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Result NAPOLI 3 – 0 UDINESE, Goals by Mertens, Callejón, and Allan, Saturday 15 April 2017, Serie A Week 32


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70% Ball Possession NAPOLI and 30% Ball Possession UDINESE
SSC Napoli Napoli  3 – 0 Udinese Udinese
47′ Dries Mertens
63′ Allan
72′ José Callejón
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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Napoli, 3rd position with 67 points and a positive goal difference of +39
Udinese, 11th position with 40 points and a positive goal difference of +1

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
3 Napoli 31 20 7 4 72:33 39 67
11 Udinese 31 11 7 13 41:40 1 40

 

Napoli with the objective to be in the Champions League next season.   The race is still on with Napoli winning this home game.  Napoli reaching 70 points being only – 2 point below AS Roma with 72 points holding the second position.  Let’s remember that only the first 2 positions qualify directly to play in Champions League while the 3rd position must play the play-off.   Udinese suffering their 14th defeat remaining with 40 points and still in the 11th position.

Napoli fans applauding Spanish forward Jose Callejon for his 200th appearances with Napoli before the game.

A fast yellow card, immediately, in the 1st minute is for Udinese midfielder Emmanuel Badu  aftr a foul on Napoli midfielder Allan.

Napoli opening the score in the second half.  In the 47th minute, there is forward Dries Mertens defeating Udinese goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis with a right footed shot in the bottom right corner. The assist is by Jorginho.

Napoli increasing the score in the 63rd minute. Allan delivers a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.

Party time ! What a way to celebrate his 200th appearances with Napoli! Napoli archiving the victory with the goal by José Callejón defeating goalkeeper Karnezis with a right footed shot in the bottom left corner.

There are 19 precedents between Napoli and Udinese in Naples including in Serie A , Serie B, and Copa Italia.   Stats showing: Napoli with 22 wins, 12 draws, and Udinese with 5 wins.  Napoli scoring 65 goals and Udinese 43 goals.

Here is NAPOLI official starting lineup by coach Maurizio Sarri:

NAPOLI (4-3-3): Reina; Hysaj, Albiol, Koulibaly, Strinić; Allan, Jorginho, Hamšík; Callejón, Mertens, Insigne.

Here is UDINESE official starting lineup by coach Luigi Delneri:

UDINESE (4-3-3): Karnezis; Widmer, Danilo, Heurtaux, Adnan; Badu, Hallfreðsson, Jankto; De Paul, Zapata, Théréau.

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Stats BEFORE the game.   Top scorer of NAPOLI:  Dries Mertens with 20 goals

Top scorer of UDINESE:  Cyril Thereau with 1 1 goals

Napoli Goals Goals Udinese
Mertens, Dries 20 11 Thereau, Cyril
Insigne, Lorenzo 14 9 Zapata, Duvan
Hamsik, Marek 11 5 Jankto, Jakub
Callejon, Jose 9 5 Fofana, Seko
Milik, Arek 4 4 Perica, Stipe

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

09/04/17 SA Lazio – Napoli 0:3 31
05/04/17 CI Napoli – Juventus 3:2 S
02/04/17 SA Napoli – Juventus 1:1 30

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

09/04/17 SA Udinese – Genoa 3:0 31
02/04/17 SA Turin – Udinese 2:2 30
19/03/17 SA Udinese – Palermo 4:1 29

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Napoli 3 – 0 Udinese
Saturday 15 April 2017
San Paolo Stadium
Naples Italy

20:45

Referee: MASSA
Assistants: TONOLINI – VUOTO
Fourth Official: POSADO
ADD1: RIZZOLI
ADD2: SERRA

Goals:  47′ Dries Mertens (N),  63′ Allan (N),  72′ José Callejón (N)

Official lineups – formations:

NAPOLI (4-3-3): Reina; Hysaj, Albiol, Koulibaly, Strinić; Allan, Jorginho, Hamšík; Callejón, Mertens, Insigne.

Subs: Rafael, Sepe, Chiricheș, Ghoulam, Maksimović, Maggio, Diawara, Rog, Zieliński, Giaccherini, Milik, Pavoletti.

Coach: Maurizio Sarri.

