Matchday 21 Serie A TIM 2019-20 24 - 26 January 2020 BRESCIA vs MILAN Brescia have won only one of their last 19 Serie A TIM matches against AC Milan (D9 L9): 1-0 in May 2003 at Rigamonti courtesy of Stephen Appiah’s winning goal. Brescia’s Sandro Tonali is the youngest player to have provided an assist in the current Serie A TIM campaign (four for him). Theo Hernández (22 years) is the youngest AC Milan player to score five goals in his first 20 matches in a single Serie A TIM campaign since Stephan El Shaarawy in 2012/13 (19y, 358d). SPAL vs BOLOGNA Since their return to Serie A TIM in 2017/18, SPAL have never scored more than a single goal in five league matches against Bologna: two wins for both sides and a draw. Bologna have scored seven goals from corner kicks, more than any other Serie A TIM team this season (three were own-goals). Bologna’s Rodrigo Palacio has faced SPAL in four Serie A TIM matches (one goal, one assist); his goal against the Ferraresi was back in his only match played at Paolo Mazza (January 2019). FIORENTINA vs GENOA Genoa could win both matches against Fiorentina in a single Serie A TIM campaign for only the second time in their history (also 1937/38). The last Fiorentina manager to remain unbeaten in his first four Serie A TIM matches was Cesare Prandelli in 2005/06 – Giuseppe Iachini is currently on a streak of three (W2 D1). Fiorentina’s Federico Chiesa scored in the most recent Serie A TIM match (v Napoli): only in January 2017 has he netted in consecutive league games (the second game came against Genoa at Franchi). TORINO vs ATALANTA Torino are unbeaten in their last nine home Serie A TIM matches against Atalanta (W6 D3), the last Atalanta win on the road against the Granata in the Italian top-flight was back in April 2007. Atalanta have fired in on average 20 shots per match in Serie A TIM this season – the most in the top-5 European Leagues. Josip Ilicic has scored nine goals in his last nine league matches: with a goal in this match he will overtake Paolo Rossi in the list of top scorers in Serie A TIM history (both 82 goals). INTER vs CAGLIARI In the last time Inter and Cagliari drew a Serie A TIM fixture was back in February 2014: six Nerazzurri wins against three for the Rossoblu in the most recent nine league matches. Inter and Cagliari have scored the most headed goals in Serie A TIM this campaign (both eight): they both scored with a header in their most recent league matches. Inter’s Lautaro Martínez has scored more Serie A TIM goals versus Cagliari than against any other side (three goals in three matches) – his first goal in the Italian top-flight came against the Rossoblù at Meazza stadium in September 2018. PARMA vs UDINESE Udinese have only won one of their last eight Serie A TIM visits to Parma (D2 L5), a 3-0 win in April 2013 under Francesco Guidolin (a brace for Muriel and a Roberto Pereyra goal). Udinese have scored 1.4 league goals per game on average under Luca Gotti: the last Udinese coach to have averaged a higher ratio in his first 10 Serie A TIM games was Massimo Oddo (1.7), who recorded six victories (D2 L2). Only Ciro Immobile (one goal every 68 minutes) has a better mins/goals ratio than Parma’s Andreas Cornelius (every 80) among the players with 4+ goals scored in Serie A TIM this season. SAMPDORIA vs SASSUOLO Sampdoria have only won one of their six Serie A TIM meetings against Sassuolo at the Ferraris (D2 L3), a 3-2 win under Marco Giampaolo. This will be Roberto De Zerbi’s 100th Serie A TIM game as manager: the Sassuolo coach has registered a 22.2% winning rate (22/99) in the competition so far. Since the 2013/14 campaign, only Dries Mertens (six) has scored more Serie A TIM hat-tricks than Sassuolo’s Domenico Berardi (five, including a 4-goal match); his first (November 2013, Ferraris) and his last (in the reverse fixture) were against Sampdoria. HELLAS VERONA vs LECCE Hellas Verona have won two of their last three Serie A TIM matches against Lecce (D1), as many wins in the previous 10 (D4 L4). Only Parma and Atalanta (both eight) have seen substitutes score more goals than Hellas Verona (seven) and Lecce (six) in Serie A TIM this season. Giampaolo Pazzini has scored seven goals in seven Serie A TIM matches against Lecce, only against Atalanta has he netted more (eight goals) – Lecce is his favourite target in terms of goals/games in the competition (1 goal per game). ROMA vs LAZIO Lazio and Roma drew 1-1 in their first league meeting this season: the last time the Biancocelesti went unbeaten in both Serie A TIM derbies in a single season was back in 2012/13, under Vladimir Petkovic. Lazio have scored the most penalties (10) in the first 19 games of a single Serie A TIM season in the three points era, overtaking Roma’s previous record (nine) that dated back to 2016/17. Ciro Immobile has scored 23 goals in 19 appearances in Serie A TIM this season: the Lazio striker would already be top scorer - including joint-top scorer - in 45% of the previous Serie A TIM seasons (39 out of 87). NAPOLI vs JUVENTUS Juventus have won their last three Serie A TIM games against Napoli: the last time the Bianconeri recorded at least four wins in a row against the Azzurri in the competition dates back to December 1993 (five). Juventus (332) and Napoli (326) are the two teams with the highest average passes in the opposition half per game in Serie A TIM this season. Maurizio Sarri is the manager with the best points average with a single team in the three points era in Serie A TIM (2.55, with Juventus); in addition, the current Juventus coach has the best average with Napoli during the same period (2.27)..