🇮🇹 Five reasons you must watch Serie A this weekend

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After a dramatic midweek of European action for Italian sides, it is time to refocus attention on domestic matters and here are five reasons to tune in this weekend.

Conte out to end Juve's run

At the best of times this fixture is fiery between two clubs with a historical and passionate dislike (to put it mildly) for each other.

When you add in the fresh factors that Napoli are going for the title, Juventus are yet to lose in Serie A this season and former Bianconeri hero Antonio Conte is in the dugout on the opposite side now, it adds further spice to an already tasty tussle.

Not that Conte himself, a man who previously did lead Juve to an undefeated campaign, is concerned by their unbeaten run - as he fanned the flames a little ahead of this reunion.

"We have a lot of respect for them and some of their draws could have been wins but unbeatable teams don't exist and sooner or late you have to lose," Conte warned. "Defeat is a part of life."

Milan must end San Siro wait

Incredibly, it has now been two months since Milan fans watched their team win a Serie A fixture at home.

It is a monkey that new coach Sergio Conceiçao must get off his back as quickly as possible and Parma's trip to Lombardy this weekend gives them the chance to do so, although winning after Champions League outings has been an issue this season.

New arrival Kyle Walker isn't expected to play a part and with Emerson Royal now injured, Davide Calabria is in line to start.

As is Christian Pulisic, who is fully fit again and ready to feature from the off and send the Rossoneri into a big week (they face Dinamo Zagreb and Inter next) on a high.

A big Inter victory?

With Inter's trip to Lecce sandwiched between two Champions League fixtures, Simone Inzaghi is likely to rotate his side somewhat but even then, this isn't a game that is likely to cause them too many problems - if history is anything to go by.

Why is that? Because Lecce have lost to the Nerazzurri in Serie A more than any other team (29 times in 37 meetings) and conceded more goals to them (87) than anyone else too.

Inter have also won each of their last five duels with the Salentini and are also riding a seven game winning streak away from home ahead of this trip south.

Only once in top flight history have they achieved a longer run of victories on the road: 11 under Roberto Mancini from October 2006 until March 2007.

Record holder out to inflict more pain

Paulo Dybala holds a rather distinctive and impressive piece of Serie A history.

In his 21 Serie A appearances against Udinese, he has been directly involved in 21 goals, scoring 12 of his own and assisting nine.

Since such data collection began in 2004, no player has a better record against a single opponent in the history of the competition.

With Roma travelling to Friuli on Sunday, he has the chance to add to that tally and set a potentially insurmountable mark.

Can Fiorentina end worrying run?

Despite some explosive public comments from both coach Raffaele Palladino and Fiorentina board members last week, it didn't have the desired effect.

Their struggles continued against Torino, who played the majority of the game with 10 men and fell a goal behind to the hosts in Florence but still managed to escape with a point.

That saw the Viola's winless streak in Serie A extend to six games - their worst such run for over four years.

Against Lazio, who are currently occupying fourth place, on the road things don't get any easier as they aim to avoid a full-blown crisis breaking out.

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