In the early morning of January 7, Beijing time, the 20th round of serie A matches ended with 6 competitions. In this round, AC Milan played Roma at home, Juventus faced Napoli at home, Lazio played Empoli at home, Spezia faced Verona at home, Sassuolo met Genoa at home, and Cagliari took on Sampdoria away.
AC Milan beat Roma 3-1. In the 4th minute, Olivier Giroud took a penalty and AC Milan took a 1-0 lead. In the 17th minute, Messias scored with an empty shot and AC Milan extended the advantage to two goals. In the 40th minute Pellegrini recovered a goal for Roma. In the 74th minute, Karlsdorp was sent off with two yellows and one red, and Roma fought with one less man. Dillo scored with a single knife to give AC Milan a 3-1 lead. Mancini was sent off in stoppage time, Roma had just nine men left on the pitch and Ibrahimovic took the penalty and was saved.
Juventus drew 1-1 with Napoli. In the 22nd minute of the match, Mertens scored a low shot from the right side of the penalty area to give Napoli a 1-0 lead. In the 54th minute, Chiesa's shot bounced into the net on the opposing player's leg and Juventus tied the score 1-1.
Lazio drew 3-3 with Empoli in a goals game, with Mobile scoring + conceding a penalty, and Milinkovic scored twice to score a final-minute goal. Sampdoria lost 1-2 to Cagliari, Spezia lost 1-2 to Verona and Sassuolo drew 1-1 with Genoa.
Ac Milan reached 45 points after two consecutive wins, and they temporarily trailed Inter Milan by one point in the next game and continued to be in the second place in the table. Napoli have accumulated 40 points after the draw with Juve in this round, temporarily ranking third in the table. Juve's two-game winning streak was ended, and with 35 points, they are at 5th place in the table, just three points away from the top four. Roma City's two teams, Roma and Lazio, scored 32 points to finish 7th and 8th respectively.