By Anna Italia
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Hello my friends! Here is the Serie A Week 11 Preview for the games on Saturday 28, Sunday 29, and Monday 30 October 2017.

Are you ready?  Wow, you bet I am!  It’s a super round because we might see a change in the leadership!   Here is the situation, the race for the Scudetto remains a three-way between Napoli, Inter, and Juventus.  Napoli is in the first position with 28 points after defeating Genoa at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium with a 2-3.  Inter is in the second position with 26 points just -2 point below Napoli.  The third serious contender is Juventus!    Juventus is only -3 points below Napoli.

Tough situation for Juventus because there is the big match AC Milan vs Juventus at the San Siro Stadium!   Milan won’t be an easy target as they also need –more than Juventus– to win this game.  Milan are fighting to earn points to be among the top 5 positions and currently they are in the 8th position with 16 points.

Benevento having the “unwanted record” of losing all their first 1- games in Serie A!. Benevento is the only team without points.

Results from Serie A Week 10

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

The top scorer of the Serie A Up to Week 10: Lazio forward Ciro Immobile with 13 goals.

 

 

Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 10 game. First 4 qualifying for Champions League, 5 and 6 for Europa League.

– NAPOLI 1st position with 28 points and a positive goal difference of +22

– INTER 2nd position with 26 points and a positive goal difference of +13

– JUVENTUS 3rd positions with 25points and a positive goal difference of +21

– LAZIO 4th position with 25 points and a positive goal difference of +15

– AS ROMA 5th position with 21 points and a positive goal difference of +11

–SAMPDORIA 6th position with 17 points and a positive goal difference of +6

Relegation Zone:

– HELLAS VERONA, 18th position with 6 points and a negative goal difference of -16

– SPAL, 19th position with 5 points and a negative goal difference of -11

– BENEVENTO, 20th position with 0 points and a negative goal difference of -21

 

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Serie A Week 11 / 11a Giornata

Saturday 28 October 2017

AC MILAN – JUVENTUS
San Siro Stadium
Referee: VALERI
Assistants: GIALLATINI – DOBOSZ
Fourth Official: BANTI
VAR: DI BELLO
AVAR: VUOTO
18:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Juventus, 3rd position with 25 points and a positive goal difference of +21
AC Milan, 8th position with 16 points and a positive goal difference of +2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
3	Juventus	10	8	1	1	31:10	21	25
8	Milan	10	5	1	4	16:14	2	16

 

The super match.   The ex-AC Milan Coach Massimiliano Allegri will face his ex-team and the objective is to win  with Juventus.   The big ex-player is also defender Leoanardo Bonucci who is suspended for this game.  The gab is big!  Juventus in the 3rd with 25 points and Milan with 16 points … Juve with a difference of +9 points. Bam!  Juventus winning 8 games while AC Milan winning only 5 this season.

There are 176 precedents in Serie A between AC Milan and Juventus.  In the 88 games in San Siro, stats showing AC Milan with 29 wins, 36 draws, and Juventus with 23 wins.   Milan scoring 120 goals and Juventus 104 goals.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of AC MILAN: Suso with 4 goals

Top scorer of JUVENTUS:  Paulo Dybala with 11 goals

AC Milan	Goals	Goals	Juventus
Suso	4	11	Dybala, Paulo
Kalinic, Nikola	3	4	Higuain, Gonzalo
Cutrone, Patrick	2	3	Khedira, Sami
Kessie, Franck	2	2	Bernardeschi, Federico
Rodriguez, Ricardo	1	2	Pjanic, Miralem

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

25/10/17	SA	Chievo – Milan				1:4	10
22/10/17	SA	Milan – Genoa				0:0	9
19/10/17	UELG	Milan – AEK Athens				0:0	3

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

25/10/17	SA	Juventus – Spal				4:1	10
22/10/17	SA	Udinese – Juventus				2:6	9
18/10/17	UCLG	Juventus – Sporting				2:1	3

Photo: twitter.com/acmilan

 

Photo:  facebook.com/Juventus/

 

AS ROMA – BOLOGNA
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: FABBRI
Assistants: MONDIN – BINDONI
Fourth Official: DAMATO
VAR: TAGLIAVENTO
AVAR: GHERSINI
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 5th position with 21 points and a positive goal difference of +11
Bologna, 11th position with 14 points and a negative goal difference of -2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
5	Roma	9	7	0	2	16:5	11	21
11	Bologna	10	4	2	4	9:11	-2	14

Pressure is for AS Roma to win the home game to climb towards the top 3 positions of the Serie A.  Roma with 21 points  is -7  points below Napoli in the 1st position with 28 points.  Roma winning 7 games while Bologna winning just 4 this season.

