Following last night's 2-0 away win at Lazio Inter still lead Roma by two points with two more games to play for each side. Inter will have to play Chievo at home and Siena away in their last league games of the season, is the title race already over?
Roma have ensured a fifth Coppa Italia final in six years against Internazionale on Wednesday will be anything other than dull after saying Jose Mourinho's side should be ashamed of Sunday's league win at Lazio.
The Italian Serie A will re-start on January 6th, here is how the top of the table looks like before Christmas (17 games have been played):
1. AC Milan -36 points
2. Napoli -33 points
3. Lazio -33 points
4. Juventus -31 points
5. Roma -29 points
Who will win the title this season?
The Italian capital derby will take place on Sunday as fierce rivals Roma and Lazio will meet for the third time this season. Roma have won the previous two encounters, 2-0 in the league and 2-1 in the Italian cup, so Lazio will be keen on getting revenge. Roma are coming from a severe Champions League defeat, 3-0 at the hands of Shakhtar Donetsk and are currently 6th in the league while Lazio beat Palerom 2-0 last week and are in 4th place in the Serie A.
The classic Rome derby finds the two sides in unexpected positions: Lazio are the surprising league leaders after having a fabulous start to the season while Roma are slowly trying to climb up the table after a poor debut to the campaign. Sunday's game will leave Lazio top of the table regardless of the result but there will surely be plenty of determination both on and off the pitch.
Alberto Aquilani arrived from Roma to Anfield with high hopes and a rather dismal haircut. The only thing that's changed is the hopes, they've been curtailed with injuries, poor results and an overall poor season. What do you think of his stay on Anfield so far?
Pandev was signed by Inter in 2001 and given on loan to numerous teams in the Serie A to gain experience. He was then transferred to Lazio, and will now make his way back to Inter, to make up for the loss of Samuel Eto'o to the African Cup of nations.
Fourteen matches were played until now in the Italian Serie a and the title race seems to be closer than ever especially since defending champions Inter are down in 5th place. The top five looks like this:
1 AC Milan 30 points
2 Lazio 27 points
3 Juventus 24 points
4 Napoli 24 points
5 Inter 23 points
