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Matchday 19 Serie A TIM 2020-21 22 - 24 January 2021 22/01/2021 20:45 - CIRO VIGORITO BENEVENTO Vs TORINO Torino have won both of their previous Serie A TIM games against Benevento without conceding a goal. The Granata are the only team against which the Giallorossi have never managed to score among sides they have faced at least twice in the top-flight. This will be only the second time that Benevento have played a Serie A TIM game on a Friday; the previous such match came against Sassuolo this season (1-0 defeat). Torino have drawn both of the last two times they have played a Serie A TIM game on Friday (1-1 against Juventus in May 2019 and 3-3 against Sassuolo in October 2020). Benevento have lost three of their last four league games (W1), this after only losing one of their previous seven Serie A TIM matches beforehand (W3 D3). Only Crotone (12) have conceded more goals than Benevento (11) in Serie A TIM in 2021: the Giallorossi have conceded at least four goals in both of their last two league matches, while they have never done so three times in a row in the division. Torino have only won two of their first 18 league games this season (D7 L9); only once in their history have they won as few games in the first half of a season in a Serie A TIM campaign containing 20 teams (two in 2007/08, when they had 17 points). Torino have failed to score in their last two league games, while they have not failed to find the net in three in a row since November 2014. Benevento’s Iago Falque and Kamil Glik have both previously played for Torino. Falque played 102 games while scoring 30 goals for the Granata, while Glik scored 10 goals in 131 Serie A TIM appearances for Torino. Iago Falque is the only player to have scored in both previous Serie A TIM games between Benevento and Torino: he scored Torino’s winning goal in injury time in the first such meeting in September 2017 and the opening goal in Torino’s 3-0 win in January 2018. 23/01/2021 15:00 - OLIMPICO ROMA Vs SPEZIA This will be the third clash between AS Roma and Spezia in all competitions, after the 2015/16 Coppa Italia (0-0, Spezia progressed after a penalty shootout) and their Coppa Italia meeting on Tuesday. AS Roma have won each of their last four Serie A TIM matches against sides from Liguria (Genoa and Sampdoria), while their last defeat in such a game was back in January 2018 (0-1 at home v Sampdoria). Spezia are unbeaten in their last three Serie A TIM games (W2 D1) and could avoid defeat in four successive league matches for the first time since February 2020 (13 in a row in Serie B). AS Roma are on the longest ongoing run of Serie A TIM wins against promoted sides (25) and the longest run of games scored in a row in such meetings (52). The last promoted side to end up being relegated despite picking up 18 points in their opening 18 Serie A TIM matches of a season was Livorno in 2009/10. The 13 such sides to have as many or more since have all avoided relegation. Since Serie A TIM went back to being a 20-team league in 2004/05, AS Roma have scored in their final game of the first half of the season in all 16 campaigns (W8 D5 L3). AS Roma have 34 points from their 18 league games this season; at the half-way stage (19 games) last term, they had 35 points. AS Roma have conceded 73% of their Serie A TIM goals this season in second halves (19/26), the highest percentage in 2020-21. Meanwhile, Spezia have conceded 22 goals in the second half of their league games; only Torino (24) have shipped more. With M’Bala Nzola in the side, Spezia have scored 19 goals in 13 Serie A TIM games this season (1.5 per game on average), whilst without him they have only scored four in five league games (0.8 per game). AS Roma’s Borja Mayoral has scored three goals in his last two Serie A TIM starts, two of which came against a promoted side (Crotone). 