There are 138 precedents between Roma and Bologna in Serie A.   Stats showing Roma 48 wins, Bologna 48 wins, and 42 draws.

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

Top scorer of BOLOGNA: Rodrigo Palacio with 2 goals

AS Roma	Goals	Goals	Bologna
Dzeko, Edin	7	2	Palacio, Rodrigo
Kolarov, Aleksandar	2	1	Donsah, Godfred
El Shaarawy, Stephan	2	1	Di Francesco, Federico
Florenzi, Alessandro	1	1	Poli, Andrea
Perotti, Diego	1	1	Okwonkwo, Orji

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

25/10/17	SA	Roma – Crotone				1:0	10
22/10/17	SA	FC Torino – Roma				0:1	9
18/10/17	UCLG	Chelsea – Roma				3:3	3

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

25/10/17	SA	Bologna – Lazio				1:2	10
22/10/17	SA	Atalanta – Bologna				1:0	9
15/10/17	SA	Bologna – Spal				2:1	8

 

Photo: facebook.com/bfc1909official

 

Sunday 29 October 2017

BENEVENTO – LAZIO
Stadio Ciro Vigorito
Referee: GIACOMELLI
Assistants: COSTANZO – LONGO
Fourth Official: ILLUZZI
VAR: MASSA
AVAR: PEZZUTO
12:30

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Benevento, 20th position with 0 points and a negative goal difference of -21
Lazio, 4th position with 25 points and a positive goal difference of +15

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
4	Lazio	10	8	1	1	26:11	15	25
20	Benevento	10	0	0	10	3:24	-21	0

 

Wake up call for Benevento.  It must be a living nightmare for Benevento experiencing what is like to be playing in the big league. Yep. Benevento who were promoted from Serie B to the Serie A this season has not won a game yet having “0” points.  Benevento losing all 10 games.   Lazio having 25 points is -3 points  below Napoli in the 1st position with 28 points.   The victory is a must for both teams.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of BENEVENTO:  Ciciretti, D’Alessandro, and Iemmello with 1 goal each

Top scorer of LAZIO:   Ciro Immobile with 13 goals

Benevento	Goals	Goals	Lazio
Ciciretti, Amato	1	13	Immobile, Ciro
D’Alessandro, Marco	1	3	Luis Alberto
Iemmello, Pietro	1	2	Milinkovic-Savic, Sergej
		2	Bastos
		2	Parolo, Marco

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

25/10/17	SA	Cagliari – Benevento				2:1	10
22/10/17	SA	Benevento – Fiorentina				0:3	9
16/10/17	SA	Verona – Benevento				1:0	8

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

25/10/17	SA	Bologna – Lazio				1:2	10
22/10/17	SA	Lazio – Cagliari				3:0	9
19/10/17	UELG	Nice – Lazio				1:3	3

 

Photo:  facebook.com/SSLazioOfficialPage

 

CROTONE – FIORENTINA
Stadio Ezio Scida
Referee: MARESCA
Assistants: MANGANELLI – PERETTI
Fourth Official: GIUA
VAR: GUIDA
AVAR: NASCA
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Crotone, 17th position with 6 points and a negative goal difference of -14
Fiorentina, 7th position with 16 points and a positive goal difference of +7

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
7	Fiorentina	10	5	1	4	18:11	7	16
17	Crotone	10	1	3	6	6:20	-14	6

Stats BEFORE the game.   Top scorer of CROTONE:  Marcus Rohden with 2 goals

Top scorer of FIORENTINA:   Cyril Thereau with 4 goals

Crotone	Goals	Goals	Fiorentina
Rohden, Marcus	2	4	Thereau, Cyril
Simy	1	3	Simeone, Giovanni
Mandragora, Rolando	1	2	Benassi, Marco
Martella, Bruno	1	2	Babacar, Khouma
Tumminello, Marco	1	2	Chiesa, Federico

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

25/10/17	SA	Roma – Crotone				1:0	10
21/10/17	SA	Sampdoria – Crotone				5:0	9
15/10/17	SA	Crotone – FC Torino				2:2	8

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

25/10/17	SA	Fiorentina – FC Torino				3:0	10
22/10/17	SA	Benevento – Fiorentina				0:3	9
15/10/17	SA	Fiorentina – Udinese				2:1	8

 

Photo:  fccrotone.it

 

NAPOLI – SASSUOLO
San Paolo Stadium
Referee: PAIRETTO
Assistants: POSADO – PRENNA
Fourth Official: DI PAOLO
VAR: ABISSO
AVAR: LA PENNA
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Napoli, 1st position with 28 points and a positive goal difference of +22
Sassuolo, 15th position with 8 points and a negative goal difference of -11

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
1	Napoli	10	9	1	0	29:7	22	28
15	Sassuolo	10	2	2	6	5:16	-11	8

Napoli with 28 points needs a victory to keep the sole leadership of the Serie A.   Inter is following Napoli with 26 points.  There is no other option for Napoli than winning this home game, period.

