The gap is growing at the bottom after the latest Serie A football games.
Betting tips suggest the bottom three will remain in the drop zone and it’s unlikely any one of the clubs can close the gap.
Chievo 0-3 Fiorentina
That’s what confidence does for you!
After the Viola produced their best performance of the season to see off reigning champions Juventus, they took their form into the Bentegodi and ran riot.
Unlike their Coppa Italia clash 10 days earlier, this wasn’t close as goals from Cristian Tello, Khouma Babacar and Federico Chiesa sealed a comprehensive victory.
AC Milan 1-2 Napoli
Lorenzo Insigne is proving a nightmare for Milan.
This was his ninth game against the Rossoneri and his sixth goal against them.
Fine finishes from him and Jose Callejon inside the opening 10 minutes secured another memorable day for them at the San Siro, despite the Coppa Italia winners reducing the deficit through Juraj Kucka.
Napoli are now unbeaten in 14 games.
Juventus 2-0 Lazio
The Old Lady may lose occasionally, but they are still in charge of their own destiny.
This victory over top-four rivals was all done and dusted within 16 minutes in Turin.
That’s how long it took Juve to bounce back from their defeat at Fiorentina, courtesy of goals from Paulo Dybala and Gonzalo Higuain, as Lazio offered little.
Bologna 2-0 Torino
Toothless Torino will never take the next step with performances like this.
Indeed, but for on-loan goalkeeper Joe Hart this would have been a heavier defeat.
Blerim Dzemaili – once of Bolton Wanderers – scored in the closing stages of each half as Bologna captured a deserved victory.
Empoli 1-0 Udinese
Daylight for Empoli. This win has given them even more breathing space from the bottom three.
It’s only three wins in 11 now for Udinese.
Levan Mchedlidze was the match-winner with a towering header eight minutes from time.
Genoa 2-2 Crotone
If Crotone do go down – and they were tipped to be relegated long before a ball was kicked – they will deserve some credit.
This was another battling showing and what they miss in quality; they can’t be accused of lacking in spirit.
Twice they fought back from behind with Gian Marco Ferrari’s second leveller earning a point and more frustration for the hosts Genoa who haven’t won since December 15.
Palermo 0-1 Inter Milan
Inter are up to fifth, thanks to substitute Joao Mario’s volley midway through the second half.
It’s eight wins in a row now for Inter as they leapfrogged their Milanese neighbours in the table.
Spirited Palermo remain one spot off the bottom as both sides finished the contest with 10 men.
Pescara 1-3 Sassuolo
This match had been under threat after the area was struck by flooding and earthquakes, and before kick-off, the stadium remembered those who lost their lives in the quakes and avalanche in the region.
When the game started, Sassuolo were more alert, Alessandro Matri putting the visitors ahead within 58 seconds.
Although rock-bottom Pescara deservedly equalised, a goalkeeping error and a stroke of bad luck followed. Sassulo had the points, Pescara are surely too adrift to save themselves.
Atalanta 1-0 Sampdoria
A solitary penalty was all it took for Euro chasing Atalanta to keep their hopes alive.
All this on a day they gave debuts to two 17 year-olds!
Alejandro Gomez converted the spot-kick to extended Sampdoria’s winless run to seven matches.
Roma 1-0 Cagliari
It might look tight on paper but second-placed Roma were never in any danger of conceding in this one.
Still, it took an Edin Dzeko volley 10 minutes after the restart to equal the club’s all-time record of 13 successive home victories.
That was set in 1930-31, a season in which Roma also finished runners-up behind Juventus. Can they reverse that order this time around?
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