SERIE A
MATCH RESULTS – ITALIAN SERIE A
Hellas Verona [ 2-1 ] Bologna Salernitana [ 3-0 ] Sassuolo Lazio [ 0-1 ] Torino Sampdoria [ 1-1 ] Spezia Empoli [ 0-3 ] Inter Milan Monza [ 3-2 ] Fiorentina Udinese [ 3-0 ] Cremonese AC Milan [ 2-0 ] Lecce Juventus [ 0-1 ] Napoli Atalanta [ 3-1 ] Roma
Lazio’s ‘1-0’ defeat at home against Torino allowed Napoli to widen the gap at the top with a similar score in Turin against Juventus.
Juventus is back in the ‘top 4’ after the temporal reversal of their 15-point deduction. We have to wait and see how that plays out.
With Juventus leaping to 3rd, teams like Inter Milan and Atalanta have dropped a position despite picking up a win. Roma dropped to 5th after defeat in the last match of the round (against Atalanta).
AC Milan held on to 3rd place with a win at Lecce.
Bottom-tabled Sampdoria shared the points with Spezia.
Hellas Veron moved up a position to 18th after securing a win over Bologna in the opening round.
Cremonese is the only side in the relegation zone that finished the round without a point gained.
CURRENT LEAGUE STANDINGS AT THE END OF THE ROUND:
1 | Napoli (31) – 78 points
2 | Lazio (31) – 61 points
3 | Juventus (31) – 59 points
4 | Milan (31) – 56 points
5 | Roma (31) – 56 points
6 | Inter Milan (31) – 54 points
7 | Atalanta (31) – 52 points
8 | Bologna (31) – 44 points
9 | Udinese (31) – 42 points
10 | Fiorentina (31) – 42 points
11 | Torino (31) – 42 points
12 | Monza (31) – 41 points
13 | Sassuolo (31) – 40 points
14 | Salernitana (31) – 33 points
15 | Empoli (31) – 32 points
16 | Lecce (31) – 28 points
17 | Spezia (31) – 27 points
18 | Hellas Verona (31) – 26 points
19 | Cremonese (31) – 19 points
20 | Sampdoria (31) – 17 points
MATCH RESULTS AND GOALSCORERS:
[ 2 ] Hellas Verona || Simone Verdi 45+6'(pen) 62' [ 1 ] Bologna || Nicolas Dominguez 90+4' ------------------------------------- [ 3 ] Salernitana || Lorenzo Pirola 9' Boulaye Dia 20' Lassana Coulibaly 65' [ 0 ] Sassuolo ------------------------------------- [ 0 ] Lazio [ 1 ] Torino || Ivan Ilic 43' ------------------------------------- [ 1 ] Sampdoria || Bruno Amione 23' [ 1 ] Spezia || Daniele Verde 59' ------------------------------------- [ 0 ] Empoli [ 3 ] Inter Milan || Romelu Lukaku 48' 76' Lautaro Martinez 88' ------------------------------------- [ 3 ] Monza || Cristiano Biraghi 26'(og) Dany Mota 43' Matteo Pessina 59' [ 2 ] Fiorentina || Christian Kouame 8' Riccardo Saponara 13' ------------------------------------- [ 3 ] Udinese || Lazar Samardzic 2' Nehuen Perez 27' Isaac Success 36' [ 0 ] Cremonese ------------------------------------- [ 2 ] AC Milan || Rafael Leao 40' 75' [ 0 ] Lecce ------------------------------------- [ 0 ] Juventus [ 1 ] Napoli || Giacomo Raspadori 90+3' ------------------------------------- [ 3 ] Atalanta || Mario Pasalic 39' Rafael Toloi 74' Teun Koopmainers 84' [ 1 ] Roma || Lorenzo Pellegrini 83' -------------------------------------
Napoli managed to extend their lead by defeating Juventus 1-0 in a tight contest. The match was goalless until the final minute of stoppage time when Giacomo Raspadori scored a late winner for Napoli.
A ‘3-0’ win over Sassuolo was Salernitana’s first win in 7 league games after playing out six successive draws in the league.
Sassuolo followed a ‘1-0’ win over Juventus with a defeat.
Lazio’s run of 4 straight league wins in a run of 13 unbeaten league matches came to an end in a ‘1-0’ home defeat to Torino. Ivan Ilic scored the only goal of the game in the 43rd minute for Torino to win their first league game in five.
Romelu Lukaku’s brace helped Inter Milan to their first league win in their last six league games.
Monza came from 2-goals down to draw the game at the break and win the game in the second half. Matteo Pessina’s goal in the 59th minute handed Monaz a 3-2 win over Fiorentina. Monza is unbeaten in their last three matches after following a ‘1-0’ win against Inter Milan with a 3-2 win against Fiorentina.
Fiorentina is without a win in their last three league games.
Udinese won their first league game in 4 attempts after downing Cremonese with three goals in the opening 36 minutes. Cremonese was looking for their third win in a row but ended up conceding 3 goals in return.
Rafael Leao’s brace led AC Milan to a league win after consecutive draws. AC Milan beat Lecce 2-0.
Leccee is without a win in their last 8 matches (7 losses).
Giacomo Raspadori entered the game in the 86th minute to replace Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and scored the game-winning goal in the 3rd minute of added time to get Napoli a 1-0 win in Turin over Juventus.
