By Anna Italia
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Hello my friends. Here is the 2017-2018 Serie A Preview Week 19 / Nineteenth Round on Friday 29 and Saturday 30 December 201.  These are the last 10 games from 2017  as the New Year 2018 will ring next week .   I want to wish you a Happy New Year Celebration!!!

Napoli  can secure the first position if they defeat Crotone in the away game.   The victory for Napoli means they will be the “Campione d’Inverno” reachaing 48 points.  For Crotone,  it is a wake up call to start winning because they are still down in the relegation zone.

The two-race for the Scudetto is between Napoli 45 points and Juventus with 44 points.

 

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Results from Serie A Week 18

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

The top scorer of the Serie A Up to Week 18: Inter forward Mauro Icardi with 17 goals

Photo: twitter.com/inter_en

 

Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 18 game. First 4 qualifying for Champions League, 5 and 6 for Europa League.

– NAPOLI 1st position with 45 points and a positive goal difference of +28

– JUVENTUS 2nd position with 44 points and a positive goal difference of +31

– INTER 3rd positions with 40 points and a positive goal difference of +20

– AS ROMA 4th position with 38 points and a positive goal difference of +17

– LAZIO 5th position with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +21

–SAMPDORIA 6th position with 27 points and a positive goal difference of +6

Relegation Zone:

– CROTONE, 18th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of -23

– HELLAS VERONA, 19th position with 13 points and a negative goal difference of -19

– BENEVENTO, 20th position with 1 point and a negative goal difference of -32

 

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CROTONE – NAPOLI
Stadio Ezio Scida
Referee: MARIANI
Assistants: DE MEO – LONGO
Fourth Official: LA PENNA
VAR: DOVERI
AVAR: GIALLATINI
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Crotone, 18th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of -23
Napoli, 1st position with 45 points and a positive goal difference of +28

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
1	Napoli	18	14	3	1	41:13	28	45
18	Crotone	18	4	3	11	13:36	-23	15

 

Napoli is the sole leader of the Serie A and will remain in the first position if defeating Crotone.    Crotone desperately needing to win the home game, though, most likey Napoli will grab the away victory.   Stats showing Napoli losing only 1 game and winning 14 compared to Crotone winning only 4 games and losing 1 games sthis season.   Problem is for Crotone because they are in relegation zone.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of CROTONE: Ante Budimir with 4 goals

Top scorer of NAPOLI:  Dries Mertens with 10 goals

Crotone	Goals	Goals	Napoli
Budimir, Ante	4	10	Mertens, Dries
Rohden, Marcus	2	5	Callejon, Jose
Trotta, Marcello	2	5	Insigne, Lorenzo
Simy	1	4	Zielinski, Piotr
Tumminello, Marco	1	3	Allan

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

23/12/17	SA	Lazio – Crotone				4:0	18
17/12/17	SA	Crotone – Chievo				1:0	17
10/12/17	SA	Sassuolo – Crotone				2:1	16

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

23/12/17	SA	Napoli – Sampdoria				3:2	18
19/12/17	CI	Napoli – Udinese				1:0	1/8
16/12/17	SA	FC Torino – Napoli				1:3	17

 

Saturday 30 December 2017

FIORENTINA – AC MILAN
Artemio Franchi Stadium
Referee: BANTI
Assistants: VIVENZI – DI IORIO
Fourth Official: TAGLIAVENTO
VAR: VALERI
AVAR: DOBOSZ
12:30

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 11th position with 24 points and a negative goal difference of -3
Fiorentina, 8th position with 26 points and a positive goal difference of +8

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
8	Fiorentina	18	7	5	6	27:19	8	26
11	Milan	18	7	3	8	23:26	-3	24

 

AC Milan highly motivated after defeating Inter if the Coppa Italia Quarterfinal qualifying  for the Semifinal against Lazio.    Fiorentina with 26 points having a +2 points lead over AC Milan with 24.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of FIORENTINA:   Giovanni Simeone with 5 goals.

