Hello, my friends. Here are the 2021-2022 Italian Serie A Week 17 RESULTS / Seventeenth Round on Friday 10, Saturday 11, Sunday 12, and Monday 13 December 2021.
✅ 10 Serie A Game completed
-⚽️ Serie A Top Scorer up to Week 17 (Updated on Monday 13 December 2021)
Inter with a leapfrog taking the 1st position after winning the Serie A Week 17 game against Cagliari at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium. Inter reaching 40 points being now +1 point above AC Milan in the 2nd position with 39 points. The sole leader now is Inter and we are set for a thriller round next week.
AC Milan succumbing to the pressure ending the Serie A Week 17 game against Udinese with an agonizing draw at the Dacia Arena. AC Milan stepping down to the 2nd position reaching 39 points. After the elimination in the Champions League, the Rossoneri now risk being overtaken by Inter. Expelled in the 95th minute Isaac Success for Udinese.
The Lantern Derby won by Sampdoria. The challenge is for Genoa to start earning points to dream with salvation while Sampdoria win the Serie A Week 17 game at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium. Sampdoria dragged by a super Manolo Gabbiadini returns to victory and does so on the most heartfelt occasion, the derby of the Lanterna arrived after difficult days and marked by the judicial events of the resigning President Massimo Ferrero as part of an investigation into corporate crimes and bankruptcy. Genoa sees 14 unsuccessful games, the last five with Andriy Shevchenko on the bench. Three heavy points also in terms of classification for the Sampdoria, who move away from the hottest area, reaching +8 on their city rivals.
Fiorentina winning in grand style the Serie A Week 17 game crushing Salernitana with a poker at the Artemio Franchi Stadium. Fiorentina have won all their last four home league games, always scoring at least three goals: the Viola have only three times achieved at least five domestic successes with 3+ goals scored in Serie A, in 1949 (five), in 1959 (nine) and in 1960 (five). Fiorentina reaching 30 points while Salernitana remain in the last position with just 8 points.
Venezia with a half mission accomplished with a draw against Juventus on Saturday 11 December 2021 at the Penzo Stadium in Venice, Italy. Juventus, on paper, favorites to win and needed the victory to climb the Standings. Yet, they failed. This draw is more like a victory for Venezia after being down. Paulo Dybala forced out due to injury after 12 minutes. Now for Juve – currently sixth in the standings – the race for the Champions League is again complicating considerably.
Surprise, surprise, Napoli losing the home game at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium. Empoli grabbing this important away victory. The defeat seeing Napoli stepping down from the 3rd to the 4th position.
Good news is for Atalanta climbing from the 4th to the 3rd position after winning the away game against Hellas Verona. Atalanta with 37 points are -2 points below AC Milan with 39 in the 2nd position and +1 point above Natalanta.
Torino with an important victory delighting their fans at the Olimpico defeating Bologna. Torino resists and wastes a clear opportunity in the 90th minute with Zaza pulling on Skorupski.
AS Roma win the Serie A Week 17 game defeating Spezia at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium. Roma needed the victory to climb towards the top 6 positions, and they made it! Spezia, with 12 points, remain in the 17th position risking to go down to the relegation zone. Roma climb above Juventus into sixth place in the Serie A standings both with 28 points but Roma with a better goal difference.
