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Hello, my friends. Here are the 2019-2020 Serie A Week 25 PREVIEW / Twenty-fifth Round on Friday 21, Saturday 22, and Sunday 23 February 2020.

👉 Up to Serie A Week 24: There is a three-way race between Juventus (57), Lazio (56), and Inter (54)

This round is a thriller and we might see a change in the top 3 positions.  Juventus is the sole leader of the Serie A with 57 points after defeating Brescia with a 2-0 with at the Allianz Stadium.   Juventus can keep the first position if they defeat Brescia at the Paolo Mazza Stadium.   This is the duel between the 1st and last position.  SPAL is in the 20th position.  You bet, it would be a real joy for SPAL if they manage to defeat Juventus or even getting a draw.   In this game, Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo will play his 1,000 professional game.  Cristiano played his  first professional game in 2002 while playing for Sporting Lisbon in the match against Inter (CL qualification) when he was only 17.  Superb!

Last week, Lazio took away the second position after defeating Inter reaching 56 points being now only -1 point below Juventus. The defeat sent Inter down to the third position remaining with 54 points.   Lazio can keep the second position if they defeat Genoa at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium.  In case of losing, Inter will take back the second position if they defeat Sampdoria at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium.

⚽️ Serie A Top Scorer up to Week 24:
Lazio forward Ciro Immobile with 25 goals

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Results from Serie A Week 24

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

Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 24 game. First 4 qualifying for Champions League, 5 and 6 for Europa League. (Up to Monday 17 February 2020)

– JUVENTUS, 1st position with 57 points and a positive goal difference of +23

– LAZIO, 2nd position with 56points and a positive goal difference of +34

– INTER, 3rd positions with 54 points and a positive goal difference of +27

– ATALANTA, 4th position with 45 points and a positive goal difference of +31

– AS ROMA, 5th position with 39 points and a positive goal difference of +11

– HELLAS VERONA, 6th position with 35 points and a positive goal difference of +4

Relegation Zone:

– GENOA, 18th position with 22 points and a negative goal difference of -16

– BRESCIA, 19th position with 16 points and a negative goal difference of -23

– SPAL, 20th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of -24

2019 – 2020 Italy Serie A Standing – Serie A Table up to Monday 17 February 2020

Rank	TEAM		GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PoinTS
1		Juventus	24	18	3	3	46	23	23	57
2		Lazio	24	17	5	2	55	21	34	56
3		Internazionale	24	16	6	2	49	22	27	54
4		Atalanta	24	13	6	5	63	32	31	45
5		Roma	24	11	6	7	43	32	11	39
6		Verona	24	9	8	7	28	24	4	35
7		Parma	24	10	5	9	32	30	2	35
8		Milan	24	10	5	9	26	31	-5	35
9		Napoli	24	9	6	9	37	34	3	33
10		Bologna	24	9	6	9	37	39	-2	33
11		Cagliari	24	8	8	8	38	36	2	32
12		Sassuolo	24	8	5	11	38	39	-1	29
13		Fiorentina	24	7	7	10	31	35	-4	28
14		Torino	24	8	3	13	27	43	-16	27
15		Udinese	24	7	5	12	20	36	-16	26
16		Lecce	24	6	7	11	32	45	-13	25
17		Sampdoria	24	6	5	13	26	43	-17	23
18		Genoa	24	5	7	12	27	43	-16	22
19		Brescia	24	4	4	16	21	44	-23	16
20		SPAL	24	4	3	17	18	42	-24	15

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Friday 21 February 2020

BRESCIA – NAPOLI
Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Referee: ORSATO
Assistants: GIALLATINI – VECCHI
Fourth Official: MARINELLI
VAR: CHIFFI
AVAR: PRETI
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Napoli, 10th position with 33 points and a positive goal difference of +3
Brescia, 19th position with 16 points and a negative goal difference of -23

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
10	Napoli	24	9	6	9	37-34	3	33
19	Brescia	24	4	4	16	21-44	-23	16

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of BRESCIA:  Mario Balotelli with 5 goals.

Top scorer of NAPOLI: Arek Milik with 9 goals.

Brescia	Goals	Goals	Napoli
Balotelli, Mario	5	9	Milik, Arek
Donnarumma, Alfredo	4	6	Mertens, Dries
Torregrossa, Ernesto	4	4	Insigne, Lorenzo
Chancellor, Jhon	2	3	Llorente, Fernando
Bisoli, Dimitri	1	2	Callejon, Jose

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
16/02/20	SA	Juventus – Brescia				2–0	24
09/02/20	SA	Brescia – Udinese				1–1	23
01/02/20	SA	Bologna – Brescia				2–1	22

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
16/02/20	SA	Cagliari – Napoli				0–1	24
12/02/20	CI	Inter – Napoli				0–1	S
09/02/20	SA	Napoli – Lecce				2–3	23

• Here are Brescia vs Napoli probable lineups.

