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Matchday 8 Serie A TIM 2020-21 21 - 22 November 2020 21/11/2020 15:00 - EZIO SCIDA CROTONE Vs LAZIO Crotone are unbeaten in home games against Lazio in Serie A TIM (W1 D1): in addition to the Biancocelesti, only three sides have played at least twice on the road against Crotone without ever winning in the competition (Chievo, Sassuolo and Sampdoria). Since 2017/18 Lazio have won 15 of 18 games against newly promoted opposition in Serie A TIM (D2 L1); only Roma (19) and Napoli (17) have more victories against such sides in this period. Crotone haven’t won any of their last 10 Serie A TIM matches (D3 L7), in a run including the tail-end of 2017-18 - the Calabrians could go 11 games without a win for the first time in their history in the competition. Lazio have conceded three goals in each of their last two away league games; they could go three consecutive matches on the road in Serie A TIM while conceding at least three goals in each match for the first time since March 2013. Since 2000 only three of 13 newly promoted Serie A TIM sides have avoided relegation after failing to win any of their first seven league games: Brescia in 2000/01, Sassuolo in 2013/14 and Crotone in 2016/17. After keeping a clean sheet in their first game of the season against Cagliari, Lazio have conceded in each of their last six matches (13 in total). Since Simone Inzaghi’s first season in charge of Lazio (2016/17) only Barcelona (28 goals) have scored more goals than the Biancocelesti (25) in the 90th minute or later among sides in the top five European leagues. Lazio have scored only two first half goals in Serie A TIM this season, a joint-negative record alongside Udinese; on the other hand, Crotone have netted the fewest goals in the second half (one). Simy has scored 13 goals in Serie A TIM, and is close to becoming Crotone’s top scorer in the Italian top-flight (currently tied with Diego Falcinelli). Lazio’s Ciro Immobile has netted 33 goals in 36 games against newly promoted teams in Serie A TIM: among current players, only Fabio Quagliarella has scored more against such opponents (37 goals). 21/11/2020 18:00 - OROGEL STADIUM - DINO MANUZZI SPEZIA Vs ATALANTA There are 12 previous Serie B matches between Spezia and Atalanta, the most recent game coming in April 1939: the Ligurians have only achieved one win in this fixture, compared to six draws and five defeats. Atalanta are unbeaten in their last 10 Serie A TIM games against newly promoted teams (W8 D2), however they have only kept three clean sheets in these matches. Atalanta have picked up the most away points of any Serie A side in 2020: 31 (W9 D4 L1). Spezia are looking for their first historic home win in Serie A TIM, with one draw and two defeats so far. The Ligurians have picked up just 13% of their total points in home matches (1/8), the lowest percentage of any side this season. Spezia have scored six goals via crosses this season, more than any other team in Serie A TIM. Spezia have conceded the most goals from set-piece situations of any Serie A TIM side this season (seven), while Atalanta have netted the most goals from open play (17). Since the weekend of 18th October 2020 (the first match that Spezia played without Galabinov), the Ligurians have scored eight goals courtesy of six different players: only Roma have had more individual scorers over this period (seven). M'Bala Nzola is the only Spezia player to have both scored and provided assist in the current Serie A TIM campaign. Atalanta’s Luis Muriel has been involved in six goals in six appearances in Serie A TIM this season (four goals and two assists), averaging a goal or assist every 36 minutes: among players with at least five matches in the top five European leagues this season only Robert Lewandowski has a better average (one every 31 minutes). Since his debut in Serie A TIM in September 2013 Duván Zapata has scored against 28 of the 29 teams he has faced in the top-flight: with a goal against Spezia he could equal Ciro Immobile (scoring against 29 different teams in this period). 