Matchday 36 Serie A TIM 2020-21 11 - 13 May 2021 11/05/2021 20:45 - DIEGO ARMANDO MARADONA NAPOLI Vs UDINESE Napoli are unbeaten in their last nine league games against Udinese (W8 D1); they only have a current longer such streak against Torino among current Serie A TIM teams (12). Napoli have won each of their last six home games against Udinese in Serie A TIM, only having a longer current run against Verona among current Serie A TIM teams (11). Udinese have lost eight of their nine Serie A TIM matches against Napoli since the 2016/17 season (D1); against no opponent have they lost more league games over this period (eight defeats also against Juventus, Roma and Lazio, but in 10 meetings each). Napoli have earned more points (14), scored more goals (22) and conceded fewer goals (eight) in Serie A TIM this season than they managed last term at this stage of the season. After keeping a clean sheet in four consecutive Serie A TIM home games, Napoli have conceded in each of their last five; the Partenopei are still unbeaten in this period (W7 D2). Udinese have conceded 12 penalty goals this season in Serie A TIM, the most by a team in a season since Reggiana also conceded 12 in the 1996/97 season. Udinese have won their last two away league games, last winning three consecutively on the road in Serie A TIM back in December 2017 (four). Only Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland is younger than Napoli’s Victor Osimhen among players in Europe’s top-five leagues with 10+ goals scored in each of the last two campaigns (2019/20 and 2020/21). Napoli’s Piotr Zielinski played 19 Serie A TIM matches for Udinese, including his first game in the Italian top-flight, in December 2012 against Cagliari. Udinese’s Rodrigo De Paul has been involved in his joint-most goals in a single Serie A TIM season this campaign: 17 - nine goals and eight assists. 12/05/2021 18:30 - SARDEGNA ARENA CAGLIARI Vs FIORENTINA Cagliari lost their last Serie A TIM match against Fiorentina (0-1 in the reverse match in January), having remained unbeaten in each of previous five matches against the Viola (W3 D2). Fiorentina haven’t conceded goals in each of their last two league games against Cagliari; they could record three clean sheets in a row against the Sardinians in Serie A TIM for the first time since 2007. Cagliari have won their last two home games against Fiorentina in Serie A TIM – the last time they achieved three home wins in a row against the Viola in the top-flight was back in 1995. Cagliari have won four of their last five Serie A TIM matches (D1), as many wins as they’d managed in the previous 26. Cagliari could win three home Serie A TIM games in a row for the first time since December 2019, when they won four consecutively. Fiorentina have conceded in each of their last 10 away league games; the last time they registered a longer run without an away clean sheet in a single Serie A TIM season was back in May 2010 (13 matches). Fiorentina are unbeaten in their last four league games (W2 D2): they could win two matches in a row and also record five games consecutive without defeat for the first time in Serie A TIM this season. Cagliari's João Pedro is the first Brazilian player to have scored more than 15 goals in two consecutive Serie A TIM campaigns since Adriano in 2003/04 and 2004/05. Cagliari’s Radja Nainggolan has been involved in more goals against Fiorentina than any other side in Serie A TIM: 10 (four goals and six assists). Dusan Vlahovic's first two goals in Serie A TIM were scored against Cagliari in November 2019 – he has three in total against the Sardinians, only scoring more against Sampdoria (four). 12/05/2021 20:45 - GEWISS STADIUM ATALANTA Vs BENEVENTO Atalanta are one of only four sides against which Benevento have lost each match played in Serie A TIM: Inter, Napoli and SPAL are the others. The only previous match between Atalanta and Benevento in Lombardy in Serie A TIM was back in November 2017 (a 1-0 win for the Dea). Benevento avoided defeat in two of their last three Serie A TIM matches against sides that started the MD in the top-five of the table: a draw against Roma in February and an away win against Juventus in March (the other was a defeat against AC Milan in May). Atalanta have won each of their last six home league games and only three times have they achieved seven