Serie A – Round Sixteen

December 10, 2016

Crotone                                             2-1                      Pescara

Raffaele Palladino 24’(pen)                                      Hugo Campagnaro 82’

Giammarco Ferrari 83’

It took Crotone less than a minute to regain their lead after they lost it to a late goal from Hugo Campagnaro.

Crotone came out as home winners over Pescara when they two newly-promoted sides met. Both teams currently reside in the relegation zone.

The away side had an opportunity to equalize at a goal down, but Ledian Memushaj missed a first-half penalty that would have made it possible.

Both teams finished the match with 10 men after a player on each side accumulated enough yellows to send them packing.

Sampdoria                                        1-2                       Lazio

Patrik Schick 89’                                                           Sergej Milinkovic-Savic 40’

                                                                                        Marco Parolo 45’

Roma disrupted Lazio’s amazing run with a defeat, but they got back to winning ways against Sampdoria.

An away victory for Lazio over Sampdoria  meant that they rise to better their chances of finishing in a European qualifying spot on the league table.   

December 11, 2016

Cagliari                                              0-5                          Napoli

                                                                                           Dries Mertens 34’ 69’ 72’

                                                                                           Marek Hamsik 45’

                                                                                           Piotr Zielinski 51’

An away victory done right.  

Dries Mertens finished with a hattrick as a clinical Napoli left Cagliari with the maximum points by making the host concede 5 goals.

The form of these teams told us to expect something like this.

Atalanta                                              1-3                        Udinese

Jasmin Kurtic 47’                                                            Duvan Zapata 45’

                                                                                          Seko Fofana 72’

                                                                                          Cyril Thereau 87’

Udinese took the lead right before the half and Atalanta canceled the lead right after the restart.  

Unfortunately for the home side, that was their only goal of the match. Udinese scored two more to leave with a victory that could look like an upset from the position of the two sides in the league standings.

Bologna                                              0-0                       Empoli

It was a goalless draw between Bologna and Empoli.

Six points separate the two, but Bologna sits right above Empoli at the edge of the relegation zone.    

Palermo                                                0-2                    Chievo Verona

                                                                                         Valter Birsa 14’

                                                                                         Sergio Pellissier 49’

A goal in each half gave Chievo Verona an away victory over a struggling Palermo side that remains at the bottom of the Serie A league table after  securing just a win in sixteen league matches.

Torino                                                  1-3                        Juventus

Andrea Belotti 16’                                                           Gonzalo Higuain 28’ 82’

                                                                                           Miralem Pjanic 90’+2’

Juventus new signings scored to give the team a victory in the first Derby della Mole of the 2016/17 Serie A season.

The victory keeps Juventus comfortable at the top of the pile in Serie A.

Inter Milan                                             2-0                       Genoa

Marcelo Brozovic 38’ 69’

A brace from Marcelo Brozovic gave Inter Milan a home victory over Genoa. The victory pulls Inter Milan four points away from Genoa and gets them into the top 10 in the Serie A standings.

December 12, 2016

Fiorentina                                                 2-1                   Sassuolo

Nikola Kalinic 10’ 40’                                                      Francesco Acerbi 76’

Two first half goals from Nikola Kalinic was needed to give Fiorentina a consecutive victory in the Serie A. The victory over Sassuolo pulled Fiorentina to 9 points away from the losers.

Roma                                       1-0                         AC Milan

Radja Nainggolan 62’

Roma established themselves as the number one contender to Juventus after a home victory over AC Milan.  

Radja Nainggolan second half strike gave Roma a deserving home victory over Milan.