Defending Serie A champions Napoli saw their non-winning league ways continue on Friday with a goalless draw against mid-table Monza.
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— Lega Serie A (@SerieA_EN) December 29, 2023
🧤Outstanding saves at both ends kept the game level at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona ⚔️#NapoliMonza pic.twitter.com/gpxad9AGO7
The result left Walter Mazzarri's team, missing banned strikers Matteo Politano and Victor Osimhen, in seventh place in the table on 28 points.
Inter Milan are currently top on 44 points, with Juventus in second on 40.
Mazzarri's frustrations boiled over with his misfiring side, and the coach was shown a yellow card in the 82nd minute.
His Monza counterpart Raffaele Palladino was also sent off from the sidelines late in the game.
Monza's Matteo Pessina had a penalty saved by Mario Rui, guilty of handball, in the 65th minute, while Napoli's best chance came from a first-half effort by Zambo Anguissa.
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— Lega Serie A (@SerieA_EN) December 29, 2023
🧤Terracciano and Di Gregorio stealing the spotlight to keep @acffiorentinaen and @acmonza level with @torinofc1906_en and @en_sscnapoli. Plenty of action left in the two openers of this weekend's #SerieA games! 🤝#FiorentinaTorino 0-0#NapoliMonza 0-0 pic.twitter.com/nE8FLPJ5s3
Leaders Inter Milan were also held to a draw at newly-promoted Genoa in one of two later games on Friday.
Such was the smoke from flares early in the first half in Genoa, the referee was forced to halt the game for eight minutes before it cleared and play resumed.
Inter went on to open the scoring through Marko Arnautovic in the 42nd minute after he picked up on a parried Nicolo Barella strike for his first goal of the season.
Genoa drew level in the dying seconds of the opening period thanks to a powerful Radu Dragusin header from a corner.
🙌 Un punto per il Grifone al Ferraris
— Genoa CFC (@GenoaCFC) December 29, 2023
⏹️ FT: #GenoaInter 1️⃣-1️⃣ pic.twitter.com/u9p0MkJzFu
The pick of Saturday's action sees Juventus hosting Roma, who beat Napoli 2-0 last week.
Juve could move to within a point of Inter with a victory over Jose Mourinho's team.
RESULTS ON FRIDAY:
Fiorentina 1 (Ranieri 83) Torino 0
Genoa 1 (Dragusin 45+7) Inter Milan 1 (Arnautovic 42)
Lazio 3 (Castellanos 70, Isaksen 72, Patric 84) Frosinone 1 (Soule 58-pen)
Napoli 0 Monza 0
Napoli 0 Monza 0
𝗙𝗧@ACFFiorentinaEN left it late, but better late than never as they close out the year with a hard-fought win 💪💜#FiorentinaTorino pic.twitter.com/ol8bEbhwt9
— Lega Serie A (@SerieA_EN) December 29, 2023
SATURDAY FIXTURES
Atalanta v Lecce
Udinese v Bologna
Cagliari v Empoli
AC Milan v Sassuolo
Verona v Salernitana
Juventus v AS Roma