Week 38

SERIE A · 2018/19 SEASON

Serie A table 2018/19

Season 2018/19 · Actual

See the top scorers

At a glance

Best attack
77Atalanta · scored
Best defence
30Juventus · conceded
Most wins
28Juventus · wins
Goals per match
2.68per match
  • Champions League
  • Relegation
  • win
  • draw
  • defeat
Serie A standings, 2018/19 season
#ClubMPWDLGFGAGDFormPts
1, Champions LeagueJuventus3828647030+4090
2, Champions LeagueNapoli3824777436+3879
3, Champions LeagueAtalanta3820997746+3169
4, Champions LeagueInter3820995733+2469
5Milan38191185536+1968
6Roma38181286648+1866
7Torino38161575237+1563
8Lazio38178135646+1059
9Sampdoria38158156051+953
10Bologna381111164856−844
11Sassuolo38916135360−743
12Udinese381110173953−1443
13Spal38119184456−1242
14Parma381011174161−2041
15Cagliari381011173654−1841
16Fiorentina38817134745+241
17Genoa38814163957−1838
18, RelegationEmpoli38108205170−1938
19, RelegationFrosinone38510232969−4025
20, RelegationChievo38214222575−5020

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, 21.0 points more than their performances suggest.
  • Running below expectation: Fiorentina, 17.7 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.