Serie B - 5a Giornata [R]

Saturday's games in the serie cadetta:
(all kickoffs 2:30 pm EDT):

ANCONA TERNANA
BARI NAPOLI
CAGLIARI GENOA - LIVE on RAI International
MESSINA LECCE
SALERNITANA LIVORNO
SAMPDORIA COSENZA
SIENA VICENZA
TRIESTINA PALERMO
VENEZIA ASCOLI
VERONA CATANIA

Classifica:
LIVORNO 6 2 0 0 3 0
COSENZA 6 2 0 0 4 2
ANCONA 4 1 1 0 5 3
SAMPDORIA 4 1 1 0 4 2
VENEZIA 4 1 1 0 3 2
BARI 4 1 1 0 2 0
CATANIA 4 1 1 0 6 5
CAGLIARI 4 1 1 0 3 2
TERNANA 3 1 0 1 3 1
SIENA 3 1 0 1 1 0
LECCE 3 1 0 1 4 5
PALERMO 3 1 0 1 3 4
NAPOLI 1 0 1 1 3 4
MESSINA 1 0 1 1 3 4
GENOA 1 0 1 1 2 3
VICENZA 1 0 1 1 2 3
VERONA 1 0 1 1 1 2
ASCOLI 1 0 1 1 0 2
TRIESTINA 0 0 0 2 1 4
SALERNITANA 0 0 0 2 1 5

 

Resultati:

Ancona 1 Ternana 1
Bari 0 Napoli 1
Cagliari 1 Genoa 0
Messina 0 Lecce 2
Salernitana 2 Livorno 1
Sampdoria 2 Cosenza 1
Siena 0 Vicenza 0
Triestina 2 Palermo 1
Venezia 1 Ascoli 1
Verona 2 Catania 0

Both 100% teams lost (including Salernitana whose win over Livorno likely saved Zeman from the sack), and both pointless teams won, so the classifica tightened with Samp and Cagliari at the top:

SAMPDORIA 7 2 1 0 6 3
CAGLIARI 7 2 1 0 4 2
LIVORNO 6 2 0 1 4 2
LECCE 6 2 0 1 6 5
COSENZA 6 2 0 1 5 4
ANCONA 5 1 2 0 6 4
VENEZIA 5 1 2 0 4 3
TERNANA 4 1 1 1 4 2
VERONA 4 1 1 1 3 2
BARI 4 1 1 1 2 1
SIENA 4 1 1 1 1 1
NAPOLI 4 1 1 1 4 4
CATANIA 4 1 1 1 6 7
PALERMO 3 1 0 2 4 6
TRIESTINA 3 1 0 2 3 5
SALERNITANA 3 1 0 2 3 6
VICENZA 2 0 2 1 2 3
ASCOLI 2 0 2 1 1 3
GENOA 1 0 1 2 2 4
MESSINA 1 0 1 2 3 6

Five players are tied for the goal-scoring lead with 3 apiece:

Chevanton - Lecce
Bazzani - Sampdoria
Oliveira - Catania
Maniero - Palermo
Protti - Livorno

 

Review article: http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/breps5.html