Serie A Round 8 Preview

Saturday OCTOBER 15	KO	Sunday OCTOBER 16	KO
Fiorentina - Catania	1800	Lecce - AC Milan	1230
Juventus - Genoa	2045	Udinese - Novara	1500
		Siena - Cesena	1500
		Roma - Palermo	1500
		Parma - Atalanta	1500
		Inter - Chievo	1500
		Cagliari - Napoli	1500
all times in CET		Bologna - Lazio	2045

Fiorentina

vs

Catania

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Boruc Cassani, Gamberini, Natali, Pasqual Behrami, Montolivo, Vargas Cerci, Santiago Silva, Jovetic		Andujar Izco, Bellusci, Spolli, Legrottaglie, Marchese Almiron, Lodi, Delvecchio Bergessio, Gomez
TEAM NEWS
Alberto Gilardino and Per Kroldrup remain on the sidelines for the forseeable future, while Juan Vargas should return in midfield. Fiorentina are still unbeaten at home in 14 Serie A meetings with Catania, winning the last six. Sinisa Mihajlovic remains unbeaten against his former side, coming out victorious twice and drawing once.		Pablo Ledesma, Ciro Capuano, Alessandro Potenza, Pablo Alvarez, Cristian Llama, and David Suazo are all out with injury. Catania have won just one of their last 28 games away from home in Serie A, with their last win coming in February. They have conceded three goals in each of their last three games on the road.

Juventus

vs

Genoa

Antonio Conte's side will want to end their recent run of draws and consolidate first position in Serie A by claiming all three points on Saturday, when they play host to a Genoa outfit who have flattered to deceive of late. A full preview of this fixture can be found here

Lecce

vs

AC Milan

The Scudetto holders will look to make it three wins on the bounce in all competitions with victory over Eusebio Di Francesco's men, who are currently languishing in the bottom reaches of Serie A after a dreadful start to the campaign. A full preview of this fixture can be found here

Udinese

vs

Novara

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Handanovic Benatia, Danilo, Domizzi Basta, Isla, Pinzi, Asamoah, Armero Torje Di Natale		Ujkani Morganella, Paci, Centurioni, Dellafiore Porcari, Radovanovic, Rigoni Pinardi Morimoto, Meggiorini
TEAM NEWS
Paulo Barreto and Giovanni Pasquale are still on the comeback trail for Udinese. The Zebrette, along with Juventus, are the only sides still unbeaten in this Serie A campaign, losing just twice in their past 19 games. Udinese have the best defence in Serie A, conceding just once this term, and are the only team yet to concede a goal at home.		Carlalberto Ludi is Novara's only confirmed absentee as Samir Ujkani, Andrea Lisuzzo, Luigi Giorgi, Andrea Mazzarani and Jeda face late tests. Novara have picked up just the solitary point from their last three league games. However, they have scored in each of their three away games, but are still winless on away soil.

Siena

vs

Cesena

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Brkic Vitiello, Rossettini, Terzi, Del Grosso Mannini, D’Agostino, Gazzi, Brienza Calaio, Destro		Ravaglia Ceccarelli, Von Bergen, Rodriguez, Lauro Parolo, Guana, Candreva, Ghezzal Eder, Malonga
TEAM NEWS
Nicola Belmonte, Francesco Bolzoni, Gennaro Troianiello remain out, with Gabriele Angella joining them on the treatment table. Siena have failed to score in four of their six games played so far this season. The Tuscany-based outfit have won just three of their last 12 Serie A games at home, but took the three points in their last home game, beating Lecce 3-0.		Adrian Mutu prepares to sit out the first game of his three-match ban, following injury victims Erjon Bogdani, Giuseppe Colucci and Gianluca Comotto, while Vincenzo Rennella and Jorge Martinez are doubts. Cesena are the only side yet to pick up a victory, accumulating four defeats and two draws. The Seahorses have not scored in their last three games.

Roma

vs

Palermo

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Stekelenburg Cassani, Burdisso, Juan, Jose Angel Perrotta, De Rossi, Pjanic Bojan, Osvaldo, Lamela		Tzorvas Pisano, Silvestre, Migliaccio, Balzaretti Barreto, Bacinovic, Della Rocca Ilicic Pinilla, Hernandez
TEAM NEWS
Roma will be without Francesco Totti, Cicinho, Aleandro Rosi, Bogdan Lobont and Stefano Okaka, but Erik Lamela, Juan and Marco Borriello are back in contention. The derby defeat ended a run of four games unbeaten for Roma in Serie A. Pablo Osvaldo has scored in each of Roma's last four games.		Luca Matteo is Devis Mangia's only injury worry. Palermo won both Serie A fixtures with Roma last season. However, Palermo have not won or scored a goal on the road yet this season.

Parma

vs

Atalanta

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Mirante Zaccardo, Paletta, Lucarelli, Gobbi Biabiany, Morrone, Jadid, Modesto Giovinco Floccari		Consigli Masiello, Capelli, Lucchini, Peluso Schelotto, Cigarini, Padoin, Bonaventura Moralez Denis
TEAM NEWS
Parma have a full-strength team to choose from bar Manuele Blasi, who will be examined prior to the match with Atalanta. They have won just one of their last five meetings with Atalanta in the top-flight. However, the Ducali have won five of their last six home games in Serie A, while Franco Colomba is unbeaten against Atalanta in five.		Ferreira Pinto and Thomas Manfredini are Atalanta's only confirmed absentees. Atalanta have won just one of their previous 14 games at the Tardini. Stefano Colantuono's side have lost just once all season, but have picked up just a point from a possible six.

Inter

vs

Chievo

Hot on the heels of their Champions League win over Lille midweek, Claudio Ranieri's side will now aim to replicate their form on the domestic front on Sunday for the visit of Chievo, who continue to establish themselves in the top half of the table. A full preview of this fixture can be found here

Cagliari

vs

Napoli

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Agazzi Pisano, Canini, Astori, Agostini Biondini, Conti, Nainggolan Cossu, Thiago Larrivey		De Sanctis Campagnaro, Cannavaro, Aronica Maggio, Inler, Gargano, Dossena Hamsik, Lavezzi Cavani
TEAM NEWS
Sebastian Eriksson is Massimo Ficcadenti's only injury problem. Cagliari have not conceded a single goal in their last three games. In addition, the Sardinians being unbeaten in their last four games at home, despite drawing three of them.		Marco Donadel requires a late fitness test, while Miguel Britos and Goran Pandev are injured. Napoli are unbeaten in their last four meetings with Cagliari, winning the last two. Ezequiel Lavezzi has scored a goal in each of Napoli's last two trips to Sardinia.

Bologna

vs

Lazio

PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Agliardi Raggi, Portanova, Cherubin, Morleo Pulzetti, Mudingayi, Kone Ramirez Di Vaio, Acquafresca		Marchetti Konko, Biava, Dias, Radu Gonzalez, Ledesma, Brocchi Hernanes Cisse, Klose
TEAM NEWS
Mikael Antonsson, Alessandro Diamanti and Juan Cruz are all injured and missing from the side. Bologna have picked up just one point from their last six games at home, although they ended a 14-match winless run last week. Marco Di Vaio has not found the net in his last 13 Serie A appearances, his most barren spell in the top-flight.		Stefano Mauri is Edy Reja's only injury victim ahead of the visit to Emilia-Romagna. The hosts are Lazio's bogey team, losing 33 times and conceding 166 Serie A goals, making them Bologna's favourite team to play. However, Lazio have hit a rich vein of form of late, collecting 10 points from their last four games.