Atalanta v Catania
Five of the last nine Serie A meetings between Atalanta and Catania have ended 0-0, including the last two.
Both sides have scored just one goal each over their last five league meetings.
Last time Catania scored more than a single goal in a game against Atalanta was in December 1965.
Atalanta have drawn their last three fixtures against Siena, Napoli and Chievo, and won just one of their last six games of this competition, 1-0 at home against Cagliari.
Atalanta are still unbeaten at home this term, as a result of three wins and as many draws.
Catania have lost three of their last four Serie A games, but won the last one on the road (1-0 at Lecce).
Against Lecce the Sicilians also managed to keep their first clean sheet away from home after 19 games in which they had always conceded.
Atalanta have managed five wins, six draws and two defeats after the first 13 rounds; only in 1988/89 did they manage a better start to a Serie A campaign, when they lost only one of their first 13 games.
Atalanta would be 5th in the Serie A table without the six points of penalisation given at the start of this campaign.
23 of the 30 goals scored overall by these two sides this season have been netted by Argentine players, the remaining seven by Italians.
Current Serie A top-scorer German Denis has bagged 10 goals so far, including his side's last six in this competition.
Bologna v Milan
AC Milan are unbeaten against Bologna since August 2008, when they lost at the San Siro 2-1.
Since then, Bologna have picked up just one point in the ensuing five league games against the Rossoneri.
AC Milan have not conceded a single goal in their last four meetings against Bologna in the league.
AC Milan are unbeaten at Bologna's ground since March 2002 (five wins and a goalless draw).
Bologna have managed to score just one goal in these last six games against AC Milan at the Dall'Ara.
AC Milan boast the best attack of Serie A (29 goals), and have scored two or more goals in seven of their last eight games.
The Rossoneri have not conceded a single goal in their last four games, the last time they kept five consecutive clean sheets in the league was between February and March 2006.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has scored seven goals in his last six Serie A appearances, although he has only scored two Serie A goals against Bologna (including one for AC Milan in their last visit to the Dall'Ara).
After failing to score from open play for 18 consecutive Serie A games, Marco Di Vaio has scored twice in the last two match-days against Cagliari and Siena.
Cagliari v Parma
Cagliari are unbeaten in their last six meetings against Parma in Serie A (three wins and as many draws).
Parma have not scored more than a single goal over these last six games against Cagliari.
At the Sant'Elia, the record of the last six meetings sees the Sardinians with three wins and three draws.
Last Sunday against Catania, Cagliari won their first game under new manager Davide Ballardini, following a run of four draws and three defeats for them in the league.
After beating Novara in their first game of the season, Cagliari have managed just four draws and a defeat at home, scoring just one goal in the process.
Last Sunday against Palermo, Parma shared the points for the first time in this campaign, after a record of five wins and seven defeats in the first 12 games.
Away from home Parma are on a run of three consecutive defeats, and have yet to keep a clean sheet on the road this term ( conceding on average 2.5 goals per game).
Inter v Fiorentina
Inter are unbeaten in their last 10 Serie A meetings with Fiorentina (eight wins and two draws).
The Viola have managed just one win from their last 17 encounters with the Nerazzurri, 2-1 at the Franchi in February 2006.
At home, Inter are on a run of nine consecutive wins over Fiorentina.
Esteban Cambiasso has already scored five goals in his 13 appearances against Fiorentina, his favourite target in Serie A.
Giampaolo Pazzini scored in both of last season's meetings against Fiorentina, one of his former teams.
This is the first time that Inter have lost six of their first 12 games of a Serie A campaign.
The Nerazzurri have also lost three of the six games played at home so far, and only against Cagliari have they managed to score more than a single goal.
Fiorentina are winless in their last eight games on the road between this and last season.
Against Roma last Sunday Santiago Silva scored his first goal for the Viola after 11 games without scoring in Serie A and Coppa Italia.
Lecce v Lazio
Lazio have lost just one of their last six Serie A matches against Lecce, 2-1 at home last season.
Lecce have also won only one of their last six games against the Biancocelesti at the Via del Mare, in May 2005: on that occasion Tommaso Rocchi scored a hat-trick.
Only against Palermo has Rocchi scored as many goals as he has against Lecce so far in the top-flight (seven).
Following three consecutive defeats, Eusebio Di Francesco has been sacked and replaced by Serse Cosmi as Lecce's manager.
Cosmi has won just one of his 10 previous meetings against Lazio, losing seven times.
Lecce have taken just one point at home (a Serie A-low), and are yet to keep a clean sheet at their ground this season.
