After an explosive Matchday 11 in the Serie A, Inter Milan and AS Roma are joint leaders at the summit with 24 points as we head into the international break.
Roma briefly went top of the Serie A table after a comfortable 2-0 win against Udinese at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday. Check out the latest football standings.
Lorenzo Pellegrini and Zeki Celik scored in either half to gift Roma all three points, with yet another clean sheet to continue their impressive defensive run that has seen them concede just five goals this season.
Inter knew what they had to do and got the job done with a similar victory against a stubborn Lazio courtesy of goals from Lautaro Martinez and Ange Bonny.
Inter are on top of Roma due to a superior goal difference but the race for Italian glory continues to prove to be the most competitive in all of Europes top five leagues.
AC Milan round off the top three after they were held to a 2-2 draw away at Parma, leaving them with 22 points, level with fourth-place Napoli.
The Serie A champions suffered their third defeat of the campaign in a 2-0 loss to Bologna at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara.
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Jhon Lucumi and Thijs Dallinga were on target to extend Bologna’s unbeaten league run to five matches and lift them into fifth place with 21 points.
Atalanta suffered the only shock defeat of the weekend as they were humiliated 3-0 at home by Sassuolo in Sunday’s early kick off.
Domenico Berardi scored a brace and Andrea Pinamonti was as on target as well as Sassuolo climbed up into eighth place with 16 points.
The defeat was only Atalanta’s second of the campaign but they dropped down four places into 13th.
Juventus and Como failed to win and keep up the pace on the front runners, after they were both held to goalless draws against Torino and Cagliari respectively.
At the other half of the table, Fiorentina remain rooted to the bottom with five points despite playing out to an enthralling 2-2 draw away at another relegation-threatened team, Genoa.
Betting Lessons & Trends
Home Advantage Reigns – A win for the home teams has been a trend in the Serie A this season and this continued, with only one team losing at home.
Top Five Streak Continues – The leagues top teams have proved reliable for bettors in most Serie A games. When they have come up against a team outside the top five, they have rarely dropped points. A win or draw for said teams continues to provide a great betting option.
Reliable Scorers Continue – Inter duo of Martinez and Bonny, as well as Sassuolo’s Berardi all scored their fourth goals of the season. They continue to prove to be reliable for their teams, giving an added edge to their performances.
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