UDINESE (4-3-3): Karnezis; Widmer, Danilo, Heurtaux, Adnan; Badu, Hallfreðsson, Jankto; De Paul, Zapata, Théréau.

Subs: Perisan, Scuffet, Angella, Gabriel Silva, Felipe, Balic, L. Evangelista, Kums, Ewandro, Matos, Perica.

Coach: Luigi Delneri.

Result SASSUOLO 2 – 1 SAMPDORIA, Goals by Schick, Ragusa, and Acerbi, Saturday 15 April 2017, Serie A Week 32


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42% Ball Possession SASSUOLO and 58% Ball Possession SAMPDORIA
Sassuolo Sassuolo 2 – 1 SampdoriaUC Sampdoria
49′ Antonino Ragusa                      28′ Patrik Schick
56′ Francesco Acerbi
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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Sampdoria, 9th position with 45 points and a positive goal difference of +2
Sassuolo, 15th position with 32 points and a negative goal difference of -11

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
9 Sampdoria 31 12 9 10 39:37 2 45
15 Sassuolo 31 9 5 17 38:49 -11 32

 

What a game!  Sassuolo being down by a goal returned in the second half to grab  the victory.   It’s a slap for Sampdoria who took the lead in the first half only to lose the match with Sassuolo determined to win the home game.  And they did.

It is Sampdoria to open the score in the 28th minute. Forward Patrik Schick defeating Sassuolo goalkeeper in the bottom left corner. The assist is by Matías Silvestre.

Sassuolo equalizing the score in the 49th minute.

A total roller coaster! Sassuolo overturning the result and taking the lead in the 56th minute following a corner conceded by Sampdoria midfielder Bartosz Bereszynski.  It is Francesco Acerbi to delight the fans with this headed shot from close range in the top left corner.   The assist is by Lorenzo Pellegrini.

Here is SASSUOLO official called starting lineup by coach Eusebio Di Francesco:

SASSUOLO(4-3-3): Consigli; Lirola, Acerbi, Cannavaro, Peluso; Pellegrini, Aquilani, Missiroli; Politano, Matri, Ragusa.

Here is SAMPDORIA official starting lineup by coach Marco Giampaolo:

SAMPDORIA (4-3-1-2): Viviano; Bereszyński, Silvestre, Škriniar, Regini; Barreto, Torreira, Praet; B. Fernandes; Quagliarella, Schick.

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Stats BEFORE the game.   Top scorer of SASSUOLO:   Gregoire Defrel with 9 goals

Top scorer of SAMPDORIA:   Luis Muriel  with 10 goals

Sassuolo Goals Goals Sampdoria
Defrel, Gregoire 9 10 Muriel, Luis
Matri, Alessandro 6 8 Quagliarella, Fabio
Pellegrini, Lorenzo 6 8 Schick, Patrik
Acerbi, Francesco 3 5 Fernandes, Bruno
Berardi, Domenico 3 2 Barreto, Edgar

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

08/04/17 SA  Atalanta – Sassuolo 1:1 31
01/04/17 SA Sassuolo – Lazio 1:2 30
19/03/17 SA Roma – Sassuolo 3:1 29

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

09/04/17 SA  Sampdoria – Fiorentina 2:2 31
03/04/17 SA Inter – Sampdoria 1:2 30
19/03/17 SA Sampdoria – Juventus 0:1 29

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Sassuolo 2 – 1 Sampdoria
Saturday 15 April 2017
Mapei Stadium
Sassuolo, Italy

18:00

Referee: PAIRETTO
Assistants:MONDIN – DI IORIO
Fourth Official: DE MEO
ADD1: FABBRI
ADD2: BARONI

Goals: 28′ Patrik Schick (Samp), 49′ Antonino Ragusa (S),  56′ Francesco Acerbi (S)

Official lineups – formations:

SASSUOLO(4-3-3): Consigli; Lirola, Acerbi, Cannavaro, Peluso; Pellegrini, Aquilani, Missiroli; Politano, Matri, Ragusa.

Subs: Vitali, Scavo, Antei, Iemmello, Sensi, Mazzitelli, Duncan, Letschert, Adjapong.

Coach: Eusebio Di Francesco.

