The completed round leaves Lazio on 28 points, Inter on 25 and Roma on 24. Milan beat Inter 3–1 in the derby, Parma won 3–0 at Atalanta, Roma beat Udinese 5–2 away, Como beat Venezia 1–0, Frosinone beat Torino 2–0 and Juventus beat Napoli 2–0. Bologna beat Monza 2–1, Genoa won 2–1 at Lecce and Fiorentina won 4–2 at Sassuolo.
Lazio beat Cagliari 2–1 on 1 November to move clear at the top of Serie A. Lazio and Inter had begun the weekend level on points; the completed round leaves Lazio three points ahead of the reigning champions.
M’Bala Nzola put Cagliari ahead in the 20th minute, but Gustav Isaksen equalized in the 36th. Andrea Pinamonti scored Lazio’s winner in the 83rd minute.
In the season’s first Milan derby, AC Milan beat Inter 3–1 on 31 October, with Christian Pulisic, Adrien Rabiot and Diego Moreira scoring in the first half.
Roma won 5–2 at Udinese’s Bluenergy Stadium in Udine on 31 October to remain unbeaten through its first 10 league matches. Immediately after the game, Udinese was 19th with five points; it had ended a run of six straight defeats with a draw at Parma before facing Roma.
Bryan Cristante opened the scoring in the 10th minute, followed by Rodrigo Mora in the 31st, Donyell Malen in the 33rd and Evan Ndicka in the 37th, giving Roma a 4–0 halftime lead. Nicolò Zaniolo scored in the 50th and Matteo Palma in the 78th to cut Udinese’s deficit to 4–2. Daniele Ghilardi completed the win in the 90+2′.
Como returned to fourth place by beating Venezia 1–0 at home, with captain Lucas Da Cunha converting a penalty in the 43rd minute. Frosinone strengthened its hold on sixth place with a 2–0 win over Torino.
Juventus returned to winning ways with a 2–0 home victory over Napoli on the Turin club’s 129th founding anniversary. After a goalless first half, Kerim Alajbegovic scored his first Juventus goal in the 70th minute. Napoli’s Luca Marianucci was sent off shortly afterward, and Jeremie Boga added the second in the 87th.
Bologna beat Milan 4–2 to end their unbeaten league start, while Genoa beat Juventus 2–0. Roma beat Cagliari 4–2, Como win 3–1 at Torino, Napoli win 4–1 at Monza and Parma draw 0–0 with Udinese. Inter and Milan meet on 31 October.
| Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Atalanta | 0–3 | Parma |
| Bologna | 2–1 | Monza |
| Lecce | 1–2 | Genoa |
| Sassuolo | 2–4 | Fiorentina |
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Bologna beat Cagliari 2–0 and Genoa beat Venezia 1–0 in the completed eighth round of Italian football’s Serie A, which leaves Inter top on 22 points.
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Two stoppage-time goals lifted Inter above Lazio on goal difference in Italy’s top football league.
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