SERIE A PREVIEW WEEK 7, ITALIAN SERIE A PREVIEW 2014 – 2015 FOR ROUND 7 ON SATURDAY 18, SUNDAY 19, AND MONDAY 20 OCTOBER 2014, MATCHDAY 7 --------------------------------------------------- Here is Italy Serie Results for Week 7 – Matchday 7 on Saturday 18, Sunday 19, and Monday 20 October 2014. We are back to the Serie A after the international break for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifications and friendly games. Let’s recap. This week, Juventus are the sole leaders and the only team winning all 6 games! Yep. Juventus defeated Roma last week reaching 18 points while leaving Roma in the second position with 15 points. Juventus winning their 22nd consecutive home game. The top scorer up to Round 6: Juventus forward Carlos Tevez with 6 goals. Challenge in this round mostly for Inter and their so-called crisis. There is the mega clash with the ex coaches Inter vs Napoli at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium. Ex Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri and the ex Inter coach Rafael Benitez. Atalanta will look to stop the negative road after losing 4th consecutive defeats. Parma have won only 1 game this season while losing 5. There is the awaited direct match Hellas Verona vs AC Milan both having 11 points. Pressure is for AC Milan to win this away game to climb towards the top 3 position this season. Another team under pressure is Palermo. Yep, Palermo not winning a single game. Palermo vs Cesena at the Barbera Stadium will see the fans rooting for the squad to win the home game against Cesena to leave the relegation zone right now in the 19th position. Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 6 games. -Juventus, 1st position with 18 points and a positive goal difference of +11 -AS Roma, 2nd position with 15 points and a positive goal difference of +7 - Sampdoria, 3rd position with 14 points and a positive goal difference of +5 - Udinese, 4th position with 13 points and a positive goal difference of +4 - AC Milan, 5th positions with 11 points and a positive goal difference of + 4 Relegation Zone: Parma, 18th position with 3 points and a negative goal difference of -5. Palermo, 19th position with 3 points and a negative goal difference of -8. Sassuolo,. 20th position with 3 point and a negative goal difference of -9 . Saturday 18 October 2014 Serie A Week 7 AS ROMA – CHIEVO VERONA Olimpico di Roma Stadium Referee: CALVARESE 18:00 Serie A Standing BEFORE the game: AS Roma, 2nd position with 15 points and a positive goal difference of +7 Chievo Verona, 16th position with 4 points and a negative goal difference of -4 Before the game. Disciplinary Situation. 1 suspended player for AS ROMA: Manolas (2)No suspended players for CHIEVO VERONA Stats in favor of AS ROMA. Out of the 12 precedent games at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium there are 7 wins for Roma, 3 draws and only 2 wins for Chievo. Roma under pressure to win this home game to keep up the race for the Scudetto. Last week, Roma losing the match against Juventus and went down to the 2nd position. Roma are only 3 points behind Juventus who are playing the away game against Sassuolo. Before the game. Here is the top scorer for AS ROMA: Alessandro Florenzi and Mattia Destro with 2 goals each Top scorer for CHIEVO VERONA: Alberto Paloschi with 2 goals Here are the last 3 games of AS ROMA: 1 win, 1 draw, 1 lost Here are the last 3 games of CHIEVO VERONA: 1 draw, 2 lost Here is the probable formation for AS ROMA (4-3-3): DE SANCTIS 26, MAICON 13, ASTORI 23, YANGA-MBIWA 2, COLE 3, PJANIC 15, NAINGGOLAN 4, PAREDES 32, LJAJIC 8, DESTRO 22, FLORENZI 24 Here is the probable formation for CHIEVO VERONA (4-3-1-2): BARDI25, FREY21, DAINELLI3 , ZUKANOVIC87, BIRAGHI34, COFIE14, RADOVANOVIC8, HETEMAJ56, BIRSA23, PALOSCHI43 MEGGIORINI69 SASSUOLO – JUVENTUS Mapei Stadium Referee: BANTI 20:45 Serie A Standing BEFORE the game: Juventus, 1st position with 18 points and a positive goal difference of +11 Sassuolo, 20th position with 3 points and a negative goal difference of -9 There is only 1 precedent for Sassuolo vs Juventus seeing Juventus as winner last season with a 3-1. On that occasion, scoring for Juventus Carlos Tevez, Claudio Marchisio, and Fernando Llorente while for Sassuolo scoring the honor goal Zaza. Juventus with 18 points having the chance to continue as sole leaders of the Serie A if they win this match to keep the distance with AS Roma holding the second position with 15 points. Before the game. Disciplinary Situation. 