Inter Milan slumped to their first defeat of season as Lazio registered a 3-1 win on Friday which takes the Roman club to the top of Serie A.
Serie A 2022 : Fixtures | Table | Highlights | Standings
The 2022–23 Serie A is the 121st season of top-tier Italian football, the 91st in a round-robin tournament, and the 13th since its organization under an own league committee, the Lega Serie A.
| Season | 2022–23 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 13 August 2022 – 4 June 2023 |
| Matches played | 22 |
| Goals scored | 54 (2.45 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (3 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Napoli 4–0 Monza (21 August 2022) |
| Biggest away win | Hellas Verona 2–5 Napoli (15 August 2022) |
Starting from the 2022–23 season, should the first and second, or 17th and 18th-placed teams at the end of the season be tied on points, a play-off tiebreaker match will be held at a neutral site to determine the title and final team relegated respectively.
The tiebreaker will not have extra time, and will instead directly go to a penalty shoot-out should the two teams be tied after 90 minutes. This is the first time play-offs have been used since the 2004–05 campaign.
Serie A 2022 Fixtures
The opening day of the 2022/23 Serie A season will be Sunday, Aug. 14 when all 20 clubs will be in action. There will be four midweek matchdays that will be played in order to fit the full season by May 28 and still account for the one-month World Cup break:
- Wednesday, Aug. 31Wednesday, Nov.
- 9Wednesday, Jan. 4Wednesday, May 3
The final matches before the World Cup break will take place on Nov. 12-13 and then the teams will return to the field for Wednesday, January 4, skipping the holiday season.
In addition to the seven-week FIFA World Cup break, there are two international FIFA fixture windows between Sept. 19-27, 2022 and March 20-28, 2023.
Serie A Table
| # | Teams | P | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lazio | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Napoli | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Roma | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Internazionale | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Juventus | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Milan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Atalanta | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Fiorentina | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Torino | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Udinese | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Sassuolo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Spezia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Bologna | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Empoli | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Salernitana | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Verona | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Cremonese | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Lecce | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Monza | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Highlights
Lazio’s Felipe Anderson, Luis Alberto and Pedro secured a 3-1 home victory over Inter Milan that took their side top of Serie A on Friday as the visitors dropped their first points of the season on coach Simone Inzaghi’s return to his old club.
Lazio provisionally lead the standings with seven points from three games, while Inter are a point behind in fourth.
Lazio flew out of the traps against Inter in an attempt to gain an early advantage, after they failed to score for the first time in 10 league games when they were held to a goalless draw by Torino last time out.
Clearly fired up, they sent the visitors an early alert when striker Ciro Immobile received a beautiful pass inside the box and tried to beat Inter keeper Samir Handanovic with a first-time shot which went just wide of the right post.
Lazio’s captain, who scored the most goals (27) during the 2021-22 Serie A season, had another chance in the 37th minute — this time on target — but his strike was cleared by Handanovic.
Standings
| Pos | Club | Matches | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points | |
| 1 | Milan | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 69 | 31 | 38 | 86 | |
| 2 | Inter | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 84 | 32 | 52 | 84 | |
| 3 | Napoli | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 74 | 31 | 43 | 79 | |
| 4 | Juventus | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 57 | 37 | 20 | 70 | |
| 5 | Lazio | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 77 | 58 | 19 | 64 | |
| 6 | Roma | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 59 | 43 | 16 | 63 | |
| 7 | Fiorentina | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 59 | 51 | 8 | 62 | |
| 8 | Atalanta | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 65 | 48 | 17 | 59 | |
| 9 | Verona | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 65 | 59 | 6 | 53 | |
| 10 | Torino | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 65 | 41 | 5 | 50 | |
| 11 | Sassuolo | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 46 | 66 | -2 | 50 | |
| 12 | Udinese | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 61 | 58 | 3 | 47 | |
| 13 | Bologna | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 44 | 55 | -11 | 46 | |
| 14 | Empoli | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 50 | 70 | -20 | 41 | |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 46 | 63 | -17 | 36 | |
| 16 | Spezia | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 41 | 71 | -30 | 36 | |
| 17 | Salernitana | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 78 | -45 | 31 | |
| 18 | Cagliari | 38 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 34 | 68 | -34 | 30 | |
| 19 | Genoa | 38 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 27 | 60 | -33 | 28 | |
| 20 | Venezia | 38 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 69 | -35 | 27 |