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Hello my friends. Here is  the Serie A PREVIEW for Week 15 on  Saturday 13, Sunday 14, and Monday 15 December 2014.    The race for the Scudetto continuing with Juventus having 35 points just 3 points ahead of AS Roma with 32 points.   This week motivation high for Juventus after qualifying to the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 while AS Roma are eliminated in Champions and now down to a consolation stage demoted to play in Europa League after losing against Manchester City.

The four Serie A teams to win this week are Napoli, Inter, Torino and Fiorentina after qualifying to the Europa League Round of 16.

The race for the 3rd position is open seeing Genoa leading with 26 points followed by Sampdoria having 25 points, Napoli with 24 points, and Lazio with 23 points.

 

The top scorer up to Round 14: Juventus forward Carlos Tevez with 9 goals

 

Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 14 games. First 3 qualifying for Champions League, 4 and 5 for Europa League.

–Juventus, 1st position with 35 points and a positive goal difference of +25

–AS Roma, 2nd position with 32 points and a positive goal difference of +16

– Genoa, 3rd positions with 26 points and a positive goal difference of +8

– Sampdoria, 4th position with 25 points and a positive goal difference of +8

– Napoli, 5th position with 24 points and a positive goal difference of +8

 

Relegation Zone: Cagliari, 18th position with 11 points and a negative goal difference of -6 .
Cesena, 19th position with 8 points and a negative goal difference of -14.
Parma,. 20th position with 6 points and a negative goal difference of -18.

 

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Saturday 13 December 2014

• Serie A Week 15 / 15ª Giornata Andata​​

PALERMO – SASSUOLO
Renzo Barbera Stadium
Referee: MARESCA
Assistants: TONOLINI – FIORITO
Fourth Official: TEGONI
ADD1: DI BELLO
ADD2: MINELLI
18:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Palermo 11th position with 18 points and a negative goal difference of -3
Sassuolo, 10th position with 19 points and a negative goal difference of -5

 

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
10	Sassuolo	14	4	7	3	15:18	-3	19
11	Palermo	14	4	6	4	17:22	-5	18

 

There is only 1 point difference and pressure for a victory is for both teams.  Sassuolo are confident to defeat Palermo at the Renzo Barbera Stadium considering they are undefeated in the last 8 games with 5 wins and 3 draws.  Palermo are looking to win the home game.

There are no precedents between Palermo vs Sassuolo in Serie A.

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  No suspended players for PALERMO.

3 suspended players for SASSUOLO: Peluso (1), Vrsaljko (1), Berardi (1)

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for PALERMO:  Forward Paulo Dybala with 7 goals

Top scorer for SASSUOLO: Forward Simone Zaza with 4 goals

Palermo	Goals	Goals	Sassuolo
Dybala, Paulo Bruno	7	4	Zaza, Simone
Vazquez, Franco	3	3	Berardi, Domenico
Belotti, Andrea	2	2	Taider, Saphir
Rigoni, Luca	2	2	Floccari, Sergio
Gonzalez, Giancarlo	1	1	Sansone, Nicola

 

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of PALERMO: 1 win, 2 draws

06/12/14	SA	Turin – Palermo				2:2	Round 14
30/11/14	SA	Palermo – Parma				2:1	Round 13
24/11/14	SA	Genoa – Palermo				1:1	Round 12

 

Here are the last 3 games of SASSUOLO: 2 wins, 1 draw

06/12/14	SA	Roma – Sassuolo				2:2	Round 14
02/12/14	CI	Sassuolo – Pescara				1:0	Round 4
29/11/14	SA	Sassuolo – Verona				2:1	Round 13

 

Here is the probable formation for Palermo (3-5-2): Sorrentino; Munoz, Gonzalez, Andelkovic; Morganella, Rigoni, Maresca, Barreto, Lazaar; Vazquez, Dybala

Unavailable: Makienok, Ngoyi, Daprelà

Here is the probable formation for Sassuolo (4-3-3): Consigli; Gazzola, Cannavaro, Acerbi, Longhi; Taider, Magnanelli, Missiroli; Floro Flores, Zaza, Sansone

Unavailable: Pegolo, Manfredini

Photo: facebook.com/palermocalcioit

 

 

