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Hello, my friends. Here are the 2019-2020 Serie A Week 18 PREVIEW / Eighteenth Round on Sunday 5 and Monday 6 January 2020.   We are back to the Serie A after the break to celebrate Christmas and New Year.   It’s a new decade and all 20 Serie A teams are energized fulled of motivation to change their performance.

The good news is for Lazio returning after the break as winner of the Supercoppa Italiana defeating Juventus in Saudi Arabia on 22 December 2019.   You bet, Juventus will be more than motivated to resume the season after the defeat and focus on their main objective which is to win the UEFA Champions League.

In the meantime, we might have a change in the Serie A leadership.   Inter keeping the first position reaching 42 points and a positive goal difference of +22. Inter crushed Genoa at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium with a 4-0.  Juventus also with 42 points share the same points with Inter. However, Juventus is in the second position because they have a lower goal difference of +14.    Simply put, Inter will keep the first position if they defeat Napoli at the San Paolo Stadium.  In case of Inter losing, Juventus might take back the first position if they defeat Cagliari at the Allianz Stadium.

👉 Up to Serie A Week 17: There is a three-way race between Inter (42), Juventus (42), and Lazio (36)

⚽️ Serie A Top Scorer up to Week 17:
Lazio forward Ciro Immobile with 17 goals

AC Milan is highly motivated after signing the great Zlatan Ibrahimovic with the dream to revive AC Milan.   Last game, Atalanta humiliated AC Milan at the Atleti Azzurri D’Italia Stadium with a mega goleada 5-0!!!!  Now, it’s time to archive the bad experience and dream big.

Genoa with new coach Davide Nicola replacing Thiago Motta will look to win his debut game against Sassuolo.   Genoa is in the 20th position and dreaming with salvation must become a reality or face relegation next season.

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Results from Serie A Week 17

• Sampdoria 1 – 2 Juventus
• Fiorentina 1 – 4 AS Roma
• Udinese 2 – 1 Cagliari
• Inter 4 – 0 Genoa
• Torino 1 – 2 SPAL
• Atalanta 5 – 0 AC Milan
• Lecce 2 – 3 Bologna
• Parma 1 – 1 Brescia
• Sassuolo 1 – 2 Napoli

Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 17 game. First 4 qualifying for Champions League, 5 and 6 for Europa League. (Up to Sunday 22 December 2019)

– INTER, 1st position with 42 points and a positive goal difference of +22

– JUVENTUS, 2nd position with 42 points and a positive goal difference of +14

– LAZIO, 3rd positions with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +22

– AS ROMA, 4th position with 35 points and a positive goal difference of +16

– ATALANTA, 5th position with 31 points and a positive goal difference of +18

– CAGLIARI, 6th position with 29 points and a positive goal difference of +10

Relegation Zone:

– BRESCIA, 18th position with 14 points and a negative goal difference of -14

– SPAL, 19th position with 12 points and a negative goal difference of -14

– GENOA, 20th position with 11 points and a negative goal difference of -18

2019 – 2020 Italy Serie A Standing – Serie A Table

Rank	TEAM		GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PoinTS
1		Internazionale	17	13	3	1	36	14	22	42
2		Juventus	17	13	3	1	31	17	14	42
3		Lazio	16	11	3	2	38	16	22	36
4		Roma	17	10	5	2	33	17	16	35
5		Atalanta	17	9	4	4	43	25	18	31
6		Cagliari	17	8	5	4	33	23	10	29
7		Parma	17	7	4	6	24	20	4	25
8		Napoli	17	6	6	5	27	22	5	24
9		Bologna	17	6	4	7	27	29	-2	22
10		Torino	17	6	3	8	22	26	-4	21
11		Milan	17	6	3	8	16	24	-8	21
12		Verona	16	5	4	7	17	20	-3	19
13		Sassuolo	17	5	4	8	29	29	0	19
14		Udinese	17	5	3	9	13	28	-15	18
15		Fiorentina	17	4	5	8	21	28	-7	17
16		Lecce	17	3	6	8	22	35	-13	15
17		Sampdoria	17	4	3	10	14	27	-13	15
18		Brescia	17	4	2	11	15	29	-14	14
19		SPAL	17	3	3	11	12	26	-14	12
20		Genoa	17	2	5	10	17	35	-18	11

