SERIE A
ITALIAN SERIE A
Napoli created a three-point lead for themselves with a win against Lazio to take advantage of AC Milan’s shock defeat at home to Sassuolo.
Inter Milan moved a point behind AC Milan, while Atalanta tagged along to close in on second place.
Except for AC Milan, the teams in the ‘top 5’ positions were all on the winning end of the score.
Fiorentina, Juventus, and Lazio stayed on 21 points after all three suffered defeat from their respective matches.
All three teams in the relegation zone picked up a point.
MATCH RESULTS
Cagliari 1-1 Salernitana
Empoli 2-1 Fiorentina
Sampdoria 3-1 Hellas Verona
Juventus 0-1 Atalanta
Venezia 0-2 Inter Milan
Udinese 0-0 Genoa
AC Milan 1-3 Sassuolo
Spezia 0-1 Bologna
Roma 1-0 Torino
Napoli 4-0 Lazio
LEAGUE STANDINGS
1. Napoli – 35 points
2. AC Milan – 32 points
3. Inter Milan – 31 points
4. Atalanta – 28 points
5. Roma – 25 points
6. Fiorentina – 21 points
7. Juventus – 21 points
8. Lazio – 21 points
9. Bologna – 21 points
10. Verona – 19 points
11. Empoli – 19 points
12. Sassuolo – 18 points
13. Torino – 17 points
14. Udinese – 15 points
15. Sampdoria – 15 points
16. Venezia – 15 points
17. Spezia – 11 points
18. Genoa – 10 points
19. Cagliari – 8 points
20. Salernitana – 8 points
CAGLIARI 1- 1 SALERNITANA
A goal in the 90th minute saved Salernitana from a fourth straight defeat.
On the other end, Cagliari missed out on their first victory in six matches.
EMPOLI 2- 1 FIORENTINA
Dusan Vlahovic was on the scoresheet to get Fiorentina in the lead in the 57th minute, but goals in the final five minutes of the regulation time got Empoli to the lead and the win.
Fiorentina went from ending AC Milan’s unbeaten start to losing to Empoli.
JUVENTUS 0-2 ATALANTA
We are 4 games away from the midpoint of the season, and Juventus has already lost 5 matches: with three of the defeats at home [Empoli, Sassuolo, and now Atalanta].
Duran Zapata’s goal in the 28th minute decided the game and handed Atalanta a third successive win.
VENEZIA 0-2 INTER MILAN
Inter Milan is back to a win and back into the title race to defend their crown.
AC MILAN 1-3 SASSUOLO
Just like that, AC Milan is without a win in three matches. [2 losses and a draw]
Sassuolo came from a goal down to hand AC Milan their second defeat of the season.
AC Milan lost their ‘unbeaten’ tag in the last round, and now the ‘unbeaten at home’ tag.
ROMA 1- 0 TORINO
Tammy Abraham’s goal got Roma to a back-to-back win.
NAPOLI 4-0 LAZIO
Dries Mertens brace sent Napoli into the break with a 3-0 lead. Napoli bounced back from their only defeat of the season with a 4-0 thrashing of Lazio.
