In the early morning of January 24, Beijing time, the 23rd round of the Serie A match was played for 6 more matches. In this round, AC Milan played Juventus at home, Empoli at home against Roma, Turin at home against Sassuolo, Sampdoria away to Spezia, Napoli at home to Salernitana and Cagliari at home to Fiorentina.
AC Milan drew 0-0 with Juventus. Just two minutes into the game, Cuadrado's corner kick went straight into the goal and Menion lifted the ball out. In the 20th minute Leo fired a powerful shot from the edge of the penalty area and Szczesny fell to the ground to save the ball. In the 28th minute, Ibrahimovic was substituted for injury. In the 69th minute, Olivier Giroud's header was headed at goal and the angle of the ball was too right for Szczesny to get straight.
Roma beat Empoli 4-2 away. Tammy Abraham took the lead for Roma in the 25th minute, and in the 33rd minute Mancini scored a goal in a melee to extend Roma's 2-0 advantage. In the 35th minute Oliveira shoveled the ball and the score became 3-0. Zagnolo scored in the 37th minute to give Roma a 4-0 lead. Pinamonti scored a goal for the home team in the 55th minute, and In the 71st minute Baraymi scored another goal for Empoli.
In several other matches, Napoli beat Salernitana 4-1 at home, Spezia won 1-0 against Sampdoria, Turin drew 1-1 with Sassuolo and Cagliari drew 1-1 with Fiorentina.
Napoli surpassed AC Milan after a big win in this round and rose to the second place in the table. AC Milan scored 49 points and temporarily finished 3rd in the table. Juventus scored 42 points after scoring one point in this round, temporarily ranking 5th in the table. Roma reached 38 points after the big win, rising to 6th in the table.