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Sunday 5 January 2020

BRESCIA – LAZIO
Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Referee: MANGANIELLO
Assistants: DE MEO – SANTORO
Fourth Official: GHERSINI
VAR: MAZZOLENI
AVAR: DI IORIO
12:30

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Brescia, 18th position with 14 points and a negative goal difference of -14
Lazio, 3rd position with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +22

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
3	Lazio	16	11	3	2	38:16	22	36
18	Brescia	17	4	2	11	15:29	-14	14

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of BRESCIA:  A. Donnarumma and Mario Balotelli with 4 goals each.

Top scorer of LAZIO: Ciro Immobile with 17 goals.

brescia	Goals	Goals	lazio
Donnarumma, Alfredo	4	17	Immobile, Ciro
Balotelli, Mario	4	6	Correa, Joaquin
Chancellor, Jhon	1	4	Caicedo, Felipe
Tonali, Sandro	1	3	Milinkovic-Savic, Sergej
Torregrossa, Ernesto	1	3	Alberto, Luis

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
22/12/19	SA	Parma – Brescia				1:1	17
18/12/19	SA	Brescia – Sassuolo				0:2	7
14/12/19	SA	Brescia – Lecce				3:0	16

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
22/12/19	SC	Juventus – Lazio				1:3	F
16/12/19	SA	Cagliari – Lazio				1:2	16
12/12/19	UELG	Rennes – Lazio				2:0	6

• Here are Brescia vs Lazio probable lineups.

BRESCIA (4-3-1-2): Joronen; Sabelli, Cistana, Chancellor, Mateju; Bisoli, Tonali, Romulo; Spalek; Torregrossa, Balotelli.

Subs: Alfonso, Gastaldello, Mangraviti, Magnani, Martella, Ndoj, Zhmral, Viviani, Alfr.Donnarumma, Ayé, Morosini, Matri.

Unavailable: Dessena.

Suspended: Coach Eugenio Corini.

Coach: Corini.

LAZIO (3-5-2): Strakosha; Patric, Acerbi, S.Radu; Lazzari, Milinkovic, Parolo, Lulic, Jony; Correa, Caicedo.

Subs: Proto, Guerrieri, Luiz Felipe, Bastos, Marusic, Cataldi, V.Berisha, Anderson, Adekanye, Immobile.

Unavailable: Vavro, J.Lukaku.

Suspended: Leiva, Luis Alberto.

Coach: Simone Inzaghi.

SPAL – HELLAS VERONA
Stadio Paolo Mazza
Referee: GUIDA
Assistants:PAGANESSI – DI GIOIA
Fourth Official: MASSIMI
VAR: NASCA
AVAR: MONDIN
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
SPAL, 19th position with 12 points and a negative goal difference of -14
Hellas Verona, 13th position with 19 points and a negative goal difference of -3

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
13	Verona	16	5	4	7	17:20	-3	19
19	Spal	17	3	3	11	12:26	-14	12

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of SPAL:  Andrea Petagna with 6 goals.

Top scorer of HELLAS VERONA:  Samuel Di Carmine with 3 goals.

spal	Goals	Goals	hellas verona
Petagna, Andrea	6	3	Di Carmine, Samuel
Kurtic, Jasmin	2	2	Verre, Valerio
Di Francesco, Federico	2	2	Pessina, Matteo
Valoti, Mattia	1	2	Faraoni, Davide
Strefezza, Gabriel	1	2	Veloso, Miguel

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
21/12/19	SA	Torino – Spal				1:2	17
15/12/19	SA	Roma – Spal				3:1	16
08/12/19	SA	Spal – Brescia				0:1	15

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
15/12/19	SA	Verona – Torino				3:3	16
07/12/19	SA	Atalanta – Verona				3:2	15
01/12/19	SA	Verona – Roma				1:3	14

• Here are SPAL vs Hellas Verona probable lineups.