1 suspended player for SASSUOLO: Peluso (1)1 suspended player for JUVENTUS: Morata (1) Before the game. Here is the top scorer for SASSUOLO: Forward Domenico Berardi with 2 goals Top scorer for JUVENTUS: Forward Carlos Tevez with 6 goals Here are the last 3 games of SASSUOLO: 1 draw, 2 lost Here are the last 3 games of JUVENTUS: 2 wins, 1 lost Here is the probable formation for SASSUOLO (3-4-3): CONSIGLI47 ANTEI5 CANNAVARO28 ACERBI15 VRSALJKO 11 MAGNANELLI4 TAIDER19 LONGHI3 BERARDI 25 ZAZA10 SANSONE17 Here is the probable formation for JUVENTUS (3-5-2): BUFFON1, OGBONNA5, BONUCCI19, CHIELLINI 3, LICHTSTEINER26, PEREYRA37, PIRLO21, POGBA6, EVRA33, TEVEZ10, LLORENTE14 Sunday 19 October 2014 FIORENTINA – LAZIO Artemio Franchi Stadium Referee: PERUZZO 12:30 Serie A Standing BEFORE the game: Fiorentina, 9th position with 9 points and a positive goal difference of +2 Lazio, 8th position with 9 points and a positive goal difference of +4 Tough game for Fiorentina and Lazio both having 9 points. Pressure is for Fiorentina who have won only 2 games compared to Lazio winning 3. The nightmare still appearing at the Artemio Franchi Stadium when last season Lazio defeated Fiorentina with the goal by Cana. The last draw 0-0 in the 2009-2010 season. A draw is not helpful and for Fiorentina would be like losing the game. Stats for games in Florence between 65 games Fiorentina vs Lazio are in favor of Fiorentina winning 31, Lazio winning 15 and 19 draws. Goals scored 165 with Fiorentina scoring 105 and Lazio scoring 60. Before the game. Disciplinary Situation. No suspended player for FIORENTINA. 1 suspended player for LAZIO: Cana (1) Before the game. Here is the top scorer for FIORENTINA: Khoma Babacar with 2 goals Top scorer for LAZIO: Filip Djordjevic with 4 goals Here are the last 3 games of FIORENTINA: 2 wins, 1 draw Here are the last 3 games of LAZIO: 2 wins, 1 lost Here is the probable formation for FIORENTINA (4-3-1-2): NETO1, TOMOVIC 40, RODRIGUEZ2, SAVIC15, ALONSO28, KURTIC16, PIZARRO7, AQUILANI10, FERNANDEZ14, CUADRADO11, BABACAR30 Here is the probable formation for LAZIO (4-3-3): MARCHETTI22, CAVANDA39, DE VRIJ3, CIANI2, RADU26, PAROLO16, BIGLIA20, MAURI6, CANDREVA87, DJORDJEVIC9, LULIC19 ATALANTA – PARMA Atletico Azzurri D’Italia Stadiu Referee: GUIDA 15:00 Serie A Standing BEFORE the game: Atalanta, 15th position with 4 points and a negative goal difference of -6 Parma, 18th position with 3 points and a negative goal difference of -5 One point difference and both teams winning only 1 game in this season. Stats seeing 17 precedents with Atalanta winning 6 and Parma winning 5 and 6 draws. 35 goals with 18 goals scored by Atalanta and 17 by Parma… Parma will look to create another upset just as they did last season in the 24th week humiliating Atalanta by scoring 4 goals to claim the victory. Goals by Molinaro, Schelotto, Antonio Cassano, and the own goal by Benalouane. Surely, Atalanta will look to win the home game not only to claim the 3 points, but also to celebrate their 107th birthday! Atalanta was founded on October 17, 1907 Before the game. Disciplinary Situation. No suspended players Before the game. Here is the top scorer for ATALANTA: Estigarribia, Boakye and Bonaventura with 1 goal Top scorer for PARMA: Forward Antonio Cassano with 4 goals Here are the last 3 games of ATALANTA: 3 lost Here are the last 3 games of PARMA: 1 win, 2 lost Here is the probable formation for ATALANTA (4-4-2): SPORTIELLO57, ZAPPACOSTA22, BIAVA20, BENALOUANE29, DRAMÈ93, D’ALESSANDRO7, CARMONA17, CIGARINI21, MORALEZ11, BOAKYE99, DENIS19 Here is the probable formation for PARMA (3-5-2): MIRANTE83 MENDES4 FELIPE19 LUCARELLI6 RISPOLI33 ACQUAH30 LODI21 MAURI8 DE CEGLIE11 CASSANO99 BELFODIL10 CAGLIARI – SAMPDORIA Sant’Elia Stadium Refereee: GERVASONI 15:00 Serie A Standing BEFORE the game: Cagliari, 17th position with 4 points and a negative goal difference of -2 Sampdoria, 3rd position with 14 points and a positive goal difference of+5 Before the game. Disciplinary Situation. 