The Matchday
Serie A matchday 8: what do form, head-to-heads and margins tell us?
Ten matches from 23 to 25 October: Inter and Lazio on 19 points, Roma with 3 goals conceded, and margins compared operator by operator.
Published 22 October 2026
Inter and Lazio lead the table on 19 points after seven matches, with 13 from their last five. From 23 to 25 October they host Fiorentina and Parma; Roma, third on 17, visit Napoli with 3 goals conceded, the fewest among this round's teams.
Across the ten matches, median margins range from Netwin's 3.92% to bwin's 7.43%. We compare that snapshot alongside standings, form and head-to-heads; updated prices come from the feed in the matchday section.
Margins, operator by operator
| Operator | Matches | Median margin | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netwin | 10 | 3.92% | 3.22% | 4.49% |
| Betflag | 10 | 6.28% | 5.85% | 6.53% |
| Betsson | 10 | 6.65% | 6.16% | 7.14% |
| bwin | 10 | 7.43% | 6.37% | 8.23% |
Recorded on 22 October 2026 at 22:13, Italian time. Source: official operator feeds via api.oddsonar.com. The comparison covers the full-time result and only matches with all three prices available for each of the four operators: all ten in this snapshot.
Compared with Betflag, Betsson and bwin, Netwin records the lowest margin on all ten. The gap between highest and lowest margins ranges from 2.41 percentage points on Inter-Fiorentina to 4.92 on Cagliari-Bologna. These figures belong to the stated snapshot; the matchday section reads prices when the page opens.
The previous round in numbers: Serie A matchday 7: what do form, head-to-heads and margins show?
Inter and Lazio: level on points, different opponents
Inter-Fiorentina pairs this round's highest-scoring attack, 21 goals, with its leakiest defence, 17 conceded. Fiorentina are eighteenth on 4 points. The six archived meetings, across all competitions, produced four Inter wins, one draw and one Fiorentina win. One was in the Coppa Italia; the latest available dates from January 2024.
Lazio-Parma: Lazio are second, Parma nineteenth on 4 points. Goals scored stand at 14 against 4; Parma have taken 4 points from their last five matches. The six meetings, all in Serie A, produced three Lazio wins, two draws and one Parma win.
Napoli-Roma: the defence with 3 goals conceded
Roma have taken 11 points from their last five matches, Napoli 7. Napoli are ninth on 10 points, with 7 goals conceded against Roma's 3. All six archived meetings were in Serie A: two Napoli wins, three draws and one Roma win.
Atalanta-Frosinone: 3 points against 10 from the last five
Atalanta are eleventh on 9 points, Frosinone sixth on 13. Recent form accounts for 3 points for Atalanta and 10 for Frosinone. The six Serie A meetings produced four Atalanta wins, one draw and one Frosinone win; the latest available dates from January 2024.
Genoa-Venezia: the records include Serie B
Genoa are seventeenth on 4 points, Venezia bottom on 3. They have conceded 13 and 16 goals respectively. The six meetings, across all competitions, produced three Genoa wins, two draws and one Venezia win: four were in Serie A, two in Serie B. The latest available dates from February 2025.
The other five, briefly
- Torino-Monza — 10 points against 7, matching their respective totals from the last five. The six Serie A meetings produced three Torino wins and three draws.
- Cagliari-Bologna — 13 points against 5, but both have scored 6 goals. From the last five, Cagliari have 10 points and Bologna 5. The six Serie A meetings produced four Bologna wins, one draw and one Cagliari win.
- Como-Sassuolo — Como are fifth on 14 points, Sassuolo thirteenth on 8; both have scored 12 goals. From the last five, 10 points against 5. The archive holds two meetings, both in Serie A: one win each.
- Lecce-Juventus — 9 points against 11, with 9 goals scored each. From the last five, Lecce have taken 6 points, Juventus 5. The six Serie A meetings produced four Juventus wins and two draws.
- Udinese-Milan — Udinese are sixteenth on 4 points, Milan fourth on 15. From the last five, 0 points against 9. The six Serie A meetings produced two Udinese wins and four Milan wins.
This matchday's odds, right now
Odds for the ten matches, read from official feeds when the page opens. The comparison across operators is on the odds page.
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How to read the data
Standings and form come from ESPN: the table covers seven games, form the last five reported. Head-to-heads come from the openfootball archive: these are the latest available meetings, not the entire history of the fixtures. Coppa Italia and Serie B entries are identified in each comparison.
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