SPAL (3-5-2): E.Berisha; Tomovic, Vicari, Igor; Cionek, Valoti, Missiroli, Kurtic, Strefezza; Petagna, Paloschi.

Subs Thiam, Letica, Salamon, Felipe, Cannistrà, Valdifiori, Murgia, Tunjov, Mastrilli, Moncini, Floccari, Di Francesco.

Unavailable: Fares, D’Alessandro, Reca, Jankovic.

No suspended players.

Coach.: Leonardo Semplici.

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

Subs: A.Berardi, Radunovic, Vitale, Bocchetti, Adjapong, Dawidowicz, Wesley, Danzi, Henderson, Stepinski, Pazzini, Tutino.

Unavailable: Badu, Bessa, Empereur, Salcedo, Tupta.

Suspended: Amrabat.

Coach: Ivan Juric

GENOA – SASSUOLO
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Referee: IRRATI
Assistants: MANGANELLI – MACADDINO
Fourth Official: FOURNEAU
VAR: DI PAOLO
AVAR: RANGHETTI
18:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Genoa, 20th position with 11 points and a negative goal difference of -18
Sassuolo, 12th position with 19 points and a goal difference of “0”

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
12	Sassuolo	17	5	4	8	29:29	0	19
20	Genoa	17	2	5	10	17:35	-18	11

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of GENOA: Christian Kouame with 5 goals.

Top scorer of SASSUOLO: Berardi and Caputo with 8 goals each.

genoa	Goals	Goals	sassuolo
Kouame, Christian	5	8	Berardi, Domenico
Pandev, Goran	3	8	Caputo, Francesco
Criscito, Domenico	3	4	Boga, Jeremie
Pinamonti, Andrea	2	3	Djuricic, Filip
Sturaro, Stefano	1	3	Traore, Hamed Junior

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
21/12/19	SA	Inter – Genoa				4:0	17
14/12/19	SA	Genoa – Sampdoria				0:1	16
08/12/19	SA	Lecce – Genoa				2:2	15

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
22/12/19	SA	Sassuolo – Napoli				1:2	17
18/12/19	SA	Brescia – Sassuolo				0:2	7
15/12/19	SA	Milan – Sassuolo				0:0	16

• Here are Genoa vs Sassuolo probable lineups.

GENOA (3-5-2): Perin; Biraschi, C.Zapata, Romero; Ghiglione, Schone, Radovanovic, Sturaro, Criscito; Pandev, Pinamonti.

Subs: I.Radu, Marchetti, El Yamiq, Goldaniga, Jagiello, Ankersen, Pajac, Cassata, Behrami, Agudelo, Sanabria, Favilli.

Unavailable: Kouame, Lerager.

No suspended players.

Coach:  Davide Nicola.

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

Subs: Pegolo, Turati, Peluso, Muldur, Tripaldelli, Rogerio, Duncan, Obiang, Mazzitelli, Bourabia, Traorè, Raspadori.

Unavailable: Chiriches, Defrel, Marlon.

No suspended players.

Coach: Roberto De Zerbi

Photo: twitter.com/GenoaCFC

AS ROMA – TORINO
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: DI BELLO
Assistants: SCHENONE – VECCHI
Fourth Official: CHIFFI
VAR: ABISSO
AVAR: COSTANZO
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 4th position with 35 points and a positive goal difference of +16
Torino, 10th position with 21 points and a negative goal difference of -4

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
4	Roma	17	10	5	2	33:17	16	35
10	Torino	17	6	3	8	22:26	-4	21

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

Top scorer of TORINO:  Andrea Belotti with 7goals.

as roma	Goals	Goals	torino
Dzeko, Edin	7	7	Belotti, Andrea
Kolarov, Aleksandar	5	4	Ansaldi, Cristian
Zaniolo, Nicolo	4	4	Berenguer, Alex
Mkhitaryan, Henrikh	3	3	Zaza, Simone
Kluivert, Justin	3	1	Rincon, Tomas

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
20/12/19	SA	Fiorentina – Roma				1:4	17
15/12/19	SA	Roma – Spal				3:1	16
12/12/19	UELG	Roma – WAC				2:2	6

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
21/12/19	SA	Torino – Spal				1:2	17
15/12/19	SA	Verona – Torino				3:3	16
08/12/19	SA	Torino – Fiorentina				2:1	15

• Here are AS Roma vs Torino probable lineups.