There are 4 precedents between Napoli vs Sassuolo at the San Paolo Stadium.  Stats showing Napoli with 2 wins, and 2 draws.  Sassuolo has not won at the San Paolo yet.  Will this be the time?

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of NAPOLI:  Dries Mertens with 9 goals

Top scorer of SASSUOLO:  Matteo Politano with 2 goals

Napoli	Goals	Goals	Sassuolo
Mertens, Dries	9	2	Politano, Matteo
Callejon, Jose	4	1	Berardi, Domenico
Insigne, Lorenzo	3	1	Sensi, Stefano
Zielinski, Piotr	2	1	Matri, Alessandro
Ghoulam, Faouzi	2

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

25/10/17	SA	Genoa – Napoli				2:3	10
21/10/17	SA	Napoli – Inter				0:0	9
17/10/17	UCLG	Man City – Napoli				2:1	3

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

25/10/17	SA	Sassuolo – Udinese				0:1	10
22/10/17	SA	Spal – Sassuolo				0:1	9
15/10/17	SA	Sassuolo – Chievo				0:0	8

 

Photo: facebook.com/officialsassuolocalcio

 

 

SAMPDORIA – CHIEVO VERONA
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Referee: DOVERI
Assistants: VALERIANI – ROCCA
Fourth Official: SAIA
VAR: MANGANIELLO
AVAR: DI FIORE
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Sampdoria, 6th position with 17 points and a positive goal difference of +6
Chievo Verona, 10th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of -2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
6	Sampdoria	9	5	2	2	18:12	6	17
10	Chievo	10	4	3	3	13:15	-2	15

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of SAMPDORIA: Fabio Quagliarella with 6 goals

Top scorer of CHIEVO VERONA:  Roberto Inglese with 4 goals

Sampdoria	Goals	Goals	Chievo Verona
Quagliarella, Fabio	6	4	Inglese, Roberto
Caprari, Gianluca	3	2	Castro, Lucas
Zapata, Duvan	3	2	Birsa, Valter
Kownacki, Dawid	2	1	Stepinski, Mariusz
Linetty, Karol	2	1	Pucciarelli, Manuel

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

24/10/17	SA	Inter – Sampdoria				3:2	10
21/10/17	SA	Sampdoria – Crotone				5:0	9
15/10/17	SA	Sampdoria – Atalanta				3:1	8

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

25/10/17	SA	Chievo – Milan				1:4	10
22/10/17	SA	Chievo – Verona				3:2	9
15/10/17	SA	Sassuolo – Chievo				0:0	8

 

Photo: facebook.com/ACChievoVerona1929

 

SPAL – GENOA
Stadio Ezio Scida
Referee: ORSATO
Assistants: DE MEO – ALASSIO
Fourth Official: PASQUA
VAR: MARIANI
AVAR: PAGANESSI
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Spal, 19th position with 5 points and a negative goal difference of -11
Genoa, 16th position with 6 points and a negative goal difference of -6

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
16	Genoa	10	1	3	6	10:16	-6	6
19	Spal	10	1	2	7	8:19	-11	5

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of SPAL:  Alberto Paloschi with 2 goals

Top scorer of GENOA:  Galabinov, Taarabt, and Pellegri with 2 goals each

Spal	Goals	Goals	Genoa
Paloschi, Alberto	2	2	Galabinov, Andrey
Viviani, Federico	1	2	Taarabt, Adel
Rizzo, Luca	1	2	Pellegri, Pietro
Lazzari, Manuel	1	1	Izzo, Armando
Schiattarella, Pasquale	1	1	Rigoni, Luca

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

25/10/17	SA	Juventus – Spal				4:1	10
22/10/17	SA	Spal – Sassuolo				0:1	9
15/10/17	SA	Bologna – Spal				2:1	8

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

25/10/17	SA	Genoa – Napoli				2:3	10
22/10/17	SA	Milan – Genoa				0:0	9
15/10/17	SA	Cagliari – Genoa				2:3	8

 

