SERIE A TIM, 28TH ROUND - STATS AND FACTS
Ahead of Serie A TIM 2018/2019 - 28th Round fixtures, here are the standout facts on each match.
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CAGLIARI-FIORENTINA (1-1) Fiorentina have won their last three Serie A TIM visits to Cagliari, outscoring them 10-3 in those matches.
77.8% (21/27) of Cagliari’s points in Serie A TIM this season have been collected at home. Luis Muriel has scored in three straight Serie A TIM matches.
SASSUOLO-SAMPDORIA (0-0) Sassuolo have kept a clean sheet in each of their last three Serie A TIM matches against Sampdoria. They haven’t kept four straight clean sheets against any single opponent since returning to the competition in 2013.
Domenico Berardi has been fouled 74 times in Serie A TIM this season, only Andrea Belotti (86) has been fouled more often.
Fabio Quagliarella is Sampdoria’s first 20-goal scorer in Serie A TIM since Vincenzo Montella in 1997/1998. Sassuolo are one of only three teams (Inter - 2 matches, Roma - hasn’t played) Quagliarella hasn’t scored against this season.
SPAL-ROMA (2-0) SPAL defeated Roma 2-0 in October of this season. Roma won both meetings last season, outscoring SPAL 6-1.
SPAL have featured just seven goalscorers in Serie A TIM this season. Thirteen different players scored for SPAL in the league last season.
Roma have featured 16 different goalscorers this season, including eight players with three goals or more.
TORINO-BOLOGNA (2-2) Torino have won three straight home Serie A TIM matches against Bologna, outscoring them 10-1 in those games. Andrea Belotti scored four of the ten goals.
Torino have collected 44 points through 27 Serie A TIM matches this season.
GENOA-JUVENTUS (1-1) Genoa (1-1 away draw in October) are one of only three teams to take a point off Juventus in Serie A this season. Genoa have only gone unbeaten in both league matches against Juventus once since returning to the competition in 2007 (2 draws in 2011/2012).
Juventus have scored a joint-Serie A TIM -high 27 first-half goals this season and have allowed a league-low 7 goals before half-time. They’ve outscored opponents 10-1 in the first 15 minutes of matches this season.
ATALANTA-CHIEVOVERONA (5-1) Atalanta have won five of their last six Serie A TIM matches against ChievoVerona (1D). Gasperini's squad have scored 41 goals in their 13 Serie A TIM wins this season (3.15 goals per match) but just 15 goals in their other 14 matches (5D, 9L - 1.07 goals per match).
EMPOLI-FROSINONE (3-3) There have been six goals scored in each of the last three league meetings between the teams (two in Serie B, one in Serie A TIM). Empoli won one of the matches (4-2) while the other two were drawn (3-3).
LAZIO-PARMA (2-0) Lazio have won five straight, and eight of their last ten home Serie A TIM matches against Parma (1D, 1L). Parma’s only win at Lazio since 2003 was a 2-1 win in September 2009.
Ciro Immobile has scored in his last two Serie A TIM matches. He’s scored in three straight league matches against Parma, including a goal and an assist in the reverse fixture in October..
NAPOLI-UDINESE (3-0) Napoli have won six of their last seven home Serie A TIM matches against Udinese, including the last four in a row (1D). The Azzurri haven’t won any of their last two home Serie A TIM matches (1D, 1L). They last went three straight home league matches without winning in January-March 2010 (5 straight).
MILAN-INTER (0-1) Inter are unbeaten in their last five Serie A TIM matches against Milan (2W, 3D), their longest unbeaten league run against their rivals since going 10 straight without a loss from November 1994 to March 1999 (4W. 6D).
Milan haven’t won six straight Serie A TIM matches since April to September 2006 (9 straight).
This is their eighth five-match winning streak since then, but they failed to win the sixth match in the previous seven. Inter have kept a clean sheet in their last two Serie A TIM matches against Milan. They last kept three straight league clean sheets against Milan from October 1979 to October 1981.
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