Top scoer of AC MILAN:  Suso with 5 goals.

Fiorentina	Goals	Goals	AC Milan
Simeone, Giovanni	5	5	Suso
Thereau, Cyril	4	4	Kalinic, Nikola
Babacar, Khouma	4	3	Bonaventura, Giacomo
Chiesa, Federico	4	2	Cutrone, Patrick
Veretout, Jordan	3	2	Romagnoli, Alessio

Stats.  Here are the lst 3 games of FIORENTINA: 1 win, 1 draw, 1 lost

26/12/17	CI	Lazio – Fiorentina				1:0	Q
22/12/17	SA	Cagliari – Fiorentina				0:1	18
17/12/17	SA	Fiorentina – Genoa				0:0	17

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

27/12/17	CI	Milan – Inter				1:0 (OT)	Q
23/12/17	SA	Milan – Atalanta				0:2	18
17/12/17	SA	Verona – Milan				3:0	17

 

ATALANTA – CAGLIARI
Atleti Azzurri D’Italia Stadium
Referee: PASQUA
Assistants: PASSERI – ZAPPATORE
Fourth Official: PILLITTERI
VAR: MANGANIELLO
AVAR: ILLUZZI
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Atalanta, 7th position with 27 points and a positive goal difference of +5
Cagliari, 16th position with 17 points and a negative goal difference of -13

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
7	Atalanta	18	7	6	5	28:23	5	27
16	Cagliari	18	5	2	11	16:29	-13	17

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of ATALANTA:  Josip Ilicic with 7 goals.

Top scorer of CAGLIARI:  Joao Pedro with 5 goals.

Atalanta	Goals	Goals	Cagliari
Ilicic, Josip	7	5	Pedro, Joao
Cristante, Bryan	6	4	Pavoletti, Leonardo
Caldara, Mattia	3	2	Barella, Nicolo
Gomez, Papu	3	2	Farago, Paolo
Freuler, Remo	2	1	Ceppitelli, Luca

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

23/12/17	SA	Milan – Atalanta				0:2	18
20/12/17	CI	Atalanta – Sassuolo				2:1	1/8
17/12/17	SA	Atalanta – Lazio				3:3	17

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

22/12/17	SA	Cagliari – Fiorentina				0:1	18
16/12/17	SA	Roma – Cagliari				1:0	17
09/12/17	SA	Cagliari – Sampdoria				2:2	16

 

BENEVENTO – CHIEVO VERONA
Stadio Ciro Vigorito
Referee: FOURNEAU
Assistants: MARRAZZO – FIORITO
Fourth Official: DI BELLO
VAR: GUIDA
AVAR: NASCA
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Benevento, 20th position with 1 point and a negative goal difference of -32
Chievo Verona, 13th position with 21 points and a negative goal difference of -11

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
13	Chievo	18	5	6	7	19:30	-11	21
20	Benevento	18	0	1	17	9:41	-32	1

Benevento is the only team without a victory this season having just  1 point.   Benevento chances for salvation not that positive losing already 17 games and 1 draw.

Stats BEFORE the game.   Top scorer of BENEVENTO:  Amato Ciciretti with 2 goals.

Top scorer of CHIEVO VERONA: Roberto Inglese with 7 goals.

Benevento	Goals	Goals	Chievo Verona
Ciciretti, Amato	2	7	Inglese, Roberto
Brignoli, Alberto	1	2	Birsa, Valter
Lazaar, Achraf	1	2	Hetemaj, Perparim
Puscas, George	1	2	Cacciatore, Fabrizio
D’Alessandro, Marco	1	2	Castro, Lucas

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

23/12/17	SA	Genoa – Benevento				1:0	18
17/12/17	SA	Benevento – Spal				1:2	17
10/12/17	SA	Udinese – Benevento				2:0	16

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

22/12/17	SA	Chievo – Bologna				2:3	18
17/12/17	SA	Crotone – Chievo				1:0	17
10/12/17	SA	Chievo – Roma				0:0	16

 

BOLOGNA – UDINESE
Renato Dall’Ara Stadium
Referee: GAVILLUCCI
Assistants: DI FIORE – SANTORO
Fourth Official: RAPUANO
VAR: GIACOMELLI
AVAR: BARONI
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Bologna, 12th position with 24 points and a negative goal difference of -3
Udinese, 9th position with 24 points and a positive goal difference of +5

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
9	Udinese	17	8	0	9	30:25	5	24
12	Bologna	18	7	3	8	22:25	-3	24

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of BOLOGNA:  Simone Verdi with 6 goals.