AS ROMA (4-2-3-1): Pau Lopez; Florenzi, Mancini, Smalling, Kolarov; Diawara, Veretout; Zaniolo, Lor.Pellegrini, Perotti; Dzeko.

Subs: Fuzato, Juan Jesus, Fazio, Spinazzola, Cetin, Kalinic, Antonucci, Mkhitaryan, Ünder.

Unavailable: Zappacosta, Santon, Cristante, Kluivert, Pastore.

No suspended players.

Coach: Paulo Fonseca.

TORINO (3-4-2-1): Sirigu; Izzo, Nkoulou, Djidji; Aina, Lukic, Rincon, Laxalt; Verdi, Berenguer; Belotti.

Subs: Rosati, Ujkani, De Silvestri, Bonifazi, Meitè, Zaza, Millico.

Unavailable: Baselli, Edera, Iago Falque, Lyanco, Parigini.

Suspended players:  Ansaldi, Bremer.

Coach: Walter Mazzarri.

 

Monday 6 January 2020

BOLOGNA – FIORENTINA
Renato Dall’Ara Stadium
Referee: VALERI
Assistants: VALERIANI – LO CICERO
Fourth Official: PICCININI
VAR: MARIANI
AVAR: GALETTO
12:30

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Bologna, 9th position with 22 points and a negative goal difference of -2
Fiorentina, 15th position with 17 points and a negative goal difference of -7

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
9	Bologna	17	6	4	7	27:29	-2	22
15	Fiorentina	17	4	5	8	21:28	-7	17

Stats BEFORE the game.   Top scorer of BOLOGNA:  Rodrigo Palacio with 5 goals.

Top scorer of FIORENTINA:  Vlahovic, Pulgar, Milenkovic, and Castrovilli with 3 goals each.

bologna	Goals	Goals	fiorentina
Palacio, Rodrigo	5	3	Vlahovic, Dusan
Sansone, Nicola	4	3	Pulgar, Erick
Orsolini, Riccardo	4	3	Milenkovic, Nikola
Soriano, Roberto	3	3	Castrovilli, Gaetano
Bani, Mattia	2	2	Ribery, Franck

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
22/12/19	SA	Lecce – Bologna				2:3	17
15/12/19	SA	Bologna – Atalanta				2:1	16
08/12/19	SA	Bologna – Milan				2:3	15

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
20/12/19	SA	Fiorentina – Roma				1:4	17
15/12/19	SA	Fiorentina – Inter				1:1	16
08/12/19	SA	Torino – Fiorentina				2:1	15

• Here are Bologna vs Fiorentina probable lineups.

BOLOGNA (4-2-3-1): Skorupski; Tomiyasu, L.Danilo, Bani, Denswil; Medel, Poli; Orsolini, Soriano, Sansone; Palacio.

Subs: Da Costa, Sarr, Paz, Corbo, Skov Olsen, Schouten, Dzemaili, Svanberg, Santander.

Unavailable:  Krejci, Dijks.

No suspended players.

Coach: Sinisa Mihajlovic.

FIORENTINA (3-4-1-2): Dragowski; Milenkovic, Ger.Pezzella, Caceres; Lirola, Pulgar, Benassi, Dalbert; Castrovilli; Vlahovic, Chiesa.

Subs: Terracciano, Venuti, Ranieri, Ceccherini, Cristoforo, Zurkowski, Badelj, Boateng, Ghezzal, Sottil, Pedro, Cerofolini.

Unavailable:  Franck Ribery.

No suspended players.

