Serie A Previews: Samp risky for Roma

The Week 8 fixture list has some unusual kick-offs, but it starts today with Empoli-Cagliari, Parma-Sassuolo and Sampdoria-Roma.

Click here for individual previews of every single Serie A Week 8 game.

The Week 8 fixture list has some unusual kick-offs, but it starts today with Empoli-Cagliari, Parma-Sassuolo and Sampdoria-Roma.

Click here for individual previews of every single Serie A Week 8 game.

The weekend begins at 14.00 UK time with a relegation showdown between two very attack-minded teams, Empoli and Cagliari.

At 17.00 UK time we have another fight near the foot of the table and an Emilia-Romagna Derby, as Parma aim to end their crisis against a Sassuolo side capable of taking points off Juventus.

This evening Roma face a huge test, as Sampdoria are third in Serie A and still unbeaten, so can Sinisa Mihajlovic capitalise on the fall-out from a 7-1 Champions League defeat to Bayern Munich?

On Sunday there is no lunchtime game, but at 14.00 UK time leaders Juventus host Palermo, who have a surprisingly strong recent record in Turin.

Chievo-Genoa and high-flying Udinese against Atalanta also start at that time.

There are three 17.00 UK time kick-offs, as Inter visit tough cookies Cesena in a desperate bid to turn their season around.

Lazio take on Fabio Quagliarella’s Torino and Napoli aim to put their midweek misery behind them against unpredictable Hellas Verona.

The round concludes at 19.45 UK time with a huge showdown for European places between Milan and Fiorentina.

Tonight the clocks go back an hour, so from Sunday the UK times will also be GMT.