ITALIAN SERIE A
Lazio 3-0 Bologna
Napoli 1-1 Inter Milan
Torino 1-2 Venezia
AC Milan 1-0 Sampdoria
Empoli 1-1 Cagliari
Genoa 1-1 Salernitana
Hellas Veron 4-0 Udinese
Sassuolo 2-2 Roma
Atalanta 1-1 Juventus
Spezia 1-2 Fiorentina
The Milan clubs are leading the race.
AC Milan replaced Inter Milan at the top of the standings, while Inter Milan trailed a point behind with a game in hand.
Napoli dropped down to third.
Juventus get a point to stay in fourth and keep Atalanta in 5th.
Lazio opened up two points on Roma in the standings.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
1| AC Milan (25) – 55 points
2| Inter Milan (24) – 54 points
3| Napoli (25) – 53 points
4| Juventus (25) – 46 points
5| Atalanta (24) – 44 points
6| Lazio (25) – 42 points
7| Roma (25) – 40 points
8| Fiorentina (24) – 39 points
9| Verona (25) – 36 points
10| Torino (24) – 32 points
11| Empoli (25) – 31 points
12| Sassuolo (25) – 30 points
13| Bologna (24) – 28 points
14| Spezia (25) – 26 points
15| Udinese (23) – 24 points
16| Sampdoria (25) – 23 points
17| Cagliari (25) – 21 points
18| Venezia (24) – 21 points
19| Genoa (25) – 15 points
20| Salernitana (23) – 13 points
Lazio and Roma had both accumulated 39 points from the 24 matches.
After 25 matches played, Lazio added 3 points from a win, while Roma added a point froma draw.
LAZIO 3-0 BOLOGNA
A successive 3-0 league wins for Lazio.
Mattia Zaccagni’s goals in the second half made it a comfortable win for Lazio.
NAPOLI 1-1 INTER MILAN
The price of the Milan derby defeat in the last round made a defeat to Napoli unaffordable for Inter Milan. Inter Milan escaped with a point.
Edin Dzeko’s goal in the opening two minutes of the second half got Inter Milan a point in Naples.
TORINO 1-2 VENEZIA
Venezia from an early goal down secured a 2- 1 victory in Turin.
AC MILAN 1- 0 SAMPDORIA
There is a new team in pole position at the end of the round.
‘Napoli vs Inter Milan’ ending in a draw was the ideal result for AC Milan to take the top spot with a win against Sampdoria.
Rafael Leao got AC Milan an early lead in the 8th minute.
The lead lasted the entirety of the match to get AC Milan a victory that took them to the top of the Serie A standings.
EMPOLI 1-1 CAGLIARI
Leandro Paoletti scored in the 84th minute to get Cagliari a point against Empoli.
GENOA 1-1 SALERNITANA
The bottom two teams shared the points to keep their position in the standings.
HELLAS VERONA 4-0 UDINESE
Four goalscorers. Two goals per half.
Hellas Verona recovered from their 2-0 defeat in Turin [vs Juventus] through a 4- 0 win against Udinese.
SASSUOLO 2- 2 ROMA
Roma got a goal towards the end of each half to get a point in Sassuolo.
Tammy Abraham converted a penalty to the game-opening goal to send Roma to the break with a lead but it took Sassuolo just two minutes after the restart to get even.
Hamed Traore then scored in the 73rd minute to give Sassuolo the lead before Gian Marco Ferrari picked up a second booking five minutes later to leave Sassuolo defending a lead with 10 men.
Bryan Cristante headed Roma’s equalizing goal from a corner kick in the fourth minute of the final added minutes.
ATALANTA 1-1 JUVENTUS
Juventus went 11 matches without league defeats after Danilo headed in an equalizing goal in the second minute of the final added minutes to saved Juventus from a defeat to the team that handed them their most recent defeat in the league.
Atalanta didn’t get a victory to recover from their shock defeat to Cagliari in the last round but a point will do. A win for Juventus would’ve nullified the advantage Atalanta still has with their game n hand.