23/01/2021 18:00 - GIUSEPPE MEAZZA MILAN Vs ATALANTA Milan have only won once in their last 10 Serie A TIM meetings against Atalanta (D6 L3): among teams they have faced more than three times in the top-flight since 2015/16, the Rossoneri have won fewer games against no other side (also one against Napoli). Milan are winless in their last six home Serie A TIM games against Atalanta (D4 L2) since a 3-0 win in January 2014. In the era of three points for a win, AC Milan and Atalanta have only faced off once in the 19th matchday (half-way point of a 20-team league). This was Atalanta's 1-0 win in Milan in January 2015. Milan (W13) are only one win away from equalling their highest win total in the first half of a Serie A TIM season containing 20-team (14 wins in 1950/51, in which they won the Scudetto). Atalanta’s best points tally in the first half of a 20-team Serie A TIM season was 35, achieved in 2016-17 and 2019-20. Milan have scored the most goals (15) in the first 30 minutes of play in Serie A TIM this season (including seven of their last 12), while Atalanta (11) are joint-third in this ranking, behind Roma in second (12). Milan’s Stefano Pioli has won six of his 14 previous Serie A TIM meetings with Atalanta’s Gian Piero Gasperini (D4 L4). A win here would mean Pioli has beaten Gasperini more than any other opposing manager in Serie A TIM (six is currently level with Mihajlovic and Donadoni). Atalanta’s Josip Ilicic has been involved in six goals in his last five games against Milan in Serie A TIM (three goals and three assists). Indeed, he has scored five goals in total against the Rossoneri in the top-flight, including two at San Siro (December 2017 and October 2014). Zlatan Ibrahimovic (498) is only two goals away from reaching 500 goals in all competitions in club football. He has only scored more for PSG (156) than Milan (80). Among goalkeepers with at least 10 appearances in Serie A TIM this season, Atalanta’s Pierluigi Gollini (74.1%) and Milan’s Gianluigi Donnarumma (73.8%) are two of the four goalkeepers with a save rate of above 70% (also Silvestri and Reina). 23/01/2021 18:00 - DACIA ARENA - STADIO FRIULI UDINESE Vs INTER Inter have won nine of their last 11 Serie A TIM games against Udinese (D1 L1) and have not conceded a goal in their last five against the Bianconeri. Udinese have not scored in their last five league games against Inter: if they fail to score here, they would equal their longest goalless streak against any opponent in the top-flight. Udinese have gained only one point in their last seven home games against Inter in Serie A TIM (L6): among teams they have faced at least twice at home in the league since 2013/14, they have picked up fewer points against the Nerazzurri than any other opponent. Udinese have closed the first half of the season with a win in their last three Serie A TIM seasons; their last defeat on Matchday 19 was against Inter in January 2017. Inter have scored 45 goals in their first 18 league games this season; only Bayern Munich have scored more (48) in the big-five European leagues in 2020-21. In a 20-team season, only in 1951/52 have the Nerazzurri scored more in the first half of a season (48). Among coaches who have led Inter for at least 30 Serie A TIM games in the era of three points per win, Antonio Conte has the joint-best points-per-game average (2.18 per match, level with Mourinho). Kevin Lasagna scored his first Serie A TIM goal against Inter, doing so at San Siro with Carpi in January 2016, his only game against the Nerazzurri during this month of the year. Nicolò Barella has scored five goals in Serie A this season: the last Italian central midfielder to score more in single Serie A TIM season for Inter was Nicola Berti in 1988/89 (seven goals, when the Nerazzurri won the Scudetto). Arturo Vidal, who scored in his last league game, has not found the net in two consecutive Serie A TIM appearances since January 2014 (against Atalanta and Roma). 23/01/2021 20:45 - ARTEMIO FRANCHI FIORENTINA Vs CROTONE Fiorentina and Crotone have faced each other four times in Serie A TIM: two wins for the Viola, one win for the Rossoblu (D1) – Fiorentina have scored in all four encounters. Fiorentina are unbeaten in their two Serie A TIM home meetings against Crotone: 1-1 in October 2016 (Astori and Falcinelli’s goals) and 2-0 in March 2018 (Simeone and Chiesa). A Fiorentina victory would equal the points tally (21) and number of wins (five) the Viola had at the halfway stage of last season’s league campaign. Crotone’s last Serie A TIM away win was back in April 2018 (2-1 v Udinese): they have earned the fewest points on the road in Serie A TIM this season (two).