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Hello my friends. Here  is the Preview for the  Serie A Week 27 – Twenty-seventh Round on Saturday 27, Sunday 28, and Monday 29 February 2016

The duel for the Scudetto is still alive. Juventus risking to lose the leadership if they lose the match against Inter at the Juventus Stadium.   There is only 1 point difference between Juventus having 58 points and  Napoli having 57 points.   Situation is better for Juventus playing the home game.  Napoli are going to play the away game against Fiorentina at the Artemio Franchi Stadium.

 

The top scorer up to Round 26: Napoli forward Gonzalo Higuain with 24 goals

 

 

Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 26 games. First 3 qualifying for Champions League, 4 and 5 for Europa League.

–JUVENTUS, 1st position with 58 points and a positive goal difference of +31

– NAPOLI 2nd position with 57 points and a positive goal difference of +33

– FIORENTINA, 3rd positions with 52 points points and a positive goal difference of +21

– AS ROMA, 4th position with 50 points and a positive goal difference of +25

– INTER, 5th position with 48 points and a positive goal difference of +11

– AC MILAN, 6th position with 44 points and a positive goal difference of +10

Relegation Zone:

– FROSINONE, 18th position with 23 points and a negative goal difference of -25

– CARPI, 19th position with 19 points and a negative goal difference of -20

– HELLAS VERONA, 20th position with 18 points and a negative goal difference of -19

 

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Saturday 27 February 2016

• Serie A Week 27 / 27ª Giornata /
  

EMPOLI – AS ROMA
Carlo Castellani Stadium
Referee: GERVASONI
Assistants: MUSOLINO – LA ROCCA
Fourth Official: POSADO
ADD1: MASSA
ADD2: DI PAOLO

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game.  2 suspended players for EMPOLI: Tonelli (3), Saponara (1)

No suspended players for AS ROMA

Here is the probable formation for Empoli (4-3-1-2): Skorupski; Laurini, Ariaudo, Cosic, Mario Rui; Zielinski, Paredes, Croce; Krunic; Pucciarelli, Maccarone.

AC MILAN – TORINO
San Siro Stadium
Referee: CELI
Assistants: COSTANZO – CRISPO
Fourth Official: PAGANESSI
ADD1: MAZZOLENI
ADD2: NASCA
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 6th position with 44 points and a positive goal difference of +10
Torino, 11th position with 32 points and a  goal difference of “0”

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
6	Milan	26	12	8	6	38:28	10	44
11	Turin	26	8	8	10	33:33	0	32

 

AC Milan keeping the dream alive to reach at least the 3rd position this season.  It’s a special game for AC Milan as they will be wearing a special shirt commemorating the 30 years of Silvio Berlusconi era as president.  There are 69 precedents between AC Milan vs Torino at the San Siro Stadium. Stats showing AC Milan with 40 wins, 18 draws, and Torino with 11 wins.  AC Milan scoring 124 goals and Torino scoring 49 goals.    On Week 8, the game ended 1-1 at the Olimpico di Torino Stadium.

Stats BEFORE the game.   Top scorer of AC MILAN:  Carlos Bacca with 13 goals

Top scorer of TORINO: Andrea Belotti with 6 goals

AC MILA	Goals	Goals	TORINO
Bacca, Carlos	13	6	Belotti, Andrea
Bonaventura, Giacomo	6	5	Quagliarella, Fabio
Niang, Mbaye	5	4	Baselli, Daniele
Adriano, Luiz	3	3	Lopez, Maxi
Alex	2	3	Benassi, Marco

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

22/02/16	SA	Napoli – Milan				1:1	Round 26
14/02/16	SA	Milan – Genoa				2:1	Round 25
07/02/16	SA	Milan – Udinese				1:1	Round 24

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

21/02/16	SA	Turin – Carpi				0:0	Round 26
14/02/16	SA	Palermo – Turin				1:3	Round 25
07/02/16	SA	Turin – Chievo				1:2	Round 24

 

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game.  1 suspended player for AC MILAN: Montolivo (1)

1 suspended player for TORINO:  Benassi (1)

Here is the probable formation for AC Milan (4-4-2): Donnarumma; Abate, Alex, Zapata, Antonelli; Honda, Kucka, Bertolacci, Bonaventura; Bacca, Niang.

