October 15, 2016
Napoli 1-3 Roma
Kalidou Koulibaly 58’ Edin Dzeko 43’ 54’
Mohamed Salah 86’
Rome is Red!
In a battle for bragging rights and a race to the top of the league table, Edin Dzeko scored two goals to see Roma defeat Napoli in the Derby del Sole.
The win takes Roma from a point behind Napoli to two points above.
Pescara 1-1 Sampdoria
Hugo Campagnaro 23’ Hugo Campagnaro 12’(o.g)
Pescara’s Hugo Campagnaro scored two goals in this match. The first goal was to send his team a goal behind and the other to bring them back to even terms.
In the 51st minute, Gianluca Caprari missed a penalty that could have possibly given Pescara a home win over Sampdoria.
Juventus 2-1 Udinese
Paulo Dybala 43’ 51’(pen) Jakub Jankto 30’
Juventus objective to defend their league title is going strong. Another win in the bag.
Paulo Dybala scored two goals for Juventus as they had to come from a goal behind to do what was expected of them and win their home match against Udinese.
October 16, 2016
Fiorentina 0-0 Atalanta
Fiorentina and Atalanta couldn’t separate themselves on the pitch and remain a point apart on the league table.
Genoa 0-0 Empoli
Genoa’s Darko Lazovic sent off for receiving two yellow cards in the second half, but the team managed to hold on and finished the match as a goalless draw against Empoli.
Inter Milan 1-2 Cagliari
Joao Mario 56’ Federico Melchiorri 71’
Samir Handanovic 85’ (o.g)
Inter Milan slipped into another ‘2-1’ defeat when defensive errors and lack of luck cost them points in their home match against Cagliari
Lazio 1-1 Bologna
Ciro Immobile 90’+7’ Filip Helander 10’
Late penalty goal deep into additional time from Ciro Immobile denied Bologna from stealing an away win from Lazio.
Sassuolo 2-1 Crotone
Stefano Sensi 83’ Diego Falcinelli 2’
Pietro Iemmello 86’
Two goals in the final ten minutes of regulation time for Sassuolo gave them a home win over Crotone.
An early goal for newly promoted Crotone was looking to give the away side some undeserving points from this match.
Chievo Verona 1-3 AC Milan
Valter Birsa 76’ Juraj Kucka 45’
Mbaye Niang 46’
Dario Dainelli 90’+4’ (o.g)
A tactically sound AC Milan took three points in an away match against Chievo Verona. It was the fifth consecutive league match in which Milan has picked up points. Four of the five matches saw the team pick up maximum points. This victory pushed Milan into the top three in the league standings.
October 17, 2016
Palermo 1-4 Torino
Ivaylo Chochev 5’ Adem Ljajic 25’ 40’
Marco Benassi 45’+1’
Daniele Baselli 50’
With Torino up ‘3-1’ at the break and the position of the teams on the league table, the result of this match was not in doubt.
Torino came from a goal down to get a convincing away win over a struggling Palermo side. Three consecutive league wins for Torino.
