Matchday 23 TIM 2019-20 7 - 9 February 2020 ROMA vs BOLOGNA Bologna have won more Serie A TIM meetings against Roma than they have versus any other (W49 D43 L51). Roma have faced the fewest shots in Serie A TIM this season (245), 54 fewer than Bologna’s 299 - however, the Rossoblu have recorded an xGA total of 31, only three more than the Giallorossi this term (28 Roma, 31 Bologna). Bologna’s Rodrigo Palacio made his Serie A TIM debut against Roma in August 2009 with Genoa. Palacio has scored three league goals Roma, including a brace in February 2011, during the historic comeback victory from 0-3 to 4-3.

FIORENTINA vs ATALANTA Fiorentina are unbeaten in their last 18 Serie A TIM home matches against Atalanta (W11 D7) – only against Genoa and Torino have they enjoyed longer such streaks among sides in the current league season. On the other hand, Atalanta have only endured a longer winless run on the road against Juventus. Fiorentina haven’t conceded goals in their last two home Serie A TIM matches (W1 D1); the last time they kept three consecutive clean sheets at Franchi was back in September 2018 (the third shutout arrived against Atalanta). Atalanta’s Josip Ilicic played 105 Serie A TIM matches with Fiorentina (29 goals). In this current season, the Slovenian has netted 14 league goals, overtaking his record in the competition (13 for the Viola in 2015/16).

TORINO vs SAMPDORIA Torino lost the reverse fixture against Sampdoria and could lose both meetings in a Serie A TIM campaign for the first time since 2008/09. Claudio Ranieri has won two of his first six Serie A TIM away games as Sampdoria’s manager: no other Sampdoria manager has won more than him in the three points for a win era. Andrea Belotti could reach double figures for the fifth Serie A TIM season in a row, becoming the first player to do that in the last five campaigns. The Torino striker has scored seven league goals against Sampdoria, only against Sassuolo has he scored more (8). HELLAS VERONA vs JUVENTUS Hellas Verona lost their last home league game against Juventus and could lose two in a row against them for the first time in their Serie A TIM history. Juventus have won 54 points in 22 games so far: in the three points for a win era, nine out of the 10 sides to have gained as many points at this stage of the competition eventually won the league – with the only exception being Sarri’s Napoli in the 2017/18 campaign. Hellas Verona’s striker Giampaolo Pazzini has had a hand in six Serie A TIM goals against Juventus (four goals, two assists), but each of them came in his first eight meetings against the Bianconeri (none in his last 13) – he has also played more Serie A TIM matches against them than any other team (21).

SPAL vs SASSUOLO Sassuolo are unbeaten against SPAL in Serie A TIM (W3 D2): among the teams against which they have never lost a single game, SPAL are the one they have faced the most times. Sassuolo are unbeaten in their last three league matches (W2 D1): they last won seven points within three games in a single Serie A TIM campaign in April 2018. Andrea Petagna has scored in his last two league appearances: he has found the net in more successive games for SPAL only once before (four in a row), in February 2019, when he scored the last one in this run against Sassuolo.

BRESCIA vs UDINESE Udinese have won each of their last three matches on the road against Brescia in Serie A TIM, they won just once in their previous seven (D2 L4). has attempted 41 total shots in Serie A TIM this season.

Only Felipe Caicedo and (three goals each) have scored more goals than Rodrigo De Paul (two) during the last five minutes of play in Serie A TIM this season.

GENOA vs Cagliari are unbeaten in their last three Serie A TIM meetings against Genoa (W2 D1), after having lost four of the previous five (W1). Cagliari have the highest difference between goals scored (36, excluding owngoals) and Expected Goals (26.9) in the current Serie A TIM season: +9.1. has scored five league goals this season (all from the penalty spot): this is the best scoring season for Genoa’s captain among the Italian and Russian top-flights. The last defender to have scored more goals from the penalty spot in a single campaign was Maurizio Domizzi in 2007/08 (six).

NAPOLI vs LECCE Lecce have won only one of their 10 away matches against Napoli in Serie A TIM (D2 L7): in March 1998, scoring four goals – in no other game on the road have they netted more in the competition. Napoli have won each of their last three matches in all comps, as many as in their previous 16.

Since his debut in Serie A TIM (2013/14), Napoli’s is one of the three players to have scored 5+ goals in each of the last seven league seasons, alongside Gonzalo Higuaín and Duván Zapata.

PARMA vs LAZIO Parma have lost each of their last six matches against Lazio in Serie A TIM, having conceded 2+ goals in each of these encounters; only against AC Milan (7) and AS Roma (8) have Parma lost more consecutive games in the top-flight. Lazio are unbeaten in their last 17 Serie A TIM games: the Biancocelesti have never been on a longer unbeaten run in the competition. Ciro Immobile has scored nine penalty goals in the top-flght 2019/20: the last player to have netted more from penalties in a single Serie A TIM campaign was Zlatan Ibrahimovic back in 2011/12 (10 goals).

INTER vs MILAN Inter have won the last three Milan derbies in Serie A TIM; the last time the Nerazzurri won four games in a row against AC Milan in the top-flight was back in 1983 (five in this run). Inter and AC Milan are two of the three sides with the most clean sheet (eight) in the current Serie A TIM season, level with Verona. Inter striker Romelu Lukaku scored in the reverse fixture; only five foreign players have found the back of the net in both of their first two derby matches vs AC Milan in the top-flight: Djorkaeff, Ronaldo, Simeone, Ibrahimovic and Milito.