Sunday 28 February 2016

PALERMO – BOLOGNA
Renzo Barbera Stadium
Referee: DI BELLO
Assistants: CARIOLATO – PERETTI
Fourth Official: LO CICERO
ADD1: GAVILLUCCI
ADD2: GHERSINI
12:30

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Palermo, 16th position with 26 points and a negative goal difference of -20
Bologna, 10th position with 34 points and a negative goal difference of -2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
10	Bologna	26	10	4	12	29:31	-2	34
16	Palermo	26	7	5	14	27:47	-20	26

 

Palermo struggling this season and risking to go down in the relegaton zone being only +3 points above Frosinone holding the 18th position with 26 points.   Bologna are more tranquil seeing improvement, especially, after putting up a srong front to Juventus last week ending with a 0-0 draw.

There are 23 precendents between Palermo vs Bologna at the Renzo Barbera Stadium.  Stats showing Palermo with 14 wins, 8 draws, and Bologna with just 1 win.   Imagine, the only time that Bologna won at the Barbera was back in the 1934-35 season!!!!!

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of PALERMO:  Alberto Gilardino with 7 goals

Top scorer of BOLOGNA: Mattia Destro with 8 goals

PALERMO	Goals	Goals	BOLOGNA
Gilardino, Alberto	7	8	Destro, Mattia
Vazquez, Franco	4	6	Giaccherini, Emanuele
Hiljemark, Oscar	4	4	Mounier, Anthony
Djurdjevic, Uros	2	2	Donsah, Godfred
Goldaniga, Edoardo	2	2	Brienza, Franco

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

21/02/16	SA	Roma – Palermo				5:0	Round 26
14/02/16	SA	Palermo – Turin				1:3	Round 25
07/02/16	SA	Sassuolo – Palermo				2:2	Round 24

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

19/02/16	SA	Bologna – Juventus	0:0	Round 26
14/02/16	SA	Udinese – Bologna	0:1	Round 25
06/02/16	SA	Bologna – Fiorentina	1:1	Round 24

 

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game.  No suspended players

Here is the probable formation for Palermo (3-5-2): Alastra; Vitiello, Gonzalez, Andelkovic; Morganella, Hiljemark, Maresca, Jajalo, Pezzella; Vazquez, Gilardino.

CARPI – ATALANTA
Alberto Braglia Stadium
Referee: CALVARESE
Assistants: MELI – DI VUOLO
Fourth Official: TEGONI
ADD1: GUIDA
ADD2: CANDUSSIO
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Carpi, 19th position with 20 points and a negative goal difference of -20
Genoa, 14th position with 28 points and a negative goal difference of -4

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
13	Atalanta	26	7	8	11	25:30	-5	29
19	Carpi	26	4	8	14	23:43	-20	20

 

Carpi are in desperate need to resume winning to dream with salvation.   Carpiare in the relegation zone winning only 4 games.  Challenge also for Atalanta to win this away game.  game.      There are no precedents in Serie A between Capri vs Atalanta at the Alberto Braglia Stadium.  On Week 8, Carpi played against Atalanta at the Atleti Azzurri D’Italia Stadium losing the match 3-0.

