How today’s results change the relegation dogfight

Lecce and Verona took big steps towards Serie A safety today, but Sassuolo’s 1-0 win over Inter brings Cagliari, Empoli and Frosinone back into danger.

There are three more rounds to play after this weekend is completed and the fight to avoid dropping into Serie B is hotting up all the time.

Lecce were already feeling confident, but the 1-1 draw away to 10-man Cagliari helped consolidate their advantage over the chasing pack.

The biggest result was Verona seeing off Fiorentina 2-1 at the Stadio Bentegodi with a Darko Lazovic penalty and Tijjani Noslin strike.

That propelled them ahead of Cagliari on 34 points into 14^th place, leaving the Sardinians behind on 33.

Empoli and Frosinone shared the spoils in a goalless draw and therefore remain locked together on 32 points in 16^th and 17^th place respectively.

Sassuolo had looked doomed, but Saturday’s surprise 1-0 win over Champions of Italy Inter has seen them catch Udinese on 29 points.

If Udinese manage to beat struggling Napoli at the Bluenergy Stadium on Monday evening, then they will climb up to 32 points, level with Empoli and Frosinone.

Serie A relegation run-in

The Serie A run-ins are tough too, as next week there is Frosinone-Inter, Milan-Cagliari, Lazio-Empoli, Genoa-Sassuolo, Verona-Torino and Lecce-Udinese.

In Serie A Week 37 there’s Lecce-Atalanta, Monza-Frosinone, Salernitana-Verona, Sassuolo-Cagliari and a massive Udinese-Empoli.

The final round has Cagliari-Fiorentina, Empoli-Roma, Frosinone-Udinese, Verona-Inter, Lazio-Sassuolo and Napoli-Lecce.