Incredible Serie A battle for top 4 has 5 teams in 5-point radius

Napoli’s shock 3-2 home defeat to Bologna means there are five Serie A teams in a five-point radius for three Champions League spots, as Juventus, Milan, Roma and Como close in.

The Partenopei would’ve mathematically secured a top four spot this evening with a victory at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.

Instead, they came back from 2-0 down for 2-2, only to then capitulate in stoppages to a spectacular Jonathan Rowe volley.

The result means that Napoli are now only two points clear of Juventus in third, but more importantly the gap from Milan and Roma is just three points.

Como are in there too, just five points adrift of second place with two rounds left to play.

This also guarantees that the five Week 37 fixtures involving these teams must all be played simultaneously on Sunday at 11.30 UK time (12.30 CEST).

That is organised to ensure none of the sides can get an unfair advantage by knowing the results of the other matches.

Napoli’s trip to Pisa could’ve been moved to the evening if their Champions League spot had been secured, but that is no longer the case.

Only the top four go into the Champions League in Serie A this season, so Inter are guaranteed, but there are five teams battling for the remaining three spots.

Goal difference is irrelevant in Serie A, so if two or more teams finish level on points, they are divided by their head-to-head record in the season.

If more than two sides are stuck together, then a mini-table is drawn up of all their head-to-head records.