BRESCIA (4-3-1-2): Joronen; Sabelli, Gastaldello, Chancellor, Martella; Bisoli, Tonali, Bjarnason; Spalek; Zhmral, Balotelli.

Subs Andrenacci, Mateju, Mangraviti, Semprini, Ndoj, Viviani, Dessena, Skrabb, Alf. Donnarumma.

Unavailable: Torregrossa, Romulo, Alfonso, Cistana.

Suspended players: Ayé.

Coach:  Diego Lopez.

NAPOLI (4-3-3): Ospina; Di Lorenzo, Manolas, Maksimovic, Mario Rui; Fabian Ruiz, Demme, Elmas; Politano, Mertens, Insigne.

Subs: Meret, Karnezis, Luperto, Hysaj, Ghoulam, Allan, Callejon, Zielinski, Lobotka, Lozano, Milik.

Unavailable: Llorente, Malcuit, Koulibaly.

No suspended players.

Coach: Gennaro Gattuso.

Saturday 22 February 2020

BOLOGNA – UDINESE
Renato Dall’Ara Stadium
Referee: PASQUA
Assistants: CECCONI – PAGNOTTA
Fourth Official: VOLPI
VAR: DI PAOLO
AVAR: MELI
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Bologna, 10th position with 33 points and a negative goal difference of -2
Udinese, 15th position with 26 points and a negative goal difference of -16

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
10	Bologna	24	9	6	9	37-39	-2	33
15	Udinese	24	7	5	12	20-36	-16	26

Stats BEFORE the game.   Top scorer of BOLOGNA: Riccardo Orsolini with 7 goals.

Top scorer of UDINESE: Rodrigo De Paul with 5 goals.

Bologna	Goals	Goals	Udinese
Orsolini, Riccardo	7	5	De Paul, Rodrigo
Palacio, Rodrigo	5	4	Okaka, Stefano
Sansone, Nicola	4	4	Lasagna, Kevin
Bani, Mattia	4	2	Sema, Ken
Soriano, Roberto	3	1	Fofana, Seko

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
15/02/20	SA	Bologna – Genoa				0–3	24
07/02/20	SA	ROMA – Bologna				2–3	23
01/02/20	SA	Bologna – Brescia				2–1	22

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
16/02/20	SA	Udinese – Verona				0–0	24
09/02/20	SA	Brescia – Udinese				1–1	23
02/02/20	SA	Udinese – Inter				0–2	22

Photo: twitter.com/Udinese_1896

SPAL – JUVENTUS
Paolo Mazza Stadium
Referee: LA PENNA
Assistants: LONGO – PRENNA
Fourth Official: BARONI
VAR: DI BELLO
AVAR: DE MEO
18:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Juventus, 1st position with 57 points and a positive goal difference of +23
SPAL, 20th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of -24

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
1	Juventus	24	18	3	3	46-23	23	57
20	Spal	24	4	3	17	18-42	-24	15

David against Goliath …. everything can happen in this game.  Juventus should not take everything for granted.  Will SPAL cause a stop for Juventus …..?   On paper, Juventus are the favorites to win it.  SPAL have won only 4 games this season and losing 17.  The cry for salvation is loud.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top score of SPAL: Andrea Petagna with 9 goals.

Top scorer of JUVENTUS:  Cristiano Ronaldo with 20 goals.

SPAL	Goals	Goals	Juventus
Petagna, Andrea	9	20	Ronaldo, Cristiano
Valoti, Mattia	2	6	Dybala, Paulo
Di Francesco, Federico	2	5	Higuain, Gonzalo
Kurtic, Jasmin	2	3	Bonucci, Leonardo
Strefezza, Gabriel	1	3	Pjanic, Miralem

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
15/02/20	SA	Lecce – Spal				2–1	24
09/02/20	SA	Spal – Sassuolo				1–2	23
02/02/20	SA	LAZIO – Spal				5–1	22

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
16/02/20	SA	Juventus – Brescia				2–0	24
13/02/20	CI	Milan – Juventus				1–1	S
08/02/20	SA	Verona – Juventus				2–1	23

Photo:  twitter.com/Juventusfcen

FIORENTINA – AC MILAN
Artemio Franchi Stadium
Referee: CALVARESE
Assistants: VIVENZI – DEL GIOVANE
Fourth Official: GIUA
VAR: NASCA
AVAR: CARBONE
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 7th position with 35 points and a negative goal difference of -5
Fiorentina, 13th position with 28 points and a negative goal difference of -4

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
7	Milan	24	10	5	9	26-31	-5	35
13	Fiorentina	24	7	7	10	31-35	-4	28

AC Milan and Fiorentina have played 159 times in the Serie A, stats are in favor of AC Milan with 72 wins, 43 draws, and Fiorentina with 44 wins.   The pressure is for AC Milan to win this away game to keep climbing the Serie A Standing to be within the top 6 positions.  Milan Coach Stefano Pioli was formerly Fiorentina Coach.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of FIORENTINA: Vlahovic and Chiesa with 6 goals each.

