Serie A fight for top 4: How Champions League spot will be decided

Although the Scudetto has a provision for a play-off, that is not the case for lower down the table.

If two teams finish level on points in Serie A, they are separated first by their head-to-head record, then goal difference in the head-to-head, only then do they look at goal difference overall and total goals scored.

The situation is even more complicated if three or more teams finish level on points.

In that case, a Classifica Avulsa is drawn up – a mini-league table collating the head-to-head results of the sides involved.

To make matters even tougher to calculate, there are still some showdowns yet to be played, so the pattern of head-to-head records is incomplete.

Here is the situation as it stands.

Serie A head-to-head records

Atalanta, 68 points, played 35

Advantage over Bologna and Juventus

Disadvantage with Lazio

Still to play with Roma

Juventus, 64 points, played 36

Advantage over Lazio and Milan

Level with Roma, Bologna and Fiorentina

Disadvantage with Atalanta

Lazio, 64 points, played 36

Advantage over Atalanta and Milan

Level with Fiorentina

Disadvantage with Bologna, Roma and Juventus

Roma, 63 points, played 35

Advantage over Lazio

Level with Lazio

Disadvantage with Bologna and Fiorentina

Still to play against Atalanta and Milan

Bologna, 62 points, played 36

Advantage over Lazio and Roma

Level with Juventus

Disadvantage with Atalanta and Milan

Still to play against Fiorentina

Milan, 60 points, played 36

Advantage over Bologna

Disadvantage with Juventus, Lazio and Fiorentina

Still to play against Roma

Fiorentina, 59 points, played 35

Advantage over Juventus, Roma and Milan

Disadvantage with none

Level with Lazio

Still to play against Bologna