Stats BEFORE the game.   Top scorer of CARPI: Marco Borriello with 4 goals

Top scorer of ATALANTA:  Alejandro Gomez with 5 goals

ATALANTA	Goals	Goals	CARPI
Borriello, Marco	4	5	Gomez, Alejandro
Lasagna, Kevin	3	4	Pinilla, Mauricio
Matos, Ryder	2	4	Denis, German
Lollo, Lorenzo	2	2	Conti, Andrea
Marrone, Luca	1	1	D’Alessandro, Marco

 

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

21/02/16	SA	Turin – Carpi				0:0	Round 26
12/02/16	SA	Carpi – Roma				1:3	Round 25
07/02/16	SA	Napoli – Carpi				1:0	Round 24

 

Here are the last 3 games of ATALANTA:  2 draws, 1 lost

21/02/16	SA	Atalanta – Fiorentina				2:3	Round 26
14/02/16	SA	Sampdoria – Atalanta				0:0	Round 25
07/02/16	SA	Atalanta – Empoli				0:0	Round 24

 

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game.  No suspended players for CARPI

1 suspended player for ATALANTA: Conti (1)

Here is the probable formation for Carpi (4-4-1-1): Belec; Zaccardo, Romagnoli, Gagliolo, Letizia; Pasciuti, Bianco, Crimi, Di Gaudio; Lollo, Mbakogu.
 
Unavailable: Fedele, Bubnjic, Gnahoré

CHIEVO VERONA – GENOA
Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium
Referee: FABBRI
Assistants: BARBIRATI – MONDIN
Fourth Official: PEGORIN
ADD1: RUSSO
ADD2: ABBATTISTA
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Chievo Verona, 12th position with 31 points and a negative goal difference of -5
Genoa, 14th position with 28 points and a negative goal difference of -4

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
12	Chievo	26	8	7	11	31:36	-5	31
14	Genoa	26	7	7	12	27:31	-4	28

 

There are 7 precedents between CHIEVO VERONA vs GENOA at the Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium.  Stats showing Chievo Verona with 3 wins, 1 draw, and Genoa with 3 wins.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of CHIEVO VERONA:  Alberto Paloschi with 8 goals

Top scorer of GENOA:  Leonardo Pavoletti with 10 goals

CHIEVO VERONA	Goals	Goals	GENOA
Paloschi, Alberto	8	10	Pavoletti, Leonardo
Birsa, Valter	5	3	Laxalt, Diego
Meggiorini, Riccardo	4	3	Gakpe, Serge
Inglese, Roberto	3	2	Dzemaili, Blerim
Pepe, Simone	3	2	Cerci, Alessio

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

20/02/16	SA	Verona – Chievo				3:1	Round 26
13/02/16	SA	Chievo – Sassuolo				1:1	Round 25
07/02/16	SA	Turin – Chievo				1:2	Round 24

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

21/02/16	SA	Genoa – Udinese				2:1	Round 26
14/02/16	SA	Milan – Genoa				2:1	Round 25
06/02/16	SA	Genoa – Lazio				0:0	Round 24

 

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game.  2 suspended players for CHIEVO VERONA: Spolli (1), Pinzi (1)

1 suspended player for GENOA: Izzo (1)

Here is the probable formation for Chievo Verona (4-3-1-2): Bizzarri; Frey, Dainelli, Cesar, Gobbi; Castro, Rigoni, Radovanovic; Birsa; Inglese, Floro Flores.

Unavailable: Gamberini, Pepe, Gobbi

SAMPDORIA – FROSINONE
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Referee: ORSATO
Assistants: GALLONI – RANGHETTI
Fourth Official: TASSO
ADD1: CERVELLERA
ADD2 ABISSO
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Sampdoria, 17th position with 25 points and a negative goal difference of -9
Frosinone, 18th position with 23 points and a negative goal difference of -25

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
17	Sampdoria	26	6	7	13	37:46	-9	25
18	Frosinone	26	6	5	15	26:51	-25	23

 

It’s a wake up call towards salvation.   There are just  2 points difference between the teams.   There are no precedents between Sampdoria vs Frosinone at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium.   On Week 8, the game ended 2-0 in favor of Frosinone at the Matusa Stadium.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of SAMPDORIA:  Citadin Eder with 12 goals