Top scorer of UDINESE:  Kevin Lasagna and Antonin Barak with 6 goals each

Bologna	Goals	Goals	Udinese
Verdi, Simone	6	6	Lasagna, Kevin
Destro, Mattia	4	6	Barak, Antonin
Okwonkwo, Orji	3	4	De Paul, Rodrigo
Palacio, Rodrigo	2	3	Jankto, Jakub
Donsah, Godfred	2	2	Thereau, Cyril

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

22/12/17	SA	Chievo – Bologna				2:3	18
17/12/17	SA	Bologna – Juventus				0:3	17
10/12/17	SA	Milan – Bologna				2:1	16

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

23/12/17	SA	Udinese – Verona				4:0	18
19/12/17	CI	Napoli – Udinese				1:0	1/8
16/12/17	SA	Inter – Udinese				1:3	17

 

AS ROMA – SASSUOLO
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: ORSATO
Assistants: GORI – BOTTEGONI
Fourth Official: ABBATTISTA
VAR: FABBRI
AVAR: SAIA
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 4th position with 38 points and a positive goal difference of +17
Sassuolo, 14th position with 20 points and a negative goal difference of -16

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
4	Roma	17	12	2	3	28:11	17	38
14	Sassuolo	18	6	2	10	12:28	-16	20

 

A special match for the ex-Sassuolo Coach Eusebio Di Franceso facing his ex team.   Di Francesco now coaching AS Roma has the mission to win this home game.

Stats BEFORE the game.   Top scorer of AS ROMA:   Edin Dzeko with 8 goals.

Top scorer of SASSUOLO:   Matteo Politano and Alessandro Matri with 3 goals each.

AS Roma	Goals	Goals	Sassuolo
Dzeko, Edin	8	3	Politano, Matteo
El Shaarawy, Stephan	4	3	Matri, Alessandro
Perotti, Diego	3	2	Falcinelli, Diego
Nainggolan, Radja	2	1	Berardi, Domenico
Kolarov, Aleksandar	2	1	Goldaniga, Edoardo

Stats.  Here are the lst 3 games of AS ROMA:   1 win, 2 lost

23/12/17	SA	Juventus – Roma				1:0	18
20/12/17	CI	Roma – FC Torino				1:2	1/8
16/12/17	SA	Roma – Cagliari				1:0	17

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

23/12/17	SA	Sassuolo – Inter				1:0	18
20/12/17	CI	Atalanta – Sassuolo				2:1	1/8
17/12/17	SA	Sampdoria – Sassuolo				0:1	17

 

SAMPDORIA – SPAL
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Referee: PAIRETTO
Assistants: POSADO – DI VUOLO
Fourth Official: SERRA
VAR: MASSA
AVAR: TONOLINI
15:00

 

TORINO – GENOA
Olimpico di Torino Stadium
Referee: IRRATI
Assistants: ALASSIO – ROSSI L.
Fourth Official: MARINI
VAR: MARESCA
AVAR: LO CICERO
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Torino, 10th position with 24 points and a negative goal difference of -2
Genoa, 15th position with 17 points and a negative goal difference of -7

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
10	FC Torino	18	5	9	4	25:27	-2	24
15	Genoa	18	4	5	9	15:22	-7	17

 

Stats BEFORE the game.   Top scorer of TORINO:  Iago Falque with 7 goals.

Top scorer of GENOA:   Taarabt, Rigoni, Galabinov, Pellegri, and Lapadula with2 goals each.

