Matchday 37 Serie A TIM 2019-2028 - 29 July 2020

PARMA ATALANTAvsParma and Atalanta have met 39 times so far in Serie A TIM: Parma lead by 14 wins to 12,with 13 draws.

Atalanta have won their last three league meetings against Parma, scoring 11 goals in total,after they had scored only one in their previous three games against the Ducali.

Parma have hosted Atalanta 19 times so far, winning nine and losing three at home, andsharing seven draws.

In their last seven trips to Parma, Atalanta have either scored at least two goals, or failed toscore (3-1 for the Bergamachi in their last trip to the Tardini).

Atalanta are one of four clubs to score more than 95 goals in a Serie A TIM season after Interin 1949/50 and 1050/51, AC Milan in 1949/50 and Juventus in 1950/51.

Atalanta have scored less than two goals in three of their last four away games. Previously,they had scored less than two goals only three times in 14 games on the road.

Parma’s last two goals at home have come from the penalty spot, as many as in their previous31 goals at the Tardini.

Parma midfielder Dejan Kulusevski has scored nine goals this campaign – he could becomethe first player under the age of 21 to reach double figures for goals in a Serie A TIM seasonsince Mauro Icardi in 2013.

Atalanta’s Luis Muriel and Duvan Zapata have both scored 18 goals this season: the last teamto have two players on 20+ goals in a Serie A TIM season was Juventus in 2007/08 (Del Pieroand Trezeguet).

After failing to score in his first two appearances at the Tardini, Duván Zapata scored a bracein his last trip to Parma, back in March 2019.

INTER NAPOLIvsThis will be the 148th game between Inter and Napoli in Serie A TIM: the Nerazzurri lead by65 wins to 46, with 36 draws.

Inter have won two of their last three games against Napoli in Serie A TIM (L1), as many as intheir previous 15 meetings.

Inter have hosted Napoli at the Meazza 73 times, winning 47 and losing only nine (D17).

Only four goals have been scored in the last four meetings between these two sides in Milan.

Inter have won 76 points so far this season – they have won Serie A TIM each time they haveended the season with more than 76 points (in 2006/07 and 2009/10).

Only Manchester City (26) have hit the woodwork more than Napoli (24) so far this seasonacross Europe’s top-5 leagues.

Inter (18) and Napoli (17) are two of the three sides with the most goal scorers in Serie A TIMthis season (along with Roma, 17).

Napoli manger Gennaro Gattuso is yet to win a game against Inter in his managerial career(D1 L3).

Inter striker Romelu Lukaku has already scored 29 goals in all competitions for Inter thisseason – Samuel Eto’o in 2010/11 (37) was the last player to score 30+ goals in a singlecampaign for the club.

Inter are the only Serie A TIM opponent against which Napoli’s midfielder Fabián Ruiz hasscored more than one goal (two).

HELLAS VERONA SPALvsSPAL and Hellas Verona have met five times so far in Serie A TIM: Verona have won only once,losing twice and sharing two draws.

SPAL have had the better of Hellas Verona in their previous two meetings at the Bentegodi inthe top-flight (W2).

SPAL have won their last two Serie A TIM games played in Veneto, after losing their previousseven trips to the region.

SPAL shared a 1-1 draw in their last game against Torino – last time they went unbeaten inconsecutive league games was back in November.

Hellas Verona are winless in their last seven league games (D4 L3), their worst run since theend of the 2017/18 season (eight matches without a victory on that occasion).

SPAL (0) and Hellas Verona (two) are the two sides with the fewest wins in Serie A TIMpost-lockdown.

SPAL have lost their last four away games in Serie A TIM, last losing five on the bounce on theroad at the beginning of the season.

Verona’s striker Mariusz Stepinski scored a goal in the reverse fixture and could score in twogames against the same opponent in the same season for the first time in his Serie A TIMcareer.

SPAL striker Andrea Petagna made his Serie A TIM debut against Verona, playing for AC Milanin August 2013.

SPAL defender Jacopo Sala scored three goals in his 49 league appearances for Veronabetween 2013 and 2016.

LAZIO BRESCIAvsBrescia have won 13 Serie A TIM games against Lazio – more than against any otheropponent in the competition.

Brescia have scored just one goal in their last five Serie A TIM games against Lazio, with thatgoal coming in the reverse fixture at the Rigamonti.