LAZIO – ATALANTA
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: ROCCHI
Assistants: CARIOLATO – GAVA
Fourth Official: LONGO
ADD1: IRRATI
ADD2: PAIRETTO
20:45

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Lazio 6th position with 23 points and a positive goal difference of +6
Atalanta, 14th position with 14 points and a negative goal difference of -7

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
6	Lazio	14	7	2	5	23:17	6	23
14	Atalanta	14	3	5	6	8:15	-7	14

 

 

Pressure is for Lazio to win this home game.  There are only 3 points difference with Genoa holding the 3rd position with 26 points.   A victory at the Olimpico against Atalanta would be an added boost for the morale of the team and fans towards the dream to be among the top 5 positions.

Precedents for Lazio vs Atalanta at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium include 46 games.  Lazio winning 18, Atalanta winning 12, and 16 draws, Lazio scoring 67 goals and Atalanta scoring 46 goals. Atalanta relying on last season when they defeated Lazio at the Olimpico.

It’s also a personal challenge for Atalanta coach Stefano Colantuono  who had confronted Lazio 11 times with 6 defeats, 4 wins, and 1 draw.  Coach Stefano Pioli challenging Lazio 7 times with 3 wins, 3 draws, and 1 draw.

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.   1 suspended player for LAZIO: Parolo (1)

No suspended players for ATALANTA.

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for LAZIO:  Filip Djordjevic with 6 goals

Top scorer for ATALANTA:  Maxi Moralez and Richmond Boakye with 2 goals each.

Lazio	Goals	Goals	Atalanta
Djordjevic, Filip	6	2	Moralez, Maxi
Mauri, Stefano	4	2	Boakye, Richmond
Klose, Miroslav	3	1	Stendardo, Guglielmo
Parolo, Marco	2	1	Denis
Lulic, Senad	2	1	Estigarribia, Marcelo

 

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

07/12/14	SA	Parma – Lazio				1:2	Round 14
02/12/14	CI	Lazio – Varese				3:0	Round 4
29/11/14	SA	Chievo – Lazio				0:0	Round 13

 

Here are the last 3 games of ATALANTA:

07/12/14	SA	Atalanta – Cesena				3:2	Round 14
03/12/14	CI	Atalanta – Avellino				2:0	Round 4
30/11/14	SA	Empoli – Atalanta				0:0	Round 13

 

Here is the probable formation for Lazio (4-3-3): Marchetti; Basta, De Vrij, Cana, Radu; A. Gonzalez, Ledesma, Lulic; F. Anderson, Djordjevic, Mauri

Unavailable: Braafheid, Gentiletti, Ciani, Pereirinha, Cavanda, Candreva, Ederson, Biglia

Here is the probable formation for Atalanta (4-4-1-1): Sportiello; Benalouane, Stendardo, Cherubin, Del Grosso; D’Alessandro, Cigarini, Carmona, A. Gomez; Moralez; Denis

Unavailable: Rosseti, Estigarribia, Raimondi, Zappacosta

 

Photo: facebook.com/atalantabc

 

 

Sunday 14 December 2014

 

JUVENTUS – SAMPDORIA
Juventus Stadium
Referee: DOVERI
Assistants: VUOTO – MARRAZZO
Fourth Official: FAVERANI
ADD1: TAGLIAVENTO
ADD2: MARIANI
12:30

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Juventus, 1st position with 35 points and a positive goal difference of +25
Sampdoria, 4th position with 25 points and a positive goal difference of +8

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
1	Juventus	14	11	2	1	30:5	25	35
4	Sampdoria	14	6	7	1	19:11	8	25

 

Juventus with a high motivation not only for being the sole leader in Serie A with 35 points, but also for qualifying to the UEFA Champions League Round of 16.   It’s a game to win for Juventus and not slow down as Roma is following with 32 points.

There are 56 precedents between Juventus vs Sampdoria in Turin with stats in favor of Juventus having 33 wins, 18 draws while Sampdoria winning only 5.   Last season, Juventus defeating Sampdoria with a 4-2.  Out of 150 goals, Juventus scoring 105 while Sampdoria scoring only 45 goals.  Can it win again or Sampdoria cause an upset?

