		Cagliari	17	8	5	4	33	23	10	29
7		Parma	17	7	4	6	24	20	4	25
8		Napoli	17	6	6	5	27	22	5	24
9		Bologna	17	6	4	7	27	29	-2	22
10		Torino	17	6	3	8	22	26	-4	21
11		Milan	17	6	3	8	16	24	-8	21
12		Verona	16	5	4	7	17	20	-3	19
13		Sassuolo	17	5	4	8	29	29	0	19
14		Udinese	17	5	3	9	13	28	-15	18
15		Fiorentina	17	4	5	8	21	28	-7	17
16		Lecce	17	3	6	8	22	35	-13	15
17		Sampdoria	17	4	3	10	14	27	-13	15
18		Brescia	17	4	2	11	15	29	-14	14
19		SPAL	17	3	3	11	12	26	-14	12
20		Genoa	17	2	5	10	17	35	-18	11

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Sunday 5 January 2020

BRESCIA – LAZIO
Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Referee: MANGANIELLO
Assistants: DE MEO – SANTORO
Fourth Official: GHERSINI
VAR: MAZZOLENI
AVAR: DI IORIO
12:30

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Brescia, 18th position with 14 points and a negative goal difference of -14
Lazio, 3rd position with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +22

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
3	Lazio	16	11	3	2	38:16	22	36
18	Brescia	17	4	2	11	15:29	-14	14

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of BRESCIA:  A. Donnarumma and Mario Balotelli with 4 goals each.

Top scorer of LAZIO: Ciro Immobile with 17 goals.

brescia	Goals	Goals	lazio
Donnarumma, Alfredo	4	17	Immobile, Ciro
Balotelli, Mario	4	6	Correa, Joaquin
Chancellor, Jhon	1	4	Caicedo, Felipe
Tonali, Sandro	1	3	Milinkovic-Savic, Sergej
Torregrossa, Ernesto	1	3	Alberto, Luis

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
22/12/19	SA	Parma – Brescia				1:1	17
18/12/19	SA	Brescia – Sassuolo				0:2	7
14/12/19	SA	Brescia – Lecce				3:0	16

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
22/12/19	SC	Juventus – Lazio				1:3	F
16/12/19	SA	Cagliari – Lazio				1:2	16
12/12/19	UELG	Rennes – Lazio				2:0	6

• Here are Brescia vs Lazio probable lineups.

BRESCIA (4-3-1-2): Joronen; Sabelli, Cistana, Chancellor, Mateju; Bisoli, Tonali, Romulo; Spalek; Torregrossa, Balotelli.

Subs: Alfonso, Gastaldello, Mangraviti, Magnani, Martella, Ndoj, Zhmral, Viviani, Alfr.Donnarumma, Ayé, Morosini, Matri.

Unavailable: Dessena.

Suspended: Coach Eugenio Corini.

Coach: Corini.

LAZIO (3-5-2): Strakosha; Patric, Acerbi, S.Radu; Lazzari, Milinkovic, Parolo, Lulic, Jony; Correa, Caicedo.

Subs: Proto, Guerrieri, Luiz Felipe, Bastos, Marusic, Cataldi, V.Berisha, Anderson, Adekanye, Immobile.

Unavailable: Vavro, J.Lukaku.

Suspended: Leiva, Luis Alberto.

Coach: Simone Inzaghi.

SPAL – HELLAS VERONA
Stadio Paolo Mazza
Referee: GUIDA
Assistants:PAGANESSI – DI GIOIA
Fourth Official: MASSIMI
VAR: NASCA
AVAR: MONDIN
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
SPAL, 19th position with 12 points and a negative goal difference of -14
Hellas Verona, 13th position with 19 points and a negative goal difference of -3

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
13	Verona	16	5	4	7	17:20	-3	19
19	Spal	17	3	3	11	12:26	-14	12

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of SPAL:  Andrea Petagna with 6 goals.

Top scorer of HELLAS VERONA:  Samuel Di Carmine with 3 goals.

spal	Goals	Goals	hellas verona
Petagna, Andrea	6	3	Di Carmine, Samuel
Kurtic, Jasmin	2	2	Verre, Valerio
Di Francesco, Federico	2	2	Pessina, Matteo
Valoti, Mattia	1	2	Faraoni, Davide
Strefezza, Gabriel	1	2	Veloso, Miguel

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
21/12/19	SA	Torino – Spal				1:2	17
15/12/19	SA	Roma – Spal				3:1	16
08/12/19	SA	Spal – Brescia				0:1	15

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
15/12/19	SA	Verona – Torino				3:3	16
07/12/19	SA	Atalanta – Verona				3:2	15
01/12/19	SA	Verona – Roma				1:3	14

• Here are SPAL vs Hellas Verona probable lineups.

SPAL (3-5-2): E.Berisha; Tomovic, Vicari, Igor; Cionek, Valoti, Missiroli, Kurtic, Strefezza; Petagna, Paloschi.

Subs Thiam, Letica, Salamon, Felipe, Cannistrà, Valdifiori, Murgia, Tunjov, Mastrilli, Moncini, Floccari, Di Francesco.

Unavailable: Fares, D’Alessandro, Reca, Jankovic.

No suspended players.

Coach.: Leonardo Semplici.

HELLAS VERONA (3-4-2-1): Silvestri; Rrahmani, Kumbulla, Gunter; Faraoni, Veloso, Pessina, Lazovic; Verre, Zaccagni; Di Carmine.

Subs: A.Berardi, Radunovic, Vitale, Bocchetti, Adjapong, Dawidowicz, Wesley, Danzi, Henderson, Stepinski, Pazzini, Tutino.

Unavailable: Badu, Bessa, Empereur, Salcedo, Tupta.

Suspended: Amrabat.

Coach: Ivan Juric

GENOA – SASSUOLO
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Referee: IRRATI
Assistants: MANGANELLI – MACADDINO
Fourth Official: FOURNEAU
VAR: DI PAOLO
AVAR: RANGHETTI
18:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Genoa, 20th position with 11 points and a negative goal difference of -18
Sassuolo, 12th position with 19 points and a goal difference of “0”

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
12	Sassuolo	17	5	4	8	29:29	0	19
20	Genoa	17	2	5	10	17:35	-18	11

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of GENOA: Christian Kouame with 5 goals.

Top scorer of SASSUOLO: Berardi and Caputo with 8 goals each.

genoa	Goals	Goals	sassuolo
Kouame, Christian	5	8	Berardi, Domenico
Pandev, Goran	3	8	Caputo, Francesco
Criscito, Domenico	3	4	Boga, Jeremie
Pinamonti, Andrea	2	3	Djuricic, Filip
Sturaro, Stefano	1	3	Traore, Hamed Junior

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
21/12/19	SA	Inter – Genoa				4:0	17
14/12/19	SA	Genoa – Sampdoria				0:1	16
08/12/19	SA	Lecce – Genoa				2:2	15

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
22/12/19	SA	Sassuolo – Napoli				1:2	17
18/12/19	SA	Brescia – Sassuolo				0:2	7
15/12/19	SA	Milan – Sassuolo				0:0	16

• Here are Genoa vs Sassuolo probable lineups.

GENOA (3-5-2): Perin; Biraschi, C.Zapata, Romero; Ghiglione, Schone, Radovanovic, Sturaro, Criscito; Pandev, Pinamonti.

Subs: I.Radu, Marchetti, El Yamiq, Goldaniga, Jagiello, Ankersen, Pajac, Cassata, Behrami, Agudelo, Sanabria, Favilli.

Unavailable: Kouame, Lerager.

No suspended players.

Coach:  Davide Nicola.

SASSUOLO (4-2-3-1): Consigli; Toljan, G.Ferrari, Romagna, Kyriakopoulos; Magnanelli, Locatelli; D.Berardi, Djuricic, Boga; Caputo.

Subs: Pegolo, Turati, Peluso, Muldur, Tripaldelli, Rogerio, Duncan, Obiang, Mazzitelli, Bourabia, Traorè, Raspadori.

Unavailable: Chiriches, Defrel, Marlon.

No suspended players.

Coach: Roberto De Zerbi

Photo: twitter.com/GenoaCFC

AS ROMA – TORINO
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: DI BELLO
Assistants: SCHENONE – VECCHI
Fourth Official: CHIFFI
VAR: ABISSO
AVAR: COSTANZO
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 4th position with 35 points and a positive goal difference of +16
Torino, 10th position with 21 points and a negative goal difference of -4

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
4	Roma	17	10	5	2	33:17	16	35
10	Torino	17	6	3	8	22:26	-4	21

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of AS ROMA:  Edin Dzeko with 7 goals.

Top scorer of TORINO:  Andrea Belotti with 7goals.

as roma	Goals	Goals	torino
Dzeko, Edin	7	7	Belotti, Andrea
Kolarov, Aleksandar	5	4	Ansaldi, Cristian
Zaniolo, Nicolo	4	4	Berenguer, Alex
Mkhitaryan, Henrikh	3	3	Zaza, Simone
Kluivert, Justin	3	1	Rincon, Tomas

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
20/12/19	SA	Fiorentina – Roma				1:4	17
15/12/19	SA	Roma – Spal				3:1	16
12/12/19	UELG	Roma – WAC				2:2	6

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
21/12/19	SA	Torino – Spal				1:2	17
15/12/19	SA	Verona – Torino				3:3	16
08/12/19	SA	Torino – Fiorentina				2:1	15

• Here are AS Roma vs Torino probable lineups.

AS ROMA (4-2-3-1): Pau Lopez; Florenzi, Mancini, Smalling, Kolarov; Diawara, Veretout; Zaniolo, Lor.Pellegrini, Perotti; Dzeko.

Subs: Fuzato, Juan Jesus, Fazio, Spinazzola, Cetin, Kalinic, Antonucci, Mkhitaryan, Ünder.

Unavailable: Zappacosta, Santon, Cristante, Kluivert, Pastore.

No suspended players.

Coach: Paulo Fonseca.