Top scorer of AC MILAN: Rebic and Hernandez with 5 goals each.

Fiorentina	Goals	Goals	AC  Milan
Vlahovic, Dusan	6	5	Rebic, Ante
Chiesa, Federico	6	5	Hernandez, Theo
Castrovilli, Gaetano	3	4	Piatek, Krzysztof
Pulgar, Erick	3	3	Calhanoglu, Hakan
Milenkovic, Nikola	3	2	Ibrahimovic, Zlatan

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
16/02/20	SA	Sampdoria – Fiorentina				1–5	24
08/02/20	SA	Fiorentina – Atalanta				1–2	23
02/02/20	SA	Juventus – Fiorentina				3–0	22

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

Date	TO	Match				FT	ROund
17/02/20	SA	Milan – Torino				1–0	24
13/02/20	CI	Milan – Juventus				1–1	S
09/02/20	SA	Inter – Milan				4–2	23

• Here are Fiorentina vs AC Milan probable lineups.

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

Subs: Terracciano, Ceccherini, Igor, Venuti, Terzic, Benassi, Agu delo, Ghezzal, Sottil, Cutrone, Brancolini.

Unavailable: Kouamé, Ribery.

Suspended players: Badelj.

Coach:  Giuseppe Iachini.

AC MILAN (4-2-3-1): G.Donnarumma; Conti, Gabbia, Romagnoli, Hernandez; Kessie, Bennacer; Castillejo, Calhanoglu, Rebic; Ibrahimovic.

Subs: Begovic A. Donnarumma Calabria Musacchio, Bonaventura, Laxalt, Brescianini, Krunic, Paquetà, D. Maldini.

Unavailable: Duarte, Biglia, Kjaer, Saelemaekers.

No suspended players.

Coach:  Stefano Pioli.

Sunday 23 February 2020

GENOA – LAZIO
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Referee: MARESCA
Assistants: TEGONI – ROCCA
Fourth Official: ABBATTISTA
VAR: MASSA
AVAR: LO CICERO
12:30

• Here are Genoa vs Lazio probable lineups.

GENOA (3-4-3): Perin; Biraschi, Soumaoro, C. Zapata; Ankersen, Behrami, Cassata, Criscito; Pandev, Sanabria, Favilli.

Subs: Ichazo, Marchetti, Masiello, Goldaniga, Barreca, Jagiello, Eriksson, Schöne, Destro, Pinamonti.

Unavailable: Ghiglione, Iago Falque, Lerager, Pajac, Radovanovic, Romero.

Suspended players: Sturaro.

Coach:  Davide Nicola.

LAZIO (3-5-2): Strakosha; Patric, Acerbi, S. Radu; Lazzari, Milinkovic, Luis Alberto, Jony; Correa, Immobile.

Subs: Proto, Guerrieri, Vavro, Bastos, Marusic, J.Lukaku, Cataldi, Parolo, A. Anderson, 4 Adekanye, Caicedo.

Unavailable: Lulic.

Suspended players: Luiz Felipe.

Coach: Simone Inzaghi.

ATALANTA – SASSUOLO
Atleti Azzurri D’Italia Stadium
Referee: MANGANIELLO
Assistants: BINDONI – VALERIANI
Fourth Official: FOURNEAU
VAR: FABBRI
AVAR: ALASSIO
15:00

• Here are Atalanta vs Sassuolo probable lineups.

ATALANTA (3-4-1-2): Gollini; Toloi, Caldara, Djimsiti; Castagne, Malinovskyi, Freuler, Gosens: Gomez; Ilicic, Zapata.

Subs: Sportiello, Rossi, Palomino, Czyborra, Hateboer, Pasalic, De Roon, Tamere, Colley, Muriel.

Unavailable: Sutalo.

No suspended players.

Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini.

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

Subs: Pegolo, Turati, Marlon, Peluso, Muldur, Magnani, Rogerio, Magnanelli, Bourabia, Haraslin, Defrel, Raspadori.

Unavailable: Chiriches, Tripaldelli, J. Traore.

No suspended players.

Coach:  Roberto De Zerbi.

