Week 38

SERIE A · 2019/20 SEASON

Serie A table 2019/20

Season 2019/20 · Actual

See the top scorers

At a glance

Best attack
98Atalanta · scored
Best defence
36Inter · conceded
Most wins
26Juventus · wins
Goals per match
3.04per match
  • Champions League
  • Relegation
  • win
  • draw
  • defeat
Serie A standings, 2019/20 season
#ClubMPWDLGFGAGDFormPts
1, Champions LeagueJuventus3826577643+3383
2, Champions LeagueInter38241048136+4582
3, Champions LeagueAtalanta3823969848+5078
4, Champions LeagueLazio3824687942+3778
5Roma38217107751+2670
6Milan38199106346+1766
7Napoli38188126150+1162
8Sassuolo38149156963+651
9Verona381213134751−449
10Fiorentina381213135148+349
11Parma38147175657−149
12Bologna381211155265−1347
13Udinese38129173751−1445
14Cagliari381112155256−445
15Sampdoria38126204865−1742
16Torino38117204668−2240
17Genoa38109194773−2639
18, RelegationLecce3898215285−3335
19, RelegationBrescia3867253579−4425
20, RelegationSpal3855282777−5020

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: Lazio, 16.4 points more than their performances suggest.
  • Running below expectation: Spal, 13.4 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.