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  1 suspended player for JUVENTUS:  Giorgio Chiellini (1)

1 suspended player for SAMPDORIA:  De Silvestri (1)

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for JUVENTUS:  Forward Carlos Tevez with 9 goals

Top scorer for SAMPDORIA:  Forward Manolo Gabbiadini with 5 goals

 

Juventus	Goals	Goals	Sampdoria
Tevez, Carlos	9	5	Gabbiadini, Manolo
Morata, Alvaro	4	4	Eder
Vidal, Arturo	4	3	Okaka, Stefano
Pogba, Paul	3	2	Gastaldello, Daniele
Llorente, Fernando	3	1	Rizzo, Luca

 

Stats. Here are the last 3 games of JUVENTUS:  1 win, 2 draws

09/12/14	UCLG	Juventus – At. Madrid				0:0	Matchday 6
05/12/14	SA	Fiorentina – Juventus				0:0	Round 14
30/11/14	SA	Juventus – Turin				2:1	Round 13

 

Here are the last 3 games of SAMPDORIA:   2 wins, 1 draw

08/12/14	SA	Verona – Sampdoria				1:3	Round 14
04/12/14	CI	Sampdoria – Brescia				2:0	Round 4
01/12/14	SA	Sampdoria – Napoli				1:1	Round 13

 

Here is the probable formation for Juventus (4-3-1-2): Buffon; Lichtsteiner, Bonucci, Ogbonna, Evra; Marchisio, Pirlo, Pogba; Vidal; Llorente, Tevez

Unavailable: Barzagli, Caceres, Asamoah, Marrone, Romulo

Here is the probable formation for Sampdoria (4-3-3): Romero; Cacciatore, Gastaldello, Romagnoli, Mesbah; Rizzo, Palombo, Obiang; Gabbiadini, Okaka, Eder

Unavailable: Silvestre, Wszolek, Sansone

 

Photo:   facebook.com/Juventus

 

GENOA – AS ROMA
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Referee: BANTI
Assistants: COSTANZO – PRETI
Fourth Official: TASSO
ADD1: MAZZOLENI
ADD2: RUSSO
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Genoa, 3rd position with 26 points and a positive goal difference of +8
AS Roma,  2nd position with 32 points and a positive goal difference of +16

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
2	Roma	14	10	2	2	27:11	16	32
3	Genoa	14	7	5	2	20:12	8	26

 

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for GENOA:  Forward Alessandro Matri with 6 goals

Top scorer for AS ROMA:  Forward Adem Ljajic with 6 goals

Genoa	Goals	Goals	AS Roma
Matri, Alessandro	6	6	Ljajic, Adem
Pinilla, Mauricio	3	4	Destro, Mattia
Bertolacci, Andrea	2	3	Pjanic, Miralem
Antonelli, Luca	2	2	Nainggolan, Radja
Falque, Iago	1	2	Totti, Francesco

 

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

07/12/14	SA	Genoa – Milan				1:0	Round 14
03/12/14	CI	Empoli – Genoa				2:0	Round 4
30/11/14	SA	Cesena – Genoa				0:3	Round 13

 

Here are the last 3 games of AS ROMA:  1 win, 1 draw, 1 lost

10/12/14	UCLG	Roma – Man City				0:2	Matchday 6
06/12/14	SA	Roma – Sassuolo				2:2	Round 14
30/11/14	SA	Roma – Inter				4:2	Round 13

 

 

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.   No suspended players for GENOA.

1 suspended player for AS ROMA: Daniele De Rossi (1)

Here is the probable formation for Genoa (3-4-3): Perin; Roncaglia, De Maio, Izzo; Edenilson, Bertolacci, Sturaro, Antonelli; Perotti, Matri, Iago

Unavailable: Mandragora

Here is the probable formation for AS Roma (4-3-3): De Sanctis; Maicon, Manolas, Yanga Mbiwa, Holebas; Pjanic, Strootman, Nainggolan; Gervinho, Totti, Ljajic

Unavailable: Balzaretti, Castan, Ucan, Torosidis

 

PARMA – CAGLIARI
Ennio Tardini Stadium
Referee: VALERI
Assistants: MANGANELLI – DE PINTO
Fourth Official: NICOLETTI
ADD1: CHIFFI
ADD2: ABBATTISTA
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Parma, 20th position with 5 points and a negative goal difference of +18
Cagliari, 18th position with 11 points and a negative goal difference of +6

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
18	Cagliari	14	2	5	7	20:26	-6	11
20	Parma	14	2	0	12	16:34	-18	5

 

There are 18 precedents for Parma vs Cagliari at the Ennio Tardini Stadium.  Stats seeing Parma with 12 wins, 4 draws, and Cagliari with 2 wins.  Out of the 54 goals, Parma scoring 37 while Cagliari scoring 17.