1 suspended player for CAGLIARI: Rossettini (1) No suspended players for SAMPDORIA. Before the game. Here is the top scorer for CAGLIARI: Albin Ekdal with 3 goals Top scorer for SAMPDORIA: Forward Manolo Gabbiadini with 3 goals Here are the last 3 games of CAGLIARI: 1 win, 2 lost Here are the last 3 games of SAMPDORIA: 3 wins Here is the probable formation for CAGLIARI (4-3-3): CRAGNO27, BALZANO21, BENEDETTI24, CAPUANO33, AVELAR8, DESSENA16, CONTI 5 EKDAL20, IBARBO23, SAU25, COSSU7 Here is the probable formation for SAMPDORIA (4-3-3): VIVIANO2, DE SILVESTRI29, SILVESTRE26, GASTALDELLO28, CACCIATORE86, SORIANO21, PALOMBO17, OBIANG14, GABBIADINI11, OKAKA9, EDER23 HELLAS VERONA – AC MILAN Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium Referee: VALERI 15:00 Serie A Standing BEFORE the game: Hellas Verona, 6th position with 11 points and a positive goal difference of +1 AC Milan, 5th position with 11 points and a positive goal difference of +4 What a challenge and a deja vu… Hellas Verona will look to celebrate another victory against AC Milan at the Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium. Verona had a party celebrating their return to Serie A after 11 years and defeating AC Milan in Week 1 with a 2 -1 thanks to the goals by forward Luca Toni while for Milan the goal by Poli. Will Verona repeat the story? The last time AC Milan defeated Hellas Verona in Verona was back in the 2001-2002 season with a 1-2 seeing the goals by Muti, Filippo Inzaghi, and Andrea Pirlo. Precedents are even… Out of the 24 games at the Bentegodi Stadium, 8 wins for Hellas Verona, 8 wins for AC Milan and 8 draws. 67 goals scored with 33 goals by Hellas and 34 by AC Milan. Before the game. Disciplinary Situation. No suspended player for HELLAS VERONA. 1 suspended player for AC MILAN: De Jong (1) Before the game. Here is the top scorer for HELLAS VERONA: Tachtsidis and Ionita with 2 goals each Top scorer for AC MILAN: Keisuke Honda with 4 goals Here are the last 3 games of HELLAS VERONA: 1 win, 1 draw, 1 lost Here are the last 3 games of AC MILAN: 1 win, 2 draws Here is the probable formation for HELLAS VERONA (4-3-3): RAFAEL1, MORAS 18, MARQUEZ, 4, MARQUES25, AGOSTINI33, IONITA23, TACHTSIDIS77, HALLFREDSSON10, GOMEZ21 TONI9 JANKOVIC11 Here is the probable formation for AC MILAN (4-3-3): DIEGO LOPEZ 23, ABATE 20, ALEX 33, RAMI 13, DE SCIGLIO 2, BONAVENTURA 28, ESSIEN 15, MUNTARI 4, HONDA 10, TORRES 9, EL SHAARAWY 92 PALERMO – CESENA Renzo Barbera Stadium Referee: DAMATO 15:00 Serie A Standing BEFORE the game: Palermo, 19th position with 3 points and a negative goal difference of -8 Cesena 13th position with 6 points and a negative goal difference of -5 A cry for help! Palermo struggling and in deep trouble unable to win a single game this season and down to the 19th position. Pressure is super high to win this home game. Palermo and Cesena both promoted from Serie B this season will be dueling at the Barbera seeing Cesena with a better average. Precedents for Palermo vs Cesena are 2 seeing Cesena winning 1 and 1 draw. It’s a double challenge for Palermo to claim the victory against Cesena and give a moment to celebrate to the fans. Before the game. Disciplinary Situation. No suspended player for PALERMO. 