Key Soccerlytics insights:
- 13 games into the season, Roma has the most improved points total in Italy's Serie A compared to last year
- Roma has 13 additional points (33 points this year vs. 20 points last year) moving them 4 places up the table (2nd place this year vs. 6th last year)
- Similar to the trend with Southampton in England, Roma has conceded 20 less goals (3 goals conceded this year vs. 23 last year). Also similar to Southampton, Roma has actually scored 4 fewer goals this season (26 this year vs. 30 last year)
- Once again, a transfer market strategy focused on improving team balance and defense solidity seems to be paying the most dividends. Key signings such as Mehdi Benatia, Kevin Strootman and Maicon as well As De Rossi's return to his best form have been key to Roma's turnaround
- Genoa has the second highest total points improvement in Serie A with 9 more points (18 points this year vs. 9 last year) after matchday 13. Genoa is ranked 7th this year vs. 20th last year scoring 1 more goal this year than last and conceding 7 less goals
- Catania has the worst record in this category with 10 less points than last year, and Lazio has the second worst record with 6 less points than last year
- Interestingly, Milan's poor start to the season has earned them only 1 less point than they had at the same time last season when they ended up in 3rd. Conversely, Inter, a team widely considered to have improved drastically under Mazzarri has only 1 more point than Stramaccioni's Inter at the same time last year
Serie A Points Difference vs. last year ranked from highest to lowest as of 11/29/2013 (not including 3 newly promoted sides):
