Serie A leaders Lazio made it four wins in a row as Inter, Juventus and Roma were all held.
Leaders win again as Juve and Roma frustrated away from home
Serie A leaders Lazio made it four wins in a row by edging out Cagliari as Inter Milan, Juventus and Roma were all held.
Lazio maintained their excellent start to the campaign by holding on for a 2-1 home victory over
Cagliari.
Sergio Floccari gave Lazio the lead midway through the first half and the advantage was doubled eight minutes after the break by Stefano Mauri.
Cagliari pulled one back just before the hour mark through Alessandro Matri, but Lazio stood firm to record another three points.
Vincenzo Iaquinta saw a first-half penalty saved as
Juventus were held to a frustrating 0-0 draw away to struggling
Bologna.
Roma also met with frustration on their travels after playing out a 0-0 stalemate with bottom club
Parma.
Cyril Thereau scored an injury-time winner as
Chievo Verona posted a 2-1 home success over 10-man
Cesena.
Bostjan Cesar gave Chievo a 31st minute lead, but Roberto Guana's own goal in first-half stoppage-time drew Cesena level.
Steve von Bergen was sent off for the visitors in the 88th minute and Thereau pounced for Chievo's winner a minute into injury-time.
Marco Rossi scored midway through the second half to earn
Genoa a 1-0 home win over
Catania which allowed them to leapfrog their opponents in the table.
Udinese hung on with 10 men to beat
Palermo 2-1 at home - a result which also lifts the club out of the relegation zone.
Medhi Benatia put Udinese ahead after just nine minutes and Antonio Di Natale's 54th minute penalty had the home team in command.
However, Andrea Coda was sent off on 65 minutes and Mauricio Pinilla's 83rd minute goal for Palermo set up a nervy finale.
Lecce also picked up a much-needed three points after coming from behind to see off
Brescia 2-1 at home.
Andrea Caracciolo put Brescia ahead on 19 minutes, but second-half goals from Edward Ofere and David Di Michele earned Lecce the points.
In the final game of the day, champions
Inter Milan had to come from behind to earn a 1-1 draw at home to
Sampdoria.
Stefano Guberti's volley from Antonio Cassano's cross opened the scoring just after the hour mark, but in-form Nerazzurri striker Samuel Eto'o poked home with 10 minutes remaining to level things up and earn a point.
Inter are now second in the table, four points behind leaders Lazio, while Samp drop to eighth.