Coach: Giuseppe Iachini

ATALANTA – PARMA
Atleti Azzurri D’Italia Stadium
Referee: PASQUA
Assistants: VIVENZI – CALIARI
Fourth Official: MINELLI
VAR: LA PENNA
AVAR: PERETTI
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Atalanta, 5th position with 31 points and a positive goal difference of +18
Parma, 7th position with 25 points and a positive goal difference of +4

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
5	Atalanta	17	9	4	4	43:25	18	31
7	Parma	17	7	4	6	24:20	4	25

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of ATALANTA:  Luis Muriel with 10 goals.

Top scorer of PARMA:  Andreas Cornelius with 5 goals.

atalanta	Goals	Goals	Parma
Muriel, Luis	10	5	Cornelius, Andreas
Ilicic, Josip	7	4	Gervinho
Zapata, Duvan	6	4	Kulusevski, Dejan
Gomez, Papu	5	2	Inglese, Roberto
Gosens, Robin	4	2	Kucka, Juraj

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
22/12/19	SA	Atalanta – Milan				5:0	17
15/12/19	SA	Bologna – Atalanta				2:1	16
11/12/19	UCLG	Shakhtar – Atalanta				0:3	6

Stats.  Here are the last 3 gaes of PARMA:  2 wins, 1 draw

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
22/12/19	SA	Parma – Brescia				1:1	17
14/12/19	SA	Napoli – Parma				1:2	16
08/12/19	SA	Sampdoria – Parma				0:1	15

• Here are Atalanta vs Parma probable lineups.

ATALANTA (3-4-1-2): Sportiello; Toloi, Djimsiti, Palomino; Castagne, De Roon, Freuler, Gosens; Pasalic; Ilicic, Gomez.

Subs: Rossi, Masiello, Arana, Hateboer, Malinovskyi, Muriel, Barrow, D. Zapata.

Unavailable: Gollini.

No suspended players.

Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini.

PARMA (4-3-3): Sepe; Darmian, Dermaku, Alves, Iacoponi; Grassi, Hernani, Barillà; Kulusevski, Kucka, Sprocati.

Subs: Colombi, Alastra, Laurini, Gius.Pezzella, Brugman, Scozzarella, Adorante.

Unavailable: Cornelius, Gervinho, Inglese, Karamoh.

Suspended: Gagliolo.

Coach:  Roberto D’Aversa.

JUVENTUS – CAGLIARI
Allianz Stadium
Referee: GIACOMELLI
Assistants:LIBERTI – BOTTEGONI
Fourth Official: VOLPI
VAR: BANTI
AVAR: CECCONI
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Juventus, 2nd position with 42 points and a positive goal difference of +14
Cagliari, 6th position with 29 points and a positive goal difference of +10

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
1	Juventus	17	13	3	1	31:17	14	42
6	Cagliari	17	8	5	4	33:23	10	29

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of JUVENTUS: Cristiano Ronaldo with 10 goals.

Top scorer of CAGLIARI:  Joao Pedrow with 11 goals.

juventus	Goals	Goals	cagliari
Ronaldo, Cristiano	10	11	Pedro, Joao
Dybala, Paulo	5	5	Simeone, Giovanni
Higuain, Gonzalo	4	4	Nainggolan, Radja
Pjanic, Miralem	3	2	Castro, Lucas
Bonucci, Leonardo	3	2	Ceppitelli, Luca

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
22/12/19	SC	Juventus – Lazio				1:3	F
18/12/19	SA	Sampdoria – Juventus				1:2	17
15/12/19	SA	Juventus – Udinese				3:1	16

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
21/12/19	SA	Udinese – Cagliari				2:1	17
16/12/19	SA	Cagliari – Lazio				1:2	16
08/12/19	SA	Sassuolo – Cagliari				2:2	15

• Here are Juventus vs Cagliari probable lineups.

JUVENTUS (4-3-1-2): Szczesny; Cuadrado, Bonucci, De Ligt, Alex Sandro; Rabiot, Pjanic, Matuidi; Dybala; Higuain, Ronaldo.

