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The 2024-25 Serie A winners will be decided by a play-off, should Napoli and Inter Milan finish the season level on points.<\/b><\/p>\n
In 2022, the league reintroduced a rule which means teams who are contesting the title or battling relegation will face each other in a play-off if they have the same number of points, regardless of goal difference or head-to-head record.<\/p>\n
Napoli lead Inter by a single point going into the final weekend of the season. <\/p>\n
Should Napoli lose their final match of the campaign at home to Cagliari and Inter draw away at Como, the two title-chasers would both have 79 points after 38 Serie A matches.<\/p>\n
They would face each other in a one-off match on Monday, 26 May at either the San Siro in Milan or, for safety reasons, Rome’s Stadio Olimpico.<\/p>\n
A play-off could also determine which team is relegated.<\/p>\n
Like England’s Premier League, Serie A is a 20-team league where three teams are relegated.<\/p>\n
As it stands, 17th-placed Lecce, who are away to Lazio, and 18th-placed Empoli, who are at home to Hellas Verona, are both on 31 points. Parma (16th) are two points ahead, and Hellas Verona (15th) are three ahead.<\/p>\n
Should a relegation play-off take place, it will be a two-legged match with each side playing a leg at their home grounds.<\/p>\n
Both legs will be completed before Sunday, 1 June.<\/p>\n
There has only ever been one Serie A play-off match previously. It was a relegation decider at the end of the 2022-23 season, as Spezia lost 3-1 to Hellas Verona at a neutral venue.<\/p>\n
All other league positions where teams are level on points are decided by head-to-head record.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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