Week 38

SERIE A · 2020/21 SEASON

Serie A table 2020/21

Season 2020/21 · Actual

See the top scorers

At a glance

Best attack
90Atalanta · scored
Best defence
35Inter · conceded
Most wins
28Inter · wins
Goals per match
3.06per match
  • Champions League
  • Relegation
  • win
  • draw
  • defeat
Serie A standings, 2020/21 season
#ClubMPWDLGFGAGDFormPts
1, Champions LeagueInter3828738935+5491
2, Champions LeagueMilan3824777441+3379
3, Champions LeagueAtalanta3823969047+4378
4, Champions LeagueJuventus3823967738+3978
5Napoli3824598641+4577
6Lazio38215126155+668
7Roma38188126858+1062
8Sassuolo381711106456+862
9Sampdoria38157165254−252
10Verona381112154648−245
11Genoa381012164758−1142
12Bologna381011175165−1441
13Fiorentina38913164759−1240
14Udinese381010184258−1640
15Spezia38912175272−2039
16Cagliari38910194359−1637
17Torino38716155069−1937
18, RelegationBenevento38712194075−3533
19, RelegationCrotone3865274592−4723
20, RelegationParma38311243983−4420

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: Inter, 16.8 points more than their performances suggest.
  • Running below expectation: Parma, 19.2 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.