Lazio have hosted Brescia 19 times so far at the Olimpico, winning 14, sharing two draws andlosing three.

Lazio have won eight of their last ten home games against Brescia in Serie A TIM (D1 L1).

Lazio have won their last two league games, last winning three on the bounce before thelockdown (back in February).

Brescia have lost their last four away games – their worst run since January 2011 (when theylost five in a row on the road).

Two of Lazio’s last four goals at home have come from outside the box. Only three of theirprevious 40 goals at the Olimpico in the Serie A TIM had come from outside of the box.

Ciro Immobile has scored 101 goals in Serie A TIM since joining Lazio in 201617 - only Messi(132), Lewandowski (115) and Ronaldo (103) have scored more across the top five Europeanleagues during this period.

Since three points have been awarded for a win, only Christian Vieri (134 games for Inter) hasreached 100 league goals for a Serie A TIM side faster than Immobile (140 games).

Ernesto Torregrossa has been involved in four (3 goals and 1 assist) of Brescia’s seven goalsaway from home in 2020.

SAMPDORIA MILANvsAC Milan lead by 63 wins to 30 against Sampdoria in Serie A TIM (D30).

Sampdoria have won only three of their last 14 games against AC Milan in Serie A TIM,sharing four draws and losing seven.

AC Milan have won 23 of their trips to Marassi against Sampdoria in Serie A TIM (19 wins forthe hosts and 19 draws).

The Blucerchiati have won their last two home games against AC Milan – they’ve neverbeaten the Rossoneri in three consecutive home matches in the league.

None of Sampdoria’s last seven home games in Serie A TIM have ended level (W3 L4), since agoalless draw with Sassuolo in January.

AC Milan have scored 28 goals in 10 games post-lockdown in Serie A TIM, as many as theyhad scored in their previous 26 games of the season.

Milan manager Stefano Pioli is unbeaten against Claudio Ranieri in Serie A TIM as a manager(D3 W1).

Manolo Gabbiadini is the most used outfield player by Claudio Ranieri this season (26appearances), whilst no player has scored more goals for Sampdoria than Gabbiadini sincethe Italian’s appointment (10, alongside Fabio Quagliarella).

Milan’s Hakan Calhanoglu has equalled his most prolific top-flight season scoring eight goals(alongside 2014/15 with Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga).

AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has already scored five goals in eight league gamesagainst Sampdoria (one for Juventus and four for Inter).

SASSUOLO GENOAvsThe record in Serie A TIM between Sassuolo and Genoa is perfectly even, with five wins apieceand three draws.

The last three games between these two sides saw a total of 13 goals scored, while theprevious three meetings had just two goals.

Sassuolo lead by four wins to one at home against Genoa, with one draw.

Sassuolo are unbeaten in their last three games against Genoa at the Mapei Stadium (W2 D1).

Sassuolo are winless in their last four league games (D2 L2) after winning each of theirprevious four games. This is their longest winless run in the league since March 2019.

Sassuolo’s last four home games have seen both teams score (on average 5.2 goals pergame).

Genoa have won three of their last five league games (L2), as many as they had won in theprevious 13 rounds.

The Grifoni have won three of their last six games on the road (D2 L1), as many as in theirprevious 38 games away from home.

Sassuolo striker Francesco Caputo has already scored two more goals than in his two previousseasons in the top-flight combined. His debut in Serie A TIM was in a game against Genoa inOctober 2010.

Genoa’s midfielder Lukas Lerager made his Serie A TIM debut in a game against Sassuolo inFebruary 2019.

UDINESE LECCEvsUdinese lead by 17 wins to nine in Serie A TIM against Lecce, with just one draw.

Udinese are on a record-breaking run of three consecutive wins against Lecce in Serie A TIM.

These two sides are yet to draw at the Friuli so far, with 11 wins for the hosts and two awaywins for Lecce.

Since Luca Gotti’s appointment back in November 2019, the Friulani have kept nine cleansheets, a Serie A TIM joint- record alongside Juventus and Atalanta.

Udinese won their last home game against Juventus after having failed to win in theirprevious seven games at the Friuli ((D4 L3).

Lecce have conceded 80 goals in Serie A TIM this season, at least four more than any otherside across Europe’s top-5 leagues.