TORINO (3-4-2-1): Sirigu; Izzo, Nkoulou, Djidji; Aina, Lukic, Rincon, Laxalt; Verdi, Berenguer; Belotti.

Subs: Rosati, Ujkani, De Silvestri, Bonifazi, Meitè, Zaza, Millico.

Unavailable: Baselli, Edera, Iago Falque, Lyanco, Parigini.

Suspended players:  Ansaldi, Bremer.

Coach: Walter Mazzarri.

 

Monday 6 January 2020

BOLOGNA – FIORENTINA
Renato Dall’Ara Stadium
Referee: VALERI
Assistants: VALERIANI – LO CICERO
Fourth Official: PICCININI
VAR: MARIANI
AVAR: GALETTO
12:30

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Bologna, 9th position with 22 points and a negative goal difference of -2
Fiorentina, 15th position with 17 points and a negative goal difference of -7

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
9	Bologna	17	6	4	7	27:29	-2	22
15	Fiorentina	17	4	5	8	21:28	-7	17

Stats BEFORE the game.   Top scorer of BOLOGNA:  Rodrigo Palacio with 5 goals.

Top scorer of FIORENTINA:  Vlahovic, Pulgar, Milenkovic, and Castrovilli with 3 goals each.

bologna	Goals	Goals	fiorentina
Palacio, Rodrigo	5	3	Vlahovic, Dusan
Sansone, Nicola	4	3	Pulgar, Erick
Orsolini, Riccardo	4	3	Milenkovic, Nikola
Soriano, Roberto	3	3	Castrovilli, Gaetano
Bani, Mattia	2	2	Ribery, Franck

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
22/12/19	SA	Lecce – Bologna				2:3	17
15/12/19	SA	Bologna – Atalanta				2:1	16
08/12/19	SA	Bologna – Milan				2:3	15

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
20/12/19	SA	Fiorentina – Roma				1:4	17
15/12/19	SA	Fiorentina – Inter				1:1	16
08/12/19	SA	Torino – Fiorentina				2:1	15

• Here are Bologna vs Fiorentina probable lineups.

BOLOGNA (4-2-3-1): Skorupski; Tomiyasu, L.Danilo, Bani, Denswil; Medel, Poli; Orsolini, Soriano, Sansone; Palacio.

Subs: Da Costa, Sarr, Paz, Corbo, Skov Olsen, Schouten, Dzemaili, Svanberg, Santander.

Unavailable:  Krejci, Dijks.

No suspended players.

Coach: Sinisa Mihajlovic.

FIORENTINA (3-4-1-2): Dragowski; Milenkovic, Ger.Pezzella, Caceres; Lirola, Pulgar, Benassi, Dalbert; Castrovilli; Vlahovic, Chiesa.

Subs: Terracciano, Venuti, Ranieri, Ceccherini, Cristoforo, Zurkowski, Badelj, Boateng, Ghezzal, Sottil, Pedro, Cerofolini.

Unavailable:  Franck Ribery.

No suspended players.

Coach: Giuseppe Iachini

ATALANTA – PARMA
Atleti Azzurri D’Italia Stadium
Referee: PASQUA
Assistants: VIVENZI – CALIARI
Fourth Official: MINELLI
VAR: LA PENNA
AVAR: PERETTI
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Atalanta, 5th position with 31 points and a positive goal difference of +18
Parma, 7th position with 25 points and a positive goal difference of +4

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
5	Atalanta	17	9	4	4	43:25	18	31
7	Parma	17	7	4	6	24:20	4	25

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of ATALANTA:  Luis Muriel with 10 goals.

Top scorer of PARMA:  Andreas Cornelius with 5 goals.

atalanta	Goals	Goals	Parma
Muriel, Luis	10	5	Cornelius, Andreas
Ilicic, Josip	7	4	Gervinho
Zapata, Duvan	6	4	Kulusevski, Dejan
Gomez, Papu	5	2	Inglese, Roberto
Gosens, Robin	4	2	Kucka, Juraj

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
22/12/19	SA	Atalanta – Milan				5:0	17
15/12/19	SA	Bologna – Atalanta				2:1	16
11/12/19	UCLG	Shakhtar – Atalanta				0:3	6

Stats.  Here are the last 3 gaes of PARMA:  2 wins, 1 draw

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
22/12/19	SA	Parma – Brescia				1:1	17
14/12/19	SA	Napoli – Parma				1:2	16
08/12/19	SA	Sampdoria – Parma				0:1	15

• Here are Atalanta vs Parma probable lineups.

ATALANTA (3-4-1-2): Sportiello; Toloi, Djimsiti, Palomino; Castagne, De Roon, Freuler, Gosens; Pasalic; Ilicic, Gomez.

Subs: Rossi, Masiello, Arana, Hateboer, Malinovskyi, Muriel, Barrow, D. Zapata.

Unavailable: Gollini.

No suspended players.

Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini.

PARMA (4-3-3): Sepe; Darmian, Dermaku, Alves, Iacoponi; Grassi, Hernani, Barillà; Kulusevski, Kucka, Sprocati.

Subs: Colombi, Alastra, Laurini, Gius.Pezzella, Brugman, Scozzarella, Adorante.

Unavailable: Cornelius, Gervinho, Inglese, Karamoh.

Suspended: Gagliolo.

Coach:  Roberto D’Aversa.

JUVENTUS – CAGLIARI
Allianz Stadium
Referee: GIACOMELLI
Assistants:LIBERTI – BOTTEGONI
Fourth Official: VOLPI
VAR: BANTI
AVAR: CECCONI
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Juventus, 2nd position with 42 points and a positive goal difference of +14
Cagliari, 6th position with 29 points and a positive goal difference of +10

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
1	Juventus	17	13	3	1	31:17	14	42
6	Cagliari	17	8	5	4	33:23	10	29

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of JUVENTUS: Cristiano Ronaldo with 10 goals.

Top scorer of CAGLIARI:  Joao Pedrow with 11 goals.

juventus	Goals	Goals	cagliari
Ronaldo, Cristiano	10	11	Pedro, Joao
Dybala, Paulo	5	5	Simeone, Giovanni
Higuain, Gonzalo	4	4	Nainggolan, Radja
Pjanic, Miralem	3	2	Castro, Lucas
Bonucci, Leonardo	3	2	Ceppitelli, Luca

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
22/12/19	SC	Juventus – Lazio				1:3	F
18/12/19	SA	Sampdoria – Juventus				1:2	17
15/12/19	SA	Juventus – Udinese				3:1	16

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
21/12/19	SA	Udinese – Cagliari				2:1	17
16/12/19	SA	Cagliari – Lazio				1:2	16
08/12/19	SA	Sassuolo – Cagliari				2:2	15

• Here are Juventus vs Cagliari probable lineups.

JUVENTUS (4-3-1-2): Szczesny; Cuadrado, Bonucci, De Ligt, Alex Sandro; Rabiot, Pjanic, Matuidi; Dybala; Higuain, Ronaldo.

Subs: Buffon, Pinsoglio, Rugani, Demiral, De Sciglio, D.Danilo, Emre Can, Ramsey, Douglas Costa, Pjaca, Bernardeschi.

Unavailable: Chiellini, Khedira.

Suspended: Bentancur.

Coach:  Maurizio Sarri.

CAGLIARI (4-3-2-1): Olsen; Faragò, Walukiewicz, Klavan, Lu.Pellegrini; Nandez, Cigarini, Rog; Joao Pedro, Nainggolan; Simeone.

Subs: Rafael, Pinna, Mattiello, Cacciatore, Lykogiannis, Birsa, Ionita, Ragatzu, Deiola, Cerri.

Unavailable: Cragno, Pavoletti, Ceppitelli, Castro.

Suspended: Pisacane.

Coach:  Rolando Maran.

AC MILAN – SAMPDORIA
San Siro Stadium
Referee: MASSA
Assistants: ALASSIO – DI VUOLO
Fourth Official: AYROLDI
VAR: PAIRETTO
AVAR: BINDONI
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 11th position with 21 points and a negative goal difference of -8
Sampdoria, 17th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of -13

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
11	Milan	17	6	3	8	16:24	-8	21
17	Sampdoria	17	4	3	10	14:27	-13	15

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of AC MILAN:  Theo Hernandez and Piatek with 4 goals each.

Top scorer of SAMPDORIA:  Manolo Gabbiadini with 4 goals.

ac milan	Goals	Goals	sampdoria
Hernandez, Theo	4	4	Gabbiadini, Manolo
Piatek, Krzysztof	4	3	Quagliarella, Fabio
Calhanoglu, Hakan	2	3	Ramirez, Gaston
Bonaventura, Giacomo	2	2	Caprari, Gianluca
Suso	1	1	Jankto, Jakub

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
22/12/19	SA	Atalanta – Milan				5:0	17
15/12/19	SA	Milan – Sassuolo				0:0	16
08/12/19	SA	Bologna – Milan				2:3	15

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
18/12/19	SA	Sampdoria – Juventus				1:2	17
14/12/19	SA	Genoa – Sampdoria				0:1	16
08/12/19	SA	Sampdoria – Parma				0:1	15

• Here are AC Milan vs Sampdoria probable lineups.

AC MILAN (4-3-3): G.Donnarumma; Conti, Musacchio, Romagnoli, Hernandez; Kessie, Bennacer, Bonaventura; Suso, Piatek, Calhanoglu.

Subs: Ant.Donnarumma, Reina, Calabria, Gabbia, Rodriguez, Biglia, Krunic, Castillejo, Leão, Rebic, Paquetà, Ibrahimovic.

Unavailable: Duarte.

Coach:  Stefano Pioli.

SAMPDORIA (4-3-1-2): Audero; Bereszynski, Murillo, Colley, Murru; Depaoli, Ekdal, Vieira; Ramirez; Quagliarella, Gabbiadini.

Subs: Seculin, Falcone, Regini, Augello, Chabot, Thorsby, Jankto, Linetty, Leris, Maroni, E.Rigoni, Bonazzoli.

Unavailable: Barreto, Bertolacci, A.Ferrari.

Suspended: Caprari.

