SERIE A
Napoli and AC Milan are with a 7 point lead in the title race.
Goal-difference is the edge Napoli has on AC Milan after 11 rounds as they both remain unbeaten in the Italian Serie A.
The teams in the ‘top four’ remained as they were from the start of the round but Roma drifted further from the ‘top 3’ after their defeat to AC Milan.
Atalanta and Lazio shared the points to remain a point apart in the standings while both teams moved closer to Roma.
Juventus dropped two positions down to 9th after their defeat against Hellas Verona, while Fiorentina used a win over Spezia to take the 7th spot.
Hellas Verona moved two positions up to 8th.
Bologna moved to the middle of the standings after a win against bottom-tabled Cagliari.
MATCH RESULTS
Atalanta 2-2 Lazio
Hellas Verona 2-1 Juventus
Torino 3-0 Sampdoria
Inter Milan 2-0 Udinese
Fiorentina 3-0 Spezia
Genoa 0-0 Venezia
Sassuolo 1-2 Empoli
Salernitana 0-1 Napoli
Roma 1-2 AC Milan
Bologna 2-0 Cagliari
Ciro Immobile (Lazio) is top of the goalscoring list by a single goal. Behind Immobile are Giovanni Simeone (Hellas Verona) and Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina) on 8 goals each. Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan) is next with 7 goals.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
1. Napoli – 31 points
2. AC Milan – 31 points
3. Inter Milan – 24 points
4. Roma – 19 points
5. Atalanta – 19 points
6. Lazio – 18 points
7. Fiorentina – 18 points
8. Verona – 15 points
9. Juventus – 15 points
10. Bologna – 15 points
11. Empoli – 15 points
12. Torino – 14 points
13. Sassuolo – 14 points
14. Udinese – 11 points
15. Sampdoria – 9 points
16. Venezia – 9 points
17. Genoa – 8 points
18. Spezia – 8 points
19. Salernitana – 7 points
20. Cagliari – 6 points
ATALANTA 2- 2 LAZIO
Atalanta scored a goal in the additional minutes of both halves to avoid defeat at home against Lazio.
HELLAS VERONA 2- 1 JUVENTUS
Juventus followed a 2-1 home defeat with another at away.
Giovanni Simeone had Hellas Verona in a two-goal lead in the opening 15 minutes of the match.
TORINO 3-0 SAMPDORIA
It could have been by a bigger margin but Torino will be happy with three goals and three points to get a win after their narrow defeat against AC Milan
INTER MILAN 2- 0 UDINESE
Joaquin Correa scored two goals ten minutes after the hour mark to get Inter Milan the three points
SALERNITANA 0-1 NAPOLI
Piotr Zielinski’s goal was enough to get Napoli another win to keep their position at the top of the table.
The game ended with both teams having a player sent off in the final 20 minutes. Grigoris Kastanos in the 70th minute to leave Salernitana with a numerical disadvantage for seven minutes before Kalidou Koulibaly got his marching orders.
ROMA 1- 2 AC MILAN
After coming from behind to win by 2-1 at Cagliari, Roma found themselves on the wrong end of the same scoreline at home.
AC Milan leave Rome with the maximum points after goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Franck Kessie allowed Milan to remain unbeaten.
FIORENTINA 3- 0 SPEZIA
Dusan Vlahoviis hattrick handed Fiorentina the three points against Spezia.
SASSUOLO 1- 2 EMPOLI
Sassuolo followed up a victory against Juventus in Turin with a defeat at home against Empoli.
Empoli was a goal down until the 83rd minute when Andrea Pinamonti scored from the penalty spot. Szymon Zukowski scored the winning goal in the additional minutes
BOLOGNA 2-0 CAGLIARI
Cagliari was reduced to a man in the 90th minute and their deficit doubled in the 6th minute of the added time. Bologna wins their first in four league matches to take their fourth of the season.
