Roma were held to their fourth successive Serie A draw, but reduced the arrears on league leaders Juventus to six points with a 1-1 result against Empoli. Massimo Maccarone scored from the penalty spot for Empoli after Kostas Manolas was sent off in the 37th minute. Riccardo Saponara was also shown a red card on the stroke of half-time as both sides ended the game with 10 men. Maicon levelled ...Full Story »

Improving Sassuolo battled back from a half-time deficit to record their second 3-1 victory in four days, following up their first win of the season against Parma with an entertaining triumph over Empoli. Sassuolo went into the break trailing to a Daniele Croce goal after missing a host of chances, but they hit back through second-half goals from Simone Missiroli, Sergio Floccari and Domenico B...Full Story »

Empoli striker Massimo Maccarone is ready to play his first game of the season when his team visits Cesena on Saturday. The Italian forward missed his side's opening two games of the new campaign with a muscle injury but is expected to start this weekend. The Tuscan outfit head into the encounter at the Dino Manuzzi stadium confident they can claim their first win of the season. Empoli, who l...Full Story »

Lecce struck another blow in their bid for Serie A survival with a 2-1 victory over 10-man Sampdoria in Genoa. David Di Michele put Lecce ahead in the 39th minute before Ruben Olivera made it 2-0 shortly after the hour mark. Massimo Maccarone gave Sampdoria a 69th-minute lifeline but the hosts, who later had midfielder Daniele Mannini sent off for a second bookable offence, failed to get an eq...Full Story »

Parma claimed a crucial win in their relegation battle with Sampdoria thanks to Cristian Zaccardo's second-half winner. Massimo Maccarone missed a late penalty for Sampdoria, who have now won once in their past 12 league games, to continue their miserable late-season form that has left them just three points above the drop zone. Parma's win moved them above Samp and four points clear of danger...Full Story »

Sampdoria coach Domenico Di Carlo has called on his players to make the rescheduled clash with city rivals Genoa count as they look to climb up in the Serie A standings. The match was originally due to be played back in December, but was postponed due to bad weather conditions in Genoa. Samp head into the encounter at the Luigi Ferraris stadium invigorated by Sunday's 3-1 triumph over Bologna....Full Story »

Sampdoria coach Domenico Di Carlo has been given a vote of confidence ahead of Sunday's game against Bologna. Samp, who have mustered just one win in their last eight league games, lie 14th in Serie A, just five points clear of the relegation zone. Saturday's 2-0 loss at Udinese was Samp's fourth straight defeat in all competitions but Samp president Riccardo Garrone is nevertheless hopeful hi...Full Story »