After collecting a point from their opening 18 matches, have Benevento turned their luck around courtesy of the resurgence of a journeyman striker? The Benevento forward is a hard-grafting journeyman, 29 years old and playing only his second season of Serie A football. But he broke his duck with the winner against Chievo and then followed that by obliterating Sampdoria. Talking points• As Roma struggled, Lazio moved up to third with a 5-2 win over Spal. At 20 years old, he trails only Giovanni Simeone (who grabbed the equaliser this weekend) in the Viola’s scoring charts.

Source: The Guardian January 08, 2018 12:49 UTC