The 30th round of the ITALIAN SERIE A
MATCH RESULTS
Sassuolo 4-1 Spezia
Genoa 1-0 Torino
Napoli 2-1 Udinese
Inter Milan 1-1 Fiorentina
Cagliari 0-1 AC Milan
Venezia 0-2 Sampdoria
Empoli 1-1 Hellas Verona
Juventus 2-0 Salernitana
Roma 3-0 Lazio
Bologna 0-1 Atalanta
Napoli, Inter Milan, and AC Milan have all had their turns in the lead and with the advantage to win the league this season. It’s now in the hands of AC Milan with 8 more rounds left of the season.
‘Juventus vs Inter Milan’ is the only fixture left in the season that is completely made up of the clubs that are currently in the ‘top four’.
A third straight 1-0 win in the league puts AC Milan 8 wins away from a league title. Ismael Bennacer’s goal in the 59th minute placed AC Milan comfortably in the driver’s seat of their destiny. AC Milan is 3 points in the lead and has ‘on paper’ winnable games ahead of them.
A consecutive 2-1 win for Napoli in the league after their defeat to AC Milan.
Victor Osimhen scored two goals in the second half to get Napoli from a goal down to a win against Udinese. Napoli is three points from the top after a win against Udinese.
Inter Milan dropped 4 points dropped from a possible 6 after following up a ‘1-1’ draw (away) against Torino with another against Fiorentina at the San Siro.
Inter Milan’s last 9 games in the league have come with 2 wins. Both wins came against relegation-threatened/recently-promoted teams (Venezia and Salernitana]. Despite dropping points at home against Fiorentina, Inter Milan can equal Napoli’s point tally if they are to win their outstanding match.
It was the ideal game/result for Juventus after their midweek elimination from the Champions League. Juventus used a 2-0 victory to pick up three points at home against bottom table Salernitana. Juventus had a rough start to their season but they are 7 points from the top of the league and have a comfortable cushion for Champions League qualification.
Roma moved two points clear off their city rival after a comfortable win in the Rome derby.
Tammy Abraham opened the scoring in 55 seconds to get Roma on the path to a 3- 0 win against Lazio. Tammy Abraham doubled the lead in the 22nd minute before Lorenzo Pellegrini scored an unsavable free kick in the 40th minute to send Roma into the break with a lead that held till the final white.
Sampdoria’s three-game losing streak was ended in Venice through two goals from Francesco Caputo in the opening half of the match to get Sampdoria a 2-0 win over Venezia.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
1| AC Milan (30) – 66 points
2| Napoli (30) – 63 points
3| Inter Milan (29) – 60 points
4| Juventus (30) – 59 points
5| Atalanta (29) – 51 points
6| Roma (30) – 51 points
7| Lazio (30) – 49 points
8| Fiorentina (29) – 47 points
9| Sassuolo (30) – 43 points
10| Verona (30) – 42 points
11| Torino (29) – 35 points
12| Bologna (29) – 33 points
13| Empoli (30) – 33 points
14| Udinese (28) – 30 points
15| Sampdoria (30) – 29 points
16| Spezia (30) – 29 points
17| Cagliari (30) – 25 points
18| Venezia (29) – 22 points
19| Genoa (30) – 22 points
20| Salernitana (28) – 16 points