Lazio have taken the most points away from home (14), and scored the most goals on the road (11) this season.
Novara v Napoli
Novara won their last two Serie A meetings against Napoli, in the 1955/56 campaign, without conceding a goal.
Novara have won just two games so far in this campaign, a Serie A-joint low.
Novara have the worst defence of this competition (24 goals conceded), and are the only side yet to keep a clean sheet in this campaign.
Novara have failed to score in three of their last four Serie A games.
Napoli are unbeaten in their last four games: after drawing against Lazio, Atalanta and Juventus, they beat Lecce last Saturday at the San Paolo 4-2.
That was the 100th win for Walter Mazzarri in his managerial career in Serie A.
Away from home, Napoli have a record of two wins, two draws and two defeats this season.
Napoli have conceded just one goal in the first half of their last 11 Serie A fixtures combined.
Novara have conceded (seven) the most headed goals so far this campaign.
Palermo v Cesena
The only previous meetings between these two sides in Serie A were played last season: Palermo won at the Manuzzi, while the game at the Barbera ended in a draw.
Erjon Bogdani has already scored four goals in Serie A against Palermo (including his only hat-trick back in 2006), more than against any other opponent.
Palermo have not conceded a goal in their last two games; the last time the Sicilians kept three consecutive clean sheets was in January 2010.
The Rosanero have a 100% record at the Barbera this term, having managed six wins out of six.
All of Palermo's 16 goals in this competition have been scored at home this season.
Cesena have lost five of their six away games this season.
The only goal Cesena have scored away from home this season earned them three points (1-0 at Bologna).
Cesena possess currently the worst attack of Serie A 2011/12 (only six goals scored).
Palermo are the only side to have won each of the games in which have taken the lead this season (six).
Roma v Juventus
Since the 2004/05 campaign, Roma have managed just one win against Juventus, 2-1 in Turin in January 2010.
In these last 12 games, Juventus have always scored against Roma; the Giallorossi's last clean sheet against the Old Lady was in February 2004 (Roma-Juve 4-0).
At the Olimpico, Roma have picked up just one point from their last six meetings against Juventus, in light of a 2-2 draw in December 2007.
Luis Enrique's side have lost their last two games without scoring a goal.
The last time Roma lost three Serie A games in a row was last February: after that run, Vincenzo Montella replaced manager Claudio Ranieri.
12 of Roma's goals have been scored by new signings this season.
Last Sunday in Florence, Roma became one of the only two sides across the top-5 European leagues to pick up three red cards in a single game this term.
Alessandro Matri and Claudio Marchisio are Juve's top scorers this season (six goals apiece); Matri has already scored four goals against Roma, only against Napoli has he bagged more so far (five).
Marchisio has already scored six goals in his last 12 games, he had netted just 10 in his previous 110 league appearances.
Juventus have benefited from the most goals scored by Italian players in Serie A this season (17).
Siena v Genoa
After beating Genoa in their first ever meeting in December 2007, Siena have collected just two points from their ensuing five Serie A matches against the Grifoni.
Siena have failed to score in four of their six Serie A meetings against Genoa.
The three meetings played in Siena between these two sides have produced overall just one goal.
Giuseppe Sannino's side have picked up just one point from their last four Serie A games, and have lost the last two 1-0.
After picking up 10 points from their first four games at home, in which they always scored two or more goals, Siena lost the last one 0-1 against Inter.
Genoa have lost three of their last four Serie A games without scoring a single goal.
Genoa won their first away game of the season, in Rome against Lazio, but have picked up just one point on the road in the ensuing five games.
Udinese v Chievo
Udinese are unbeaten in their last five Serie A meetings against Chievo (three wins and two draws).
Udinese have not conceded a single goal in their last three games against Chievo, and won both games last season 2-0.
Over their nine meetings at Udine, only once has one of these two sides managed to score more than two goals (Udinese-Chievo 3-0 in February 2005).
Udinese have not shared a draw in the last seven match-days: five wins (including the last two against Inter and Roma) and two defeats.
Udinese are, alongside Palermo, the only side to have a 100% record at home (six wins in six games).
At the Friuli, Udinese have conceded just one goal in the last seven games played between this and last season.
Chievo have lost three of their last four league games, a 2-1 win in Catania completes the record.
This is Udinese's best ever start to a Serie A campaign after 13 games; in 1997/98 they had the same number of wins (eight), though they had a point less than they do this season.
Udinese's manager Francesco Guidolin has lost just two of his 12 Serie A matches against Chievo so far, winning five.