Coach:  Claudio Ranieri.

LECCE – UDINESE
Via del Mare Stadium
Referee: GIUA
Assistants: PRETI – IMPERIALE
Fourth Official: PRONTERA
VAR: MARESCA
AVAR: FIORITO
18:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Lecce, 16th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of -13
Udinese, 14th position with 18 points and a negative goal difference of -15

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
14	Udinese	17	5	3	9	13:28	-15	18
16	Lecce	17	3	6	8	22:35	-13	15

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of LECCE:  Marco Mancosu with 5 goals.

Top scorer of UDINESE:   Okaka and Lasagna with 3 goals each.

lecce	Goals	Goals	udinese
Mancosu, Marco	5	3	Okaka, Stefano
Lapadula, Gianluca	4	3	Lasagna, Kevin
Calderoni, Marco	3	2	De Paul, Rodrigo
Farias, Diego	2	1	Nestorovski, Ilija
Falco, Filippo	2	1	Becao, Rodrigo

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
22/12/19	SA	Lecce – Bologna				2:3	17
14/12/19	SA	Brescia – Lecce				3:0	16
08/12/19	SA	Lecce – Genoa				2:2	15

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
21/12/19	SA	Udinese – Cagliari				2:1	17
15/12/19	SA	Juventus – Udinese				3:1	16
07/12/19	SA	Udinese – Napoli				1:1	15

• Here are Lecce vs Udinese probable lineups.

LECCE (4-3-1-2): Gabriel; Donati, Rossettini, Lucioni, Dell’Orco; Petriccione, Tachtsidis, Tabanelli; Mancosu; Lapadula, Babacar.

Subs: Riccardi, Vera, Benzar, Falco, Shakov, La Mantìa, Dubickas, Vigorito, Rispoli, Lo Faso, Majer, Imbula.

Unavailable: Meccariello.

Suspended: Calderoni.

Coach: Fabio Liverani.

UDINESE (3-5-2): Musso; De Maio, Ekong, Nuytinck; Stryger, Fofana, Mandragora, De Paul, Sema; Okaka, Lasagna.

Subs: Nicolas, Perisan, Sierralta, Becao, Opoku, Ter Avest, Walace, Jajalo, Barak, Pussetto, Nestorovski, Teodorczyk.

Unavailable: Samir.

No suspended players.

Coach:  Gotti.

NAPOLI – INTER
San Paolo Stadium
Referee: DOVERI
Assistants: PASSERI – DEL GIOVANE
Fourth Official: FABBRI
VAR: CALVARESE
AVAR: GIALLATINI
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Napoli, 8th position with 24 points and a positive goal difference of +5
Inter, 1st position with 42 points and a positive goal difference of +22

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
1	Inter	17	13	3	1	36:14	22	42
8	Napoli	17	6	6	5	27:22	5	24

Stats BEFORE the game.   Top scorer of NAPOLI:  Arek Milik with 6 goals.

Top scorer of INTER:   Romelu Lukaku with 12 goals.

napoli	Goals	Goals	inter
Milik, Arek	6	12	Lukaku, Romelu
Mertens, Dries	4	8	Martinez, Lautaro
Llorente, Fernando	3	3	Sensi, Stefano
Insigne, Lorenzo	3	2	Candreva, Antonio
Manolas, Kostas	2	2	Gagliardini, Roberto

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
22/12/19	SA	Sassuolo – Napoli				1:2	17
14/12/19	SA	Napoli – Parma				1:2	16
10/12/19	UCLG	Napoli – Genk				4:0	6

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
21/12/19	SA	Inter – Genoa				4:0	17
15/12/19	SA	Fiorentina – Inter				1:1	16
10/12/19	UCLG	Inter – Barcelona				1:2	6

• Here is Napoli vs Inter probable lineups.

NAPOLI (4-3-3): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Manolas, Luperto, Mario Rui; Fabian Ruiz, Allan, Zielinski; Callejon, Milik, Insigne.

Subs:  Ospina, Karnezis, Hysaj, Elmas, Gaetano, Younes, Llorente, Lozano.

Unavailable: Ghoulam, Koulibaly, Malcuit, Maksimovic, Mertens, Tonelli.

No suspended players.

Coach: Gennaro Gattuso

INTER (3-5-2): Handanovic; Godin, De Vrij, Skriniar; Candreva, Vecino, Brozovic, Sensi, Biraghi; L.Martinez, R.Lukaku.

Subs: Padelli, Berni, Bastoni, Ranocchia, Dimarco, Lazaro, Borja Valero, Gagliardini, Barella, Politano, Sanchez, Esposito.

Unavailable: D’Ambrosio, Asamoah.

No suspended players.

Coach:  Antonio Conte.

 

 

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Hello, my friends. Here are the 2019-2020 Serie A Week 16 PREVIEW / Sixteenth Round on Saturday 14, Sunday 15, and Monday16 December 2019.

👉 Up to Serie A Week 15: There is a three-way race between Inter (38), Juventus (37), and Lazio (33)

⚽️ Serie A Top Scorer up to Week 15:
Lazio forward Ciro Immobile with 17 goals

The status quo in the leadership might change in this round. Inter is in the first position  with 38 points.  The bad news that must be archived is the elimination of Inter out of the UEFA Champions League after losing the game against Barcelona.  Inter will have to put all their energies in the Serie A battling for the Scudetto.  Inter will play the away game against Fiorentina at the Artemio Franchi Stadium  on Sunday 15 December.

Juventus with 36 points in the second position might take the first position only if Inter lose the game against Fiorentina and Juventus defeat Udinese at the Allianz  Stadium.  Juventus with an added boost after qualifying to the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 and looking forward for the Supercoppa Italiana against Lazio in Saudi Arabia on 22 December.

We have the debut of new Napoli Coach Gennaro Gattuso replacing Coach Carlo Ancelottti on 11 December.  Gattuso will make his debut in the home game Napoli vs Parma on Saturday 14 December.   Napoli will have to increase their speed to climb the Serie A Standing being in the 7th position with 21 points compared to Inter with 38 points in the first position.   The good news is that Napoli qualified to the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 while Inter is out of the Champions League.

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Italian Serie A Tickets for next 10 games

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Results from Serie A Week 15

• Inter 0 – 0 AS Roma
• Atalanta 3 – 2 Hellas Verona
• Udinese 1 – 1 Napoli
• Lazio 3 – 1 Juventus
• Lecce 2 – 2 Genoa
• Torino 2 – 1 Fiorentina
• SPAL 0 – 1 Brescia
• Sassuolo 2 – 2 Cagliari
• Sampdoria 0 – 1 Parma
• Bologna 2 – 3 AC Milan

Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 14 game. First 4 qualifying for Champions League, 5 and 6 for Europa League. (Up to Sunday 8 December 2019)

– INTER, 1st position with 38 points and a positive goal difference of +18

– JUVENTUS, 2nd position with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +11

– LAZIO, 3rd positions with 33 points and a positive goal difference of +21

– CAGLIARI, 4th position with 29 points and a positive goal difference of +12

– AS ROMA, 5th position with 29 points and a positive goal difference of +11

– ATALANTA, 6th position with 28 points and a positive goal difference of +14

Relegation Zone:

– GENOA, 18th position with 10 points and a negative goal difference of -13

– SPAL, 19th position with 9 points and a negative goal difference of -12

– BRESCIA, 20th position with 7 points and a negative goal difference of -16

2019 – 2020 Italy Serie A Standing – Serie A Table

Rank	TEAM		GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PoinTS
1		Internazionale	15	12	2	1	31	13	18	38
2		Juventus	15	11	3	1	26	15	11	36
3		Lazio	15	10	3	2	36	15	21	33
4		Cagliari	15	8	5	2	31	19	12	29
5		Roma	15	8	5	2	26	15	11	29
6		Atalanta	15	8	4	3	37	23	14	28
7		Napoli	15	5	6	4	24	19	5	21
8		Parma	15	6	3	6	21	18	3	21
9		Torino	15	6	2	7	18	21	-3	20
10		Milan	15	6	2	7	16	19	-3	20
11		Verona	15	5	3	7	14	17	-3	18
12		Bologna	15	4	4	7	22	26	-4	16
13		Fiorentina	15	4	4	7	19	23	-4	16
14		Sassuolo	14	4	3	7	26	27	-1	15
15		Lecce	15	3	6	6	20	29	-9	15
16		Udinese	15	4	3	8	10	24	-14	15
17		Sampdoria	15	3	3	9	12	25	-13	12
18		Genoa	15	2	5	8	17	30	-13	11
19		Brescia	14	3	1	10	11	26	-15	10
20		SPAL	15	2	3	10	9	22	-13	9

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Saturday 14 December 2019

BRESCIA – LECCE
Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Referee: IRRATI
Assistants: TOLFO – GALETTO
Fourth Official: CALVARESE
VAR: ROCCHI
AVAR: CECCONI
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Brescia, 19th position with 10 points and a negative goal difference of -15
Lecce, 15th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of -9

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
15	Lecce	15	3	6	6	20:29	-9	15
19	Brescia	14	3	1	10	11:26	-15	10

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of BRESCIA:  Alfredo Donnarumma with 4 goals

Top scorer of LECCE:  Marco Mancosu with 5 goals

brescia	Goals	Goals	lecce
Donnarumma, Alfredo	4	5	Mancosu, Marco
Balotelli, Mario	3	4	Lapadula, Gianluca
Romulo	1	3	Calderoni, Marco
Cistana, Andrea	1	2	La Mantia, Andrea
Tonali, Sandro	1	2	Falco, Filippo

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
08/12/19	SA	Spal – Brescia				0:1	15
30/11/19	SA	Brescia – Atalanta				0:3	14
24/11/19	SA	Roma – Brescia				3:0	13

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
08/12/19	SA	Lecce – Genoa				2:2	15
04/12/19	CI	Spal – Lecce				5:1	R4
30/11/19	SA	Fiorentina – Lecce				0:1	14

• Here are BRESCIA vs LECCE probable lineups -formations.