SAMPDORIA (4-3-1-2): Viviano; Bereszyński, Silvestre, Škriniar, Regini; Barreto, Torreira, Praet; B. Fernandes; Quagliarella, Schick.

Subs: Puggioni, Falcone, Šimić, Dosò, Álvarez, Linetty, Palombo, Pavlović, Cigarini, Djuričić, Budimir.

Coach: Giampaolo.

Result PESCARA 0 – 2 JUVENTUS, Goals by Higuaín, Saturday 15 April 2017, Serie A Week 32


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38% Ball Possession PESCARA and 62% Ball Possession JUVENTUS
Pescara 0 – 2 Juventus Juventus FC
.                                                       22′ Gonzalo Higuaín
.                                                      43′ Gonzalo Higuaín
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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Juventus, 1st position with 77 points and a positive goal difference of +42
Pescara, 20th position with 14 points and a negative goal difference of -37

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
1 Juventus 31 25 2 4 62:20 42 77
20 Pescara 31 2 8 21 31:68 -37 14

 

Juventus reasserting their dominion in the Serie A as absolute leaders reaching 80 points and a positive goal difference of +44.  Juventus defeating Pescara the team in the last position of the Serie A winning only 2 games and most likely relegated to the Serie B next season.

Juventus opening the score in the 22nd minute.  The first attempt started by Colombian midfielder Juan Manuel Cuadrado though Pescara goalkeeper Fiorillo saved. Yet, on the rebound it is Argentinean forward Gonzalo Higuaín to profit and smack a right footed shot in the bottom right corner.   The assist is by Juan Cuadrado.

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Pescara living a nightmare! Juventus scoring the second goal of the match in the 43rd minute.  It is again Gonzalo Higuaín to punish Pescara goalkeeper from close range with a right footed shot in the bottom left corner.   This is the 23rd goal by Higuaín this season.

 

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Here is  PESCARA official staring lineup by coach Zdenek Zeman:

PESCARA (4-3-2-1): Fiorillo; Zampano, Campagnaro, Coda, Biraghi; Coulibaly, Muntari, Bruno; Memushaj, Brugman; Caprari.

Here is JUVENTUS official starting lineup by coach Massimiliano Allegri:

JUVENTUS (4-2-3-1): Neto; Lichtsteiner, Barzagli, Rugani, Asamoah; Pjanić, Marchisio; Cuadrado, Dybala, Mandžukić; Higuaín.

 

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Stats BEFORE the game.   Top scorer of PESCARA:  Gianluca Caprari with 8 goals

Top scorer of JUVENTUS:   Gonzalo Higuain with 21 goals

Pescara Goals Goals Juventus
Caprari, Gianluca 8 21 Higuain, Gonzalo
Benali, Ahmad 5 8 Dybala, Paulo
Bahebeck, Jean Christophe 2 5 Mandzukic, Mario
Cerri, Alberto 2 5 Pjanic, Miralem
Campagnaro, Hugo 2 5 Khedira, Sami

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

08/04/17 SA Empoli – Pescara 1:1 31
02/04/17 SA Pescara – Milan 1:1 30
19/03/17 SA Atalanta – Pescara 3:0 29

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

11/04/17 UCLK Juventus – Barcelona 3:0 Q
08/04/17 SA Juventus – Chievo 2:0 31
05/04/17 CI Napoli – Juventus 3:2 S

 

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Pescara 0 – 2 Juventus
Saturday 15 April 2017
Adriatico Stadium
Pescara, Italy

15:00

Referee: DI BELLO
Assistants: PRETI – PAGANESSI
Fourth Official: FIORITO
ADD1: IRRATI
ADD2: PASQUA

Goals: 22′ Gonzalo Higuaín (J), 43′ Gonzalo Higuaín(J)

Official starting lineups – formations:

PESCARA (4-3-2-1): Fiorillo; Zampano, Campagnaro, Coda, Biraghi; Coulibaly, Muntari, Bruno; Memushaj, Brugman; Caprari.

Subs: Bizzarri; Verre, Kastanos, Benali, Bahebeck, Cerri, Mitriță, Murić, CUbas, Fornasier, Milićević.

