Lazio visit bottom side Venezia as Bologna-Torino becomes a six-pointer

Nine matches from Friday 18 September will shape both ends of the table. Roma and Inter lead on 12 points after four rounds. Behind them, Como and Lazio have 10, Cagliari 9, Milan 8, and Frosinone, Juventus and Sassuolo 7. Napoli sit 10th on 6. At the bottom, Bologna, Parma, Monza and Genoa are all level on 1 point, with Venezia still on zero.

Lazio travel to bottom club Venezia on Saturday evening at 20:45. Venezia have taken no points from four games; a Lazio win would put them right behind the top two. On Sunday 20 September, third-placed Como, on 10 points, go to Frosinone, seventh on 7 points, at 15:00 — another test for a side trying to stay in touch with the leaders.

Napoli eye Europe at Fiorentina

Sunday's programme starts at 12:30 with Fiorentina-Napoli. Fiorentina are 15th on 3 points, deep in the relegation zone, and host a Napoli side with an eye on a European place. Later the same afternoon, Parma and Genoa — level on 1 point — meet in another direct relegation clash, each trying to avoid being left isolated at the bottom.

The round closes with Juventus-Atalanta at 18:00, pitting the eighth-placed side on 7 points against 11th-placed Atalanta on 6, and Milan-Lecce at 20:45, with sixth-placed Milan on 8 points hosting 12th-placed Lecce on 6. Plenty could shift, from the top of the table to the bottom.