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.
Inter beat Venezia 2–0 away on 28 October to take the provisional lead in Italy’s Serie A, ahead of Lazio on tiebreakers with both clubs on 25 points. Napoli’s 4–1 win at Monza and Juventus’s 2–0 defeat at Genoa left Napoli sixth and Juventus eighth, both on 14 points. Tiebreakers are the rules used to rank teams with the same points total.
Former Armenia midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan was in Inter’s matchday squad but remained an unused substitute.
Genoa settled their match against Juventus in the first half at the Luigi Ferraris stadium on 28 October. Tommaso Baldanzi supplied the pass for defender Kingsley Ehizibue to score in the 12th minute, then scored himself in the 28th.
At Monza’s U-Power stadium, Rasmus Hojlund put Napoli ahead in the 10th minute before Gustavo Varela equalised in the 43rd. Napoli scored three unanswered goals after half-time: Matteo Politano restored the lead in the 48th minute, defender Rafa Marin added the third in the 62nd and Kevin De Bruyne completed the scoring in the 67th.
The contrasting results put Napoli ahead of Juventus on tiebreakers before their meeting on 1 November. Genoa stood 13th with 10 points, while Monza were 16th with seven.
Maduka Okoye saved Adrian Bernabe’s penalty as Parma and Udinese drew 0–0 on 28 October, taking one point each.
Venezia had a goal by Lion Lauberbach disallowed after a video review in the 29th minute. The match remained goalless until two late own goals decided it.
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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Armsport.am named Matias Moreno as the own-goal scorer in the 79th minute and Akor Adams as the scorer three minutes later, doubling Inter’s advantage. Guardian Sport named Moreno and Redouane Halhal and said the goals came two minutes apart.
Samuel Mbangula scored a hat-trick—three goals—for Bologna, whose other goal came from Milan defender Davide Bartesaghi putting the ball into his own net. Alphadjo Cissé scored twice for Milan, but the hosts suffered their first Serie A defeat of the season, losing 4–2 on 28 October.
On 27 October, Roma came from behind to beat Cagliari 4–2 at the Stadio Olimpico, having won only one of their previous four league games. Mbala Nzola opened the scoring with a 10th-minute penalty. Emanuele Lulli headed in Nahuel Molina’s cross in the 15th minute, then supplied the cross for Niccolò Pisilli to put Roma ahead in the 22nd. Daniel Maldini made it 2–2 in the 82nd.
Rodrigo Mora restored Roma’s lead in the 85th minute, heading in Daniele Ghilardi’s cross at the far post. Two minutes later, Donyell Malen exchanged passes with Mora and finished beneath the goalkeeper.
Como won 3–1 at Torino’s Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino on 27 October, ending the hosts’ run of three consecutive league wins. Che Adams put Torino ahead in the 25th minute. Jacobo Ramón equalised in the 82nd with a close-range header from Nico Paz’s cross. Paz then headed in a cross himself for the winner in the 88th minute.
Martin Baturina added Como’s third two minutes into stoppage time, forcing an error near the edge of Torino’s penalty area and finishing from 10 yards.
| Club | Position | Points | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inter | 1 | 25 | 28 October |
| Lazio | 2 | 25 | 28 October |
| Roma | 3 | 21 | 27 October |
| Como | 4 | 20 | 27 October |
| Milan | 5 | 18 | 28 October |
| Napoli | 6 | 14 | 28 October |
| Juventus | 8 | 14 | 28 October |
| Torino | 8 | 13 | 27 October |
| Cagliari | 9 | 13 | 27 October |
| Bologna | 11 | 11 | 28 October |
| Genoa | 13 | 10 | 28 October |
| Monza | 16 | 7 | 28 October |
| Venezia | Last | 3 | 28 October |
Roma, Como, Torino and Cagliari had each played nine matches after the 27 October fixtures. Round nine remains unfinished, so the standings are provisional.
On 31 October, Milan host Inter in the derby, Bologna host Monza and Udinese host Roma. On 1 November, Como host Venezia, Torino visit Frosinone and Cagliari visit Lazio.
Genoa also visit Lecce on 1 November, when Juventus host Napoli in Turin with the two clubs level on points.
Two stoppage-time goals lifted Inter above Lazio on goal difference in Italy’s top football league.
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Inter, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan in the starting line-up, beat Fiorentina 2–1 with two added-time goals and Lazio beat Parma 2–1; Roma drew 3–3 at Napoli to stay unbeaten after eight matches.
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