Serie A matchday 6: Lazio join Inter at the top, Roma held at Como, Juventus rescued late in Cagliari

Inter beat Parma 3–0 on Saturday and Lazio beat ten-man Monza 3–1 on Sunday, so the two are level at the top on 16 points, Inter ahead on goal difference. AS Roma played most of the second half with ten men at Como, drew 0–0 and are two points behind, and Juventus needed Randal Kolo Muani's goal on 81 to draw 1–1 at Cagliari. Venezia lost to Atalanta and have lost all six. The round brought 27 goals in ten matches: six home wins, one away win and three draws.

Saturday

Genoa 2–1 Fiorentina was decided in the first quarter of an hour. Osmajic scored for Genoa on 8 from Ellertsson's pass and set up Junior Messias on 15; Vásquez's own goal on 73 brought Fiorentina back to 2–1. Fiorentina had 63 per cent of the ball and three shots on target. It was Genoa's first league win of the season.

Inter 3–0 Parma was over by half-time. Petar Sučić scored on 13, Hakan Çalhanoğlu converted a penalty on 18, awarded after a VAR check, and Marcus Thuram made it three on 31 from Henrikh Mkhitaryan's pass. Inter had 19 shots to nine. Cristian Chivu said the first match after a three-week break had been an unknown, and that he was pleased with his side's quality, ANSA reports.

Napoli 3–0 Frosinone brought two goals for Kevin De Bruyne: a penalty on 29 and the third on 90, from Giovane's pass. Noa Lang scored Napoli's second on 32. Frosinone had 17 shots but one on target. Scott McTominay came on in the second half after about a month and a half out, according to ANSA.

Sunday

Como 0–0 AS Roma turned on Donyell Malen's red card for a foul on 53. Como had 66 per cent of the ball and 19 shots, four on target; Roma had two on target. Malen is the league's top scorer with six. Gian Piero Gasperini said Malen had not meant to hurt anyone and that a draw after half an hour with ten men was fine; Cesc Fàbregas backed the card, saying he had once been sent off for a challenge as bad as this one.

Lazio 3–1 Monza was 2–0 by the 23rd minute. Nuno Tavares scored on 3 and Gustav Isaksen on 23, both from Tijjani Noslin's passes. Lorenzo Lucchesi was sent off as the last man on 35, Goglichidze pulled one back for Monza on 46 from Mota, and Andrea Pinamonti, from Pedraza, made it 3–1 on 88. Monza had six shots on target, one fewer than Lazio. Gennaro Gattuso said, "We mustn't look at the table", ANSA reports.

Lecce 1–2 Bologna was Bologna's first league win of the season. Riccardo Orsolini scored on 17 from Cambiaghi's pass, Fatah equalised for Lecce on 64 from Veiga, and Enem, also from Cambiaghi, won it on 75. Lecce had 19 shots to ten, but each side had five on target.

Sassuolo 1–1 AC Milan: Adrien Rabiot put AC Milan ahead on 63 from Luka Modrić's pass, and Cas Odenthal equalised for Sassuolo five minutes later, on 68. Milan are unbeaten, with three wins and three draws.

Cagliari 1–1 Juventus was nearly Cagliari's. Daniele Maldini scored on 20 from Paul Mendy's pass, and Juventus, with 72 per cent of the ball, 22 shots and ten on target, equalised only on 81 through Kolo Muani, from Kerim-Sam Alajbegović, his first goal of the season according to ANSA. Both coaches, Luciano Spalletti and Fabio Pisacane, were sent off in stoppage time.

Monday

Atalanta 3–1 Venezia was 2–0 after six minutes. Franck Kessié scored on 4 from Nikola Krstović's pass, and Krstović scored on 6, from Elif Elmas, and again on 30. Antoine Hainaut, from Richie Sagrado, pulled one back on 37, and Elmas was sent off for serious foul play on 89, the card upgraded after a VAR review. Venezia had 64 per cent of the ball and 19 shots. Sky Sport Italia reports that Giovanni Stroppa is likely to get a last chance at home to Napoli on Saturday; the club has not announced a decision.

Torino 2–1 Udinese was won by the side with less of the ball. Daniel Bragança put Torino ahead on 36, Jurgen Ekkelenkamp equalised for Udinese on 43, and Sandro Kulenović won it on 67. Udinese had 62 per cent of the ball but one shot on target.

The table after matchday 6

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Inter	6	5	1	0	+10	16
2	Lazio	6	5	1	0	+7	16
3	AS Roma	6	4	2	0	+11	14
4	Cagliari	6	4	1	1	+3	13
5	AC Milan	6	3	3	0	+6	12
6	Juventus	6	3	2	1	+4	11
7	Como	6	3	2	1	+3	11
8	Napoli	6	3	1	2	+4	10
9	Frosinone	6	3	1	2	+2	10
10	Atalanta	6	3	0	3	0	9
11	Sassuolo	6	2	2	2	0	8
12	Torino	6	2	1	3	−2	7
13	Lecce	6	2	0	4	−6	6
14	Bologna	6	1	2	3	−2	5
15	Udinese	6	1	1	4	−4	4
16	Monza	6	1	1	4	−6	4
17	Genoa	6	1	1	4	−6	4
18	Parma	6	1	1	4	−6	4
19	Fiorentina	6	1	1	4	−7	4
20	Venezia	6	0	0	6	−11	0

Inter and Lazio are level on 16, Inter ahead on goal difference, +10 to +7; Roma are two behind and Cagliari three. The points race shows Inter, Lazio and Roma level on nine after three matchdays, Lazio dropping two points in the fourth and Inter and Roma in the fifth, and Roma falling two behind now. Inter, Lazio, Roma and Milan are the unbeaten sides. At the bottom, five sides are on four points, and Venezia have none.

Numbers to know

• Malen leads the scorers with six; Lautaro Martínez, Raimondo, Maldini and Gustavo Varela have four each.
• Roma have conceded three goals in six matches, the fewest in the league.
• Venezia have lost all six and conceded 16, the most.
• Three red cards for players, all on Sunday and Monday, plus both coaches at Cagliari.

Next up

Matchday 7 opens on Friday 16 October with Frosinone v Sassuolo at 18:45 UTC. On Saturday 17 October, Bologna v Inter kicks off at 16:00 UTC and AS Roma v Genoa at 18:45 UTC. On Sunday 18 October, AC Milan host Atalanta at 16:00 UTC and Juventus v Lazio follows at 18:45 UTC. Parma v Torino closes the round on Monday 19 October at 18:45 UTC. The full round is on the Serie A page.

Sources for the context: AS Roma, ANSA, ANSA, ANSA, ANSA, Sky Sport, Sky Sport.