Matchday 22 TIM 2019-20 1 - 3 February 2020 BOLOGNA vs BRESCIA Bologna have won 20 of their 39 encounters against Brescia in Serie A TIM, double the amount won by Brescia (10) in this fixture (D9). Only Lecce (69%) have earned a higher share of their points than Brescia (67%) away from home in Serie A TIM this season, with 10 of the Biancazzurri’s 15 points coming on the road. Bologna’s has been directly involved in 22 Serie A TIM goals since the beginning of the 2017/18 season (13 goals and nine assists): only is younger than the Rossoblu striker among the players involved in 20+ goals over the same period.

CAGLIARI vs PARMA Cagliari have won four of their last six Serie A TIM encounters against Parma (D1 L1), after they hadn’t won any of their previous six (D3 L3). Parma have picked up 31 points in Serie A TIM this term; in the three points-per-win era, the Ducali have finished in the top six on 10 of the 11 previous occasions they’ve had as many points at this stage of a campaign. João Pedro has been directly involved in eight of Cagliari’s last 10 goals in Serie A TIM (six goals and two assists), including the five most recent.

SASSUOLO vs ROMA Sassuolo have lost 83% of their Serie A TIM home games against Roma (5/6), the highest ratio of any side they’ve faced more than once at home in the competition. They’ve also scored fewer home goals against Roma than any other side they’ve faced more than once (1). Roma have trailed for 22 minutes away from home in Serie A TIM this season (v Parma last November), only Internazionale have done better on the road, having trailed for just 16 minutes. Sassuolo striker is only one away from scoring 10+ goals for the third time in a single Serie A TIM season (after 2014-15 and 2013-14). The last time he scored more than once in a Serie A TIM match was in the reverse fixture against Roma. JUVENTUS vs FIORENTINA Juventus have found the net in each of their last 33 home league meetings against Fiorentina. It’s the longest current such streak for a side against a single opponent in Serie A TIM history. Juventus have only failed to score in one of their 30 games in all competitions under Maurizio Sarri, in the reverse fixture against Fiorentina in Serie A TIM earlier this season. No team have scored with more different players born since 1997 than Fiorentina in Serie A TIM this season (four, alongside Inter): Castrovilli, Chiesa, Milenkovic and Vlahovic.

ATALANTA vs Atalanta have won seven of their last eight meetings against Genoa in Serie A TIM (L1), as many as in the previous 33. Atalanta are the team that on average have both fired the most shots (15.1) and shots on target (9.1) in Serie A TIM. Goran Pandev has scored five league goals this season, with Genoa he has never had more in a single Serie A TIM campaign. The Genoa striker has scored three goals against Atalanta in the top-flight, all in the second meeting of the season.

LAZIO vs SPAL Lazio have won only two of the five Serie A TIM encounters vs SPAL played in 2000s (D1 L2), they were defeated in the reverse fixture this season - 1-2 at the Paolo Mazza back in September. SPAL have gained 10 of their 15 points in Serie A TIM this season against opponents currently in the top-half of the table; however, only Inter (29) have earned more points than Lazio (28) against sides currently ranked in the bottom-half of the league. Since SPAL came back in the top-flight in the 2017/18 season, Lazio striker has scored seven goals against the Ferraresi, at least three goals more than any other player has netted against them during the same period in the competition.

MILAN vs HELLAS VERONA Among the teams against which AC Milan are undefeated at home in Serie A TIM, Verona are the side the Rossoneri have played the most home games against (27 - W16 D11). Verona have scored in each of their last 11 league games, only once have they recorded a longer streak of goals in their history in Serie A TIM: 13 matches in 2000, between two seasons. AC Milan goalkeeper, , has kept eight clean sheets this season, more than any other goalkeeper in Serie A TIM this season; Marco Silvestri of Verona has kept seven.

LECCE vs TORINO After the 2-1 in the reverse fixture, Torino could become the first team against which Lecce do the league double; Lecce last did this against Siena in 2005/06. Lecce has made 159 successful open crosses in Serie A TIM this season, Torino 128.

Only Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish (seven) has scored more goals than Lecce’s Marco Mancosu (six) among in newly promoted teams across the top-5 European Leagues this season.

UDINESE vs INTER Inter have won eight of their last 10 Serie A TIM encounters vs Udinese (D1 L1); the Bianconeri are the side against whom the Nerazzurri have won the most games since 2015. Udinese have scored 37% (7/19) of their goals in Serie A TIM this season during the last 15 minutes of play, the highest percentage; and they have also conceded the lowest in percentage during the same period of play (9%, 3/33). Inter striker is the first player to have scored 10 goals in his first 10 appearances away from home in Serie A TIM since Andriy Shevchenko: in the three points per win era, no player has scored more than 10 goals in his first 11 games away from home.

SAMPDORIA vs NAPOLI Since the beginning of the last decade, Sampdoria have been the team against which Napoli has won the most games in Serie A TIM: 14 out of the 19 in the period (D3, L2). With four games with Sampdoria ended without goals under his management in this championship, Claudio Ranieri is already the coach with the most 0-0 in the current Serie A TIM, while in the Top-5 he is behind only Diego Simeone (five with Atletico Madrid). Piotr Zielinski (154) and Fabián Ruiz (144) of Napoli are two of the three players who actively participated in more actions that ended with a shot in the first 21 matchdays of this Serie A TIM (among them Alejandro Gómez, 149).