REVIEW – Juventus wrap up 31st Italian league title

FOOTBALL – By defeating Sampdoria on Saturday, Juventus clinched their fourth consecutive Serie A title. It is Juventus’ 31st Italian top flight title and their 29th in the Serie A era. They won five straight ‘scudetti’ in the 1930s. This is a league record. The last champions that preceded Juventus were AC Milan in 2010/11. That team was also coached by current Juve manager Massimiliano Allegri.

REVIEW: Milan’s Serie A slump

FOOTBALL – Atalanta defeated Milan 1-0 in San Siro on Sunday. Both teams have now won two of their last 12 Serie A matches.

REVIEW: Juve’s 25 home winning streak ends

FOOTBALL – Juventus’ 1-1 draw against Sampdoria ended their record 25-match home winning streak in Serie A. See below how this compares to other leagues.

THE WAVE: Sampdoria v Napoli

FOOTBALL – Sampdoria and Napoli played a one-all draw in Serie A on Monday, 1 December. The Wave shows the many fluctuations of this match between the teams. Napoli scored a late goal (90+2′) to divide the points between the teams, which seems to be a reflection of the Wave.

THE WAVE: Juventus – Parma

FOOTBALL – The Wave shows Juve’s total dominance over Parma in their biggest Serie A win (7-0) since 12 September 1983 (7-0 v Ascoli). It only shows a small wave for Parma in the first half before Juve’s second goal.

REVIEW: Higuaín scores second hat-trick of year

FOOTBALL – Gonzalo Higuain scored a hat-trick for Napoli as Napoli defeated Verona 6-2 in Serie A on Sunday.

THE WAVE: Juventus v AS Roma

FOOTBALL – Juventus (red) pushed hard in the final 10 minutes which resulted in the only goal in the second half against AS Roma (blue). Roma’s wave only showed some action in the first half when they scored their goals.

REVIEW: Immobile and Cristiano Ronaldo become top scorers

FOOTBALL – Ciro Immobile became the first Serie A top scorer representing Torino since Francesco Graziani (1976/77). Cristiano Ronaldo became La Liga top scorer for the first time since 2010/11. Ronaldo finished the season with 31 league goals. In Europe’s top-6 leagues (ESP, ENG, GER, ITA, FRA, POR) only Luis Suarez (31) have scored as many goals as Ronaldo this season.

REVIEW: Juve break European points record

FOOTBALL – Juventus defeated Cagliari 3-0 at home in their final Serie A match of the season on Sunday. Juve had already set a Serie A points record and now set a record points total for a season in Europe’s 10 biggest leagues (all matches recalculated according to the 3-point rule). Their 102 points surpassed Benfica’s 101 set in 1990/91, Real Madrid’s 100 set in 2011/12 and FC Barcelona’s 100 points from 2012/13.

REVIEW: Domenico Berardi follows in the footsteps of Andri Shevchenko

FOOTBALL – Domenico Berardi scored a hat-trick in Sassuolo’s 4-3 away win at Fiorentina after he had also netted a hat-trick in Sassuolo’s 4-3 win at Sampdoria earlier this season. Berardi became the first player in 14 years to score a hat-trick in multiple away matches in a single Serie A season since Andri Shevchenko in 1999/2000 for AC Milan (3-0 win at Perugia and a 4-4 draw at Lazio).