Subs: Buffon, Pinsoglio, Rugani, Demiral, De Sciglio, D.Danilo, Emre Can, Ramsey, Douglas Costa, Pjaca, Bernardeschi.

Unavailable: Chiellini, Khedira.

Suspended: Bentancur.

Coach:  Maurizio Sarri.

CAGLIARI (4-3-2-1): Olsen; Faragò, Walukiewicz, Klavan, Lu.Pellegrini; Nandez, Cigarini, Rog; Joao Pedro, Nainggolan; Simeone.

Subs: Rafael, Pinna, Mattiello, Cacciatore, Lykogiannis, Birsa, Ionita, Ragatzu, Deiola, Cerri.

Unavailable: Cragno, Pavoletti, Ceppitelli, Castro.

Suspended: Pisacane.

Coach:  Rolando Maran.

AC MILAN – SAMPDORIA
San Siro Stadium
Referee: MASSA
Assistants: ALASSIO – DI VUOLO
Fourth Official: AYROLDI
VAR: PAIRETTO
AVAR: BINDONI
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 11th position with 21 points and a negative goal difference of -8
Sampdoria, 17th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of -13

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
11	Milan	17	6	3	8	16:24	-8	21
17	Sampdoria	17	4	3	10	14:27	-13	15

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of AC MILAN:  Theo Hernandez and Piatek with 4 goals each.

Top scorer of SAMPDORIA:  Manolo Gabbiadini with 4 goals.

ac milan	Goals	Goals	sampdoria
Hernandez, Theo	4	4	Gabbiadini, Manolo
Piatek, Krzysztof	4	3	Quagliarella, Fabio
Calhanoglu, Hakan	2	3	Ramirez, Gaston
Bonaventura, Giacomo	2	2	Caprari, Gianluca
Suso	1	1	Jankto, Jakub

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
22/12/19	SA	Atalanta – Milan				5:0	17
15/12/19	SA	Milan – Sassuolo				0:0	16
08/12/19	SA	Bologna – Milan				2:3	15

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
18/12/19	SA	Sampdoria – Juventus				1:2	17
14/12/19	SA	Genoa – Sampdoria				0:1	16
08/12/19	SA	Sampdoria – Parma				0:1	15

• Here are AC Milan vs Sampdoria probable lineups.

AC MILAN (4-3-3): G.Donnarumma; Conti, Musacchio, Romagnoli, Hernandez; Kessie, Bennacer, Bonaventura; Suso, Piatek, Calhanoglu.

Subs: Ant.Donnarumma, Reina, Calabria, Gabbia, Rodriguez, Biglia, Krunic, Castillejo, Leão, Rebic, Paquetà, Ibrahimovic.

Unavailable: Duarte.

Coach:  Stefano Pioli.

SAMPDORIA (4-3-1-2): Audero; Bereszynski, Murillo, Colley, Murru; Depaoli, Ekdal, Vieira; Ramirez; Quagliarella, Gabbiadini.

Subs: Seculin, Falcone, Regini, Augello, Chabot, Thorsby, Jankto, Linetty, Leris, Maroni, E.Rigoni, Bonazzoli.

Unavailable: Barreto, Bertolacci, A.Ferrari.

Suspended: Caprari.

Coach:  Claudio Ranieri.

LECCE – UDINESE
Via del Mare Stadium
Referee: GIUA
Assistants: PRETI – IMPERIALE
Fourth Official: PRONTERA
VAR: MARESCA
AVAR: FIORITO
18:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Lecce, 16th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of -13
Udinese, 14th position with 18 points and a negative goal difference of -15

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
14	Udinese	17	5	3	9	13:28	-15	18
16	Lecce	17	3	6	8	22:35	-13	15

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of LECCE:  Marco Mancosu with 5 goals.