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.   1 suspended player for PARMA: Gobbi (1)

1 suspended player for CAGLIARI: Ibarbo (1)

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for PARMA: Forward Antonio Cassano with 5 goals

Top scorer for CAGLIARI:  Forward Marco Sau and Albin Ekdal with 4 goals each.

Parma	Goals	Goals	Cagliari
Cassano, Antonio	5	4	Sau, Marco
De Ceglie, Paolo	3	4	Ekdal, Albin
Coda, Massimo	2	3	Farias, Diego
Palladino, Raffaele	2	3	Avelar, Danilo
Mauri, Jose	1	2	Ibarbo, Victor

 

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

07/12/14	SA	Parma – Lazio				1:2	Round 14
30/11/14	SA	Palermo – Parma				2:1	Round 13
23/11/14	SA	Parma – Empoli				0:2	Round 12

 

Here are the last 3 games of CAGLIARI: 1 win, 2 lost

08/12/14	SA	Cagliari – Chievo				0:2	Round 14
04/12/14	CI	Cagliari – Modena				9:8 (AP)	Round4
30/11/14	SA	Cagliari – Fiorentina				0:4	Round 13

 

Here is the probable formation for Parma (3-5-2): Iacobucci; Santacroce, Lucarelli, Costa; Rispoli, Mauri, Lodi, Galloppa, De Ceglie; Cassano, Palladino

Unavailable: Biabiany, Cassani, Coda, Ghezzal, Paletta

Here is the probable formation for Cagliari (4-3-3): Cragno; Balzano, Ceppitelli, Rossettini, Avelar; Crisetig, Conti, Ekdal; Farias, Longo, Cossu

Unavailable: Colombi, Eriksson, Sau

 

UDINESE – HELLAS VERONA
Friuli Stadium
Referee: PERUZZO
Assistants: DI LIBERATORE – CITRO
Fourth Official: RANGHETTI
ADD1: RIZZOLI
ADD2: FABBRI
15:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Udinese 8th position with 21 points and a negative goal difference of -1
Hellas Verona, 15th position with 14 points and a negative goal difference of -9

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
8	Udinese	14	6	3	5	17:18	-1	21
15	Verona	14	3	5	6	16:25	-9	14

 

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.   No suspended players for UDINESE.

1 suspended player for HELLAS VERONA:  Rafael Marquez (1)

 

Udinese looking to win the home game and avenge the defeat from last season when Hellas Verona defeated Udinese at the Friuli Stadium with a 3-1 with the two goals by Luca Toni and Iturbe while Udine’s goal was by Pereyra.

There are 12 precedents at the Friuli with Udinese winning 6, Hellas Verona 2 wins, and 4 draws.  Out of the 44 goals, Udinese scoring 26 and Hellas Verona scoring 18.

Stas BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for UDINESE:  Forward Antonio Di Natale with 7 goals

Top scorer for HELLAS VERONA:  Forward Luca Toni and Nicolas Lopez with 4 goals each

Udinese	Goals	Goals	Hellas Verona
Di Natale, Antonio	7	4	Lopez, Nicolas
Thereau, Cyril	5	4	Toni, Luca
Fernandes, Bruno	2	2	Ionita, Artur
Heurtaux, Thomas	1	2	Tachtsidis, Panagiotis
Danilo	1	1	Gomez, Juan

 

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

07/12/14	SA	Inter – Udinese				1:2	Round 14
03/12/14	CI	Udinese – Cesena				4:2 (OT)	Round 4
30/11/14	SA	Milan – Udinese				2:0	Round 13

 

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

08/12/14	SA	Verona – Sampdoria				1:3	Round 14
02/12/14	CI	Verona – Perugia				1:0	Round 4
29/11/14	SA	Sassuolo – Verona				2:1	Round 13

 

Here is the probable formation for Udinese (4-3-2-1): Karnezis; Widmer, Heurtaux, Danilo, Piris; Badu, Allan, Guilherme; Kone, Thereau; Di Natale

Unavailable: Muriel

Here is the probable formation for Hellas Verona (4-3-3): Rafael; A. Gonzalez, Moras, G. Rodriguez, Agostini; Campanharo, Tachtsidis, Hallfredsson; N. Lopez, Toni, Lazaros.
 
