October 22, 2016
Sampdoria 2-1 Genoa
Luis Muriel 12’ Luca Rigoni 24’
Armando Izzo 47’(o.g)
Sampdoria made home advantage count when they found a way to defeat Genoa in a match that was difficult to tell what team deserved a win.
It was Genoa’s third loss of the season and Sampdoria’s third win of the season.
AC Milan 1-0 Juventus
Manuel Locatelli 65’
Another Milan team defeats Juventus at the San Siro. AC Milan handed Juventus their second league defeat.
AC Milan made sure the gap at the top of the Serie A remained close by beating the league leaders. AC Milan gained three points to move just three points away from the league leaders.
As expected, Juventus dominated the match and even had a goal disallowed. A second half strike from AC Milan’s Manuel Locatelli ended up as the winning goal.
October 23, 2016
Udinese 3-1 Pescara
Cyril Thereau 9’(pen) 71’ Alberto Aquilani 74′
Duvan Zapata 90’+3’
Udinese got their third win of the season against newly promoted Pescara to move three points above them.
Atalanta 2-1 Inter Milan
Andrea Masiello 10’ Eder 51’
Mauricio Pinilla 88’
Inter Milan goes on four winless matches and a third consecutive defeat in the league after an away loss to Atalanta.
After Eder brought Inter Milan level with an equalizer in the 51st minute, Mauricio Pinilla scored a late goal for Atalanta to deny Inter Milan any point from the match.
Cagliari 3-5 Fiorentina
Davide Di Gennaro 2’ Nikola Kalinic 20’ 40’ 53’
Marco Capuano 62’ Federico Bernardeschi 26’ 32’
Marco Borriello 77’
In a thrilling match that provided 8 goals, Fiorentina secured an away victory to put a stop to Cagliari’s three-match winning streak.
Nikola Kalinic scored a hattrick while Federico Bernardeschi scored a brace to help Fiorentina take maximum points from the match.
Fiorentina had to come back from an early goal down to end the first half 3 goals up. A result looked out of Cagliari reach when Fiorentina was taking a 3 goal lead into the break.
Crotone 1-2 Napoli
Aleandro Rosi 89’ Jose Maria Callejon 17’
Nikola Maksimovic 33’
A 10-man Napoli team secured an away win over newly promoted Crotone with two first half goals.
Napoli’s Manolo Gabbiadini was sent off in the 31st minute through a red card.
Empoli 0-0 Chievo Verona
Chievo Verona finished the match with fewer men after a goalless draw against Empoli. Lucas Castro was sent off after receiving a second yellow card in the 80th minute.
Torino 2-2 Lazio
Iago Falque 20’ Ciro Immobile 71’
Adem Ljajic 90’+2’ Alessandro Murgia 84’
When it looked like Lazio had come from a goal down to grab an away win from Torino, a late goal from Adem Ljajic saved Torino a home defeat and gave the team a valuable point.
Both teams started the match equal on points, and finished the same way. Lazio is undefeated in four matches while Torino remained undefeated in six matches.
Bologna 1-1 Sassuolo
Simone Verdi 10’ Alessandro Matri 87’
After chasing the game for what seemed like the entire match, Alessandro Matri scored a late goal for Sassuolo to deny Bologna a home win.
Roma 4-1 Palermo
Mohamed Salah 31’ Robin Quaison 80’
Leandro Paredes 51’
Edin Dzeko 68’
Stephan El Shaarawy 82’
Roma exposed the gap in class with a convincing performance against relegation zoned Palermo.
A ‘4-1’ home win placed Roma two points away from the top of the league table.
