Week 38

SERIE A · 2017/18 SEASON

Serie A table 2017/18

Season 2017/18 · Actual

See the top scorers

At a glance

Best attack
89Lazio · scored
Best defence
24Juventus · conceded
Most wins
30Juventus · wins
Goals per match
2.68per match
  • Champions League
  • Relegation
  • win
  • draw
  • defeat
Serie A standings, 2017/18 season
#ClubMPWDLGFGAGDFormPts
1, Champions LeagueJuventus3830538624+6295
2, Champions LeagueNapoli3828737729+4891
3, Champions LeagueRoma3823876128+3377
4, Champions LeagueInter38201266630+3672
5Lazio3821988949+4072
6Milan381810105642+1464
7Atalanta381612105739+1860
8Fiorentina38169135446+857
9Torino381315105446+854
10Sampdoria38166165660−454
11Sassuolo381110172959−3043
12Genoa38118193343−1041
13Chievo381010183659−2340
14Udinese38124224863−1540
15Bologna38116214052−1239
16Cagliari38116213361−2839
17Spal38814163959−2038
18, RelegationCrotone3898214066−2635
19, RelegationVerona3874273078−4825
20, RelegationBenevento3863293384−5121

What to look at beyond the points

Points tell you what happened, not how likely it was. Putting actual points beside expected points (xPts) — what a team would have collected if every match had finished the way the chances created and conceded suggested — shows who is running above their performance and who is running below it.

  • Running above expectation: Juventus, 23.6 points more than their performances suggest.
  • Running below expectation: Benevento, 12.1 points fewer than their performances suggest.

A wide gap tends to narrow as the season goes on, but this is not a forecast: it marks where results and performances disagree.

Frequently asked questions

How often is the table updated?

After every match. Results are picked up within minutes of the final whistle and the table recalculates itself.

How many teams are in Serie A?

Twenty, across 38 matchdays: every team plays every other team home and away.

What are expected points (xPts)?

An estimate of how many points a team would have taken if every match had finished the way its expected goals suggested — that is, the quality of the chances created and conceded. They separate performance from luck.

Why is there no xPts table for some past seasons?

Because it needs per-match expected goals, and a few seasons have none from our source. Where the data is missing we would rather show nothing than show an invented estimate.

How to read the table

Each row is a team, ordered by points. A win is worth three points, a draw one, a defeat none. MP is matches played, W D L are wins, draws and defeats, GF and GA are goals scored and conceded, and GD is the difference between them. The Form column shows recent results, oldest first.

What happens when teams are level on points

Serie A does not start from goal difference, as the Premier League and Bundesliga do. It looks at the head-to-head record first, and that often changes the final order:

  1. Points taken in the matches between the tied teams
  2. Goal difference in those matches
  3. Overall goal difference
  4. Goals scored across the season

When more than two teams are level, a mini-table is drawn up — the classifica avulsa — counting only the matches they played against each other.

For the title and for relegation, a tie is not settled on paper: a play-off is played. The title decider is a single match at the better-placed team's ground, and if it is still level it goes straight to penalties.