Photo:  facebook.com/SpalCalcioFerrara

 

UDINESE – ATALANTA
Friuli Stadium
Referee: ROCCHI
Assistants: TEGONI – DI IORIO
Fourth Official: FOURNEAU
VAR: PINZANI
AVAR: PICCININI
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Udinese, 13th position with 9 points and a negative goal difference of -5
Atalanta, 9th position with 15 points and a positive goal difference of +4

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
9	Atalanta	10	4	3	3	17:13	4	15
13	Udinese	10	3	0	7	16:21	-5	9

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of UDINESE:  Thereau, De Paul, Lasagna, and Maxi Lopez with 2 goals each

Top scorer of ATALANTA: Papu Gomez and Bryan Cristante with 3 goals each

Udinese	Goals	Goals	Atalanta
Thereau, Cyril	2	3	Gomez, Papu
De Paul, Rodrigo	2	3	Cristante, Bryan
Lasagna, Kevin	2	2	Petagna, Andrea
Lopez, Maxi	2	2	Cornelius, Andreas
Barak, Antonin	1	2	Caldara, Mattia

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

25/10/17	SA	Sassuolo – Udinese				0:1	10
22/10/17	SA	Udinese – Juventus				2:6	9
15/10/17	SA	Fiorentina – Udinese				2:1	8

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

25/10/17	SA	Atalanta – Verona				3:0	10
22/10/17	SA	Atalanta – Bologna				1:0	9
19/10/17	UELG	Atalanta – Apollon Lim.				3:1	3

 

Photo: facebook.com/UdineseCalcio1896/

 

TORINO – CAGLIARI
Olimpico di Torino Stadium
Referee: CALVARESE
Assistants: VIVENZI – ZAPPATORE
Fourth Official: SACCHI
VAR: MAZZOLENI
AVAR: RAPUANO
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Torino, 12th position with 13 points and a negtive goal difference of -3
Cagliari, 14th position with 9 points and a negative goal difference of -10

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
12	FC Torino	10	3	4	3	14:17	-3	13
14	Cagliari	10	3	0	7	8:18	-10	9

 

Torino with the pressure to win the home game.   Torino and Cagliari have won only 3 games each this season.   Torino having a +4 points advantage over Cagliari with 9 points.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of TORINO:  Ljajic, Belotti, and Falque with 3 goals each

Top scorer of CAGLIARI:  Joao Pedro with 3 goals

Torino	Goals	Goals	Cagliari
Ljajic, Adem	3	3	Pedro, Joao
Belotti, Andrea	3	2	Pavoletti, Leonardo
Falque, Iago	3	1	Barella, Nicolo
Baselli, Daniele	1	1	Farago, Paolo
Obi, Joel	1	1	Sau, Marco

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

25/10/17	SA	Fiorentina – FC Torino				3:0	10
22/10/17	SA	FC Torino – Roma				0:1	9
15/10/17	SA	Crotone – FC Torino				2:2	8

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

25/10/17	SA	Cagliari – Benevento				2:1	10
22/10/17	SA	Lazio – Cagliari				3:0	9
15/10/17	SA	Cagliari – Genoa				2:3	8

 

Photo: facebook.com/TorinoFootballClub

 

Monday 30 October 2017

HELLAS VERONA – INTER
Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium
Referee: GAVILLUCCI
Assistants: CRISPO – DI VUOLO
Fourth Official: BARONI
VAR: IRRATI
AVAR: PRETI*
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Hellas Verona, 18th position with 6 points and a negative goal difference of -16
Inter, 2nd position with 26 points and a positive goal difference of +13

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
2	Inter	10	8	2	0	20:7	13	26
18	Verona	10	1	3	6	6:22	-16	6

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of HELLAS VERONA:  Giampaolo Pazzini with 3 goals

Top scorer of INTER:  Mauro Icardi with 11 goals

Hellas Verona	Goals	Goals	Inter
Pazzini, Giampaolo	3	11	Icardi, Mauro
Verde, Daniele	1	3	Perisic, Ivan
Kean, Moise	1	2	Skriniar, Milan
Romulo	1	2	Brozovic, Marcelo
		1	Vecino, Matias

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

25/10/17	SA	Atalanta – Verona				3:0	10
22/10/17	SA	Chievo – Verona				3:2	9
16/10/17	SA	Verona – Benevento				1:0	8

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

24/10/17	SA	Inter – Sampdoria				3:2	10
21/10/17	SA	Napoli – Inter				0:0	9
15/10/17	SA	Inter – Milan				3:2	8

 

Photo:  facebook.com/hellasveronafc1903/