Round 27 saves its best for Monday night as Napoli, a revelation this season, head to San Siro to attempt to take three points from Milan and join them on a level footing at the top of the table. After exiting Europe last night, despite outplaying Villareal for much of the match, Napoli will be looking to get themselves back on track against a Milan side that has been rocking slightly since the start of the New Year. The recent home defeat to Tottenham will have hurt Milan and given the likes of Napoli and Inter confidence that they can catch them before match day 38. Napoli will have to do without Lavezzi however as he continues to sit out his three match ban.
Before Napoli and Milan face of Inter have a difficult trip away at Sampdoria to contend with, a place where they crashed to a 1-0 defeat last season and another tough test will await them this year at the Marassi. Seeking to take advantage of all of this will be Lazio who head out to Sardinia to play Cagliari, a place which has been a happy hunting ground for them in recent years. However, under Roberto Donadoni Cagliari have registered eight wins and only six defeats, so they will be another tough nut to crack for one of the top four sides.
Outside of the top four Juventus open this round with a home game against Bologna and will look to make up for their horror show against Lecce last week, while Roma also will look to build on their 1-0 win at Bologna in midweek under new Allenatore Vincenzo Montella at home to an under performing Parma side.
The clash of the Sunday afternoon games however looks set to be Palermo's home encounter with Udinese. The Friuli outfit have been in inspired form and their home draw to Brescia was something of a surprise last week and they'll look to make up for it here. For Palermo a defeat could leave them cut adrift of the Europa League positions before heading to play Lazio next week. It's only week 27 but it seems make or break already in some respects.
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