Overview
- Francisco Conceição struck before halftime and Lois Openda added his first Serie A goal for Juventus since joining from Leipzig, with Tommaso Baldanzi replying for Roma.
- The win lifted Juventus to 29 points, one behind fourth-placed Roma on 30 in the provisional standings.
- Inter, Milan, Napoli and Bologna had Round 16 matches deferred to January because of Supercoppa commitments in Saudi Arabia.
- Fiorentina routed Udinese 5-1 in Florence after goalkeeper Maduka Okoye was sent off in the eighth minute, and Moise Kean scored twice.
- Despite the breakthrough, Fiorentina remain bottom with 9 points, five short of 17th place; Lazio and Cremonese drew 0-0 in another Round 16 match.