Top scorer of UDINESE:   Okaka and Lasagna with 3 goals each.

lecce	Goals	Goals	udinese
Mancosu, Marco	5	3	Okaka, Stefano
Lapadula, Gianluca	4	3	Lasagna, Kevin
Calderoni, Marco	3	2	De Paul, Rodrigo
Farias, Diego	2	1	Nestorovski, Ilija
Falco, Filippo	2	1	Becao, Rodrigo

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
22/12/19	SA	Lecce – Bologna				2:3	17
14/12/19	SA	Brescia – Lecce				3:0	16
08/12/19	SA	Lecce – Genoa				2:2	15

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
21/12/19	SA	Udinese – Cagliari				2:1	17
15/12/19	SA	Juventus – Udinese				3:1	16
07/12/19	SA	Udinese – Napoli				1:1	15

• Here are Lecce vs Udinese probable lineups.

LECCE (4-3-1-2): Gabriel; Donati, Rossettini, Lucioni, Dell’Orco; Petriccione, Tachtsidis, Tabanelli; Mancosu; Lapadula, Babacar.

Subs: Riccardi, Vera, Benzar, Falco, Shakov, La Mantìa, Dubickas, Vigorito, Rispoli, Lo Faso, Majer, Imbula.

Unavailable: Meccariello.

Suspended: Calderoni.

Coach: Fabio Liverani.

UDINESE (3-5-2): Musso; De Maio, Ekong, Nuytinck; Stryger, Fofana, Mandragora, De Paul, Sema; Okaka, Lasagna.

Subs: Nicolas, Perisan, Sierralta, Becao, Opoku, Ter Avest, Walace, Jajalo, Barak, Pussetto, Nestorovski, Teodorczyk.

Unavailable: Samir.

No suspended players.

Coach:  Gotti.

NAPOLI – INTER
San Paolo Stadium
Referee: DOVERI
Assistants: PASSERI – DEL GIOVANE
Fourth Official: FABBRI
VAR: CALVARESE
AVAR: GIALLATINI
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Napoli, 8th position with 24 points and a positive goal difference of +5
Inter, 1st position with 42 points and a positive goal difference of +22

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
1	Inter	17	13	3	1	36:14	22	42
8	Napoli	17	6	6	5	27:22	5	24

Stats BEFORE the game.   Top scorer of NAPOLI:  Arek Milik with 6 goals.

Top scorer of INTER:   Romelu Lukaku with 12 goals.

napoli	Goals	Goals	inter
Milik, Arek	6	12	Lukaku, Romelu
Mertens, Dries	4	8	Martinez, Lautaro
Llorente, Fernando	3	3	Sensi, Stefano
Insigne, Lorenzo	3	2	Candreva, Antonio
Manolas, Kostas	2	2	Gagliardini, Roberto

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
22/12/19	SA	Sassuolo – Napoli				1:2	17
14/12/19	SA	Napoli – Parma				1:2	16
10/12/19	UCLG	Napoli – Genk				4:0	6

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

DAte	TO	Match				FT	ROund
21/12/19	SA	Inter – Genoa				4:0	17
15/12/19	SA	Fiorentina – Inter				1:1	16
10/12/19	UCLG	Inter – Barcelona				1:2	6

• Here is Napoli vs Inter probable lineups.

NAPOLI (4-3-3): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Manolas, Luperto, Mario Rui; Fabian Ruiz, Allan, Zielinski; Callejon, Milik, Insigne.

Subs:  Ospina, Karnezis, Hysaj, Elmas, Gaetano, Younes, Llorente, Lozano.

Unavailable: Ghoulam, Koulibaly, Malcuit, Maksimovic, Mertens, Tonelli.

No suspended players.

Coach: Gennaro Gattuso

INTER (3-5-2): Handanovic; Godin, De Vrij, Skriniar; Candreva, Vecino, Brozovic, Sensi, Biraghi; L.Martinez, R.Lukaku.

Subs: Padelli, Berni, Bastoni, Ranocchia, Dimarco, Lazaro, Borja Valero, Gagliardini, Barella, Politano, Sanchez, Esposito.

Unavailable: D’Ambrosio, Asamoah.

No suspended players.

Coach:  Antonio Conte.