Stefano Okaka has netted seven goals this campain – with another goal he would set apersonal record in a single season in both Serie A TIM and Serie B.

Lecce’s striker Khouma Babacar has scored four goals against Udinese in Serie A TIM, morethan against any other opponent.

Lecce’s midfielder Antonin Barak scored seven goals in his 50 league appearances forUdinese between 2017 and 2020.

Lecce’s goalkeeper Gabriel played his first Serie A TIM game in October 2013 againstUdinese.

CAGLIARI JUVENTUSvsCagliari have only beaten Juventus 11 times in their 77 previous meetings, losing 40 timesand playing out 26 draws so far.

Juventus are unbeaten in their last 18 Serie A TIM games against Cagliari (W15 D3).

Cagliari have hosted Juve 38 times in Sardinia, winning nine times and sharing 12 draws(L17).

Juventus were the only side capable of beating Cagliari in each of their eight league gamesplayed in Sardinia since 2010/11.

Over the past eight seasons, Juventus have never lost a game in the round after winning theScudetto (W6 D2).

Only SPAL (two) have collected fewer points than Cagliari (four) since start of July in Serie ATIM.

Juventus have collected 810 points over the last nine Serie A TIM campaigns (an average ofexactly 90 per season) – only Barcelona (815) have managed better across Europe’s top-5league in the same period.

Giovanni Simeone’s first Serie A TIM brace was in November 2016 against Juventus when hewas at Genoa.

Cristiano Ronaldo has scored only one hat-trick in Serie A TIM so far – that came in thereverse fixture against Cagliari back in January (4-0 for the Old Lady).

Juventus forward Gonzalo Higuaín has scored in seven of his nine appearances againstCagliari in Serie A TIM, bagging eight goals in the process.

FIORENTINA BOLOGNAvsFiorentina and Bologna have met 135 times so far in Serie A TIM: the Viola lead by 53 wins to38, with 44 draws.

Fiorentina are unbeaten in their last 11 games against Bologna in Serie A TIM (W7 D4).

The Viola have beaten Bologna 37 times at the Franchi so far, with 17 draws and 13 awaywins for Bologna.

Fiorentina hav conceded only one goal in their last seven games against Bologna at home,winning six of those games and drawing once.

Three of Fiorentina’s last four home goals came after half time, all courtesy of Patrick Cutrone.

Bologna’s last six goals away from home have been scored by six different players: twodefenders, two midfielders and two strikers.

Bologna have kept only two clean sheets in 2019/20 – the worst defensive record across thetop-5 European leagues.

Germán Pezzella’s first Serie A TIM goal was in a home game against Bologna in September2017.

Fiorentina midfielder Erick Pulgar scored 10 goals in his 100 Serie A TIM appearances forBologna between 2015 and 2019.

Riccardo Orsolini’s injury-time goal in the reverse fixture was Bologna’s only goal from adirect-free kick in their Serie A TIM campaign so far.

TORINO ROMAvsRoma have won 63 games against Torino in Serie A TIM – more than against any otheropponent. But the Granata have scored 186 goals against the Giallorossi, their favouritetarget in the top-flight.

Before Torino’s win in the reverse fixture, Roma had won five games in a row in Serie A TIMagainst the Granata.

Torino lead by 32 wins to 15 defeats at home against Roma with 27 draws.

However, the Granata have won only one of their last 18 home games against Roma, sharing10 draws and losing seven times in the process.

Since Moreno Longo’s appointment back in February, Torino have collected only 12 points –only Cagliari, Brescia and SPAL have a worse record in this period.

Roma have won their last two away games – last time they won three in a row away fromhome was at the end of the 2017/18 season.

12 of Jordan Veretout’s 19 goals in Serie A TIM this season have come from the penalty spot –that is a record for a midfielder over the last three Serie A TIM seasons.

Simone Zaza’s first Serie A TIM brace was in December 2014 in a game against Roma, whenhe was at Sassuolo.

Andrea Belotti has scored four goals against Roma for Torino, including a brace in their lastmeeting, after he failed to find the net in the previous four appearances against theGiallorossi.

Roma’s Aleksandar Kolarov made his Serie A TIM debut in a game against Torino in August2007 – back then, the full-back played for Lazio.