Serie A wrap: Juve move top, Udinese also unbeaten

Juventus and Udinese joined Cagliari on two wins from as many Serie A games, with victories over Siena and Fiorentina respectively on Sunday.

An Alessandro Matri goal early in the 54th minute was enough to give Antonio Conte a second consecutive win and move them to the top of the table.

Matri topped off some fine work from Montenegrin attacker Mirko Vucinic, who finished a dazzling run by laying off to his strike partner, who tapped in from close range.

The first half was a rather dour affair with little goalmouth action, which was mainly due to Siena’s rugged defending and effective tactical set-up.

Matri and Andrea Pirlo both had unsuccessful attempts at goal, while Stephan Lichtsteiner was proving to be a threatening outlet down the right. But even he couldn’t forge an opening, as the sides went in goalless at half time.

However, Conte’s side managed to find a breakthrough just nine minutes after the break when Matri applied the finish to Vucinic’s cut-back.

Matri and substitute Arturto Vidal then had a great opportunity to put the result beyond doubt but they both failed to make contact with Fabio Grosso’s whipped cross from the left.

The Chilean was then played in all on his own minutes later, but he skied his shot high over the crossbar.

Antonio Di Natale and Mauricio Isla both scored in the opening half-hour to secure a 2-0 victory for Udinese at home to Fiorentina.

Di Natale converted an eighth-minute penalty, before defender Isla doubled their lead on 29 minutes.

Atalanta continued to reduce their six-point deduction handed to them at the start of the season, with a 1-0 victory over Palermo courtesy of Argentine striker German Denis’ goal.

The club remains bottom of the league table on -2 points, after a win and a draw in their opening two fixtures.

Goals either side of the break helped Lecce to a 2-0 away win over Bologna, with Guillermo Giacomazzi and Carlos Grossmuller on target for the visitors.

Maxi Lopez’s first-half injury-time penalty was all Catania needed to overcome Cesena 1-0.

Genoa came from behind to beat Lazio 2-1 in the Italian capital.

Giuseppe Sculli had the hosts ahead on 11 minutes, a lead they retained to the interval.

But second-half goals to Rodrigo Palacio and Juraj Kucka ensured Genoa left the Stadio Olimpico with all three points.

A Sebastian Giovinco brace saw Parma beat Chievo 2-1 at their Stadio Ennio Tardini home.

Giovinco opened the scoring on 24 minutes, but the visitors looked to have escaped with a point when Alberto Paloschi equalised 10 minutes from time.

But Giovinco struck once more, his 90th-minute winner then overshadowed by his dismissal deep into second-half injury-time.

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