HELLAS VERONA – CAGLIARI
Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium
Referee: PAIRETTO
Assistants: TOLFO – IMPERIALE
Fourth Official: SACCHI
VAR: BANTI
AVAR: PRETI
15:00

• Here are Hellas Verona vs Cagliari probable lineups.

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

Subs: Radunovic, Berardi, Empereur, Adjapong, Bocchetti, Dawidowicz, Eysseric, Dimarco, Verre, Salcedo, Stepinski.

Unavailable: Borini, Danzi, Pazzini.

Suspended players: Veloso.

Coach:  Ivan Juric.

CAGLIARI (4-3-2-1): Cragno; Cacciatore, Pisacane, Ceppitelli, Lu. Pellegrini; Ionita, Cigarini, Rog; Joao Pedro, Nainggolan; Simeone.

Subs: Rafael, Olsen, Mattiello, Klavan, Walukiewicz, Oliva, Birsa, Paloschi, Ragatzu.

Unavailable: Pavoletti, Faragò.

Suspended players: Nandez.

Coach:  Rolando Maran.

TORINO – PARMA
Olimpico di Torino Stadium
Referee: ABISSO
Assistants: PERETTI – CALIARI
Fourth Official: ILLUZZI
VAR: VALERI
AVAR: SCHENONE
15:00

• Here are Torino vs Parma probable lineups.

TORINO (3-5-2): Sirigu; Izzo, Nkoulou, Lyanco; De Silvestri, Lukic, Rincon, Baselli, Aina; Belotti, Berenguer.

Subs: Ujkani, Rosati, Djidji, Bremer, Singo, Ansaldi, Meite, Adopo, Edera, Zaza, Verdi, Millico.

No suspended players.

Coach:  Moreno Longo.

PARMA (4-3-3): Colombi; Laurini, Iacoponi, Alves, Gagliolo; Hernani, Brugman, Kurtic; Kulusevski, Cornelius, Gervinho.

Subs: Radu, Corvi, Dermaku, Regini, Pezzella, Grassi, Sprocati, Karamoh, Siligardi, Caprari.

Unavailable: Darmian, Inglese, Kucka, Sepe, Barillà, Scozzarella.

No suspended players.

Coach:  Roberto D’Aversa.

AS ROMA – LECCE
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: GIACOMELLI
Assistants: RANGHETTI – BRESMES
Fourth Official: MASSIMI
VAR: MAZZOLENI
AVAR: COSTANZO
18:00

• Here AS Roma vs Lecce probable lineups.

AS ROMA (4-2-3-1): Pau Lopez; Bruno Peres, Mancini, Smalling, Kolarov; Cristante, Veretout; Perez, Mkhitaryan, Kluivert; Dzeko.

Subs: Fuzato, Cardinali, Ibanez, Spinazzola, Juan Jesus, Santon, Villar, Under, Pellegrini, Kalinic, Perotti.

Unavailable: Zaniolo, Zappacosta, Diawara, Pastore, Mirante, Cetin.

No suspended players.

Coach:  Paulo Fonseca.

LECCE (4-3-2-1): Gabriel; Donati, Lucioni, Rossettini, Calderoni; Majer, Deiola, Barak; Mancosu, Shakov; Lapadula.

Subs: Vera, Petriccione, Paz, Meccariello, Saponara, Vigorito, Oltremarini, Rispoli, Babacar, Dell’Orco, Tachtsidis, Chironi.

Unavailable: Farias, Falco.

No suspended players.

Coach:  Fabio Liverani.

INTER – SAMPDORIA
Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Referee: MARIANI
Assistants: MONDIN – GALETTO
Fourth Official: PICCININI
VAR: AURELIANO
AVAR: PASSERI
20:45

• Here are Inter vs Sampdoria probable lineups.

INTER (3-5-2): Padelli; Godin, De Vrij, Skriniar; Candreva, Barella, Brozovic, Vecino, Young; R. Lukaku, L. Martinez.

Subs: Handanovic, Berni, Stankovic, D’Ambrosio, Ranocchia, Bastoni, Biraghi, Eriksen, Moses, Borja Valero, Agoume, Sanchez.

Unavailable: Gagliardini, Sensi, Esposito.

No suspended players.

Coach:  Antonio Conte.

SAMPDORIA (4-3-1-2): Audero; Bereszynski; Tonelli, Colley, Augello; Depaoli, Ekdal, Vieira; Linetty; Quagliarella, Gabbiadini.

Subs: Seculin, Falcone, Yoshida, Chabot, Thorsby, Bertolacci, Barretto, Leris, Jankto, Bonazzoli, La Gumina, Maroni.

Unavailable: Ferrari.

Suspended players: Murru, Ramirez.

Coach:  Claudio Ranieri.