The penultimate round of the 2019/20 Italian Serie finished with Lecce getting the results to send the relegation race to the final round, and Lazio’s Ciro Immobile getting a goal against Brescia to move up to lead the European Golden Shoe race. (35 goals), overtaking Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich).
Cagliari would have left the month of July without a win if they hadn’t shocked Juventus with a ‘2-0’ victory.
Lautaro Martinez doubles Inter Milan’s lead to see them beat Napoli ‘2-0’.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored two and assisted one as AC Milan stayed unbeaten since the re-start. AC Milan won 4-1 away against Sampdoria.
Francesco Caputo scored two goals as Genoa trashed Genoa 5-0. Caputo’s goals allowed him to be the 4th player in the league to cross the 20-goal mark.
Lecce took the relegation avoidance battle to the final day of the seaon after they coming from a goal down against Udinese to grab a ‘2-1’ away victory that allowed them to take full advantage of Genoa’s ‘5-0’ loss against Sassuolo. With 1 point separating the two teams, Genoa and Lecce will be in search of three points on the final day of the season. Genoa can only afford ‘respectable’ defeat (less that 3 goal margin) against Hellas Verona as long as Lecce doesn’t get a victory against Parma.
Federico Chiesa scored a hat-trick in Fiorentina’s 4-0 win against Bologna.
Amadou Diawara’s goal from the penalty spot ended up being the winning goal for Roma against Torino.
Leading Goalscorers
Ciro Immobile (Lazio) – 35 goals
Cristiano Ronaldo – 31 goals
Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) – 23 goals
Francescao Caputo (Sassuolo) – 21 goals
Fixtures for Round 38 – Final Day
August 1, 2020
AC Milan vs Cagliari
Brescia vs Sampdoria
Atalanta vs Inter Milan
Juventus vs Roma
Napoli vs Lazio
August 2, 2020
SPAL vs Fiorentina
Bologna vs Torino
Genoa vs Hellas Verona
Lecce vs Parma
Sassuolo vs Udinese
