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Matchday 31 Serie A TIM 2019-20 7 - 9 July 2020 LECCE vs LAZIO This will be the 30th meeting in Serie A TIM between Lecce and Lazio – the Biancocelesti lead by 17 wins to six, with six draws shared between the sides. Lazio have won on their last three trips to Lecce in Serie A TIM – their best run in this fixture. Lazio are unbeaten in their last 15 games against newly promoted teams in Serie A TIM (W13 D2). Lecce have lost their last six Serie A TIM games, their worst run in the top-flight since February 1998. Lazio have equalled their best away record in a single Serie A TIM season (29 points in 14 games, level with 2017/18). Before Lecce, the last team to concede 70+ goals over the first 30 games of a Serie A TIM season had been Pro Patria (80 in 1955/56). Lecce have been leading in just eight games so far this Serie A TIM season – a league-low, while Lazio have won six of the 14 games in which they have been trailing. Lecce’s Khouma Babacar made his Serie A TIM debut in February 2010 against Lazio, against whom he has scored two goals in nine appearances, both coming while he was at Fiorentina. Luis Alberto’s next league game will be his 100th Serie A TIM appearance – he has already recorded 35 assists, a record in the first 100 games amongst players who have made their debut in the last 15 years. Since joining Lazio, Ciro Immobile has scored 21 goals in 19 meetings against newly promoted teams in Serie A TIM, including a goal in the reverse fixture against Lecce. MILAN vs JUVENTUS AC Milan have shared more draws (54) and conceded more goals (215) against Juventus than versus any other side in Serie A TIM. AC Milan have managed to beat Juventus only once in their last 14 league meetings, losing 13 times. Since the start of 2013, Milan’s 13 defeats to Juve is the most for any one side against another in Serie A TIM. AC Milan have failed to score in four of their last six home games against Juve (W1 L5). AC Milan have scored in 12 consecutive league games – their best such run since September 2017. Juventus have scored at least two goals in each of their last seven games in the league – their best such run since October 2018 (nine games). AC Milan have faced only 28 shots after lockdown, while Juve have conceded 51 in the same period in Serie A TIM. Juventus (nine) and AC Milan (13) are the two teams that have conceded the fewest goals in Serie A TIM since start of 2020. AC Milan’s head coach Stefano Pioli has never beaten Juve in his managerial career (L11 D3). Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored 23 goals in the 70 league games for Juventus between 2004 and 2006. The first of Gianluigi Buffon’s record-breaking 648 Serie A TIM appearances was in November 1995 against AC Milan. FIORENTINA vs CAGLIARI Fiorentina and Cagliari have met 77 times so far in Serie A TIM; the Viola lead by 32 wins to 23, with 22 draws being shared. After winning three games in a row against Cagliari, Fiorentina have taken just one point from their last four league meetings against the Sardinians, while they conceded five goals in the reverse fixture. Fiorentina have won only two of their last seven home games against Cagliari (D3 L2), previously they had won 16 in a row at the Franchi against the Sardinians. Each of the last four Serie A TIM games played at the Artemio Franchi have seen both sides score. Cagliari have taken four points from their last two Serie A TIM games on the road, as many as they had picked-up from their previous eight away games. Fiorentina and Cagliari have each conceded just two goals in the opening 15 minutes of play in this season’s Serie A TIM – only Juventus have conceded fewer (1). Walter Zenga has lost each of his five Serie A TIM meetings against Fiorentina in his managerial career. Erick Pulgar has already equalled his best goal tally in a single Serie A TIM campaign (six, level with last season). Each of his goals this season have come from the penalty spot. Dusan Vlahovic’s (Fiorentina) first ever Serie A TIM goal was against Cagliari in November 2019. Cagliari’s Giovanni Simeone scored 20 goals in his 74 league appearances with Fiorentina between 2017 and 2019. GENOA vs NAPOLI Genoa and Napoli have met 95 times so far in Serie A TIM; the Partenopei lead by 36 wins to 25, with 34 draws shared between the sides. Napoli