A stunning first-half strike by Kwadwo Asamoah gave Serie A leaders Juventus a 1-0 win over fourth-placed Fiorentina to maintain their 100 per cent home record in the league yesterday.

Juve, on course for a third successive title, dominated the match as they made it 14 straight home wins although they had a let off when Fiorentina substitute Ryder Matos headed against the crossbar with 10 minutes to go.

Juventus have 72 points from 27 games, 14 points clear of second-placed Roma who were beaten by third-placed Napoli 1-0 in the evening game.

Roma had two good chances in the opening half through Gervinho and Michel Bastos.

The visitors, who had Kevin Strootman stretchered off after 12 minutes, also had the ball in the Napoli net but Mehdi Benatia’s header was ruled out for offside.

Callejon scored the goal that mattered nine minutes from time when he headed home a cross from Faouzi Ghoulam.

Lazio’s crisis deepened when they lost 1-0 at home to Atalanta in an almost deserted Stadio Olimpico as fans stayed away in the latest protest against club president Claudio Lotito.

Maxi Moralez piled on the misery when he snapped up a rebound to score on the hour and the hosts had midfielder Antonio Candreva sent off four minutes later when he was given a second booking for diving.

An unorthodox header by Rodrigo Palacio gave fifth-placed Inter a 1-0 win at home to Torino as they continued a slow but sure recovery from a mid-season crisis.

The Argentine appeared to be trying to head the ball back across goal but instead it looped over goalkeeper Daniele Padelli and into the net, extending Inter’s unbeaten run to five games.

Sampdoria scored four second-half goals to beat Livorno 4-2 after Ibrahima Mbaye scored a first-half brace for the relegation-threatened visitors.

Nenad Kristicic, a Federico Ceccherini own goal, Stefano Okaka and Manolo Gabbiadini replied for Sampdoria who have made huge strides under former Serbia coach Sinisa Mihajlovic.

Alberto Paloschi converted two penalties, the first after five minutes and the second deep into stoppage time, to give Chievo a 2-1 win over Genoa, who thought they had taken a point when Alberto Gilardino levelled in the 88th minute.

Parma beat Verona 2-0 while Sassuolo celebrated the return of coach Eusebio Di Francesco by drawing 0-0 at Bologna to end a seven-match losing run.

Di Francesco was fired in late January but returned last week after his replacement Alberto Malesani lost all five games in charge.

Fourth-placed Fiorentina have 45 points, one ahead of Inter with Parma a further point behind in sixth.

At the bottom, Chievo (24 points) and Bologna (23) are just outside the relegation zone which is occupied by Livorno (21), Chievo (20) and Sassuolo (18).

Juventus attacked relentlessly in the first half and nearly went ahead when Fiorentina goalkeeper Neto made a reflex save to block Asamoah’s deflected shot.

Asamoah was wide from the corner, Paul Pogba volleyed over from a good position and Juan Manuel Vargas cleared off the line as Juventus continued to pour forward.

They finally went ahead in the 42nd minute when Asamoah burst into the Fiorentina area and, despite being surrounded by four defenders, made space with a clever dragback and fired a right-foot shot into the top corner.

Results

Serie A

Bologna 0
Sassuolo 0

Att: 22,000.

Chievo 2
Paloschi 5 pen; Paloschi 90 pen;
Genoa 1
Gilardino 88;

HT: 1-0. Att: 11,000.

Inter 1
Palacio 30;
Torino 0

HT: 1-0. Att: 46,000.

Juventus 1
Asamoah 42;
Fiorentina 0

HT: 1-0. Att: 38,000.

Lazio 0
Atalanta 1
Moralez 60;

HT: 0-0. Att: 33,000.
Red card: Candreva (L) 64.

Napoli 1
Callejon 81;
Roma 0

HT: 0-0. Att: 55,000.

Parma 2
Biabiany 20; Schelotto 90;
Verona 0

HT: 1-0. Att: 12,000.

Sampdoria 4
Krsticic 49; Ceccherini 53og; Okaka 68; Gabbiadini 75;
Livorno 2
Mbaye 19, 27;

HT: 0-2. Att: 22,000.

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Juventus	27	23	3	1	63	19	72
Roma	26	17	7	2	49	12	58
Napoli	27	16	7	4	52	29	55
Fiorentina	27	13	6	8	45	30	45
Inter	27	11	11	5	44	29	44
Parma	26	11	10	5	41	29	43
Verona	27	12	4	11	43	44	40
Lazio	27	10	8	9	34	35	38
Torino	27	9	9	9	39	35	36
Milan	27	9	8	10	39	38	35
Genoa	27	9	8	10	31	34	35
Sampdoria	27	9	7	11	33	39	34
Atalanta	27	10	4	13	28	38	34
Udinese	27	9	4	14	30	39	31
Cagliari	27	6	11	10	27	36	29
Chievo	27	6	6	15	22	38	24
Bologna	27	4	11	12	22	41	23
Livorno	27	5	6	16	29	50	21
Catania	27	4	8	15	20	46	20
Sassuolo	27	4	6	17	25	55	18

Top scorers
15 goals: Tevez (Juventus).
14 goals: Rossi (Fiorentina).
13 goals: Higuain (Napoli), Immobile (Torino), Toni (Verona).
12 goals: Gilardino (Genoa), Palacio (Inter), Berardi (Sassuolo).

Next fixtures
Saturday: 20.45 Verona vs Inter.
Sunday: 12.30 Atalanta vs Samp-doria. 15.00 Cagliari vs Lazio; Livorno vs Bologna; Milan vs Parma; Sassuolo vs Catania. 20.45 Fiorentina vs Chievo; Genoa vs Juventus.
Monday: 19.00 Torino vs Napoli. 21.00 Roma vs Udinese.

Prima Divisione ‘A’
Savona vs Carrarese 1-1; AlbinoLeffe vs San Marino 0-0; Pro Patria vs Como 1-1; Lumezzane vs Pavia 0-2; SudTirol vs Vicenza 1-0; Reggiana vs Venezia 1-0; Pro Vercelli vs Cremonese 1-0; FeralpiSalo vs Entella 1-2.

Prima Divisione ‘B’
Viareggio vs Lecce 2-0; Perugia vs Barletta 3-0; Pontedera vs Catanzaro 0-0; Paganese vs L’Aquila 0-1; Benevento vs Frosinone 1-1; Ascoli vs Pisa 2-1; Grosseto vs Salernitana 2-1.