Coach: Zdenek Zeman

JUVENTUS (4-2-3-1): Neto; Lichtsteiner, Barzagli, Rugani, Asamoah; Pjanić, Marchisio; Cuadrado, Dybala, Mandžukić; Higuaín.

Subs: Audero, Del Favero, Dani Alves, Benatia, Chiellini, Alex Sandro, Sturaro, Rincón, Lemina, Mattiello, Mandragora.

Coach:  Massimiliano Allegri

 

 

Result CAGLIARI 4 – 0 CHIEVO VERONA, Goals by Borriello, Sau, and João Pedro, Saturday 15 April 2017, Serie A Week 32


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% Ball Possession CAGLIARI and % Ball Possession CHIEVO VERONA

Cagliari Cagliari 4 – 0 Chievo Verona Chievo Verona
11′ Marco Borriello
15′ Marco Sau
40′ João Pedro
90′ João Pedro
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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Chievo Verona, 12th position with 38 points and a negative goal difference of -10
Cagliari, 13th position with 35 points and a negative goal difference of -21

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
12 Chievo 31 11 5 15 35:45 -10 38
13 Cagliari 31 10 5 16 41:62 -21 35

 

Mission accomplished for Cagliari winning the home game to claim all 3 points.  Cagliari defeating Chievo Verona with a poker!

  •   There are 10 precedents in Serie A between Cagliari vs Chievo Verona at the Sant’Elia Stadium.  Stats showing Cagliari with 3 wins, 2 draws, and Chievo with 5 wins.   Cagliari scoring 14 goals and Chievo 13 goals.

Here is CAGLIARI official starting lineup by coach Massimo Rastelli:

Cagliari (4-3-1-2): Rafael; Isla, Salamon, Bruno Alves, Murru; Ioniță, Tachtsidis, Deiola; João Pedro; Sau, Borriello.

Here is CHIEVO VERONA official starting lineup by coach Rolando Maran:

Chievo Verona (4-3-1-2): Seculin; Izco, Dainelli, Cesar, Cacciatore; Castro, Radovanović, Hetemaj; de Guzmán; Pellissier, Meggiorini.

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Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of CAGLIARI:  Marco Borriello with 14 goals

Top scorer of CHIEVO VERONA:  Roberto Inglese and Sergio Pellissier with 7 goals each

Cagliari Goals Goals Chievo Verona
Borriello, Marco 14 7 Inglese, Roberto
Sau, Marco 4 7 Pellissier, Sergio
Farias, Diego 4 6 Birsa, Valter
Pedro, Joao 3 4 Castro, Lucas
Melchiorri, Federico 3 3 Meggiorini, Riccardo

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

09/04/17 SA Cagliari – Turin 2:3 31
02/04/17 SA Palermo – Cagliari 1:3 30
19/03/17 SA Cagliari – Lazio 0:0 29

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

08/04/17 SA Juventus – Chievo 2:0 31
02/04/17 SA Chievo – Crotone 1:2 30
19/03/17 SA Bologna – Chievo 4:1 29

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Cagliari 4 – 0 Chievo Verona
Saturday 15 April 2017
Sant’Elia Stadium
Cagliari, Italy

15:00

Referee: MANGANIELLO
Assistants: COSTANZO – BINDONI
Fourth Official: DEL GIOVANE
ADD1: VALERI
ADD2: ILLUZZI

Goals:  11′ Marco Borriello (C), 15′ Marco Sau (C),  40′ João Pedro (C), 90′ João Pedro (C)

Official lineups – formations:

Cagliari (4-3-1-2): Rafael; Isla, Salamon, Bruno Alves, Murru; Ioniță, Tachtsidis, Deiola; João Pedro; Sau, Borriello.

Subs: Colombo, Gabriel, Crosta, Di Gennaro, Miangue, Faragò, Farias, Barella, Padoin, Capuano, Kwang Song Han.

Coach: Rastelli.

Chievo Verona (4-3-1-2): Seculin; Izco, Dainelli, Cesar, Cacciatore; Castro, Radovanović, Hetemaj; de Guzmán; Pellissier, Meggiorini.

Subs: Bressan, Confente, Spolli, Gakpé, Bastien, Troiani, Kiyine, Depaoli.

Coach: Maran.

