Serie A relegation battle: How the situation has changed

Verona and Sassuolo fumbled leads to suffer defeats and now there are six teams crammed in a five-point radius, with two going down to Serie B.

The race is increasingly tight to avoid relegation from Serie A, although Lecce have guaranteed their safety on 37 points, even before tomorrow’s game with Udinese.

Verona would’ve been safe too with a win today and were leading against Torino at the Stadio Bentegodi before capitulating 2-1 this afternoon.

That leaves them on 34 points, only one clear of Cagliari and two ahead of both Frosinone and Empoli.

Serie A relegation race hots up

Udinese could take a huge leap forward tomorrow, as if they beat Lecce, then they’ll clamber from 18^th place to joint 15^th on 33 points, the same as Cagliari.

Sassuolo had the opportunity to catch up too, but remain in penultimate place on 29 points following a 2-1 defeat to Genoa, a match they had been leading at half-time.

Next week’s fixtures look as if they could be decisive, specifically Sassuolo-Cagliari and Udinese-Empoli, while Verona visit doomed Salernitana.