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Matchday 17 Serie A TIM 2019-20 (18 - 22 December 2019) SAMPDORIA vs JUVENTUS * Sampdoria have won their last two home Serie A TIM matches against Juventus. Since 2001, Juventus have lost three straight away matches against a team just once, losing four in a row at Napoli from 2007 to 2011. Sampdoria have scored six goals in their last four Serie A TIM matches after scoring seven goals in their first 12 league games this season. Cristiano Ronaldo has scored in three straight Serie A TIM matches (4 goals), the 35th time he’s had a run of at least three straight league matches with a goal in the five major European leagues. He’s scored in at least four straight matches 21 times. FIORENTINA vs ROMA Fiorentina are unbeaten in their last three Serie A TIM matches against Roma (1W, 2D) after avoiding defeat in just two of their previous 11 league meetings (1W, 1D, 9L). Fiorentina last went four straight unbeaten against Roma in Serie A TIM from 1992 to 1994. Fiorentina’s last seven Serie A TIM goals have been scored in the final 30 minutes of matches, as their last four goals have come in the 75th minute or later. Roma have allowed a Serie A TIM-low five away goals this season. They’ve kept four clean sheets in their first eight away matches this season. UDINESE vs CAGLIARI Udinese have lost only one of their last ten home Serie A TIM matches against Cagliari (6W, 3D) dating back to 2009, a 1-0 defeat in November 2017 on a goal by Joao Pedro. Udinese have won their last match against Cagliari last season (26-05-2019, Cagliari-Udinese 1-2, Pavoletti, Hallfredsson, De Maio). Cagliari are unbeaten in their last eight away Serie A TIM matches (3W, 5D) dating back to the end of last season, their longest away unbeaten run in the league since November 1971 to February 1972 (9 straight - 3W, 6D). * Match played on 18-12-2019 (Sampdoria-Juventus 1-2) INTER vs GENOA Inter won their two Serie A TIM matches against Genoa by a combined 9-0, the first time Inter have scored nine or more goals against a team in a single Serie A TIM season since 1998/1999 (against Roma). Genoa have won their last match against Inter in 2018 (17-02-2018 2-0, Ranocchia OG, Pandev). Inter have scored a Serie A TIM-high 18 goals in the first half in Serie A TIM this season while allowing a joint-league low five goals before half-time (tied with Roma). Genoa are unbeaten in three straight away Serie A TIM matches (3D) after collecting just one point from their first five away from home this season. They haven’t played four straight away Serie A TIM matches without defeat since November-December 2017 (2W, 2D). TORINO vs SPAL Torino are unbeaten against SPAL in the four matches since SPAL returned to Serie A TIM in 2017, winning both home matches and drawing both away. Cristian Ansaldi has scored three times in his last two Serie A TIM matches after scoring just five goals in his first 104 appearances in the competition. Gabriel Strefezza leads SPAL with 22 tackles won in Serie A TIM this season despite starting only one match before the beginning of October. ATALANTA vs MILAN Milan’s 3-1 away win in February ended a seven-match winless run for them against Atalanta (5D, 2L), their longest run without a win against Atalanta in the club’s Serie A TIM history (116 meetings). Atalanta have earned a Serie A TIM-high 11 points (3W, 2D) in matches in which they’ve gone behind this season. They’ve lost less than half (4/9) of the matches in which they’ve trailed this season. Krzysztof Piatek (13 goals) is the only Milan player to score more than five Serie A TIM goals in 2019 (Hakan Calhanoglu, Franck Kessie - 5 each). LECCE vs BOLOGNA Bologna are unbeaten in their last five Serie A TIM matches at Lecce (2W, 3D) dating back to a 1-0 Lecce win in 2001. They’ve kept clean sheets in each of their last three Serie A TIM matches at Lecce, but have scored just once over those three matches (1W, 2D). Only Roma (10) have scored more set-piece goals than Lecce (9 - including penalties). A league-high 45% of Lecce’s goals (9/20) have been scored on set-piece situations. Bologna have both scored and conceded at least one goal in ten straight Serie A TIM matches, the first team to do so inside of a single Serie A TIM season since Sassuolo in March-May 2017. The last team with a longer streak was Torino (14 matches) from January to May 2017. PARMA vs BRESCIA Brescia have won their last three league meetings with Parma (2 in Serie B, 1 in Serie A TIM) after winning just one of the previous 13 league meetings (4D, 8L). Parma have won their last two Serie A TIM matches (1-0 at Sampdoria and 2-1 at Napoli). They last won three straight matches in Serie A TIM in March 2014. Brescia won their last away Serie A TIM match (1-0 at SPAL). They could win consecutive away Serie A TIM matches for the first time since November 1967. SASSUOLO vs NAPOLI Sassuolo are unbeaten in their last four home Serie A TIM matches against Napoli, drawing the last three games. Napoli came from behind in each of the three draws, scoring equalizing goals in the last ten minutes of each of those matches. Napoli have won their last match against Sassuolo last season (07-10-2018 2-0, Ounas, Insigne). Francesco Caputo and Domenico Berardi have scored eight goals in Serie A TIM this season, equaling Berardi’s team-high for Sassuolo in the competition last season. Arkadiusz Milik has scored in his last five appearances in Serie A TIM (6 goals). He could become the first Napoli player to score in six straight appearances in a single Serie A TIM season since Gonzalo Higuain in January-February 2016. Higuain scored two goals in a match against Sassuolo in that run. .