BRESCIA (4-3-1-2): Joronen; Sabelli, Magnani, Chancellor, Mateju; Bisoli, Tonali, Ndoj; Romulo; Torregrossa, Balotelli.

Subs: Alfonso, Gastaldello, Mangraviti, Zhmral, Spalek, Alfr.Donnarumma, Ayé, Morosini.

Unavailable: Dessena.

Suspended: Cistana.

Coach: Eugenio Corini.

LECCE (4-3-1-2): Gabriel; Rispoli, Dell’Orco, Rossettini, Calderoni; Majer, Tachtsidis, Tabanelli; Falco; La Mantia, Lapadula.

Subs: Riccardi, Vera, Benzar, Shakov, Farias, Pierno, Dubickas, Vigorito, Gallo, Babacar, Lo Faso, Imbula.

Unavailable: Mancosu, Meccariello, Dumancic.

Suspended: Lucioni, Petriccione.

Coach: Fabio Liverani.

NAPOLI – PARMA
San Paolo Stadium
Referee: DI BELLO
Assistants: BOTTEGONI – IMPERIALE
Fourth Official: MARINELLI
VAR: FABBRI
AVAR: VALERIANI
18:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Napoli, 7th position with 21 points and a positive goal difference of +5
Parma, 8th position with 21 points and a positive goal difference of +3

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
7	Napoli	15	5	6	4	24:19	5	21
8	Parma	15	6	3	6	21:18	3	21

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of NAPOLI:  Arek Milik with 5 goals.

Top scorer of PARMA:  Andreas Cornelius with 5 goals.

napoli	Goals	Goals	parma
Milik, Arek	5	5	Cornelius, Andreas
Mertens, Dries	4	3	Gervinho
Llorente, Fernando	3	3	Kulusevski, Dejan
Insigne, Lorenzo	3	2	Inglese, Roberto
Lozano, Hirving	2	2	Kucka, Juraj

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

DA	TO	Match				FT	ROund
10/12/19	UCLG	Napoli – Genk				4:0	6
07/12/19	SA	Udinese – Napoli				1:1	15
01/12/19	SA	Napoli – Bologna				1:2	14

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
08/12/19	SA	Sampdoria – Parma				0:1	15
05/12/19	CI	Parma – Frosinone				2:1	R4
01/12/19	SA	Parma – Milan				0:1	14

• Here are NAPOLI vs PARMA probable lineups – formations.

NAPOLI (4-3-3): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Manolas, Koulibaly, Hysaj; Zielinski, Allan, Fabian Ruiz; Callejon, Milik, Insigne.

Subs: Ospina, Karnezis, Mario Rui, Luperto, Elmas, Gaetano, Younes, Llorente, Lozano, Mertens.

Unavailable: Malcuit, Ghoulam, Tonelli.

Suspended players: Maksimovic.

Coach: Gennaro Gattuso.

PARMA (4-3-3): Sepe; Darmian, Iacoponi, Alves, Gagliolo; Hernani, Brugman, Barillà; Kulusevski, Cornelius, Gervinho.

Subs Colombi, Alastra, Dermaku, Gius.Pezzella, Laurini, Grassi, Camara, Sprocati.

Unavailable: Inglese, Karamoh, Scozzarella, Kucka.

No suspended players.

Coach: Roberto D’Aversa.

GENOA – SAMPDORIA
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Referee: DOVERI
Assistants: PASSERI – CARBONE
Fourth Official: VALERI
VAR: ORSATO
AVAR: MONDIN
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Genoa,  18th position with 11 points and a negative goal difference of -13
Sampdoria, 17th position with 12 points and a negative goal difference of -13

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
17	Sampdoria	15	3	3	9	12:25	-13	12
18	Genoa	15	2	5	8	17:30	-13	11

The 119th Derby della Lanterna not only means claiming the full bragging rights to rule in Genoa, but also the wake up call for salvation in the Serie A.   Genoa, currently, in the relegation zone and Sampdoria almost falling down to the relegation being in the 17th position.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of SAMPDORIA:  Christian Kouame with 5 goals.

Top scorer of GENOA:  Quagliarella, Gabbiadini, and Ramirez with 3 goals each.

sampdoria	Goals	Goals	genoa
Kouame, Christian	5	3	Quagliarella, Fabio
Criscito, Domenico	3	3	Gabbiadini, Manolo
Pandev, Goran	3	3	Ramirez, Gaston
Pinamonti, Andrea	2	1	Caprari, Gianluca
Sturaro, Stefano	1	1	Jankto, Jakub

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
08/12/19	SA	Lecce – Genoa				2:2	15
03/12/19	CI	Genoa – Ascoli				3:2	R4
30/11/19	SA	Genoa – Torino				0:1	14

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
08/12/19	SA	Sampdoria – Parma				0:1	15
05/12/19	CI	Cagliari – Sampdoria				2:1	R4
02/12/19	SA	Cagliari – Sampdoria				4:3	14

• Here are GENOA vs SAMPDORIA probable lineups – formations.

GENOA (3-4-3): I.Radu; Biraschi, Romero, Criscito; Ghiglione, Schone, Sturaro, Pajac; Cassata, Pinamonti, Favilli.

Subs: Marchetti, Andrei, Ankersen, Barreca, Goldaniga, Jagiello, Radovanovic, Gumus, Saponara, Cleonise, Rovella, Motta.

Unavailable: Kouame, Lerager, C.Zapata.

Suspended playeres: Agudelo, Pandev.

Coach: Thiago Motta.

SAMPDORIA (4-3-1-2): Audero; Thorsby, A.Ferrari, Colley, Murru; Vieira, Ekdal, Linetty; Ramirez; Quagliarella, Gabbiadini.

Subs: Seculin, Falcone, Augello, Chabot, Regini, Murillo, Depaoli, E.Rigoni, Jankto, Leris, Caprari, Maroni.

Unavailable: Barreto, Bereszynski, Bertolacci, Bonazzoli.

No suspended players.

Coach: Claudio Ranieri.

Sunday 15 December 2019

HELLAS VERONA – TORINO
Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium
Referee: LA PENNA
Assistants: LO CICERO – RASPOLLINI
Fourth Official: ABBATTISTA
VAR: CHIFFI
AVAR: BINDONI
12:30

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Hellas Verona,  11th position with 18 points and a negative goal difference of -3
Torino, 9th position with 20 points and a negative goal difference of -3

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
9	Torino	15	6	2	7	18:21	-3	20
11	Verona	15	5	3	7	14:17	-3	18

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of HELLAS VERONA:  Samuel Di Carmine with 3 goals.

Top scorer of TORINO:  Andrea Belotti with 7 goals.

hellas verona	Goals	Goals	torino
Di Carmine, Samuel	3	7	Belotti, Andrea
Pessina, Matteo	2	3	Zaza, Simone
Faraoni, Davide	2	3	Berenguer, Alex
Veloso, Miguel	2	2	Ansaldi, Cristian
Verre, Valerio	1	1	Bremer

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
07/12/19	SA	Atalanta – Verona				3:2	15
01/12/19	SA	Verona – Roma				1:3	14
24/11/19	SA	Verona – Fiorentina				1:0	13

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
08/12/19	SA	Torino – Fiorentina				2:1	15
30/11/19	SA	Genoa – Torino				0:1	14
23/11/19	SA	Torino – Inter				0:3	13

• Here are HELLAS VERONA vs TORINO probable lineups – formations.

HELLAS VERONA (3-4-2-1): Silvestri; Rrahmani, Kumbulla, Gunter; Faraoni, Amrabat, Veloso, Lazovic; Zaccagni, Pessina; Di Carmine.

Subs: Radunovic, A.Berardi, Bocchetti, Vitale, Empereur, Danzi, Adjapong, Henderson, Verre, Tutino, Stepinski, Pazzini.

Unavailable: Badu, Bessa, Salcedo, Tupta.

Suspended players: Dawidowicz.

Coach: Ivan Juric.

TORINO (3-4-2-1): Sirigu; Izzo, Nkoulou, Bremer; Aina, Baselli, Rincon, Ansaldi; Verdi, Berenguer; Zaza.

Subs: Rosati, Ujkani, Bonifazi, De Silvestri, Laxalt, Lukic, Meité, Parigini, Edera, Belotti.

Unavailable: Iago Falque, Lyanco, Millico.

No suspended players.

Coach: Walter Mazzarri.

BOLOGNA – ATALANTA
Renato Dall’Ara Stadium
Referee: MASSA
Assistants: LIBERTI – VECCHI
Fourth Official: SACCHI
VAR: NASCA
AVAR: MELI
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Bologna,  12th position with 16 points and a negative goal difference of -4
Atalanta, 6th position with 28 points and a positive goal difference of +14

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
6	Atalanta	15	8	4	3	37:23	14	28
12	Bologna	15	4	4	7	22:26	-4	16

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of BOLOGNA:  Palacio and Sansone with 4 goals each.

Top scorer of ATALANTA:  Luis Muriel with 9 goals.

bologna	Goals	Goals	atalanta
Palacio, Rodrigo	4	9	Muriel, Luis
Sansone, Nicola	4	6	Zapata, Duvan
Soriano, Roberto	2	5	Ilicic, Josip
Bani, Mattia	2	4	Gomez, Papu
Orsolini, Riccardo	2	4	Gosens, Robin

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
08/12/19	SA	Bologna – Milan				2:3	15
04/12/19	CI	Udinese – Bologna				4:0	R4
01/12/19	SA	Napoli – Bologna				1:2	14

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
11/12/19	UCLG	Shakhtar – Atalanta				0:3	6
07/12/19	SA	Atalanta – Verona				3:2	15
30/11/19	SA	Brescia – Atalanta				0:3	14

• Here are BOLOGNA vs ATALANTA probable lineups – formations.

BOLOGNA (4-2-3-1): Skorupski; Tomiyasu, Bani, Danilo, Denswil; Medel, Poli; Orsolini, Dzemaili, Sansone; Palacio.

Subs: Da Costa, Sarri, Paz, Mbaye, Corbo, Schouten, Svanberg, Skov Olsen, Santander, Destro, Juwara.