consecutive home wins in Serie A TIM (October 1948, March 1968 and July 2020). Atalanta could keep three consecutive home clean sheets in Serie A TIM for the first time since March 2017 (five in that case). Five of Benevento's seven wins in Serie A TIM this season have come in away matches, including their last three. Benevento have won only one of their last nine away league games (D3 L5), after having registered four wins in their first eight matches on the road in Serie A TIM this season (D1 L3). Atalanta have scored the most goals in Serie A TIM in 2021 (56) – on the other hand, Benevento have netted the fewest goals in the period (21). The next match will be Duván Zapata's 100th Serie A TIM appearance with Atalanta; he has scored 55 goals with them, more than any other player with the Dea in the three points for a win era at this stage of their Atalanta career. Benevento’s Iago Falque has scored more goals in Serie A TIM against Atalanta than against any other team: six goals in seven matches against the Bergamo side. 12/05/2021 20:45 - RENATO DALL'ARA BOLOGNA Vs GENOA Genoa are unbeaten in their last five Serie A TIM meetings against Bologna (W3 D2): they have never gone six in a row without a single defeat against them in the competition. Bologna have failed to score in their last three Serie A TIM meetings against Genoa and have never gone goalless in more successive such matches against them. Bologna have kept four clean sheets in their last seven Serie A TIM home games against Genoa, as many as they had in the previous 21 such matches. Bologna have won only one of their last seven league games (D3 L3), a 4-1 win against Spezia on April 18th – only Parma and Benevento (no wins) have had fewer victories in this time. Bologna have drawn their last two Serie A TIM home matches and could draw three such games in a row for the first time since March 2016. Genoa could lose three Serie A TIM matches in a row for the first time since last November, when they were beaten in four games in a row. Genoa have lost their last three Serie A TIM away games: they last lost more in a row in October 2019, four consecutively (three under Aurelio Andreazzoli and one under Thiago Motta). Only Dusan Vlahovic is younger than Riccardo Orsolini among players to have scored at least three Serie A TIM penalties this season. Rodrigo Palacio played 90 Serie A TIM games and scored 35 Serie A TIM goals for Genoa – the Bologna striker has scored four goals against his former side, but none in his last four meetings. Genoa striker Mattia Destro played five successive Serie A TIM campaigns for Bologna, collecting 105 appearances and 29 goals in the competition. 12/05/2021 20:45 - GIUSEPPE MEAZZA INTER Vs ROMA Inter and AS Roma have drawn each of their last six Serie A TIM meetings: only one fixture in the history of the competition have seen seven successive draws, AS Roma vs Lazio between 1990 and 1993. Inter and AS Roma will face each other on a Wednesday for the sixth time in Serie A TIM: so far, both teams have two wins each and a draw in the most recent game (1-1 February 2008). Inter’s last Serie A TIM win against AS Roma at the Meazza was back in October 2015, a 1-0 win thanks to Gary Medel’s goal (D3 L1 since). Inter have picked up 85 points so far: should they win the three remaining games, they would set their second-best tally in Serie A TIM, after the 97 they won in the 2006/07 campaign. AS Roma have won each of their last nine Serie A TIM matches played on a Wednesday: the record for consecutive wins on this day of the week belongs to AC Milan, which won 10 in a row between 2005 and 2006. AS Roma are winless in their last five Serie A TIM away matches, losing the last three: they last lost more in a row away from home in November 2008 (five under Luciano Spalletti). Since he joined Inter in 2019/20, Antonio Conte has beaten 21 of the 22 sides he has faced in Serie A TIM: AS Roma are the only team he hasn’t beaten (D3). AS Roma are the side against which Inter striker Lautaro Martínez has played the most minutes in Serie A TIM without scoring a single goal (323 minutes). Alexis Sánchez has had a hand in 20 goals in 21 Serie A TIM starts for Inter (nine goals, 11 assists): on the previous two occasions he has scored after a drought in Serie A TIM this season, he has found the net in two games in a row.