Serie A – Matchday 27

Lazio wins the Rome derby, Juventus wins Derby d’Italia and Napoli keeps marching on. Serie A round 27 has been played right before the international break, here is the matchday roundup for it!

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Results

17.3.2023		Sassuolo	1		Spezia	0
17.3.2023		Atalanta	2		Empoli	1
18.3.2023		Monza	1		Cremonese	1
18.3.2023		Salernitana	2		Bologna	2
18.3.2023		Udinese	3		AC Milan	1
19.3.2023		Sampdoria	3		Verona	1
19.3.2023		Fiorentina	1		Lecce	0
19.3.2023		Torino	0		Napoli	4
19.3.2023		Lazio	1		AS Roma	0
19.3.2023		Inter	0		Juventus	1

For one of the highlight matches of the round we had Udinese versus AC Milan. The final result was 3-1, Udinese grabbing the crucial win and Milan dropping even more points in Serie A, despite their UCL successes. Leaders, Napoli travelled to Torino and Spalletti’s men continued their amazing run, as they won 4-0.
In the much anticipated Rome derby, we had Lazio playing against AS Roma. The final result was 1-0, Lazio gaining the crucial 3 points. Worth noting that we had three red cards, 2 for Mourinho’s side, one for Lazio. In the last and most important match of the matchday, we had Inter coming up against Juventus in Derby d’Italia. The final result was 0-1, Inter getting no points, thus closing a terrible round for Milano based sides.

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Standings

#		Team	Played	Win	Draw	Lose	Goals	Points
1		Napoli	27	23	2	2	64 : 16	71
2		Lazio	27	15	7	5	42 : 19	52
3		Inter	27	16	2	9	47 : 31	50
4		AC Milan	27	14	6	7	44 : 36	48
5		AS Roma	27	14	5	8	35 : 26	47
6		Atalanta	27	13	6	8	44 : 31	45
7		Juventus	27	17	5	5	45 : 22	41
8		Udinese	27	9	11	7	37 : 31	38
9		Fiorentina	27	10	7	10	32 : 31	37
10		Bologna	27	10	7	10	33 : 36	37
11		Torino	27	10	7	10	29 : 33	37
12		Sassuolo	27	10	6	11	35 : 40	36
13		Monza	27	9	7	11	32 : 37	34
14		Empoli	27	6	10	11	24 : 36	28
15		Lecce	27	6	9	12	24 : 32	27
16		Salernitana	27	6	9	12	31 : 47	27
17		Spezia	27	5	9	13	23 : 43	24
18		Verona	27	4	7	16	22 : 41	19
19		Sampdoria	27	3	6	18	16 : 44	15
20		Cremonese	27	1	10	16	22 : 49	13

Napoli are first in the league and at this point Seria A becomes a mathematical equation on when can Oshimen, Kvaratskhelia and co lift the Scudetto. Lazio move to second, thanks to their win, while Inter are Milan are closely following them. Roma are 5th, while Atalanta 6th.
Cremonese are last and looking almost certain to get relegated. They are on 13 points, two less than Sampdoria(15). Hellas Verona are on 19.

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Team of the Week

3 players from Atalanta, Zappacosta, Ruggeri and de Roon. We also have 2 from Sampdoria in Gabbiadini and Nuytinck. Same old from Napoli, as Kvara and Osimhen make the cut!