Serie A set for a fascinating finale – comparing the remaining fixtures of the top five teams

On Saturday night against Empoli, AC Milan will play their 29th game of the season meaning they have moved into the final 10 rounds, with so much still to play for.

As our colleagues at SempreMilan.it write, Milan will follow up this weekend’s game with quartet of games that are simple on paper but can never be underestimated: Cagliari (A), Bologna (H), Torino (A) and Genoa (H), before the last five fundamental clashes with Lazio (A), Fiorentina (H), Hellas Verona (A), Atalanta (H) and Sassuolo (A).

Here are the rivals’ fixture lists as a comparison, with the head to head clashes in italics…

➤ Inter: Torino (A), Fiorentina (H), Juventus (A), Hellas Verona (H), Spezia (A), Roma (H), Udinese (A), Empoli (H), Cagliari (A), Sampdoria (H), Bologna (A – game to be recovered).

➤ Napoli: Hellas Verona (A), Udinese (H), Atalanta (A), Fiorentina (H), Roma (H), Empoli (A), Sassuolo (H), Torino (A), Genoa (H), Spezia (A).

➤ Juventus: Sampdoria (A), Salernitana (H), Inter (H), Cagliari (A), Bologna (H), Sassuolo (A), Venezia (H), Genoa (A), Lazio (H), Fiorentina (A).

➤ Atalanta: Genoa (H), Bologna (A), Napoli (H), Sassuolo (A), Hellas Verona (H), Venezia (A), Salernitana (H), Spezia (A), Milan (A), Empoli (H), Torino (H – match to be recovered).