👉 Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 17 game. First 4 qualifying for Champions League, 5 and 6 for Europa League. (Monday 13 Sunday 12 December 2021)
– INTER, 1st position with 40 points and a positive goal difference of +28
– AC MILAN, 2nd position with 39 points and a positive goal difference of +17
– ATALANTA, 3rd position with 37 points and a positive goal difference of +17
– NAPOLI, 4th positions with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +21
– FIORENTINA, 5th position with 30 points and a positive goal difference of +9
– AS ROMA, 6th position with 28 points and a positive goal difference of +7
Relegation Zone:
– GENOA, 18th position with 10 points and a negative goal difference of -16
– CAGLIARI, 19th position with 10 points and a negative goal difference of -17
– SALERNITANA, 20th position with 8 points and a negative goal difference of -26
👉 2021 – 2022 Italy Serie A Standing – Serie A Table up to Monday 13 December 2021
2021-22 serie a standing
MP
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
PoinTS
1
Inter
17
12
4
1
43
15
28
40
2
AC Milan
17
12
3
2
36
19
17
39
3
Atalanta
17
11
4
2
37
20
17
37
4
Napoli
17
11
3
3
34
13
21
36
5
Fiorentina
17
10
0
7
31
22
9
30
6
AS Roma
17
9
1
7
26
19
7
28
7
Juventus
17
8
4
5
23
17
6
28
8
Empoli
17
8
2
7
27
29
-2
26
9
Lazio
17
7
4
6
33
32
1
25
10
Bologna
17
7
3
7
24
29
-5
24
11
Sassuolo
17
6
5
6
28
26
2
23
12
Hellas Verona
17
6
5
6
33
30
3
23
13
Torino
17
6
4
7
22
18
4
22
14
Sampdoria
17
5
3
9
25
33
-8
18
15
Udinese
17
3
8
6
22
28
-6
17
16
Venezia
17
4
4
9
16
30
-14
16
17
Spezia
17
3
3
11
17
38
-21
12
18
Genoa
17
1
7
9
18
34
-16
10
19
Cagliari
17
1
7
9
17
34
-17
10
20
Salernitana
17
2
2
13
11
37
-26
8
Uefa Champions League: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
Europa League: 5th, 6th
Relegation: 18th, 19th, 20th
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 9th position with 25 points and a positive goal difference of +5
Spezia, 17th position with 12 points and a positive goal difference of -19
AS Roma win the Serie A Week 17 game defeating Spezia on Monday 13 December 2021 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Rome, Italy. Roma needed the victory to climb towards the top 6 positions, and they made it! Spezia, with 12 points, remain in the 17th position risking to go down to the relegation zone. Roma climb above Juventus into sixth place in the Serie A standings both with 28 points but Roma with a better goal difference. Roma are unbeaten in Serie A against Spezia, thanks to an internal victory (4-3) and an external draw (2-2).
Sour note is the red card for AS Roma player Felix Afena-Gyan in the 93rd minute, after a second yellow card, scores a good goal but the goal is canceled due to a coup that the young man used to stretch the ball. Spezia, however, which put Roma in difficulty.
Roma opening the score in the 6th minute. It is Chris Smalling to defeat Spezia goalkeeper Provedel from very close range with a headed shot to the center. The assist is by Tammy Abraham following a corner conceded by Martin Erlic. For the first time since Opta collected this data (since 2004/05) an English player Tammy Abraham has provided an assist for another English player Smalling in the same Serie A match.
Photo via twitter.com/asromaen
Photo via twitter.com/asromaen
The second goal arriving in the 56th minute. Roger Ibañez with a headed shot to the center. The assist is by Jordan Veretout with a cross following a corner conceded by Dimitrios Nikolaou.
Photo via twitter.com/asromaen
✅ Stats before the game. Roma remained unbeaten in the last 10 Serie A games played on Monday, with seven wins and three draws in the partial: the last defeat came in March 2015, at home and against a Ligurian team (0-2 against Sampdoria) . Roma have lost their last two Serie A games, the last time they did worse was in July 2020 (three knockouts in a row) – José Mourinho only twice in his career as a coach has recorded three defeats in a row in the league: in February 2021 at the helm of Tottenham and in November 2015 with Chelsea. Roma have lost seven games in this league, in their history in Serie A only three times they had recorded more defeats after the first 16 matches of the season: in 1949/50 (8), 1950/51 (9), 1973/74 (8 ). Only Atalanta (25) and Napoli (22) have collected more points than Roma (21 in eight matches) in the matches against teams that currently occupy the second half of the Serie A standings. Spezia have lost their last five league away games, only once in Serie A have they slipped a streak of six in a row: between February and April 2021.
Lineup AS ROMA 3-5-2: Rui Patricio – Kumbulla, Smalling, Ibanez – Karsdorp, Veretout, Cristante, Mkhitaryan, Vina – Borja Mayoral, Abraham.
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 9th position with 25 points and a positive goal difference of +5
Spezia, 17th position with 12 points and a positive goal difference of -19
✅ Here are AS ROMA vs SPEZIA official starting lineups – formations for the Serie A Week 17 game on Monday 13 December 2021 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Rome, Italy at 20:45.
AS ROMA 3-5-2: Rui Patricio – Kumbulla, Smalling, Ibanez – Karsdorp, Veretout, Cristante, Mkhitaryan, Vina – Borja Mayoral, Abraham.
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 9th position with 25 points and a positive goal difference of +5
Spezia, 17th position with 12 points and a positive goal difference of -19
✅ Here are AS ROMA vs SPEZIA probable starting lineups – formations for the Serie A Week 17 game on Monday 13 December 2021 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Rome, Italy at 20:45.
AS Roma (3-5-2): Rui Patricio; Ibanez, Smalling, Kumbulla; Karsdorp, Veretout, Cristante, Mkhitaryan, Vina; Abraham, Shomurodov.
By Anna Italia