21/11/2020 20:45 - ALLIANZ STADIUM JUVENTUS Vs CAGLIARI After a streak of 18 Serie A TIM matches without defeat against Cagliari (W15 D3), Juventus lost last time out in this fixture in July: only in November 2009 have the Bianconeri lost two games in a row against the Sardinians in the top-flight. Juventus have scored at least three goals in each of their last four home league matches against Cagliari: the last team to concede 3+ goals in at least five consecutive away Serie A TIM matches against the Bianconeri was Padova between 1930 and 1955 (eight matches). Juventus will start MD8 from outside the top two positions for the first time since the 2015/16 season, when they were 12th at the start of that matchday. Cagliari have won three of their last four league games (L1): over the last four matchdays, only Roma (10) have picked up more points in Serie A TIM than the Sardinians (nine). Juventus have drawn four of their seven league games this season - the Bianconeri could draw five of their first eight Serie A TIM matches in a campaign for the first time since 1978/79. Juventus have conceded only one goal in the first 30 minutes of games this season, the joint–fewest of any side. In addition, the Bianconeri have conceded the fewest goals in the second half (two). Cristiano Ronaldo has scored six goals in four league games this season: in the three points for a win era, the only Juventus player that has netted more after five appearances in a season is Paulo Dybala in 2017/18 (eight goals). Cagliari’s Giovanni Simeone is close to scoring his 50th goal in Serie A TIM (49) - he could reach this milestone at the age of 25 years and 139 days, the only Argentinians to achieve this milestone at a younger age in Serie A TIM have been Icardi, Dybala and Crespo. In 2020 both João Pedro and Giovanni Simeone have scored 12 goals in Serie A TIM: the only South Americans to have netted more in this period in the top five European leagues are Lionel Messi (15) and Duván Zapata (14) – moreover, excluding penalties no other South American player scored more than Simeone (12). 22/11/2020 12:30 - ARTEMIO FRANCHI FIORENTINA Vs BENEVENTO Fiorentina have their previous two Serie A TIM matches against Benevento with an overall score of 4-0. In the last three seasons (since 2018/19) Fiorentina have lost six of their 13 matches against newly promoted teams in Serie A TIM (W2 D5). In this period only SPAL have had more defeats against such opponents (seven). Fiorentina haven’t scored in their last 219 minutes in Serie A TIM: if they don’t find the net in this match, this run will extend to 309 minutes, the worst streak for the Viola since August 2019 (543 minutes). Fiorentina have won four of their last five home Serie A TIM games (L1), as many as in their previous 32 (D17 L11). Benevento have lost their last four Serie A TIM games: only in 2017 have they had a longer streak of consecutive defeats in the top-flight (14 defeats in their first 14 games in Serie A TIM). Benevento have conceded the most goals from inside the box in the current Serie A TIM campaign (18); each of 10 goals scored by Fiorentina this season have been scored from inside the box. Cesare Prandelli’s last match as Fiorentina boss in Serie A TIM was 3843 days ago, a 0-2 defeat in May 2010 against Bari. Fiorentina’s Gaetano Castrovilli four goals have been worth five points this season, with only Zlatan Ibrahimovic earning more points from his goals this campaign (nine points from eight goals). Benevento’s Iago Falque (who has one goal against Fiorentina in Serie A TIM in October 2016) hasn’t scored in his last nine league matches: only between September and December 2015 has he gone on a longer run in the competition (11 with Roma). 22/11/2020 15:00 - MARCANTONIO BENTEGODI HELLAS VERONA Vs SASSUOLO After winning three of the first four Serie A TIM games against Sassuolo (L1), Verona have only won of their last six against the Neroverdi in the competition (D2 L3). Sassuolo have won each of their last three Serie A TIM matches at Bentegodi (versus Verona and Chievo), without conceding a goal. Indeed, Bentegodi is the stadium where the Neroverdi have kept the most away clean sheets in the top-flight (five). Since their return to Serie A TIM in 2019/20, Verona have drawn the most matches of any team in the top-flight: 16/45 (36%). Verona have conceded only one goal in their last five home league games - at least three fewer than any other team that has played 2+ home matches in Serie A TIM in this period. Sassuolo have picked up the most points in comparison to the first seven matches of the last Serie A TIM season: a difference of +9. Verona is +3, between them only AC Milan (+8) and Sampdoria (+7). For the first time, Sassuolo haven’t lost any of their first seven games of a Serie A TIM season (W4 D3); the last Emilian team to avoid defeat in their first eight games of a campaign was Bologna in 1989/90 (their first loss came on MD9, while they finished 8th overall).