Unavailable: Soriano, Dijks, Krejci.

No suspended players.

Coach: Sinisa Mihajlovic.

ATALANTA (3-4-1-2): Gollini; Toloi, Djimsiti, Palomino; Hateboer, De Roon, Freuler, Castagne; Pasalic, Gomez, Muriel.

Subs: Sportiello, Rossi, Kjaer, Masiello, Arana, Gosens, Ibanez, A.Traore, Malinovskyi, Barrow.

Unavailable: D.Zapata, Ilicic.

No suspended players.

Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini.

JUVENTUS – UDINESE
Allianz Stadium
Referee: PASQUA
Assistants: ROCCA – BACCINI
Fourth Official: VOLPI
VAR: PICCININI
AVAR: DI IORIO
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Juventus,  2nd position with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +11
Udinese, 16th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of -14

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
2	Juventus	15	11	3	1	26:15	11	36
16	Udinese	15	4	3	8	10:24	-14	15

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of JUVENTUS:  Cristiano Ronaldo with 7 goals.

Top scorer of UDINESE:  Okaka and Lasagna with 3 goals each.

juventus	Goals	Goals	udinese
Ronaldo, Cristiano	7	3	Okaka, Stefano
Higuain, Gonzalo	4	3	Lasagna, Kevin
Dybala, Paulo	4	1	Nestorovski, Ilija
Pjanic, Miralem	3	1	Becao, Rodrigo
Bonucci, Leonardo	2	1	De Paul, Rodrigo

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
11/12/19	UCLG	Leverkusen – Juventus				0:2	6
07/12/19	SA	Lazio – Juventus				3:1	15
01/12/19	SA	Juventus – Sassuolo				2:2	14

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
07/12/19	SA	Udinese – Napoli				1:1	15
04/12/19	CI	Udinese – Bologna				4:0	R4
01/12/19	SA	Lazio – Udinese				3:0	14

• Here are JUVENTUS vs UDINESE probable lineups- formations.

JUVENTUS (4-3-1-2): Szczesny; D.Danilo, Bonucci, De Ligt, Alex Sandro; Emre Can, Bentancur, Matuidi; Bernardeschi; Ronaldo, Dybala.

Subs: Buffon, Pinsoglio, Rugani, Demiral, De Sciglio, Rabiot, Muratore, Portanova, Pjaca, Higuain.

Unavailable: Perin, Chiellini, Mandzukic, Douglas Costa, Khedira, Ramsey.

Suspended players: Miralem Pjanic, Juan Cuadrado.

Coach: Maurizio Sarri.

UDINESE (3-5-2): Musso; De Maio, Ekong, Nuytinck; Opoku, Fofana, Mandragora, De Paul, Stryger; Okaka, Lasagna.

Subs: Nicolas, Perisan, Sierralta, Becao, Ter Avest, Walace, Barak, Pussetto, Nestorovski, Teodorczyk.

Unavailable: Samir, Sema, Jajalo.

No suspended players.

Coach: Gotti.

AC MILAN – SASSUOLO
San Siro Stadium
Referee: MANGANIELLO
Assistants: VILLA – CALIARI
Fourth Official: FOURNEAU
VAR: BANTI
AVAR: COSTANZO
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan,  10th position with 20 points and a negative goal difference of -3
Sassuolo, 14th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of -1

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
10	Milan	15	6	2	7	16:19	-3	20
14	Sassuolo	14	4	3	7	26:27	-1	15

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of AC MILAN:  Piatek and Hernandez with 4 goals each.

Top scorer of SASSUOLO:  Domenico Berardi with 8 goals.

ac milan	Goals	Goals	sassuolo
Piatek, Krzysztof	4	8	Berardi, Domenico
Hernandez, Theo	4	7	Caputo, Francesco
Calhanoglu, Hakan	2	4	Boga, Jeremie
Bonaventura, Giacomo	2	3	Djuricic, Filip
Suso	1	1	Defrel, Gregoire

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
08/12/19	SA	Bologna – Milan				2:3	15
01/12/19	SA	Parma – Milan				0:1	14
23/11/19	SA	Milan – Napoli				1:1	13

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
08/12/19	SA	Sassuolo – Cagliari				2:2	15
04/12/19	CI	Sassuolo – Perugia				1:2	R4
01/12/19	SA	Juventus – Sassuolo				2:2	14

• Here are AC MILAN vs SASSUOLO probable lineups – formations.

AC MILAN (4-3-3): G.Donnarumma; Conti, Musacchio, Romagnoli, Hernandez; Kessie, Bennacer, Bonaventura; Suso, Piatek, Calhanoglu.

Subs: Ant.Donnarumma, Reina, Calabria, Gabbia, Rodriguez, Biglia, Borini, Krunic, Castillejo, Leao, Paquetà, Rebic.

Unavailable: Caldara, Duarte.

No suspended players.

Coach: Stefano Pioli.

SASSUOLO (4-2-3-1): Turati; Toljan, G.Ferrari, Romagna, Kyriakopoulos; Magnanelli, Locatelli; D.Berardi, Djuricic, Boga; Caputo.

Subs: Pegolo, Russo, Muldur, Peluso, Tripaldelli, Rogerio, Duncan, Obiang, Mazzitelli, Bourabia, Traorè, Raspadori.

Unavailable: Chiriches, Defrel, Consigli.

No suspended players.

Coach: Roberto De Zerbi.

AS ROMA – SPAL
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: GIUA
Assistants: PRETI – DE MEO
Forwards: AYROLDI
VAR: GUIDA
AVAR: FIORITO
18:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma,  5th position with 29 points and a positive goal difference of +11
SPAL, 20th position with 9 points and a negative goal difference of -13

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
5	Roma	15	8	5	2	26:15	11	29
20	Spal	15	2	3	10	9:22	-13	9

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of AS ROMA:  Edin Dzeko with 6 goals.

Top scorer of SPAL:  Andrea Petagna with 4 goals.

as roma	Goals	Goals	spal
Dzeko, Edin	6	4	Petagna, Andrea
Kolarov, Aleksandar	4	2	Kurtic, Jasmin
Zaniolo, Nicolo	3	2	Di Francesco, Federico
Kluivert, Justin	3	1	Valoti, Mattia
Mkhitaryan, Henrikh	2

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
12/12/19	UELG	Roma – WAC				2:2	6
06/12/19	SA	Inter – Roma				0:0	15
01/12/19	SA	Verona – Roma				1:3	14

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
08/12/19	SA	Spal – Brescia				0:1	15
04/12/19	CI	Spal – Lecce				5:1	R4
01/12/19	SA	Inter – Spal				2:1	14

• Here are AS ROMA vs SPAL probable lineups – formations.

AS ROMA (4-2-3-1): Pau Lopez; Spinazzola, Fazio, Cetin, Kolarov; Diawara, Veretout; Zaniolo, Lor.Pellegrini, Mkhitaryan; Dzeko.

Subs: Mirante, Fuzato, Juan Jesus, Florenzi, Perotti, Antonucci, Under, Kalinic, Kluivert.

Unavailable: Cristante, Smalling, Zappacosta, Pastore, Santon.

Suspended players: Mancini.

Coach: Fonseca.

SPAL (4-3-1-2): E.Berisha; Cionek, Tomovic, Vicari, Igor; Murgia, Valdifiori, Missiroli; Valoti; Petagna, Paloschi.

Subs: Thiam, Letica, Felipe, Salamon, Cannistrà, Tunjov, Mastrilli, Moncini, Floccari, Jankovic.

Unavailable: Fares, D’Alessandro, Di Francesco, Strefezza, Reca, Sala.

Suspended players: Kurtic.

Coach: Semplici.

FIORENTINA – INTER
Artemio Franchi Stadium
Referee: MARIANI
Assistants: SCHENONE – VIVENZI
Fourth Official: GIACOMELLI
VAR: MAZZOLENI
AVAR: PAGANESSI
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Fiorentina,  13th position with 16 points and a positive goal difference of +18
Inter, 1st position with 38 points and a positive goal difference of +18

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
1	Inter	15	12	2	1	31:13	18	38
13	Fiorentina	15	4	4	7	19:23	-4	16

Inter can keep the first position if they defeat Fiorentina.  In case of Inter losing, Juventus can take back the first position if they defeat Udinese.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of FIORENTINA:   Pulgar, Milenkovic, and Castrovilli with 3 goals each.

Top scorer of INTER:  Romelu Lukaku with 10 goals.

fiorentina	Goals	Goals	inter
Pulgar, Erick	3	10	Lukaku, Romelu
Milenkovic, Nikola	3	8	Martinez, Lautaro
Castrovilli, Gaetano	3	3	Sensi, Stefano
Ribery, Franck	2	2	Candreva, Antonio
Chiesa, Federico	2	2	Brozovic, Marcelo

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
08/12/19	SA	Torino – Fiorentina				2:1	15
03/12/19	CI	Fiorentina – Cittadella				2:0	R4
30/11/19	SA	Fiorentina – Lecce				0:1	14

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
10/12/19	UCLG	Inter – Barcelona				1:2	6
06/12/19	SA	Inter – Roma				0:0	15
01/12/19	SA	Inter – Spal				2:1	14

• Here are FIORENTINA vs INTER probable lineups – formations.

FIORENTINA (3-5-2): Dragowski; Milenkovic, Germ.Pezzella, Caceres; Lirola, Badelj, Pulgar, Castrovilli, Dalbert; Chiesa, Vlahovic.

Subs: Terracciano, Venuti, Ranieri, Ceccherini, Zurkowski, Cristoforo, Benassi, Boateng, Sottil, Ghezzal, Pedro.

Unavailable: Ribery.

No suspended players.

Coach: Vincenzo Montella.

INTER (3-5-2): Handanovic; D’Ambrosio, De Vrij, Skriniar; Lazaro, Vecino, Brozovic, Borja Valero, Biraghi; L.Martinez, R.Lukaku.

