Insights Matchday 38 TIM 2018-19

May 25-26, 2019

FROSINONE vs CHIEVOVERONA ChievoVerona have won all three Serie A TIM meetings with Frosinone, outscoring them 8-1 in those matches, including a 1-0 win in December, ChievoVerona’s first victory of the season. Frosinone have occupied 19th place in the table since week 3 in Serie A TIM this season. ChievoVerona have occupied 20th place in the table since week 2 in Serie A TIM this season.

BOLOGNA vs NAPOLI Napoli have won their last six Serie A TIM meetings against , averaging 4.17 goals per match in those victories. Napoli scored at least three times in all six matches. Bologna (10 wins entering their last match) have won exactly 11 matches in each of their previous three Serie A TIM seasons. has scored in four straight Serie A TIM matches four the fourth time in his career. He’s never scored in five straight Serie A TIM matches in his career.

TORINO vs LAZIO Lazio are unbeaten in four straight away Serie A TIM matches against Torino (2W, 2D). No team has avoided defeat at Torino in each of the last five seasons. Torino have won 11 home matches in a single Serie A TIM season for the first time since 1985/1986. They could win 12 home matches in a single Serie A TIM season for the first time since 1976/1977 (13). (18 goals) will be Lazio’s top scorer in all competitions for the third straight season. The last player to lead Lazio in scoring in three straight seasons was Tommaso Rocchi from 2004/2005 to 2006/2007.

SAMPDORIA vs JUVENTUS Juventus have won seven of their last eight matches against Sampdoria in Serie A TIM.

Fabio Quagliarella (26 goals) has a four-goal lead for the entering the final matchday. He could be the third Sampdoria player to take home top scoring honours in Serie A TIM (after in 1960/1961 and in 1990/1991). Juventus have allowed 28 goals this season, four fewer than any other team in Serie A TIM this season. They had the league’s best defense in each of the previous seven seasons as well.

ATALANTA vs SASSUOLO Atalanta are unbeaten in nine straight Serie A TIM matches against Sassuolo (5W, 4D), including winning the last three in a row. They’ve outscored Sassuolo 11-3 in those three wins. A win would give Atalanta the club’s first top-three finish in their Serie A TIM history (58th season). Sassuolo have lost only one of their last eight Serie A TIM matches (2W, 5D), a 3-2 defeat at Torino in their last away match.

CAGLIARI vs UDINESE Cagliari have won their last four home Serie A TIM matches against Udinese, their longest home winning streak against any team in their last 14 Serie A TIM seasons. Cagliari have conceded ten penalties this season, most in Serie A TIM, one more than Udinese (9). They’ve won just three penalties this season, tied with Milan for fewest in the competition. Udinese have scored three goals in each of their last two Serie A TIM matches. They haven’t scored three goals in three straight league matches since January 2011.

FIORENTINA vs GENOA Seven of the last ten Serie A TIM matches between Fiorentina and Genoa have ended in a draw (Fiorentina 2W, Genoa 1W). Fiorentina have lost their last five matches, the last four by 1-0 scores. The last team to lose five straight matches 1-0 in the five major European leagues was ESTAC Troyes (Ligue 1) in December 2002 to February 2003. Genoa (18th) are in the relegation places for the first time all season. They were as high as 11th after 29 matches this season.

INTER vs EMPOLI Inter have won ten of their last 11 Serie A TIM matches against Empoli (1D), including the last six in a row. Inter have won their last six at home against Empoli dating back to a 1-0 defeat in 2004. Inter (4th - 1 point ahead of Milan) have been in the Champions League places every week since moving up to third after matchday 8. Empoli have won three straight Serie A TIM matches after winning only three of their previous 19 league games dating back to the middle of December (4D, 12L).

ROMA vs Roma have kept 12 clean sheets in their last 18 Serie A TIM meetings with Parma (14W, 3D, 1L - 10 total goals conceded), including the last two in a row. Roma have kept five clean sheets in their last seven Serie A TIM matches (2 total goals allowed), as many as they kept in their first 32 league matches this season. Luigi Sepe has played every minute in Serie A TIM this season (3330), as he’s averaged 4.30 saves per 90 minutes, second-most in the competition (Ivan Provedel - 4.50).

SPAL vs MILAN Milan have won all three Serie A TIM meetings with SPAL over the last two seasons, outscoring them 8-1 in those contests. SPAL have scored 21 set-piece goals this season (including penalties), four more than any other team in the competition this season. Krzysztof Piatek leads Milan with nine Serie A TIM goals this season, two more than any other player (Suso - 7). He also remains Genoa’s top scorer in the competition with 13 goals, nine more than any other player.