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| Sunday OCTOBER 16 | KO |
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| Cesena - Fiorentina | 1230 |
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| Novara - Bologna | 1500 |
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| Genoa - Lecce | 1500 |
| | | Chievo - Juventus | 1500 |
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| Cagliari - Siena | 1500 |
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| Atalanta - Udinese | 1500 |
| all times in CET |
| Lazio - Roma | 2045 |
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| PROBABLE LINE-UPS |
Ravaglia
Ceccarelli, Von Bergen, Rodriguez, Lauro
Parolo, Guana, Candreva,
Ghezzal
Eder, Mutu
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Boruc
Cassani, Gamberini, Natali, Pasqual
Behrami, Montolivo, Lazzari
Cerci, Santiago Silva, Jovetic
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| TEAM NEWS |
- A mounting injury list for the under-pressure Marco Giampaolo, who will be without Gianluca Comotto, Jorge Martinez and Giuseppe Colucci, meaning Luca Ceccarelli and Abdelkader Ghezzal come in.
- Despite ending a run of four straight defeats and picking up their first point of the season against Chievo, Cesena are still enduring their worst ever start to a Serie A campaign.
- Cesena have won just twice in 22 meetings with Fiorentina.
| | - Alberto Gilardino and Per Kroldrup remain on the sidelines for the forseeable future, while Andrea Lazzari is likely to replace Juan Vargas in midfield.
- Fiorentina have won just three times away from home in 21 matches under Sinisa Mihajlovic's reign.
- However, they are unbeaten in their past nine meetings against Cesena, winning six.
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| PROBABLE LINE-UPS |
Ujkani
Dellafiore, Ludi, Paci, Gemiti
Marianini, Porcari, Rigoni
Pinardi
Meggiorini, Granoche
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Agliardi
Raggi, Portanova, Cherubin, Morleo
Mudingayi, Perez, Kone
Diamanti
Di Vaio, Acquafresca |
| TEAM NEWS |
- Andrea Lisuzzo, Andrea Mazzarani and Luigi Giorgi face late fitness tests, after missing the 3-3 draw with Catania.
- Novara have won just five out of 24 previous meetings with Bologna, all being on home soil.
- Novara boast the best attack of this Serie A campaign, with 10 goals scored, but possess the league's second-worst defensive record by conceding as many.
| | - Diego Perez is suspended, while Jean-Francois Gillet, Mikael Antonsson, Saphir Taider, Jose Angel Crespo are all out of contention with injury. Federico Casarini is also a doubt.
- Bologna's run of just one point in five games cost Pierpaolo Bisolo his job, as Stefano Pioli set to take charge of his first match.
- The visitors have not tasted victory in 14 Serie A games, and are also the only side in the league yet to score from open play.
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| PROBABLE LINE-UPS |
Frey
Rossi, Dainelli, Kaladze, Moretti
Merkel, Veloso, Kucka
Jorquera
Palacio, Caracciolo
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Benassi
Oddo, Tomovic, Esposito, Mesbah
Obodo, Giacomazzi
Cuadrado, Bertolacci, Pasquato
Ofere
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| TEAM NEWS |
- Juraj Kucka's participation is touch-and-go with an ankle complaint, but Ze Eduardo and Giandomenico Mesto are still on the sidelines.
- Genoa have won five consecutive matches against with Lecce, scoring three goals per game on average.
- Despite recent defeats to Chievo and Parma, the Grifoni remain unbeaten in their last six home games, with five wins and a draw.
| | - David Di Michele, Julio Sergio, Stefano Ferrario, Davide Petrachi and Souleymane Diamoutene are all unavailable.
- Lecce have won only once at the Marassi in 15 attempts - a 1-0 victory on September 13, 1998, along with nine defeats.
- They have shared the spoils only once in their last 10 games away from home.
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Juventus have the chance to make it six matches unbeaten in Serie A and remain top of the pile with a victory at the Bentegodi on Sunday. However, they visit a Chievo side who have lost just once so far and have not been beaten on home soil domestically since Domenico Di Carlo's return to the helm.
A full preview of this fixture can be found here. |
| PROBABLE LINE-UPS |
Agazzi
Pisano, Canini, Astori, Agostini
Biondini, Conti, Nainggolan
Cossu
Larrivey, Thiago Ribeiro
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Brkic
Vitiello, Rossettini, Terzi, Rossi
Mannini, D’Agostino, Gazzi, Reginaldo
Calaio, Brienza |
| TEAM NEWS |
- Moestafa El Kabir and Sebastian Eriksson remain unavailable for selection.
- Cagliar have won just one of their last five games with Siena.
- Despite losing just once this campaign, in a 3-2 reverse to Palermo, and winning three so far, they have won only one of their last seven games in Sardinia.
| | - Francesco Bolzoni, Nicola Belmonte and Gennaro Troianiello have been ruled out for Siena.
- The Tuscan outfit have failed to score in three of their five Serie A encounters so far.
- Striker Emanuele Calaio has struck four of Siena's last six goals against Cagliari in domestic matters.
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| PROBABLE LINE-UPS |
Consigli
Masiello, Capelli, Manfredini, Peluso
Schelotto, Cigarini, Brighi, Padoin
Moralez
Denis | |
Handanovic
Benatia, Danilo, Domizzi
Basta, Isla, Pinzi, Asamoah, Armero
Torje
Di Natale
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| TEAM NEWS |
- Ferreira Pinto and Leonardo Pettinari are Atalanta's only confirmed absentees.
- They have won only one of their last nine home matches against Udinese, losing four in the process.
- Atalanta suffered their first defeat of the season to Roma a fortnight ago, following a run of three wins and a draw.
| | - Paulo Barreto and Giovanni Pasquale are still on the comeback trail for Udinese.
- Francesco Guidolin's side are unbeaten in their last eight Serie A games, contributing to their current second-place position.
- The Friulani currently possess the best defence in Serie A, conceding just once so far this season and accumulating six clean sheets in their last seven league games.
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The capital derby between Edy Reja's Lazio and Luis Enrique's Roma takes place on Sunday night, with kick-off at 2045 CET.
A full preview of the fixture can be found here.
