Napoli showed us why they are deserving of the crown.

Napoli picked up a 9-point lead in the title race by thrashing Juventus 5-1 in the opening match of the round.
The result dropped Juventus a position down to 3rd and allowed AC Milan to use a hard-fought 2-2 draw against Lecce to move up a position to 2nd.
Inter Milan remains in 4th place but their 1-0 win against Hellas Verona has them within touching distance of second place.
With the exception of Fiorentina and Torino switching positions, there were no other positional changes in the top half of the league table.

The three teams in the relegation zone were all on the wrong end of the score in their respective matches.

Jan 13.
Napoli 5-1 Juventus

Jan 14.
Cremonese 2-3 Monza
Leece 2-2 AC Milan
Inter Milan 1-0 Hellas Verona

Jan 15.
Sassuolo 0-2 Lazio
Torino 0-1 Spezia
Udinese 1-2 Bologna
Atalanta 8-2 Salernitana
Roma 2-0 Fiorentina

Jan 16.
Empoli 1-0 Sampdoria

LEAGUE STANDINGS

1| Napoli (18) - 47 points
2| AC Milan (18) - 38 points
3| Juventus (18) - 37 points
4| Inter Milan (18) - 37 points
5| Lazio (18) - 34 points
6| Atalanta (18) - 34 points
7| Roma (18) - 34 points
8| Udinese (18) - 25 points
9| Torino (18) - 23 points
10| Fiorentina (18) - 23 points
11| Bologna (18) - 22 points
12| Empoli (18) - 22 points
13| Monza (18) - 21 points
14| Lecce (18) - 20 points
15| Spezia (18) - 18 points
16| Salernitana (18) - 18 points
17| Sassuolo (18) - 16 points
18| Hellas Verona (18) - 9 points
19| Sampdoria (18) - 9 points
20| Cremonese (18) - 7 points

Victor Osimhen scored a brace as Napoli went on to trash Juventus by five goals to one.

Cremonese was a goal away from an equalizer after being two goals down by the 55th minute. They ended up suffering a 3-2 defeat at home against Monza.

AC Milan came from two goals down to avoid defeat at Leece. It ended in a 2-2 draw.
After getting knocked out of the Coppa Italia ‘Round of 16’ by Torino and dropping points against Roma in the previous league fixture, a defeat would’ve been hard on AC Milan’s morale. Lecce is unbeaten since the restart of the season.

Lautaro Martinez scored the only goal of the match in the third minute to get Inter Milan the three points at home against Hellas Verona.

A goal in the additional minutes of each half led Lazio to a 2-0 win against Sassuolo.

M’Bala Nzola’s goal from the penalty spot in the 28th minute secured Spezia a 1-0 win against Torino.

Bologna comes from a goal down to pick up three points through a 2-1 win over Udinese.

Atalanta completely trashed Salernitana. The first half ended with Atalanta leading by 5 goals to one. They conceded one more goal in the second half while scoring three.

Paulo Dybala scored two goals from Tammy Abraham’s assists for Roma to pick up the three points from a 2-0 win against Fiorentina.