Subs: Padelli, Berni, Bastoni, Godin, Ranocchia, Dimarco, Candreva, Agoumè, Esposito, Politano.

Unavailable: Sanchez, Asamoah, Sensi, Barella, Gagliardini.

No suspended players.

Coach: Antonio Conte.

Monday 16 December 2019

CAGLIARI – LAZIO
Sardegna Arena
Referee: MARESCA
Assistants: LONGO – DI VUOLO
Fourth Official: ABISSO
VAR: PAIRETTO
AVAR: RANGHETTI
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Cagliari,  4th position with 29 points and a positive goal difference of +12
Lazio, 3rd position with 33 points and a positive goal difference of +21

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
3	Lazio	15	10	3	2	36:15	21	33
4	Cagliari	15	8	5	2	31:19	12	29

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of CAGLIARI:  Joao Pedro with 10 goals

Top scorer of LAZIO:  Ciro Immobile with 17 goals.

cagliari	Goals	Goals	lazio
Pedro, Joao	10	17	Immobile, Ciro
Nainggolan, Radja	4	6	Correa, Joaquin
Simeone, Giovanni	4	3	Caicedo, Felipe
Castro, Lucas	2	3	Milinkovic-Savic, Sergej
Ceppitelli, Luca	2	2	Alberto, Luis

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
08/12/19	SA	Sassuolo – Cagliari				2:2	15
05/12/19	CI	Cagliari – Sampdoria				2:1	R4
02/12/19	SA	Cagliari – Sampdoria				4:3	14

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
12/12/19	UELG	Rennes – Lazio				2:0	6
07/12/19	SA	Lazio – Juventus				3:1	15
01/12/19	SA	Lazio – Udinese				3:0	14

• Here are CAGLIARI vs LAZIO probable lineups – formations.

CAGLIARI (4-3-2-1): Rafael; Cacciatore, Klavan, Pisacane, Lu.Pellegrini; Nandez, Cigarini, Ionita; Nainggolan, Joao Pedro; Simeone.

Subs: Aresti, Pinna, Mattiello, Faragò, Lykogiannis, Walukievicz, Oliva, Cerri, Ragatzu.

Unavailable: Castro, Ceppitelli, Birsa, Cragno, Pavoletti.

Suspended players: Olsen, Rog.

Coach: Rolando Maran.

LAZIO (3-5-2): Strakosha; Luiz Felipe, Acerbi, S.Radu; Lazzari, Milinkovic, Leiva, Luis Alberto, Lulic; Correa, Immobile.

Subs: Proto, Guerrieri, Bastos, Vavro, Cataldi, Parolo, V.Berisha, Jony, A.Anderson, Adekanye, Caicedo.

Unavailable: J.Lukaku, Patric, Marusic.

No suspended players.

Coach: Simone Inzaghi.

 

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Hello, my friends. Here is the 2019-2020 Serie A Week 15 PREVIEW / Fifteenth Round on Friday 6, Saturday 7, and Sunday 8 December 2019.

👉 Up to Serie A Week 14: There is a three-way race between Inter (37), Juventus (36), and Lazio (30)

⚽️ Serie A Top Scorer up to Week 14:
Lazio forward Ciro Immobile with 17 goals

We have a challenge round.   Last week, Inter took back the first position after defeating SPAL with a 2-1 reaching 37 points.   Juventus, having a step back, lost the first position because they failed to win at the Allianz Stadium ending with a 2-2 draw against a brave Sassuolo.   Juventus remaining with 36 points.

In this round,  Inter can keep the first position if they defeat AS Roma at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium.  Juventus can take back the first position if they defeat Lazio at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium and Inter lose the game against Roma.

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Results from Serie A Week 14

• Brescia 0 – 3 Atalanta
• Genoa 0 – 1 Torino
• Fiorentina 0 – 1 Lecce
• Hellas Verona 1 – 3 AS Roma
• Napoli 1 – 2 Bologna
• Lazio 3 – 0 Udinese
• Inter 2 – 1 SPAL
• Juventus 2 – 2 Sassuolo
• Parma 0 – 1 AC Milan
• Cagliari 4 – 3 Sampdoria

Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 14 game. First 4 qualifying for Champions League, 5 and 6 for Europa League. (Up to Sunday 1 December 2019)

– INTER, 1st position with 37 points and a positive goal difference of +18

– JUVENTUS, 2nd position with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +13

– LAZIO, 3rd positions with 30 points and a positive goal difference of +19

– CAGLIARI, 4th position with 28 points and a positive goal difference of +12

– AS ROMA, 5th position with 28 points and a positive goal difference of +11

– ATALANTA, 6th position with 25 points and a positive goal difference of +13

Relegation Zone:

– GENOA, 18th position with 10 points and a negative goal difference of -13

– SPAL, 19th position with 9 points and a negative goal difference of -12

– BRESCIA, 20th position with 7 points and a negative goal difference of -16

2019 – 2020 Italy Serie A Standing – Serie A Table

Rank	TEAMs		GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PoinTS
1		Internazionale	14	12	1	1	31	13	18	37
2		Juventus	14	11	3	0	25	12	13	36
3		Lazio	14	9	3	2	33	14	19	30
4		Cagliari	14	8	4	2	29	17	12	28
5		Roma	14	8	4	2	26	15	11	28
6		Atalanta	14	7	4	3	34	21	13	25
7		Napoli	14	5	5	4	23	18	5	20
8		Parma	14	5	3	6	20	18	2	18
9		Verona	14	5	3	6	12	14	-2	18
10		Torino	14	5	2	7	16	20	-4	17
11		Milan	14	5	2	7	13	17	-4	17
12		Bologna	14	4	4	6	20	23	-3	16
13		Fiorentina	14	4	4	6	18	21	-3	16
14		Sassuolo	13	4	2	7	24	25	-1	14
15		Lecce	14	3	5	6	18	27	-9	14
16		Udinese	14	4	2	8	9	23	-14	14
17		Sampdoria	14	3	3	8	12	24	-12	12
18		Genoa	14	2	4	8	15	28	-13	10
19		SPAL	14	2	3	9	9	21	-12	9
20		Brescia	13	2	1	10	10	26	-16	7

 

Friday 6 December 2019

INTER – AS ROMA
Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Referee: CALVARESE
Assistants: ALASSIO – RANGHETTI
Fourth Official: MARESCA
VAR: MAZZOLENI
AVAR: PAGANESSI
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Inter, 1st position with 37 points and a positive goal difference of +18
AS Roma, 5th position with 28 points and a positive goal difference of +11

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
1	Inter	14	12	1	1	31:13	18	37
5	Roma	14	8	4	2	26:15	11	28

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of INTER:  Romelu Lukaku with 10 goals

Top scorer of AS ROMA:  Edin Dzeko with 6 goals

inter	Goals	Goals	as roma
Lukaku, Romelu	10	6	Dzeko, Edin
Martinez, Lautaro	8	4	Kolarov, Aleksandar
Sensi, Stefano	3	3	Kluivert, Justin
Candreva, Antonio	2	3	Zaniolo, Nicolo
Brozovic, Marcelo	2	2	Smalling, Chris

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
01/12/19	SA	Inter – Spal				2:1	14
27/11/19	UCLG	Slavia Prague – Inter				1:3	5
23/11/19	SA	Torino – Inter				0:3	13

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of AS ROMA:  3 wins

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
01/12/19	SA	Verona – Roma				1:3	14
28/11/19	UELG	Basaksehir – Roma				0:3	5
24/11/19	SA	Roma – Brescia				3:0	13

• Here are Inter vs AS Roma probable lineups.

INTER (3-5-2): Handanovic; Godin, De Vrij, Skriniar; Candreva, Vecino, Brozovic, Borja Valero, Biraghi; R.Lukaku, L.Martinez.

Subs: Padelli, D’Ambrosio, Berni, Bastoni, Ranocchia, Dimarco, Lazaro, Agoumé, Schirò, Asamoah, Esposito, Politano.

Unavailable: Barella, Gagliardini, Sanchez, Sensi.

No suspended players.

Coach:   Antonio Conte

AS ROMA (4-2-3-1): Pau Lopez; Spinazzola, Mancini, Smalling, Kolarov; Diawara, Veretout; Mkhitaryan, Lo.Pellegrini,  Perotti; Zaniolo.

Subs: Mirante, Fuzato, Santon, Juan Jesus, Cetin, Florenzi, Antonucci, Ünder, Dzeko, Kalinic.

Subs: Cristante, Fazio, Kluivert, Pastore, Zappacosta.

No suspended players.

Coach:  Paulo Fonseca

Saturday 7 December 2019

ATALANTA – HELLAS VERONA
Stadio Atleti Azzurri d`Italia
Referee: VALERI
Assistants: GIALLATINI – MONDIN
Fourth Official: MARINELLI
VAR: DI BELLO
AVAR: DE MEO
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Atalanta, 6th position with 25 points and a positive goal difference of +13
Hellas Verona, 8th position with 18 points and a negative goal difference of -2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
6	Atalanta	14	7	4	3	34:21	13	25
8	Verona	14	5	3	6	12:14	-2	18

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of ATALANTA:  Luis Muriel with 8 goals.

Top scorer of HELLAS VERONA:  Veloso, Faraoni, Pessina with 2 goals each.

atalanta	Goals	Goals	hellas verona
Muriel, Luis	8	2	Veloso, Miguel
Zapata, Duvan	6	2	Faraoni, Davide
Ilicic, Josip	5	2	Pessina, Matteo
Gomez, Papu	4	1	Kumbulla, Marash
Gosens, Robin	4	1	Salcedo, Eddie

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
30/11/19	SA	Brescia – Atalanta				0:3	14
26/11/19	UCLG	Atalanta – Dinamo Zagreb				2:0	5
23/11/19	SA	Atalanta – Juventus				1:3	13

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of HELLAS VERONA:  3 lost

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
01/12/19	SA	Verona – Roma				1:3	14
24/11/19	SA	Verona – Fiorentina				1:0	13
09/11/19	SA	Inter – Verona				2:1	12

• Here are Atalanta vs Hellas Verona probable lineups.

