CHIEVO VERONA

It was a closer game than they may have been expecting, but after 78 minutes of toil against a determined Chievo, Fiorentina finally found a winner, with Marcelo Larrondo opening his viola account.

Neither of these sides have been in great form of late, but with Vincenzo Montella's side having played some of the best football Italy has seen this season, they're clear favourites.

90 minutes of defensive play and long balls have seen Chievo and Palermo draw 1-1 at the Bentegodi.

Not one of the more glamorous fixtures of round 25, this one will nevertheless have serious ramifications at the bottom of the table, as Palermo look to end their winless streak and move towards safety.

Following their 3-1 defeat at the hands of lowly Siena last week, Inter are being labelled as a club in crisis. Chievo Verona will look to pile more misery on them following good showings against Lazio and Juventus lately.

All I can say is that we need a result to turn this around. Just a point. One stinking point. 'Cause I would really like to go one full season with the same coach.

Thanks to first-half goals by Alessandro Matri and Stephan Lichtsteiner, Juventus got back to winning with a 2-1 victory in Verona over Chievo.

You know this whole thing where Juventus has been dropping points in games they should be winning as of late? Yeah, it's not exactly the most exciting thing in the world to deal with. Even though...