Unavailable: Sala, Obbadi, Sorensen, Martic, Jankovic, Ionita

 

CESENA – FIORENTINA
Dino Manuzzi Stadium
Referee: ORSATO
Assistants: MELI – GALLONI
Fourth Official: POSADO
ADD1: GIACOMELLI
ADD2: GHERSINI
18:00

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Cesena, 19th position with 8 points and a negative goal difference of -14
Fiorentina, 10th position with 20 points and a positive goal difference of -5

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
10	Fiorentina	14	5	5	4	16:11	5	20
19	Cesena	14	1	5	8	11:25	-14	8

 

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  1 suspended player for CESENA: Giorgi (1)

1 suspended player for FIORENTINA: Juan Guillermo Cuadrado (1)

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for CESENA:  Forward Gregoire Defrel with 4 goals

Top scorer for FIORENTINA:  Khoma Babacar with 4 goals

Cesena	Goals	Goals	Fiorentina
Defrel, Gregoire	4	4	Babacar, Khouma
Rodriguez, Alejandro	2	3	Cuadrado, Juan
Marilungo, Guido	1	2	Fernandez, Matias
Succi, Davide	1	1	Ilicic, Josip
Duric, Milan	1	1	Kurtic, Jasmin

 

Here are the last 3 games of CESENA:  3 lost

07/12/14	SA	Atalanta – Cesena				3:2	Round 14
03/12/14	CI	Udinese – Cesena				4:2 (OT)	Round 4
30/11/14	SA	Cesena – Genoa				0:3	Round 13

 

Here are the last 3 games of FIORENTINA:  1 win, 1 draw, 1 lost

11/12/14	UELG	Fiorentina – Dinamo Minsk				1:2	Round 6
05/12/14	SA	Fiorentina – Juventus				0:0	Round 14
30/11/14	SA	Cagliari – Fiorentina				0:4	Round 13

 

Here is the probable formation for Cesena (4-3-1-2): Leali; Capelli, Volta, Lucchini, Renzetti; De Feudis, Cascione, Carbonero; Brienza; Defrel, Hugo Almeida

Unavailable: Marilungo, Perico

Here is the probable formation for Fiorentina (3-5-2): Neto; Savic, G. Rodriguez, Basanta; Joaquin, Aquilani, Pizarro, B. Valero, Alonso; Mati Fernandez, M. Gomez

Unavailable: Rossi, Bernardeschi, Pasqual, Lupatelli, Babacar

 

AC MILAN – NAPOLI
San Siro Stadium
Referee: DAMATO
Assistants: CRISPO – DE LUCA
Fourth Official: PADOVAN
ADD1: GERVASONI
ADD2: TOMMASI

20:45

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 7th position with 21 points and a positive goal difference of +5
Napoli, 5th position with 24 points and a positive goal difference of +8

 

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
5	Napoli	14	6	6	2	26:18	8	24
7	Milan	14	5	6	3	23:18	5	21

 

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  No suspended players for AC MILAN.

1 suspended player for NAPOLI: Christian Maggio

 

What a pressure for AC Milan to win the home game!  AC Milan failed big time to defeat last week Genoa falling down to the 7th position when they could have make it to the 3rd position.   Napoli with high motivation  after the qualification to the Europa League Round of 16.    For Milan it is a must to win, a defeat will be a chaos.

There are 75 precedents between AC Milan vs Napoli including 68 games in Serie A and 7 in Coppa Italia.  Stats in favor of AC Milan with 35 wins, Napoli with 14 wins, and 26 draws.  131 goals AC Milan and 76 goals Napoli.

Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer for AC MILAN: Forward Jeremy Menez with 7 goals

Top scorer for NAPOLI:  Forward Jose Maria Callejon with 8 goals

AC Milan	Goals	Goals	Napoli
Menez, Jeremy	7	8	Callejon
Honda, Keisuke	6	7	Higuain, Gonzalo
de Jong, Nigel	2	3	de Guzman, Jonathan
Muntari, Sulley	2	3	Zapata, Duvan
Bonaventura, Giacomo	2	2	Hamsik, Marek

 

 

FORMER PLAYERS:

MILAN: Ignazio Abate (at Napoli in the 2004-05 season), Pablo Armero (at Napoli from January 2013 to January 2014)
NAPOLI: Roberto Colombo (at Milan from July 1999 to January 2000).

The following have played for both sides: José Altafini (at Milan from 1958-59 to 1964-65, at Napoli from 1965-66 to 1971-72), Giovanni Galli (at Milan from 1986-87 to 1989-90, at Napoli from 1990-91 to 1992-93), Paolo Di Canio (at Napoli in the 1993-94 season, at Milan from 1994-95 to 1995-96), Marek Jankulovski (at Napoli from 2000-01 to 2001-02, at Milan from 2005-06 to 2010-11).
Stats. Here are the last 3 games of AC MILAN: 1win, 1 draw, 1 lost

07/12/14	SA	Genoa – Milan				1:0	Round 14
30/11/14	SA	Milan – Udinese				2:0	Round 13
23/11/14	SA	Milan – Inter				1:1	Round 12

 

Here are the last 3 games of NAPOLI: 1 win, 2 draws

11/12/14	UELG	Napoli – Slovan Bratisla…				3:0	Matchday 6
07/12/14	SA	Napoli – Empoli				2:2	Round 14
01/12/14	SA	Sampdoria – Napoli				1:1	Round 13

 

5 MOST USED PLAYERS
MILAN – Menez 1138 minutes, Honda 1058, De Sciglio 1051, De Jong 1050, Rami 988.
NAPOLI – Rafael 1334 minutes, Albiol 1240, Koulibaly 1230, Callejon 1224, Maggio 1045

Here is the probable formation for AC Milan (4-3-3): Diego Lopez; Bonera, Rami, Mexes, Armero; Montolivo, De Jong, Muntari; Bonaventura, Torres, Menez

Unavailable: Abate, Alex, De Sciglio, Mastour, Albertazzi, Niang, Van Ginkel

Here is the probable formation for Napoli (4-2-3-1): Rafael; Mesto, Albiol, Koulibaly, Ghoulam; Gargano, Jorginho; Callejon, Hamsik, Mertens; Higuain

Unavailable: Zuniga, Michu, Insigne

 

Photo: acmilan.com
Monday 15 December 2014

 

EMPOLI – TORINO
Carlo Castellani Stadium
Referee: CALVARESE
Assistants: IORI – DOBOSZ
Fourth Official: PEGORIN
ADD1: GUIDA
ADD2: SACCHI
19:00

 

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  No suspended players

Here is the probable formation for Empoli (4-3-1-2): Sepe; Hysaj, Tonelli, Rugani, Mario Rui; Vecino, Valdifiori, Croce; Verdi; Maccarone, Tavano.
 
Unavailable: Guarente, Laurini

Here is the probable formation for Torino (3-4-1-2): Gillet; Maksimovic, Glik, Moretti; Peres, Vives, Farnerud, Darmian; El Kaddouri; Quagliarella, Martinez.
 
Unavailable: Larrondo, Basha, Masiello, Nocerino, Benassi

 

CHIEVO VERONA – INTER
Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium
Referee: MASSA
Assistants: MUSOLINO – SCHENONE
Fourth Official: BARBIRATI
ADD1: CERVELLERA
ADD2: CANDUSSIO
21:00

 

Disciplinary situation BEFORE the game.  2 suspended players for CHIEVO VERONA: Frey e  Zukanovic (1)

No suspended players for INTER.

Here is the probable formation for Chievo Verona (4-4-2): Bizzarri; Sardo, Cesar, Gamberini, Biraghi; Izco, Radovanovic, Hetemaj, Birsa; Paloschi, Meggiorini.
 
Unavailable:

Here is the probable formation for Inter (4-3-1-2): Handanovic; Nagatomo, Ranocchia, Juan Jesus, Dodò; Guarin , Medel, Kuzmanovic; Kovacic; Icardi, Palacio.
 
Unavailable: Hernanes, Jonathan, Vidic