By Anna Italia
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Hello my friends.  Here is the 2018-2019 Serie A Week 2 PREVIEW / Second Round on Saturday 25, Sunday 26, and Monday 27 August 2018.  

Italy’s Champions Juventus  playing their first home game this season at the Juventus Stadium.

A thriller is for the Napoli vs AC Milan game.  Imagine, the return of the ex-Napoli player and icon Gonzalo Higuain now playing for AC Milan.   Plus, the ex-Napoli goalkeeper Pepe Reina also with Milan.

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Results from Serie A Week 1

• Chievo Verona 2 – 3 Juventus
• Lazio 1 – 2 Napoli
• Torino 0 – 1 AS Roma
• Empoli 2 – 0 Cagliari
• Parma 2 – 2 Udinese
• Sassuolo 1 – 0 Inter
• Bologna 0 – 1 Spal
• AC Milan vs Genoa (postponed until October 31, 2018)
• Sampdoria vs Fiorentina (postponed until September 19, 2018)
• Atalanta 4 – 0 Frosinone

Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 1 game. First 4 qualifying for Champions League, 5 and 6 for Europa League. (as of Monday 20 August 2018)

– ATALANTA, 1st position with 3 points and a positive goal difference of +4

– EMPOLI, 2nd position with 3 points and a positive goal difference of +2

– JUVENTUS, 3rd positions with 3 points and a positive goal difference of +1

– NAPOLI, 4th position with 3 points and a positive goal difference of +1

– AS ROMA, 5th position with 3 points and a positive goal difference of +1

– SPAL, 6th position with 3 points and a positive goal difference of +1

Relegation Zone:

– TORINO, 18th position with 0 points and a negative goal difference of -1

– CAGLIARI, 19th position with 0 points and a negative goal difference of -2

– FROSINONE, 20th position with 0 points and a negative goal difference of -4

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Saturday 25 August 2018

JUVENTUS – LAZIO
Juventus Stadium
Referee: IRRATI
Assistants: TEGONI – PERETTI
Fourth Official: MARIANI
VAR: GUIDA
AVAR: CARBONE
18:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Juventus, 3rd position with 3 points and a positive goal difference of +1
Lazio, 15th position with 0 points and a negative goal difference of -1

Juventus, current Italy’s Champions,  looking for their first home victory at the Juventus Stadium.  Ideally, fans are expecting to see Cristiano Ronaldo scoring his first goal in Serie A.   Lazio losing their first game of the season will look to cause an upset to grab their first victory.

The situation for Lazio is not easy as they have lost 3 games in a row.

Stats are in favor of Juventus.  In the last 27 games at Juventus home, stats showing Juventus with 13 games, 8 draws, and Lazio winning only 6 games.   Stats for goal difference in favor of Juventus with 49-30.

Photo:   facebook.com/Juventus

NAPOLI – AC MILAN
San Paolo Stadium
Referee: VALERI
Assistants: VUOTO – DEL GIOVANE
Fourth Official: DOVERI
VAR: MASSA
AVAR: POSADO
20:30

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Napoli, 4th position with 3 points and a positive goal difference of +1
AC Milan, 10th position with 0 points and a goal difference of “0”

AC Milan looking for their first victory this season.  Last week, the match AC Milan vs Genoa  was postponed in memory of the Genoa tragedy.   Now, it is the big chance for AC Milan with their new player the Argentinean Gonzalo Higuain ex-Napoli and ex-Juventus player to return to the San Paolo Stadium.

Photo facebook.com/SSCNapoli

Sunday 26 August 2018

SPAL – PARMA
Renato Dall’Ara Stadium (at Bologna)
Referee: ORSATO
Assistants: SCHENONE – CECCONI
Fourth Official: NASCA
VAR: SERRA
AVAR: VALERIANI
18:00

CAGLIARI – SASSUOLO
Sardegna Arena
Referee: PAIRETTO
Assistants: DI LIBERATORE – TOLFO
Fourth Official: GIUA
VAR: PASQUA
AVAR: RANGHETTI
20:30

FIORENTINA – CHIEVO VERONA
Artemio Franchi Stadium
Referee: ABISSO
Assistants: MELI – MONDIN
Fourth Official: AURELIANO
VAR: GHERSINI
AVAR: PRETI
20:30

FROSINONE – BOLOGNA
Olimpico di Torino Stadium (Turin)
Referee: MANGANIELLO
GORI – FIORE
IV: ILLUZZI
VAR: CHIFFI
AVAR: DI IORIO
20:30

GENOA – EMPOLI
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Referee: MARINELLI
Assistants: TONOLINI – CALIARI
Fourth Official: PISCOPO
VAR: BANTI
AVAR: LIBERTI
20:30

INTER – TORINO
Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
MAZZOLENI
VIVENZI – BINDONI
IV: MARESCA
VAR: ROCCHI
AVAR: PAGANESSI

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Inter, 15th position with 0 points and a negative goal difference of -1
Torino, 15th position with 0 points and a negative goal difference of -1

Inter and Torino are without points.   The challenge is for Inter to win this home game and get back to the winning path to be a strong contender for the Scudetto.

Stats in favor of Inter.  In the last 15 games at he Giuseppe Meazza Stadium, Inter have won 7 games, 6 draws, and Torino winning only 2.    The goal difference is 23-10 in favor of Inter.

Photo:  twitter.com/inter_en

UDINESE – SAMPDORIA
Friuli Stadium
Referee: LA PENNA
Assistants: LONGO – TASSO
Fourth Official: MINELLI
VAR: GIACOMELLI
AVAR: DE MEO
20:30

Monday 27 August 2018

AS ROMA – ATALANTA
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: FABBRI
Assistants: ALASSIO – LO CICERO
Fourth Official: CALVARESE
VAR: DI BELLO
AVAR: PASSERI
20:30