Result INTER 2 – 2 AC MILAN, Goals by Candreva, Icardi, Romagnoli, and Zapata, Saturday 15 April 2017, Serie A Week 32


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39% Ball Possession INTER and 61% Ball Possession AC MILAN
Inter Inter 2 – 2 AC Milan AC Milan
36′ Antonio Candreva            83′ Alessio Romagnoli
44′ Mauro Icardi                        97′ Cristián Zapata
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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 6th position with 57 points and a positive goal difference of +14
Inter, 7th position with 55 points and a positive goal difference of +22

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
6 Milan 31 17 6 8 47:33 14 57
7 Inter 31 17 4 10 57:35 22 55

 

The Milan Derby ! The awaited Derby della Madonnina to claim the bragging rights to rule the City of Milan ending with an agonizing 2-2 draw.   The race is still on because Inter and Milan are fighting for a spot in the Europa League next season.    A draw with a sense of frustration for Inter because they were leading with 2-0 only to lose the leadership and console with a 1 point.   AC Milan in the 6th position with 58 points and Inter in the 7th position with 56 points.

Here is the situation. Inter can overtake the 6th position if they defeat AC Milan. A draw will not be enough and the status quo will remain the same.

  • There are a total of 165 precedents between Inter and AC Milan. Stats showing Inter with 61 wins, 53 draws, and AC Milan with 51 wins. Out of the 440 goals, Inter scoring 227 goals and AC Milan 213 goals. For games played at the Giuseppe Meazza, we see 86 games, Inter with 31 wins, 29 draws, and 26 wins Milan.

The last time Inter defeated AC Milan in Serie A was on September 13, 2015 with Inter 1 – 0 Milan. The last match ended AC Milan 2 – 2 Inter.

Here is INTER official starting lineup by coach Stefano Pioli:

INTER (4-2-3-1): Handanović; D’Ambrosio, Medel, Miranda, Nagatomo; Gagliardini, Kondogbia; Candreva, João Mário, Perišić; Icardi.

Here is AC MILAN official starting lineup by coach Vincenzo Montella:

AC MILAN (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Calabria, Zapata, Romagnoli, De Sciglio; Kucka, Sosa, Mati Fernández; Suso, Bacca, Deulofeu. 

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Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer of INTER: Mauro Icardi with 20 goals

Top scorer of AC MILAN: Carlos Bacca with 13 goals

Inter Goals Goals AC Milan
Icardi, Mauro 20 13 Bacca, Carlos
Perisic, Ivan 9 7 Suso
Banega, Ever 6 5 Lapadula, Gianluca
Candreva, Antonio 5 4 Pasalic, Mario
Eder 4 3 Niang, Mbaye

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

09/04/17 SA Crotone – Inter 2:1 31
03/04/17 SA Inter – Sampdoria 1:2 30
18/03/17 SA Turin – Inter 2:2 29

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

09/04/17 SA Milan – Palermo 4:0 31
02/04/17 SA Pescara – Milan 1:1 30
18/03/17 SA Milan – Genoa 1:0 29

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Inter 2 – 2 AC Milan
Saturday 15 April 2017
Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Milan, Italy

12:30

Referee: ORSATO
Assistants: DI FIORE – MANGANELLI
Fourth Official: MELI
ADD1: DAMATO
ADD2: RUSSO

Goals:  36′ Antonio Candreva (I),  44′ Mauro Icardi (I),  83′ Alessio Romagnoli (M),   97′ Cristián Zapata (M)

Official lineups – formations:

INTER (4-2-3-1): Handanović; D’Ambrosio, Medel, Miranda, Nagatomo; Gagliardini, Kondogbia; Candreva, João Mário, Perišić; Icardi.

Subs: Carrizo, Andreolli, Palacio, Biabiany, Ansaldi, Banega, Sainsbury, Santon, Éder, Murillo, Brozovic, Gabriel Barbosa.

Coach.: Pioli.

AC MILAN (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Calabria, Zapata, Romagnoli, De Sciglio; Kucka, Sosa, Mati Fernández; Suso, Bacca, Deulofeu. 

Subs: Storari, Plizzari, Lapadula, Honda, Ocampos, Gómez, Poli, Vangioni, Paletta, Antonelli, Locatelli.

Coach:  Montella.