Serie A Round 8 Preview

Football fans in Italy don’t have to wait until Saturday before they have to see their beloved teams play. It all starts on Friday evening with first and second placed Roma and Napoli respectively coming to lock horns at the Stadio Olimpico If someone had told me at the beginning of the season that this match would  see the winner top the table at the weekend, I would have checked to see if the person just finished smoking 'weed' . Roma has been in a fantastic form this season winning all of their 7 matches in the league, scoring 20 goals and conceding just one [The best defense in the top 5 European leagues] and they face a rejuvenated Napoli side who have been impressive with only 2 points separating them from the league leaders.

Milan would hope to come back to winning ways after winning just 1 in their last 5 matches when they face 8^th placed Udinese but they would have to do so without Balotelli.

Juventus who are the 2^nd form team behind Roma in the Serie A face Fiorentina away from home and would hope to capitalize on any slip up from Roma and/or Napoli this weekend.

Inter Milan would hope to bounce back after their humiliating defeat against Roma at home when they face 9^th placed Torino on Sunday. Other matches see Cagliar face Catania at home, Atlanta vs Lazio, Genoa vs Chievo, Verona vs Parma, Livorno vs Sampdoria and a bottom of the table clash between Sassuolo and Bologna, both yet to register a win this season.