Top scorer of FROSINONE: Daniel Ciofani with 7 goals

SAMPDORIA	Goals	Goals	FROSINONE
Eder	12	7	Ciofani, Daniel
Soriano, Roberto	7	7	Dionisi, Federico
Muriel, Luis	6	4	Sammarco, Paolo
Zukanovic, Ervin	3	2	Blanchard, Leonardo
Correa, Joaquin	3	1	Frara, Alessandro

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

20/02/16	SA	Inter – Sampdoria				3:1	Round 26
14/02/16	SA	Sampdoria – Atalanta				0:0	Round 25
07/02/16	SA	Roma – Sampdoria				2:1	Round 24

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

21/02/16	SA	Frosinone – Lazio				0:0	Round 26
13/02/16	SA	Empoli – Frosinone				1:2	Round 25
07/02/16	SA	Frosinone – Juventus				0:2	Round 24

 

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game.  No suspended players

Here is the probable formation for Sampdoria (3-4-2-1): Viviano; Cassani, Ranocchia, Silvestre; De Silvestri, Fernando, Soriano, Dodò; Correa, Alvarez; Quagliarella.

Unavailable: Sala, Carbonero, Pereira

 

Photo: facebook.com/sampdoria

 

UDINESE – HELLAS VERONA
Friuli Stadium
Referee: DOVERI
Assistants: DOBOSZ – STALLONE
Fourth Official: VALERIANI
ADD1: MARIANI
ADD2: SERRA
15:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Udinese, 15th position with 27 points and a negative goal difference of -18
Hellas Verona, 20th position with 18 points and a negative goal difference of -19

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
15	Udinese	26	7	6	13	22:40	-18	27
20	Verona	26	2	12	12	24:43	-19	18

 

There are 13 precedents between UDINESE vs HELLAS VERONA at the Friuli Stadium.    Stats showing Udinese with 6 wins, 4 draws, and Hellas Verona with 3 wins.   Udinese scoring 27 goals and Hellas Verona scoring 20 goals.

Stats BEFORE the game.   Top scorer of UDINESE:  Cyril Thereau with 7 goals

Top scorer of HELLAS VERONA:  Luca Toni and Giampaolo Pazzini with 5 goals each

 

UDINESE	Goals	Goals	HELLAS VERONA
Thereau, Cyril	7	5	Toni, Luca
Zapata, Duvan	5	5	Pazzini, Giampaolo
Badu, Emmanuel	3	3	Pisano, Eros
Perica, Stipe	2	3	Ionita, Artur
Lodi, Francesco	1	2	Helander, Filip

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

21/02/16	SA	Genoa – Udinese				2:1	Round 26
14/02/16	SA	Udinese – Bologna				0:1	Round 25
07/02/16	SA	Milan – Udinese				1:1	Round 24

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

20/02/16	SA	Verona – Chievo				3:1	Round 26
11/02/16	SA	Lazio – Verona				5:2	Round 25
07/02/16	SA	Verona – Inter				3:3	Round 24

 

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game.  1 suspended player for UDINESE: Halfredsson (1)

1 suspended player for HELLAS VERONA: Moras (1)

Here is the probable formation for Udinese (4-3-3): Karnezis; Piris, Danilo, Felipe, Armero; Badu, Guillherme, Kuzmanovic; Bruno Fernandes, Di Natale, Thereau.

Unavailable: Merkel, Domizzi, Wague

JUVENTUS – INTER
Juventus Stadium
Referee: ROCCHI
Assistants: MANGANELLI – PADOVAN
Fourth Official: GIALLATINI
ADD1: BANTI
ADD2: RIZZOLI
20:45

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Juventus, 1st position with 58 points and a positive goal difference of +31
Inter, 5th position with 48 points and a positive goal difference of +11

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
1	Juventus	26	18	4	4	46:15	31	58
5	Inter	26	14	6	6	34:23	11	48

 

Juventus need a victory to keep the first position.   However, tension is high as there is it is only 1 point difference with Napoli holding the second position with 57 points.   Inter are with pressure to win this away game to keep the dream alive to reach at least the 3rd position this season.   Juventus and Inter will play again next week in the Coppa Italia Semifinal..

