Serie A Fantasy Recap – Round 9

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Standings implications: Juventus dropped points for the first time this season and Napoli promptly took advantage of it, getting closer in the table. Inter prevailed thanks to a late goal in the Derby. Lazio were clinical against a tough opponent like Parma. Roma had a shocking showing against SPAL. Fiorentina’s winning streak was halted by Cagliari. Torino frittered away a two-nothing lead in Bologna, slowing down after two victories. Atalanta came back to winning ways in impressive fashion, romping Chievo on the road. Frosinone and Empoli shared the spoil in an early but still significant relegation zone clash.

Confirmations: Cristiano Ronaldo bagged another goal and Dries Mertens is picking up some steam Ciro Immobile and Joaquin Correa delivered late for Lazio. Continue reading

Serie A Fantasy Game Predictions – Round 37

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The title race has ended, but there is still a lot to play for in the final two rounds of Serie A. Here is the preview of the penultima one.

Inter-Sassuolo: both teams have won three out of their last four games. As a result, the Beneamata are now just two points behind Lazio and the head-to-head clash is coming next week, while the Neroverdi have secured a Serie A stay. Luciano Spalletti is getting excellent contributions from Mauro Icardi and Ivan Perisic, as usual, while Rafinha has finally notched his first Serie A and Marcelo Brozovic has emerged as their best central midfielder. Continue reading

Serie A Game of the Week – Round 36: Lazio vs Atalanta

 

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The most exhilarating game of the weekend was probably the back and forth between Genoa and Fiorentina, but since it was already thoroughly broken down by Chloe here, let’s dive into another pretty amusing one: Lazio-Atalanta, which was also one of the few fixtures where there was something at stake for both teams.

The two clubs arrived at this game in high spirits, riding three-game winning streaks. Simone Inzaghi had the task of replacing his injured star Ciro Immobile and picked the easiest fix, the backup Felipe Caicedo. After some gamesmanship in the pre-game presser, Gian Piero Gasperini fielded both Remo Freuler and Bryan Cristante, kept Josip Ilicic on the bench and chose José-Luis Palomino for the suspended Mattia Caldara.  Continue reading

Serie A Best Team to Pick – Round 27

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With a very juicy Serie A round on the horizon, here are the suggest players to pick.

Mattia Perin: Genoa laid an egg last week against Bologna, but they are were coming off straight wins and two huge ones against Inter and Lazio. They will square off at home against Cagliari this week and their defence is usually stingy.

Cristiano Biraghi: he scored last week and he might be again very involved on offence, should Stefano Pioli decide to stick with 3-5-2, where he covers the whole flank. Fiorentina’s next opponent, Udinese, has lost three straight matches and they have not figured it out upfront since Kevin Lasagna went down with a injury.

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