Roma missed the chance to put pressure on Serie A leaders Juventus after playing out a frustrating goalless draw with Inter in front of a half empty Stadio Olimpico last night.
Rudi Garcia’s side stay second on 58 points after an underwhelming display in an eerily quiet stadium shorn of the boisterous support from the Curva Sud and Curva Nord sections, closed following offensive chanting in previous home games.
Champions Juve can move 11 points clear with a win at Milan tonight that would make their third straight league title almost a formality.
The closest the hosts came to claiming the three points was after half an hour when Mattia Destro was ruled offside as his close-range shot rebounded off the post and back to Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovic, who comically spilled the ball over the line.
Inter stay fifth on 41 points, six ahead of Milan, but should have had a penalty in the 15th minute when Mauro Icardi was tugged back in the area by Medhi Benatia just as the Inter striker flashed a volley wide. The away side are unbeaten in four games but will drop down to sixth place if surprise package Verona, who are two points behind Inter, beat Bologna at home this afternoon.
Third-placed Napoli can close the gap between themselves and Roma to four points should they win at relegation-threatened Livorno today.
Serie A
Played yesterday
Roma 0
Inter 0
Att: 39,000.
Playing today – 15.00
Atalanta vs Chievo
Cagliari vs Udinese - 12.30
Genoa vs Catania
Fiorentina vs Lazio - 20.45
Livorno vs Napoli - 18.30
Milan vs Juventus - 20.45
Sassuolo vs Parma
Torino vs Sampdoria
Verona vs Bologna
Standings
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| Juventus | 25 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 60 | 19 | 66 |
| Roma | 25 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 49 | 11 | 58 |
| Napoli | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 28 | 51 |
| Fiorentina | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 28 | 45 |
| Inter | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 43 | 29 | 41 |
| Verona | 25 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 43 | 42 | 39 |
| Parma | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 38 | 29 | 37 |
| Torino | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 39 | 32 | 36 |
| Milan | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 35 | 35 |
| Lazio | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 34 | 35 |
| Genoa | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 32 |
| Udinese | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 29 | 36 | 28 |
| Sampdoria | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 37 | 28 |
| Atalanta | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 37 | 28 |
| Cagliari | 25 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 25 |
| Chievo | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 35 | 21 |
| Bologna | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 41 | 21 |
| Livorno | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 45 | 20 |
| Catania | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 43 | 19 |
| Sassuolo | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 54 | 17 |
Next fixtures
Saturday: 18.00 Udinese vs Milan; 20.45 Catania vs Cagliari.
Sunday: 12.30 Juventus vs Fiore-ntina. 15.00 Bologna vs Sassuolo; Chievo vs Genoa; Inter vs Torino; Lazio vs Atalanta; Parma vs Verona; Sampdoria vs Livorno. 20.45 Napoli vs Roma.
Serie B
Avellino 1 - Pescara 1
Brescia 0 - Carpi 2
Cesena 2 - Trapani 2
Cittadella 2 - Novara 2
Modena 2 - Crotone 0
Palermo 2 - Bari 1
Reggina 3 - Varese 4
Siena 1 - Empoli 1
Spezia 2 - Ternana 2
Lanciano 1 - Juve Stabia 0
Standings: Palermo 50; Empoli 46; Lanciano 44; Cesena 43; Trapani, Latina 42; Avellino 41; Spezia 40; Crotone 39; Carpi 38; Brescia 37; Siena, Varese 36; Modena, Pescara 35; Ternana 32; Bari 29; Novara 28; Cittadella 23; Reggina 22; Padova 21; Juve Stabia 15.