There are 89 precedents between JUVENTUS vs INTER in Turin.  Stats showing Juventus with 60 wis, 17 draws, and Inter with 12 wins.   Out of the 228 goals, Juventus scoring 157 goals and Inter scoring 71 goals.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer for JUVENTUS:  Paulo Dybala with 13 goals

Top scorer for INTER:  Mauro Icardi with 11 goals

JUVENTUS	Goals	Goals	INTER
Dybala, Paulo	13	11	Icardi, Mauro
Mandzukic, Mario	6	4	Jovetic, Stevan
Pogba, Paul	5	3	Brozovic, Marcelo
Zaza, Simone	4	3	Perisic, Ivan
Morata, Alvaro	3	2	Ljajic, Adem

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

23/02/16	UCLK	Juventus – B. Munich				2:2	Round 1/8
19/02/16	SA	Bologna – Juventus				0:0	Round 26
13/02/16	SA	Juventus – Napoli				1:0	Round 25

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

20/02/16	SA	Inter – Sampdoria				3:1	Round 26
14/02/16	SA	Fiorentina – Inter				2:1	Round 25
07/02/16	SA	Verona – Inter				3:3	Round 24

 

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game.  No suspended players for JUVENTUS

1 suspended player for INTER: Brozovic (1)

Here is the probable formation for Juventus (3-5-2): Buffon; Bonucci, Barzagli, Chiellini, Lichtsteiner, Khedira, Hernanes, Pogba, Alex Sandro; Mandzukic, Dybala.

 

Monday 29 February 2016

LAZIO – SASSUOLO
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: DAMATO
Assistants: SCHENONE – ALASSIO
Fourth Official: PASSERI
ADD1: GIACOMELLI
ADD2: PAIRETTO
19:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Lazio, 8th position with 37 points and a goal difference of  “0”
Sassuolo, 7th position with 38 points and a positive goal difference of +1

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
7	Sassuolo	26	9	11	6	32:31	1	38
8	Lazio	26	10	7	9	34:34	0	37

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of LAZIO:  Antonio Candreva with 7 goals

Top scorer SASSUOLO:  Defrel and Berardi with 5 goals each

LAZIO	Goals	Goals	SASSUOLO
Candreva, Antonio	7	5	Defrel, Gregoire
Felipe Anderson	6	5	Berardi, Domenico
Keita, Diao	4	4	Sansone, Nicola
Matri, Alessandro	4	4	Floccari, Sergio
Biglia, Lucas	3	3	Acerbi, Francesco

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

25/02/16	UELK	Lazio – Galatasaray				3:1	Round of 32
21/02/16	SA	Frosinone – Lazio				0:0	Round 26
18/02/16	UELK	Galatasaray – Lazio				1:1	Round of 32

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

21/02/16	SA	Sassuolo – Empoli	3:2	Round 26
13/02/16	SA	Chievo – Sassuolo	1:1	Round 25
07/02/16	SA	Sassuolo – Palermo	2:2	Round 24

Disciplinary Situation BEFORE the game.  No suspended players for LAZIO

1 suspended player for SASSUOLO: Missiroli (1)

Here is the probable formation for Lazio (4-3-3): Marchetti; Basta, Mauricio, Hoedt, Radu; Milinkovc-Savic, Biglia, Cataldi; Candreva, Djordjevic, Mauri.

Unavailable: De Vrij, Gentiletti

 

FIORENTINA – NAPOLI
Artemio Franchi Stadium
Referee: TAGLIAVENTO
Assistants: DI FIORE – PRETI
Fourth Official: VUOTO
ADD1: VALERI
ADD2: IRRATI
21:00

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Fiorentina 4th position with 52 points and a positive goal difference of +21
Napoli, 2nd position with 57 points and a positive goal difference of +33

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	DIFF	Points
2	Napoli	26	17	6	3	54:21	33	57
4	Fiorentina	26	16	4	6	47:26	21	52