Serie A, salvation fight flares up: schedules compared
The fight for salvation is on with seven days left in the championship. Verona’s and Pisa’s two away defeats against Fiorentina and Torino, respectively, have almost doomed the Veneti and Tuscans, who are paired on 18 points at the bottom of the standings. For them, salvation is a mirage: the fourth-last place is 9 points away.
The battle is instead more open than ever to avoid the third-last place: in contention are Parma (35 points), Genoa (33), Fiorentina (32), Cagliari (30), Cremonese (27) and Lecce (27). Torino thanks to the away win in Verona now seems safe, +9 in the standings from the relegation zone.
Calendar Parma
(35 points)
Parma – Napoli
Udinese – Parma
Parma – Pisa
Inter Milan – Parma
Parma – Roma
Como – Parma
Parma – Sassuolo
Calendar Genoa
(33 points)
Genoa – Sassuolo
Pisa – Genoa
Genoa – Como
Atalanta – Genoa
Fiorentina – Genoa
Genoa – Milan
Lecce – Genoa
Calendar Fiorentina
(32 points)
Fiorentina – Lazio
Lecce – Fiorentina
Fiorentina – Sassuolo
Roma – Fiorentina
Fiorentina – Genoa
Juventus – Fiorentina
Fiorentina – Atalanta
Calendar Cagliari
(30 points)
Cagliari – Cremonese
Inter Milan – Cagliari
Cagliari – Atalanta
Bologna – Cagliari
Cagliari – Udinese
Cagliari – Torino
Milan – Cagliari
Cremonese schedule
(27 points)
Cagliari – Cremonese
Cremonese – Torino
Napoli – Cremonese
Cremonese – Lazio
Cremonese – Pisa
Udinese – Cremonese
Cremonese – Como
Calendar Lecce
(27 points)
Bologna – Lecce
Lecce – Fiorentina
Verona – Lecce
Pisa – Lecce
Lecce – Juventus
Sassuolo – Lecce
Lecce – Genoa
Calendar Verona
(18 points)
Torino – Verona
Verona – Milan
Verona – Lecce
Juventus – Verona
Verona – Como
Inter Milan – Verona
Verona – Roma
Calendar Pisa
(18 points)
Roma – Pisa
Pisa – Genoa
Parma – Pisa
Pisa – Lecce
Cremonese – Pisa
Pisa – Napoli
Lazio – Pisa
In case of finishing tied on points, the teams will have to play a salvation playoff. In case three or more clubs arrive tied on points, the avulse ranking criteria (direct clashes, goal difference in direct clashes, total goal difference, goals scored) will be used to determine a ranking order: only the 17th and 18th will play the playoff.
