The title race re-tightened.
MATCH RESULTS
Atalanta 1-3 Napoli
Fiorentina 1-0 Empoli
Juventus 0-1 Inter Milan
Lazio 2-1 Sassuolo
Salernitana 0-1 Torino
Sampdoria 0-1 Roma
Spezia 1-0 Venezia
Udinese 5-1 Cagliari
AC Milan 0-0 Bologna
Hellas Verona 1-0 Genoa
A goalless draw with Bologna cost AC Milan a 2-point advantage in the title race.
Napoli got the value boost for their result in Bergamo. A clinical Napoli took their chances and claimed three points in Bergamo through a 3-1 win against Atalanta.
Inter Milan’s victory in Turin means their game in hand will put them a point away from the top of the league if they are to win.
Roma and Lazio were both winners over the round.
Lazio followed up their defeat in the Rome derby with a win against Sassuolo
Cagliari lose 4 games in a row after Beto’s hattrick helped Udinese to a 5-1 win.
Giovanni Simeone’s goal in the 5th minute was enough to get Hellas Verona a 1-0 win against relegation-threatened Genoa.
Andrea Belotti’s goal from the penalty spot in the 18th minute survived the rest of the match to get Torino a road win against Salernitana.
Hakan Calhanoglu’s second attempt at a penalty awarded in the final minutes of the first half sealed a Derby d’Italia win for Inter Milan.
The pressure was on Inter to win this game to get back in the title race.
Inter Milan’s only league win from their last 7 matches before this game had come against bottom-table Salernitana. Juventus before this game had been unbeaten in the 16 league matches.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
1| AC Milan (31) – 67 points
2| Napoli (31) – 66 points
3| Inter Milan (30) – 63 points
4| Juventus (31) – 59 points
5| Roma (31) – 54 points
6| Lazio (31) – 52 points
7| Atalanta (30) – 51 points
8| Fiorentina (30) – 50 points
9| Verona (31) – 45 points
10| Sassuolo (31) – 43 points
11| Torino (30) – 38 points
12| Bologna (30) – 34 points
13| Udinese (29) – 33 points
14| Empoli (31) – 33 points
15| Spezia (31) – 32 points
16| Sampdoria (31) – 29 points
17| Cagliari (31) – 25 points
18| Venezia (30) – 22 points
19| Genoa (31) – 22 points
20| Salernitana (29) – 16 points