ATALANTA (3-4-1-2): Gollini; Toloi, Djimsiti, Palomino; Hateboer, Pasalic, Freuler, Castagne; Malinovskyi; Ilicic, Gomez.

Subs: Sportiello, Rossi, Masiello, Arana, Gosens, Ibanez, Muriel, Barrow.

Unavailable: D.Zapata, Kjaer, De Roon.

No suspended players.

Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini.

HELLAS VERONA (3-4-1-2): Silvestri; Rrahmani, Dawidowicz, Bocchetti; Faraoni, Amrabat, Veloso, Lazovic; Zaccagni, Verre, Di Carmine.

Subs: A.Berardi, Radunovic, Vitale, Adjapong, Empereur, Danzi, Wesley, Henderson, Pessina, Stepinski, Pazzini, Tutino.

Unavailable: Badu, Bessa, Kumbulla, Salcedo, Tupta.

Suspended player: Gunter.

Coach:  Ivan Juric

UDINESE – NAPOLI
Dacia Arena
Referee: MARIANI
Assistants: SCHENONE – VIVENZI
Fourth Official: AURELIANO
VAR: MANGANIELLO
AVAR: PRETI
18:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Napoli, 7th position with 20 points and a positive goal difference of +5
Udinese, 16th position with 14 points and a negative goal difference of -14

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
7	Napoli	14	5	5	4	23:18	5	20
16	Udinese	14	4	2	8	9:23	-14	14

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer of UDINESE:   Stefano Okaka with 3 goals.

Top scorer of NAPOLI:   Arek Milik with 5 goals.

udinese	Goals	Goals	napoli
Okaka, Stefano	3	5	Milik, Arek
Lasagna, Kevin	2	4	Mertens, Dries
Nestorovski, Ilija	1	3	Llorente, Fernando
Becao, Rodrigo	1	3	Insigne, Lorenzo
De Paul, Rodrigo	1	2	Manolas, Kostas

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
04/12/19	CI	Udinese – Bologna				4:0	R4
01/12/19	SA	Lazio – Udinese				3:0	14
24/11/19	SA	Sampdoria – Udinese				2:1	13

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
01/12/19	SA	Napoli – Bologna				1:2	14
27/11/19	UCLG	Liverpool – Napoli				1:1	5
23/11/19	SA	Milan – Napoli				1:1	13

• Here are Udinese vs Napoli probable lineups.

UDINESE (3-5-2): Musso; De Maio, Ekong, Nuytinck; Stryger, Fofana, Mandragora, De Paul, Samir; Okaka, Nestorovski.

Subs: Nicolas, Perisan, Opoku, Sierralta, Becao, Ter Avest, Walace, Barak, Kubala, Pussetto, Lasagna, Teodorczyk.

Unavailable: Sema, Jajalo.

Suspended players.

Coach: Gotti.

NAPOLI (4-4-2): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Manolas, Maksimovic, Mario Rui; Callejon, Fabian Ruiz, Zielinski, Elmas; Insigne, Lozano.

Subs: Ospina, Karnezis, Hysaj, Gaetano, Younes, Llorente, Mertens.

Unavailable: Allan, Koulibaly, Malcuit, Ghoulam, Tonelli.

No suspended players.

Coach:  Carlo Ancelotti.

LAZIO – JUVENTUS
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: FABBRI
Assistants: MELI – PASSERI
Fourth Official: MASSA
VAR: IRRATI
AVAR: TOLFO
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Lazio, 3rd position with 30 points and a positive goal difference of +19
Juventus, 2nd position with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +13

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
2	Juventus	14	11	3	0	25:12	13	36
3	Lazio	14	9	3	2	33:14	19	30

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of LAZIO:   Ciro Immobile with 17 goals

Top scorer of JUVENTUS:  Cristiano Ronaldo with 6 goals

lazio	Goals	Goals	juventus
Immobile, Ciro	17	6	Ronaldo, Cristiano
Correa, Joaquin	6	4	Higuain, Gonzalo
Milinkovic-Savic, Sergej	2	4	Dybala, Paulo
Alberto, Luis	2	3	Pjanic, Miralem
Caicedo, Felipe	2	2	Bonucci, Leonardo

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
01/12/19	SA	Lazio – Udinese				3:0	14
28/11/19	UELG	Lazio – CFR Cluj				1:0	5
24/11/19	SA	Sassuolo – Lazio				1:2	13

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
01/12/19	SA	Juventus – Sassuolo				2:2	14
26/11/19	UCLG	Juventus – Atletico				1:0	5
23/11/19	SA	Atalanta – Juventus				1:3	13

• Here are LAZIO vs JUVENTUS probable lineups.

LAZIO (3-5-2): Strakosha; Luiz Felipe, Acerbi, S.Radu; Lazzari, Milinkovic, Leiva, Luis Alberto, Lulic; Correa, Immobile.

Subs: Proto, Guerrieri, Vavro, Bastos, Parolo, Cataldi, Jony, Caicedo.

Unavailable: Patric, Marusic, Berisha, Lukaku, Adekanye.

No suspended players.

Coach: Simone Inzaghi.

JUVENTUS (4-3-3): Szczesny; Cuadrado, Bonucci, De Ligt, Alex Sandro; Bentancur, Pjanic, Matuidi; Bernardeschi; Ronaldo, Dybala.

Subs:  Buffon, Pinsoglio, Rugani, Demiral, Danilo, De Sciglio, Emre Can, Rabiot, Higuain.

Unavailable: Perin, Pjaca, Chiellini, Mandzukic, Douglas Costa, Khedira, Ramsey.

No suspended players.

Coach:   Maurizio Sarri.

Sunday 8 December 2019

LECCE – GENOA
Stadio Via del Mare
Referee: ROCCHI
Assistants: COSTANZO – PERETTI
Fourth Official: PASQUA
VAR: BANTI
AVAR: LIBERTI
12:30

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Lecce, 15th position with 14 points and a negative goal difference of -9
Genoa, 18th position with 10 points and a negative goal difference of -13

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
15	Lecce	14	3	5	6	18:27	-9	14
18	Genoa	14	2	4	8	15:28	-13	10

Stats BEFORE the game.   Top scorer of LECCE:  Marco Mancosu with 5goals

Top scorer of GENOA:   Christian Kouame with 5 goals

Lecce	Goals	Goals	genoa
Mancosu, Marco	5	5	Kouame, Christian
Lapadula, Gianluca	4	2	Pinamonti, Andrea
Calderoni, Marco	3	2	Criscito, Domenico
La Mantia, Andrea	2	2	Pandev, Goran
Farias, Diego	1	1	Schone, Lasse

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
04/12/19	CI	Spal – Lecce				5:1	R4
30/11/19	SA	Fiorentina – Lecce				0:1	14
25/11/19	SA	Lecce – Cagliari				2:2	13

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
03/12/19	CI	Genoa – Ascoli				3:2	R4
30/11/19	SA	Genoa – Torino				0:1	14
25/11/19	SA	Spal – Genoa				1:1	13

• Here are LECCE vs GENOA probable lineups.

LECCE (4-3-1-2): Gabriel; Rispoli, Dell’Orco, Lucioni, Calderoni; Petriccione, Tachtsidis, Majer; Shakov, La Mantia, Farias.

Subs: Riccardi, Vera, Benzar, Falco, Meccariello, Farias, Dubickas, Vigorito, Tabanelli, Babacar, Lo Faso, Imbula.

Unavailable: Mancosu.

Suspended players: Lapadula, Rossettini.

Coach:  Fabio Liverani.

GENOA (4-3-3): I.Radu; Ghiglione, Biraschi, Romero, Criscito; Cassata, Schone, Sturaro; Pandev, Pinamonti, Agudelo.

Subs: Andrei, Marchetti, Goldaniga, Ankersen, Barreca, Pajac, Radovanovic, Jagiello, Lerager, Saponara, Gumus, Favilli.

Unavailable: Kouame, C.Zapata.

No suspended players.

Coach: Thiago Motta.

 

SASSUOLO – CAGLIARI
Mapei Stadium
Referee: PAIRETTO
Assistants: TEGONI – FIORITO
Fourth Official: MARINI
VAR: DOVERI
AVAR: GALETTO
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Sassuolo,  14th position with 14 points and a negative goal difference of -1
Cagliari, 4th position with 28 points and a positive goal difference of +12

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
4	Cagliari	14	8	4	2	29:17	12	28
14	Sassuolo	13	4	2	7	24:25	-1	14

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of SASSUOLO:  Francesco Caputo and Domenico Berardi with 7 goals each.

Top scorer of CAGLIARI:   Joao Pedro with 9 goals.

sassuolo	Goals	Goals	cagliari
Caputo, Francesco	7	9	Pedro, Joao
Berardi, Domenico	7	4	Nainggolan, Radja
Boga, Jeremie	4	4	Simeone, Giovanni
Djuricic, Filip	2	2	Castro, Lucas
Duncan, Alfred	1	2	Ceppitelli, Luca

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
04/12/19	CI	Sassuolo – Perugia				1:2	R4
01/12/19	SA	Juventus – Sassuolo				2:2	14
24/11/19	SA	Sassuolo – Lazio				1:2	13

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of CAGLIARI:

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
05/12/19	CI	Cagliari – Sampdoria				2:1	R4
02/12/19	SA	Cagliari – Sampdoria				4:3	14
25/11/19	SA	Lecce – Cagliari				2:2	13

• Here are SASSUOLO vs CAGLIARI probable lineups.

SASSUOLO (4-2-3-1): Consigli; Toljan, Marlon, Romagna, Kyriakopoulos; Magnanelli, Locatelli; Djuricic, H.Traore, Boga; Caputo.

Subs: Turati, Russo, Peluso, Muldur, Rogerio, G.Ferrari, Tripaldelli, Obiang, Duncan, Mazzitelli, Bourabia, Raspadori. 

Unavailable: Pegolo, Chiriches, Berardi, Defrel.

No suspended players.

Coach:  Roberto De Zerbi.