1 suspended player for CESENA: Lucchini (1) Before the game. Here is the top scorer for PALERmo: Franco Vazquez with 3 goals Top scorer for CEENA: Succi, Marilungo, Cascione, and Rodriguez with 1 goal each. Here are the last 3 games of PALERMO: 1 draw, 2 lost Here are the last 3 games of CESENA: 2 draws, 1 lost Here is the probable formation for PALERMO (3-5-2): SORRENTINO70, MUNOZ6, GONZALEZ12, TERZI19, MORGANELLA89, NGOYI17, RIGONI27, BOLZONI15, LAZAAR7, VAZQUEZ20, DYBALA9 Here is the probable formation for CESENA (3-5-1-1): LEALI1, VOLTA14, CAPELLI 25, MAGNUSSON17, GARRITANO61, CARBONERO7, DE FEUDIS8, COPPOLA10, RENZETTI33, BRIENZA11, MARILUNGO89 Palermo fans want to celebrate a victory….. will this happen? TORINO – UDINESE Olimpico di Torino Stadium Referee: RUSSO 15:00 Serie A Standing BEFORE the game: Torino, 14th position with 5 points and a negative goal difference of -3 Udinese, 4th position with 13 points and a positive goal difference of +4 Before the game. Disciplinary Situation. 2 suspended players for TORINO: El Kaddouri (2), Glik (2) No suspended plaeyrs for UDINESE Before the game. Here is the top scorer for TORINO: Forward Fabio Quagliarella with 3 goals Top scorer for UDINESE: Forward Antonio Di Natale with 4 goals Here are the last 3 games of TORINO: 1 win, 1 draw, 1 lost Here are the last 3 games of UDINESE: 1 win, 2 draws Here is the probable formation for TORINO (3-5-2): GILLET1, MAKSIMOVIC19, BOVO5, MORETTI24, PERES33, GAZZI14, VIVES20, SANCHEZ MIÑO28, DARMIAN36, AMAURI22, QUAGLIARELLA27 Here is the probable formation for UDINESE (4-3-2-1): KARNEZIS31, WIDMER27, HEURTAUX75, DANILO5, PIRIS89, BADU7, ALLAN6, GUILHERME 19, FERNANDES8, THEREAU77, DI NATALE10 INTER – NAPOLI Giuseppe Meazza Stadium Referee: ORSATO 20:45 Serie A Standing BEFORE the game: Inter, 10th position with 8 points and a positive goal difference of +3 Napoli, 7th position with 10 points and a positive goal difference of +3 It’s the match to win for Inter not only to lift the morale of the team, but of the fans too. Inter suffering two big defeats against Cagliari and Fiorentina. It’s an emotional game for the ex Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri now with Inter and the ex Inter coach Rafael Benitez now with Napoli. Inter are down to the 10th position and a defeat at the Meazza will be a total disaster!!!! Precedents for Inter vs Napoli games are 68 seeing Inter winning 45, Napoli winning only 8 and 15 draws. 197 goals with Inter scoring 132 and 65 goals by Napoli. Before the game. Disciplinary Situation. No suspended players Before the game. Here is the top scorer for INTER: Forward Pablo Osvaldo with 4 goals Top scorer for NAPOLI: Jose Maria Callejon with 4 goals Here are the last 3 games of INTER: 1 win, 2 lost Here are the last 3 games of NAPOLI: 3 wins Here is the probable formation for INTER (3-5-2): HANDANOVIC1, RANOCCHIA23, VIDIC15, JUAN JESUS5, NAGATOMO55, HERNANES88, MEDEL18, KOVACIC10, DODO’22, PALACIO8, ICARDI9 Here is the probable formation for NAPOLI (4-2-3-1): RAFAEL1, MAGGIO11, ALBIOL33, KOULIBALY26, ZUNIGA 18, GARGANO77, DAVID LOPEZ19, CALLEJON7, HAMSIK17, INSIGNE24, HIGUAIN9 Monday 20 October 2014 GENOA – EMPOLI Luigi Ferraris Stadium Referee: CERVELLERA 20:45 Serie A Standing BEFORE the game: Genoa, 11th position with 8 points and a neutral goal difference of “0″ Empoli, 12th position with 6 points and a neutral goal difference of “0″ Before the game. Disciplinary Situation. 1 suspended player for GENOA: Roncaglia (1) No suspended player for EMPOLI Before the game. Here is the top scorer for GENOA: Forward Alessandro Matri with 3 goals Top scorer for EMPOLI: Manuel Pucciarelli with 3 goals Here are the last 3 games of GENOA: 1 win, 1 draw, 1 lost Here are the last 3 games of EMPOLI: 1 win, 2 draws Here is the probable formation for GENOA (3-4-3): PERIN1, ANTONINI3, DE MAIO4, BURDISSO8, EDENILSON21, RINCON88, BERTOLACCI91, ANTONELLI13, KUCKA33, MATRI32, PEROTTI10 Here is the probable formation for EMPOLI (4-3-1-2): SEPE33, HYSAJ23, TONELLI26, RUGANI24, MARIO RUI21, VECINO88, VALDIFIORI6, CROCE11 VERDI18, PUCCIARELLI20, MACCARONE7
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