Brescia v Bologna
Brescia have won only one of their last seven meetings with Bologna in Serie A.Seven of the last nine games between these two sides at Brescia's ground have ended as draws; five of these were goalless.
Brescia are winless in their last six games, however they have drawn four of these.
Bologna are unbeaten in their last four league games (two wins, two draws).
Bologna have won their last two away games against Juventus and Lecce, keeping clean sheets on both occasions.
No Serie A side has scored fewer goals or conceded more goals than Bologna in the opening 15 minutes of play this season: Malesani's side have netted one and shipped eight in this period.
Brescia have netted only seven goals in the second half, less than any other Serie A side so far this term.
Brescia have lost the most games after leading at half time in this campaign (three).
Bologna's last six goals have been scored by either Marco Di Vaio (four) or Gaston Ramirez (two).
Catania v Palermo
This will be the 14th Sicilian derby between Palermo and Catania in the top-flight: the record is perfectly even, with four wins each and five draws so far.Palermo have come out on top only once in the last five derbies against Catania, although this came in the reverse fixture at the Barbera last November (3-1).
On that occasion, Javier Pastore scored his only hat-trick in Serie A so far.
However, Catania have had the better in the last three derbies with Palermo at the Massimino, not conceding any goals in the last two.
Over the last seven match-days, Catania have alternated between a home win and an away defeat. Should this run continue, they would take the three points against Palermo.
Beating AC Milan before the Internationals break, Palermo ended a run of five consecutive defeats in the league.
Though, away from home the Rosanero are on a run of three consecutive defeats and have not scored a single goal in this period.
Palermo have shared the points only four times - fewer than any other Serie A side this season.
Only a third of Palermo's goals (15 out of 45) have been scored by strikers - currently the lowest ratio in this competition.
Cesena v Fiorentina
Cesena have beaten Fiorentina only twice in 21 previous meetings between these two sides in Serie A, with the Viola having the better 11 times.Both wins came at the Dino Manuzzi by a one-goal margin.
Fiorentina are unbeaten in their last eight games against Cesena, and have won the last three without conceding a goal.
The Viola are unbeaten in the last five match-days of this campaign - their longest unbeaten streak since May 2009.
Away from home, Fiorentina have notched up two wins and two draws in their last four games.
Cesena have managed only two wins in their last 13 league games, losing six of these.
In their last game at home against Juventus, Cesena managed to score more than a single goal for the first time at the Manuzzi since beating AC Milan 2-0 on their debut this season.
Only Lecce (17) have conceded more goals than Cesena (14) in the last 15 minutes of play.
This season Fiorentina have won 43% of the games in which Adrian Mutu has played, and only 25% of those without the Romanian striker in the pitch.
Chievo v Sampdoria
Chievo have won only one of their 13 Serie A meetings with Sampdoria so far, at the Marassi in September 2005.That was also the only meeting in which Chievo managed to score more than one goal against Samp.
Four of the six meetings played at the Bentegodi between these two sides have ended 1-1.
Beating Bari the last time out, Chievo ended a run of six consecutive games without a win in the league.
At home Chievo are winless in their last three games, and have failed to score in the last two.
Sampdoria are on a run of four consecutive defeats in Serie A - this is their longest streak of defeats since March 2006.
The Blucerchiati have failed to score in five of their last six Serie A fixtures.
Away from home, Samp have picked up only one point from their last seven games, without scoring a single goal in the process.
Taking into account only the games played in 2011, Sampdoria would be second from bottom of the Serie A table with only eight points.
Only one of Sampdoria's 25 goals this season has been scored by a non-Italian player (Ziegler).
Genoa v Cagliari
Genoa have won four of their last five meetings with Cagliari in Serie A.Genoa have suffered only one defeat so far at home against Cagliari in the top-flight, and won the last three at the Marassi against the Sardinians.
Genoa have always scored at home against Cagliari in Serie A.
Genoa have picked up 10 points from their last four league games on home soil.
Cagliari have failed to win in their last three league games - currently their worst run since the arrival of Roberto Donadoni.
Cagliari have won only one of their last five games on the road, and picked up only one point from the last three.
Cagliari have already scored nine goals from corners, currently the joint-most in this competition alongside Udinese.
Cagliari have won only one of the six league games played this season without their captain, Daniele Conti, who will be suspended for this game.
Lecce v Udinese
Udinese have had the better in three of their last four meetings with Lecce in Serie A, drawing the other 2-2 in October 2008.That game in 2008 was the only draw in 23 meetings between these two sides in the top-flight: 14 wins for Udinese and eight for Lecce complete the record.
Udinese have scored two or more goals in six of their last seven Serie A fixtures against Lecce.
Lecce have always scored in the 11 occasions they have played against Udinese at home in Serie A.
Lecce have lost their last three league games, each by a one-goal margin.
Excluding the first five match-days of this campaign, Udinese would be top of Serie A with one point more than AC Milan.