CAGLIARI (4-3-2-1): Rafael; Faragò, Klavan, Pisacane, Lu.Pellegrini; Nandez, Cigarini, Rog; Joao Pedro, Nainggolan; Simeone.

Subs: Aresti, Pinna, Mattiello, Cacciatore, Lykogiannis, Oliva, Deiola, Ionita, Castro, Cerri, Ragatzu.

Unavailable: Ceppitelli, Birsa, Cragno, Pavoletti.

Suspended Players: Olsen.

Coach:  Rolando Maran.

SPAL – BRESCIA
Stadio Paolo Mazza
Referee: ORSATO
Assistants: PRENNA – GORI
Fourth Official: GIUA
VAR: NASCA
AVAR: DEL GIOVANE
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
SPAL, 19th position with 9 points and a negative goal difference of -12
Brescia, 20th position with 7 points and a negative goal difference of -16

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
19	Spal	14	2	3	9	9:21	-12	9
20	Brescia	13	2	1	10	10:26	-16	7

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of SPAL:  Andrea Petagna with 4 goals.

Top scorer of BRESCIA:  Alfredo Donnarumma with 4 goals.

spal	Goals	Goals	brescia
Petagna, Andrea	4	4	Donnarumma, Alfredo
Kurtic, Jasmin	2	2	Balotelli, Mario
Di Francesco, Federico	2	1	Romulo
Valoti, Mattia	1	1	Cistana, Andrea
		1	Tonali, Sandro

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
04/12/19	CI	Spal – Lecce				5:1	R4
01/12/19	SA	Inter – Spal				2:1	14
25/11/19	SA	Spal – Genoa				1:1	13

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
30/11/19	SA	Brescia – Atalanta				0:3	14
24/11/19	SA	Roma – Brescia				3:0	13
09/11/19	SA	Brescia – Torino				0:4	12

• Here are SPAL vs BRESCIA probable lineups.

SPAL (3-5-2): E.Berisha; Tomovic, Vicari, Igor; Cionek, Valoti, Missiroli, Kurtic, Reca; Petagna, Floccari.

Subs: Thiam, Letica, Felipe, Salamon, Cannistrà, Valdifiori, Murgia, Tunjov, Mastrilli, Moncini, Paloschi, Jankovic.

Unavailable: Fares, D’Alessandro, Di Francesco.

No suspended players.

Coach: Semplici.

BRESCIA (4-3-1–2): Alfonso; Sabelli, Cistana, Chancellor, Mateju; Bisoli, Tonali, Romulo; Spalek; Torregrossa, Balotelli.

Subs: Andrenacci, Gastaldello, Magnani, Martella, Ndoj, Zhmral, Alfr. Donnarumma, Ayé, Morosini, Matri.

Unavailable: Dessena, Joronen.

No suspended players.

Coach:  Corini.

TORINO – FIORENTINA
Olimpico di Torino Stadium
Referee: GIACOMELLI
Assistants: CECCONI – VALERIANI
Fourth Official: GHERSINI
VAR: LA PENNA
AVAR: LONGO
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Torino, 10th position with 17 points and a negative goal difference of -4
Fiorentina, 13th position with 16 points and a negative goal difference of -3

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
10	Torino	14	5	2	7	16:20	-4	17
13	Fiorentina	14	4	4	6	18:21	-3	16

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of TORINO:  Andrea Belotti with 7 goals.

Top scorer of FIORENTINA:  Castrovilli, Pulgar, and Milenkovic with 3 goals each.

torino	Goals	Goals	fiorentina
Belotti, Andrea	7	3	Castrovilli, Gaetano
Berenguer, Alex	3	3	Pulgar, Erick
Zaza, Simone	2	3	Milenkovic, Nikola
Ansaldi, Cristian	1	2	Vlahovic, Dusan
Bremer	1	2	Chiesa, Federico

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
30/11/19	SA	Genoa – Torino				0:1	14
23/11/19	SA	Torino – Inter				0:3	13
09/11/19	SA	Brescia – Torino				0:4	12

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
03/12/19	CI	Fiorentina – Cittadella				2:0	R4
30/11/19	SA	Fiorentina – Lecce				0:1	14
24/11/19	SA	Verona – Fiorentina				1:0	13

• Here are TORINO vs FIORENTINA probable lineups.

TORINO (3-5-1-1): Sirigu; Izzo, Nkoulou, Bremer; De Silvestri, Baselli, Rincon, Lukic, Ansaldi; Verdi; Berenguer.

Subs: Rosati, Ujkani, Djidji, Bonifazi, Aina, Laxalt, Meitè, Parigini, Zaza.

Unavailable: Iago Falque, Lyanco, Millico, Belotti.

Suspended players: Edera.

Coach:  Walter Mazzarri.

FIORENTINA (3-5-2): Dragowski; Milenkovic, Ceccherini, Caceres; Lirola, Benassi, Pulgar, Castrovilli, Dalbert; Chiesa, Vlahovic.

Subs: Terracciano, Venuti, Ranieri, Terzic, Zurkowski, Badelj, Cristoforo, Sottile, Ghezzal, Boateng, Pedro.

Unavailable: Germ.Pezzella, Ribery.

No suspended players.

Coach:  Vincenzo Montella.

SAMPDORIA – PARMA
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Referee: ABISSO
Assistants: DI IORIO – PAGLIARDINI
Fourth Official: DIONISI
VAR: DI PAOLO
AVAR: CARBONE
18:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Parma, 9th position with 18 points and a positive goal difference of +2
Sampdoria, 17th position with 12 points and a negative goal difference of -12

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
9	Parma	14	5	3	6	20:18	2	18
17	Sampdoria	14	3	3	8	12:24	-12	12

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of SAMPDORIA:  Ramirez, Quagliarella, and Gabbiadini with 3 goals each.

Top scorer of PARMA:  Andreas Cornelius with 5 goals.

sampdoria	Goals	Goals	parma
Ramirez, Gaston	3	5	Cornelius, Andreas
Quagliarella, Fabio	3	3	Gervinho
Gabbiadini, Manolo	3	3	Kulusevski, Dejan
Caprari, Gianluca	1	2	Inglese, Roberto
Jankto, Jakub	1	1	Gagliolo, Riccardo

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
05/12/19	CI	Cagliari – Sampdoria				2:1	R4
02/12/19	SA	Cagliari – Sampdoria				4:3	14
24/11/19	SA	Sampdoria – Udinese				2:1	13

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
05/12/19	CI	Parma – Frosinone				2:1	R4
01/12/19	SA	Parma – Milan				0:1	14
24/11/19	SA	Bologna – Parma				2:2	13

• Here are SAMPDORIA vs PARMA probable lineups.

SAMPDORIA (4-3–1-2): Audero; Thorsby, A. Ferrari, Colley, Murru; Vieira, Ekdal, Linetty; Ramirez; Quagliarella, Gabbiadini.

Subs: Seculin, Falcone, Augello, Chabot, Regini, Murillo, Jankto, Leris, E.Rigoni, Maroni, Caprari.

Unavailable: Bereszynski, Barreto, Bonazzoli, Bertolacci, Depaoli.

No suspended players.

Coach:  Claudio Ranieri.

PARMA (4-3-3): Sepe; Darmian, Iacoponi, B.Alves, Gagliolo; Kucka, Brugman, Hernani; Sprocati, Kulusevski, Gervinho.

Subs: Colombi, Alastra, Laurini, Gius.Pezzella, Dermaku, Barillà, Kasa, Camara, Balogh, Adorante.

Unavailable: Cornelius, Scozzarella, Inglese, Karamoh, Grassi.

No suspended players.

Coach:  Roberto D’Aversa.

BOLOGNA – AC MILAN
Renato Dall’Ara Stadium
Referee: CHIFFI
Assistants: BINDONI – MANGANELLI
Fourth Official: PICCININI
VAR: GUIDA
AVAR: DI VUOLO
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Bologna, 12th position with 16 points and a negative goal difference of -3
AC Milan, 11th position with 17 points and a negative goal difference of -4

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
11	Milan	14	5	2	7	13:17	-4	17
12	Bologna	14	4	4	6	20:23	-3	16

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of BOLOGNA:  Rodrigo Palacio with 4 goals.

Top scorer of AC MILAN:  Krzysztof and Hernandez with 3 goals each.

bologna	Goals	Goals	ac milan
Palacio, Rodrigo	4	3	Piatek, Krzysztof
Sansone, Nicola	3	3	Hernandez, Theo
Soriano, Roberto	2	2	Calhanoglu, Hakan
Bani, Mattia	2	1	Leao, Rafael
Orsolini, Riccardo	2	1	Bonaventura, Giacomo

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
04/12/19	CI	Udinese – Bologna				4:0	R4
01/12/19	SA	Napoli – Bologna				1:2	14
24/11/19	SA	Bologna – Parma				2:2	13

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
01/12/19	SA	Parma – Milan				0:1	14
23/11/19	SA	Milan – Napoli				1:1	13
10/11/19	SA	Juventus – Milan				1:0	12

• Here are BOLOGNA vs AC MILAN probable lineups.

BOLOGNA (4-2-3-1): Skorupski; Tomiyasu, Bani, Danilo, Denswil; Schouten, Poli; Skov Olsen, Dzemaili, Sansone; Palacio.

Subs: Da Costa, Sarr, Paz, Mbaye, Krejci, Corbo, Svanberg, Orsolini, Santander, Destro, Juwara.

Unavailable: Dijks, Soriano.

Suspended players: Medel.

Coach:  Sinisa Mihajlovic (on the bench Tanjga).

AC MILAN (4-3-3): G.Donnarumma; Conti, Musacchio, Romagnoli, Hernandez; Kessie, Bennacer, Bonaventura; Suso, Leao, Calhanoglu.

Subs: Reina, Ant.Donnarumma, Calabria, Caldara, Gabbia, Rodriguez, Biglia, Krunic, Paquetà, Borini, Castillejo, Rebic, Piatek.

Unavailable: Duarte.

No suspended players.

Coach: Stefano Pioli.