Torino	Goals	Goals	Genoa
Falque, Iago	7	2	Taarabt, Adel
Belotti, Andrea	4	2	Rigoni, Luca
Ljajic, Adem	3	2	Galabinov, Andrey
Obi, Joel	2	2	Pellegri, Pietro
Baselli, Daniele	2	2	Lapadula, Gianluca

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

23/12/17	SA	Spal – FC Torino				2:2	18
20/12/17	CI	Roma – FC Torino				1:2	1/8
16/12/17	SA	FC Torino – Napoli				1:3	17

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

23/12/17	SA	Genoa – Benevento				1:0	18
20/12/17	CI	Juventus – Genoa				2:0	1/8
17/12/17	SA	Fiorentina – Genoa				0:0	17

 

INTER – LAZIO
Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Referee: ROCCHI
Assistants: DI LIBERATORE – TASSO
Fourth Official: ABISSO
VAR: DAMATO
AVAR: SCHENONE
18:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Inter, 3rd position with 40 points and a positive goal difference of +20
Lazio, 5th position with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +21

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
3	Inter	18	12	4	2	34:14	20	40
5	Lazio	17	11	3	3	43:22	21	36

 

Inter with the pressure to win the home game after their elimination in the Coppa Italia Quarterfinal.  Inter must get back to the winning  road to keep up the race for the Scudetto or risk even losing the third position.   The gap between Inter and Lazio  is only 4 points.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of INTER:  Mauro Icardi with 17 goals

Top scorer of LAZIO:   Ciro Immobile with 16 goals

Inter	Goals	Goals	Lazio
Icardi, Mauro	17	16	Immobile, Ciro
Perisic, Ivan	7	5	Luis Alberto
Skriniar, Milan	3	5	Milinkovic-Savic, Sergej
Brozovic, Marcelo	3	3	de Vrij, Stefan
Vecino, Matias	1	3	Bastos

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

27/12/17	CI	Milan – Inter				1:0 (OT)	Q
23/12/17	SA	Sassuolo – Inter				1:0	18
16/12/17	SA	Inter – Udinese				1:3	17

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

26/12/17	CI	Lazio – Fiorentina				1:0	Q
23/12/17	SA	Lazio – Crotone				4:0	18
17/12/17	SA	Atalanta – Lazio				3:3	17

 

Photo:  twitter.com/inter_en

HELLAS VERONA – JUVENTUS
Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium
Referee: MAZZOLENI
Assistants: PRETI – RANGHETTI
Fourth Official: SACCHI
VAR: CALVARESE
AVAR: PICCININI
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Hellas Verona, 19th position with 13 points and a negative goal difference of -19
Juventus, 2nd position with 44 points and a positive goal difference of +31

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
2	Juventus	18	14	2	2	45:14	31	44
19	Verona	18	3	4	11	17:36	-19	13

Juventus  keeping up a two-way race with Napoli  towards the Scudetto.  Hellas Verona winning only 3 games this season and losing 11 is down in the relegation zone.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of HELLAS VERONA:  Giampaolo Pazzini with 4 goals.

Top scorer of JUVENTUS:  Paulo Dybala with 12 goals.

Hellas Verona	Goals	Goals	Juventus
Pazzini, Giampaolo	4	12	Dybala, Paulo
Cerci, Alessio	2	9	Higuain, Gonzalo
Caceres, Martin	2	4	Mandzukic, Mario
Kean, Moise	2	3	Khedira, Sami
Zuculini, Bruno	2	3	Cuadrado, Juan

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

23/12/17	SA	Udinese – Verona				4:0	18
17/12/17	SA	Verona – Milan				3:0	17
13/12/17	CI	Milan – Verona				3:0	1/8

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

23/12/17	SA	Juventus – Roma				1:0	18
20/12/17	CI	Juventus – Genoa				2:0	1/8
17/12/17	SA	Bologna – Juventus				0:3	17

 

Photo: facebook.com/hellasveronafc1903/