Udinese are the only Serie A side still unbeaten in 2011 and only one of the three without a defeat this year across the top-five European leagues, alongside Arsenal and Barcelona.
Udinese have not conceded any goals over the last seven match-days of this competition - the record of consecutive clean sheets in Serie A is currently nine (Inter and Juventus).
Udinese share with Inter the best attack of this competition (56 goals so far).
Antonio Di Natale is currently the Serie A top-scorer on 25 goals, 10 of which were scored in the last seven matches.
Milan v Inter
This will be the 154th Milan derby in Serie A: Inter lead by 56 wins to 48, with 49 draws.No Serie A side has beaten AC Milan more times than Inter so far.
The winner scored from the penalty spot in the reverse leg by Zlatan Ibrahimovic was AC Milan's 200th goal against Inter in Serie A; the Nerazzurri have netted 215 so far in the derby.
AC Milan and Inter have not shared the points in the last 12 derbies: the Nerazzurri have won seven times to Milan's five.
Four of the Rossoneri's last five wins against Inter were by 1-0.
The last five derbies have seen a total of six red cards.
Prior to their defeat at Palermo, AC Milan had been unbeaten in 12 consecutive match-days in Serie A.
This match sees the league´s best attack (Inter - 56 goals), meet its best defence (AC Milan - 22 goals conceded).
Nesta & co. have shipped only five over the last 11 games.
Inter have won 12 of the 15 league games played under Leonardo.
The Nerazzurri have picked up 37 points in 15 Serie A games under their Brazilian manager, while had taken only 23 in the 15 played under Rafa Benitez.
Inter have won the most games from trailing situations (five), while AC Milan have won none of the seven in which have fallen behind (three draws and four defeats).
Inter have won four and lost one of their games without Lucio and AC Milan have won two and lost one without Ibrahimovic, both will be suspended for this game.
Leonardo won both his two previous meetings against Allegri in Serie A last season, but lost both derbies against Inter while he was in charge of AC Milan, conceding six goals without scoring any.
Napoli v Lazio
Lazio are unbeaten in their last four meetings against Napoli in the league (two wins, two draws).Over these last four meetings Napoli have scored only one goal.
At the San Paolo, Napoli have failed to win their last five games against Lazio (three draws, two defeats).
Napoli have suffered only one defeat in the last seven match-days of this campaign (at the San Siro against AC Milan).
At home Napoli are unbeaten in 11 fixtures, and have taken all three points in nine of these.
No player had scored a goal against Morgan De Sanctis at the San Paolo for 798 minutes prior to Robert Acquafresca: still this is the longest period without conceding at home for a Napoli 'keeper in Serie A.
Napoli have already equalled their record of points in a single Serie A campaign (59, the same as the total of those taken last season).
Lazio have won only one of their last nine Serie A games played away from home.
Lazio have the second-best defence of this competition (25 goals conceded), Napoli the third-best (27).
One more goal would allow Edison Cavani to become Napoli's most prolific goal-scorer in a single Serie A campaign - the Uruguayan has already netted 22 in the first 30 match-days of this season.
Parma v Bari
Parma are unbeaten against Bari in Serie A with 14 wins and five draws.At the Tardini, the hosts have always won against Bari in the top-flight (nine wins out of nine games).
The win against Sampdoria in their last outing was Parma's first win in Serie A following a run of eight consecutive winless games.
At home Parma have failed to win any of their last four league games.
Bari are winless in their last 12 league games, and have picked up only three draws in the process.
The last time Bari managed to score more than one goal in a league game was November (a 2-3 defeat against AC Milan).
Prior to drawing 1-1 at the San Siro against AC Milan, Bari had lost five consecutive games away from home.
Bari have collected only 17 points so far, 25 fewer than those picked up last season after the same number of games in the league.
Bari have scored 17 goals this campaign, at least seven fewer than any other side in Serie A.
Roma v Juventus
Roma have lost more games against Juventus than any other side in Serie A history (71 defeats in 153 previous meetings).Roma have won only one of their last 11 league meetings against Juventus (2-1 in Turin last season).
The Giallorossi have picked up only one point from their last five games at home with Juve.
Roma did have the better, however, on the last occasion they faced the Old Lady, last January in the Coppa Italia (2-0 in Turin).
Roma are still unbeaten in the league since the appointment of Vincenzo Montella (three wins and two draws).
The Giallorossi have lost only one game at home this campaign (0-2 against Napoli).
After a streak of four consecutive games without a win, Juventus went back to winning ways in their last time out against Brescia.
The Bianconeri have won only one of their last seven games on the road in Serie A.
Two braces in the last two matches have allowed Francesco Totti to reach 201 goals in Serie A.
Totti is nine goals away from equalling the all-time record of goals scored by a single player with the same team in Serie A: Gunnar Nordahl (210 for AC Milan).
Roma have been awarded a penalty in each of their last five games in Serie A and the Champions League.
