The Italian soccer record champions Juventus Turin continue their race to catch up in Serie A.
At Sampdoria Genoa, the old lady won 3-1 (2-0) on Saturday and has now gone 15 league games without defeat.
The gap to leaders AC Milan, who play FC Empoli in the evening (8:45 p.m.), has been reduced to four points for the time being.
An own goal by Maya Yoshida (23rd) gave Juve the lead. Alvaro Morata made it 2-0 with a penalty kick (34th). Antonio Candreva missed a hand penalty for Sampdoria (74′). Abdelhamid Sabiri (84th) shortened. With his second goal of the evening, Morata (89th) made the decision.