Serie A matchday 7: Lazio win at Juventus to stay level with Inter, Venezia beat Napoli for their first points

Lazio won 3–0 at Juventus on Sunday night and Inter came from behind to win 3–1 at Bologna on Saturday, so the two are still level at the top on 19 points, Inter ahead on goal difference. AS Roma beat Genoa 2–0 and stay two behind. Venezia, beaten in all six of their matches before this round, beat Napoli 1–0 for their first points of the season. Matchday 7 brought 35 goals in ten matches: five home wins, five away wins and no draws.

Friday

Frosinone 4–2 Sassuolo belonged to Antonio Raimondo, who scored a hat-trick on 26, 30 and 57 and now leads the league's scorers with seven. Giacomo Calò opened the scoring for Frosinone on 9; Domenico Berardi, from Bakola's pass, equalised for Sassuolo on 15, and Kristian Thorstvedt made it 3–2 on 37. Sassuolo had 58 per cent of the ball, but Frosinone had 21 shots, ten on target.

Saturday

Venezia 1–0 Napoli was won with 29 per cent of the ball. Akor Adams scored on 49 from Sohm's pass, and Kevin De Bruyne missed a penalty for Napoli on 68. Napoli had 29 shots, ten on target, and twelve corners; Filip Stanković made nine saves. Davide Nicola was on the Venezia bench in place of Giovanni Stroppa, who lost his job after the defeat at Atalanta, ANSA reports. It was Venezia's first win over Napoli in five meetings on record, and Napoli's third league defeat.

Bologna 1–3 Inter turned after half-time. Tommaso Pobega put Bologna ahead on 10 from Juan Miranda's pass, and Marcus Thuram equalised on 44 from Nicolò Barella's. Carlos Augusto, on for Dimarco, scored on 69 from Piotr Zieliński's pass, and set up Ange-Yoan Bonny, a second-half substitute, for the third on 83. Inter had 65 per cent of the ball and eight shots on target to four. Corriere dello Sport reports that Cristian Chivu raised his voice in the dressing room at half-time and had lost it by the end, so Aleksandar Kolarov spoke to the press instead.

AS Roma 2–0 Genoa was settled after the break by Santiago Castro on 50 and Emanuele Lulli on 68. Roma had 66 per cent of the ball and 15 shots; Genoa had one shot on target.

Sunday

Udinese 0–3 Lecce was Lecce's from the start. Kialonda Gaspar scored on 11 from Antonino Gallo's pass, Konan Ndri on 33 from Tiago Gabriel's, and Jamil Siebert, a late substitute, on 86. Udinese had 67 per cent of the ball but two shots on target to Lecce's eleven, and have lost five in a row.

Fiorentina 1–3 Como was 2–0 to Como inside 36 minutes: Mattia Liberali scored on 32 from Caqueret's pass and Nico Paz on 36 from Álex Valle's. Marin Pongračić pulled one back for Fiorentina on 42, and Anastasios Douvikas, from Paz, restored the two-goal lead on 56. Fiorentina had 19 shots and eleven corners.

AC Milan 3–2 Atalanta was nearly thrown away. Gonçalo Ramos converted a penalty on 24, awarded after a VAR check, Adrien Rabiot scored on 43 from Diego Moreira's pass, and Mario Gila made it 3–0 on 58 from Rabiot's, a minute after Ramos had missed a second penalty. Gianluca Gaetano, from Zalewski, and Nikola Krstović, from Bellanova, scored for Atalanta on 66 and 81. It was AC Milan's first win over Atalanta since February 2023. Rúben Amorim said his side had played well until about the 66th minute and then "all started to be afraid", ANSA reports.

Juventus 0–3 Lazio in Turin was Lazio's first league win away to Juventus since October 2017. Oliver Provstgaard scored on 37 from Mattia Zaccagni's pass, Gustav Isaksen on 66 from Nuno Tavares', and Fisayo Dele-Bashiru on 89 from Andrea Pinamonti's. Juventus had 58 per cent of the ball and two shots on target; Lazio scored with all three of theirs. Gennaro Gattuso said it was the first time he had won at the stadium and that his side were "perhaps not ready to be up there", ANSA reports. Luciano Spalletti is under pressure, according to ANSA, which quotes him as saying that until Saturday he felt the team followed him; now, "probably I don't know".

Monday

Monza 4–0 Cagliari was 1–0 at half-time. Eddy Kouadio scored on 39 from Dany Mota's pass, Gustavo Varela on 47 from Foe Ondoa's, Jay Robinson on 66 from Varela's, and Varela again on 79. Cagliari had conceded three goals in their first six matches; ANSA notes that their coach, Fabio Pisacane, was suspended. Monza move up to 14th.

Parma 0–3 Torino was Giovanni Simeone's night: he scored on 4 and 69, both from Rafik Belghali's passes, and Che Adams added the second on 24. Parma had 24 shots, seven on target, and Torino's Lucas Perri saved all seven. It was Alberto Gilardino's first home match in charge of Parma and Torino's second win in a row, according to ANSA.

The table after matchday 7

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

Inter and Lazio are level on 19, Inter ahead on goal difference, +12 to +10; Roma are two behind and Milan four. The points race shows Inter and Lazio level after every matchday but the fourth, Roma with them after the first three and the fifth, and Milan two behind after the fifth and four behind now. At the bottom, four sides are on four points and Venezia have three.

Numbers to know

• Raimondo leads the scorers with seven, one ahead of Donyell Malen.
• No draws in the round: five home wins and five away wins, and six clean sheets.
• Roma have conceded three goals in seven matches, the fewest; Fiorentina have conceded 17, the most.
• Napoli had 29 shots and ten on target at Venezia and did not score.
• Inter, Lazio, Roma and Milan are still unbeaten.

Next up

Matchday 8 opens on Friday 23 October with Torino v Monza at 18:45 UTC. On Saturday 24 October, Napoli host AS Roma at 16:00 UTC and Lazio v Parma follows at 18:45 UTC. On Sunday 25 October, Inter v Fiorentina kicks off at 11:30 UTC, Lecce v Juventus at 17:00 UTC, and Udinese v AC Milan closes the round at 19:45 UTC. The full round is on the Serie A page.

Sources for the context: ANSA, ANSA, ANSA, ANSA, ANSA, ANSA, Corriere dello Sport.