Serie A matchday 5: Roma and Inter draw 2–2, Lazio join them on thirteen, Frosinone beat Como

The meeting of the two perfect sides settled nothing. AS Roma were two up at half-time against Inter at the Olimpico, and Lautaro Martínez scored twice after the break to make it 2–2. Neither leads alone: Lazio won 2–0 at Venezia on Saturday night and joined them on thirteen points. Como, who could have done the same, lost 2–0 at Frosinone. Monza and Parma won for the first time this season, and Venezia lost their fifth in five. Ten matches produced 24 goals, five home wins, two away wins, three draws and no red cards.

Saturday's top two

AS Roma 2–2 Inter began with Manu Koné scoring on 6 from Nahuel Molina's pass. He scored again on 37, from Gianluca Mancini, and the goal stood after a VAR check. Inter came back after the break: Lautaro Martínez scored on 46 from Marcus Thuram's pass, and his second, on 79, was unassisted. Roma had more shots, eighteen to sixteen, but Inter had the better chances: expected goals of 2.86 against Roma's 1.66. It was the first match of the season in which Roma dropped points, and they have now conceded three goals in five matches.

The rest of Saturday

Venezia 0–2 Lazio could have gone another way. John Yeboah missed a penalty for Venezia on 17. Mattia Zaccagni scored one for Lazio on 51, and Tijjani Noslin added the second on 60 from Nuno Tavares's pass. Lazio had two shots on target and scored with both. Venezia had seventeen shots, six on target, and the higher expected goals, 1.89 to 1.60.

Udinese 0–1 Cagliari was dominated by the side that lost. They had 65 per cent of the ball, 26 shots, sixteen corners and expected goals of 2.13. Cagliari had five shots and one corner; Daniel Maldini scored the only goal on 54, unassisted.

Bologna 1–1 Torino: Federico Bernardeschi scored on 14, and that was Bologna's only shot on target in the match. Sandro Kulenović equalised for Torino on 77 from Rolando Mandragora's pass. Bologna are still without a win.

Friday and Sunday

Monza 2–1 Sassuolo opened the round on Friday. Gustavo Varela scored twice: on 51 from Samuele Birindelli's pass and from the penalty spot on 63. Vasilije Adžić pulled one back on 88. Sassuolo had 65 per cent of the ball and twenty shots to Monza's fifteen.

Frosinone 2–0 Como was decided in the first half. Romano Schmid made both goals: Giacomo Calò's on 14 and Giorgi Kvernadze's on 45. Como had 65 per cent of the ball, 27 shots and eight on target, and did not score.

Parma 2–1 Genoa was the meeting of two sides with a point each. David Romero scored on 38 from El Bilal Touré's pass. Milutin Osmajić equalised on 70 from Lorenzo Colombo's, and Pontus Almqvist won it on 80 from Nesta Elphege's. Parma had five shots, two on target, and scored with both.

Juventus 2–0 Atalanta: Francisco Conceição scored on 28 from Zeki Çelik's pass, and Bremer scored the second on 77 from Edon Zhegrova's. Atalanta had two shots on target.

AC Milan 3–0 Lecce was Milan's with 69 per cent of the ball. Christian Pulisic scored on 14 from Strahinja Pavlović's pass, Adrien Rabiot on 61 from Gonçalo Ramos's, and Diego Moreira on 73. Milan's expected goals were 2.19; Lecce's were 0.21.

Fiorentina 1–1 Napoli opened Sunday. Billy Gilmour put Napoli ahead on 23 from Matteo Politano's pass, and Álex Jiménez equalised on 51 from Cher Ndour's.

The table after matchday 5

Three clubs share the lead on thirteen points, separated by goal difference: Roma (+11), Inter (+7) and Lazio (+5). All three have four wins and a draw. Cagliari are fourth on twelve, having conceded two goals in five matches, the fewest in the league. AC Milan are fifth on eleven. Frosinone, Juventus and Como are on ten; Como's defeat at Frosinone was their first of the season.

Five clubs are on four points, from Udinese in thirteenth to Fiorentina in seventeenth, with Monza and Parma among them. Below them are Bologna on two, Genoa on one and Venezia on none, the only side without a point.

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	AS Roma	5	4	1	0	+11	13
2	Inter	5	4	1	0	+7	13
3	Lazio	5	4	1	0	+5	13
4	Cagliari	5	4	0	1	+3	12
5	AC Milan	5	3	2	0	+6	11
6	Frosinone	5	3	1	1	+5	10
7	Juventus	5	3	1	1	+4	10
8	Como	5	3	1	1	+3	10
…
18	Bologna	5	0	2	3	−3	2
19	Genoa	5	0	1	4	−7	1
20	Venezia	5	0	0	5	−9	0

Numbers to know

• 24 goals in ten matches, and no red cards.
• Four clubs are unbeaten: Roma, Inter, Lazio and Milan. Three are without a win: Bologna, Genoa and Venezia.
• Three penalties: Varela and Zaccagni scored theirs, Yeboah missed Venezia's.
• Udinese and Como had 26 and 27 shots, 65 per cent of the ball each, and lost without scoring.
• Lazio (two shots on target) and Parma (two) scored with every shot on target they had.

Next up

Serie A returns after the international break on Saturday 10 October with Genoa v Fiorentina and Inter v Parma. Roma go to Como on Sunday 11 October in Como v AS Roma; Lazio host Monza the same day. Kick-off times in your time zone are on the Serie A page.