Matchday 16 Serie A TIM 2019-20 (December

14-16, 2019)
 BRESCIA vs LECCE
Both teams won at home against the other in Serie B last season, the only league meetings
between the sides since both were in Serie A TIM in the 2010/2011 season.
All ten of Brescia’s points this season have come in the four matches in which they kept a
clean sheet. They’ve lost all ten matches in which they’ve conceded a goal this season.
Lecce have drawn six of their last eight Serie A TIM matches (1W, 1L). Lecce have come from
behind to draw four of those, including coming from 2-0 down in their last two draws.

NAPOLI vs PARMA
Napoli won both Serie A TIM matches against Parma by a combined 7-0 last season.
Arkadiusz Milik scored 2 goals in each match, making him one of three players to score
multiple goals against a team in both Serie A TIM meetings last season (also Andrea Belotti vs
Sampdoria and Roberto Gagliardini vs Genoa).
Parma have won their last match against Napoli in 2014 (06-04-2014 1-0, Parolo).

Napoli (lost 1-2 to Bologna in their last home match) haven’t lost two straight home Serie A
TIM matches in over a decade (February 22-March 8, 2009). Parma are unbeaten in four
straight away Serie A TIM matches (1W, 3D) after avoiding defeat just four times in their
previous 11 away matches in the competition (1W, 3D, 7L).

GENOA vs SAMPDORIA
Sampdoria are unbeaten in six straight Serie A TIM matches against Genoa (4W, 2D), their
longest active run against any team currently in Serie A TIM. They’ve lost only one of their last
11 league matches against Genoa dating back to 2014 (W7, D3).
Genoa have won their last match against Sampdoria in 2016 (08-05-2016 0-3, Pavoletti,
Suso, Suso).
Only two players (Luis Alberto 11, Lorenzo Pellegrini 6) have recorded more assists in Serie A
TIM this season than Paolo Ghiglione (5). Sampdoria have scored 83% (10 of 12) of their
goals in the second half in Serie A TIM this season, the highest percentage in the competition.
 HELLAS VERONA vs TORINO
Hellas Verona beat Torino 2-1 in their last Serie A TIM meeting in Verona, in 2018. Torino
hadn’t lost any of their previous eight top-flight visits to Hellas Verona dating back to 1988.
Samuel Di Carmine is Hellas Verona’s leading scorer in Serie A TIM this season (3 goals)
despite not scoring his first goal of the season until November 24.
Torino have won two straight away Serie A TIM matches for the first time since September
2017. They last won three straight away from home in January-February 2015, with the third
win in that run coming at Hellas Verona (1-3).

BOLOGNA vs ATALANTA
Atalanta have won seven straight Serie A TIM matches against Bologna, their longest winning
streak over any team in their history in the competition.
Bologna have won their last match against Atalanta in 2015 (01-11-2015 3-0, Giaccherini,
Destro, Brienza).
Nicola Sansone has scored in consecutive Serie A TIM matches for the second time in his
career (also with Sassuolo in October-November 2015). He’s never scored in three straight
Serie A TIM matches in his career. Josip Ilicic has scored seven goals against Bologna in Serie
A TIM, more than against any other team in the competition.

JUVENTUS vs UDINESE
Juventus have lost only one of their last 16 Serie A TIM matches against Udinese (12W, 3D),
including winning the last four by an aggregate score of 14-3.
Udinese have won their last match against Juventus in 2011 (30-01-2011 1-2, Marchisio, C.
Zapata, A. Sanchez).
Udinese have recorded assists on eight of their ten Serie A TIM goals this season, with eight
different players recording those assists.

MILAN vs SASSUOLO
Milan have won five of the six meetings between the sides over the last three Serie A TIM
seasons (1D) after Sassuolo won four of the first six Serie A TIM meetings between the clubs
(Milan 2W).
Theo Hernandez is the first Milan player to score in consecutive Serie A TIM matches this
season. Only Krzysztof Piatek (4 straight in February) has scored in more than two straight
league matches for Milan in the last 14 months.
Domenico Berardi has scored eight goals against Milan in Serie A TIM, more than against any
other opponent, but he’s failed to score in his last five matches against Milan.

ROMA vs SPAL
SPAL won both Serie A TIM matches against Roma last season, one of three times SPAL has
won two matches against a team in a season since returning to Serie A TIM (also Parma last
season and Benevento in 2017/2018).
Roma have won their last match against SPAL in 2018 (21-04-2018 0-3, Vicari OG,
Nainggolan, Schick).
Roma have scored nine goals in the first 15 minutes of the second half in Serie A TIM this
season, three more than any other club. Five of those nine goals have been scored by
defenders (Aleksandar Kolarov 2, Chris Smalling 2, Gianluca Mancini 1). SPAL’s last seven
Serie A TIM matches have either been drawn (3) or decided by a one-goal margin (4).

FIORENTINA vs INTER
Fiorentina are unbeaten in their last five home Serie A TIM matches against Inter (3W, 2D).
Fiorentina scored 14 goals over those five matches, three more than Inter have allowed at any
other ground in that time.
Only Inter (1) have conceded fewer set-piece goals (including penalties) than Fiorentina (3 -
tied with Torino) in Serie A TIM this season.
Romelu Lukaku has scored eight away goals in Serie A TIM this season, tied with Ciro
Immobile and Jamie Vardy for most in the five major European leagues. Lukaku could become
the first Inter player to score in five straight away Serie A TIM matches since Diego Milito in
2010.

CAGLIARI vs LAZIO
Lazio are unbeaten in 10 straight Serie A TIM matches against Cagliari (8W, 2D) dating back
to 2013. Lazio have scored at least two goals in nine of the ten matches (0-0 draw in March
2017).
Cagliari have won their last match against Lazio in 2013 (19-05-2013 1-0, Dessena).

Cagliari have scored 20 second-half goals in Serie A TIM this season, tied with Atalanta for
most in the competition. They scored just 19 goals after half-time all of last season. Luis
Alberto has recorded a Serie A TIM-high 11 assists this season, including six in his last six
matches. Four of his 11 assists have set up Ciro Immobile goals, while three set up goals for
Joaquin Correa.