are unbeaten against Genoa in Serie A TIM since 2012 (W10 D5). Genoa have hosted Napoli 47 times in Serie A TIM, winning 18 and sharing 17 draws (L12). Napoli are unbeaten in their last seven trips to Genoa’s home ground (W5 D2). Genoa have lost their last three home games, conceding at least three goals in each match – the Grigoni have lost four in a row at home only twice in the top-flight (in 2012 and in 1959). Genoa have averaged one shot every 53 touches in this season’s Serie A TIM – the worst ratio of any team this campaign. Napoli have picked up 25 points in 15 games under Gennaro Gattuso – only three teams have done better in this timeframe (Juventus, Lazio and Atalanta). Genoa’s last 12 goals against Napoli have been scored by 12 different players, as have Napoli’s last five goals against the Grifoni. Napoli are one of three opponents against which Davide Nicola is yet to win a Serie A TIM game (four defeats in four meetings). Genoa’s Goran Pandev scored 19 goals in his 92 Serie A TIM appearances for Napoli between 2011 and 2014. Piotr Zielinski’s (Napoli) first ever goal in Serie A TIM was against Genoa in October 2015, when he was at Empoli. ATALANTA vs SAMPDORIA Atalanta have scored just six goals against Sampdoria since 2016/17, only against Cagliari they have scored fewer goals (4) amongst the teams that have consistently been in the top-flight in this timeframe. Atalanta have won one and drawn one in their last two games against Sampdoria – last time they remained unbeaten against them for three games in a row was in 2006. The last six meetings between Atalanta and Sampdoria in Bergamo have seen three wins apiece. Overall, Atalanta have won 20 times at home against Sampdoria in Serie A TIM, losing 10 times and sharing 17 draws. Sampdoria won their last away game (vs Lecce) – last time they won back-to-back away games in Serie A TIM was in March 2019. Atalanta have scored 100 goals in 39 games this season in all competitions (2.56 per game) – only Bayern Munich (2.98) and PSG (2.95) have averaged more goals per game in Europe’s top-5 leagues. 29 of Sampdoria’s 32 points in the Serie A TIM this season have come since the arrival of Claudio Ranieri – taking into account only the 23 rounds since Ranieri’s appointment, Sampdoria would sit 12th in the table, 10 points clear of the relegation zone. Claudio Ranieri has faced Atalanta 14 times as a manager without losing (W7 D7) in the three-point era in Serie A TIM. Atalanta’s strikers Luis Muriel and Duván Zapata have history with Sampdoria; Muriel scored 21 goals in 79 games for the Blucerchiati, while Zapata scored 11 in 31. Sampdoria striker Manolo Gabbiadini scored just one goal in his 25 league appearances for Atalanta in 2011-12. BOLOGNA vs SASSUOLO Bologna lead by five wins to three against Sassuolo in Serie A TIM (D3). Sassuolo won their last Serie A TIM meeting with Bologna but have never won twice in a row against them in the top-flight. Sassuolo have managed to win only once away to Bologna in Serie A TIM, the hosts winning twice and two draws being shared. The Emilia Romagna derby has taken place on a Wednesday four times in Serie A TIM, with two home wins, one away win and a draw being shared in that run. Eight of the last nine goals scored in games between Bologna and Sassuolo came in the second half, with the only exception being Caputo’s goal in the reverse fixture this season. Bologna have failed to score in two of their last four Serie A TIM games at the Dall’Ara, after finding the net in each of their previous 18 home games. Sassuolo have won two of their last four away games in Serie A TIM (D1 L1), recording as many wins as in their previous 13 away fixtures (D4 L7). Bologna midfielder Nicola Sansone scored 17 goals in 84 league appearances for Sassuolo between 2014 and 2016. Francesco Caputo is one goal away from equalling the highest scoring tally recorded by a Sassuolo player in a Serie A TIM season (Domenico Berardi, 16 in 2013/14). He would also equal his personal record of 16 goals in a single Serie A TIM season (level with 2018/19 when he was at Empoli). Bologna are the only Serie A side against which Jeremie Boga (Sassuolo) has already scored more than one league goal. ROMA vs PARMA Parma have lost 31 games and conceded 89 goals against Roma in Serie A TIM – more than they have registered against any other opponent.