Serie A returns with Genoa hosting Fiorentina

The Italian top flight is back. Serie A restarts on Saturday 10 October, and the fixture that carries the matchday is Genoa against Fiorentina at 2026-10-10T13:00:00Z. It is matchday 6 of the campaign, the first since the break.

Before the pause, the last league game produced a 3-0 result: Milan beat Lecce on Sunday 20 September.

The table has not moved since. Roma sit first with 13 points and a goal difference of +11. Inter are level on points in second, their goal difference +7, and Lazio are third, also on 13, at +5. Three clubs separated by goal difference alone. That is the shape of the title race right now.

Then comes the gap. Cagliari are fourth on 12, two points off the top. Milan are fifth with 11 and the second-best goal difference in the division at +6 — a strange line to read, a team sitting fifth while outscoring almost everyone above it. Frosinone complete the top six on 10.

At the other end of the scoring charts, Donyell Malen of Roma has 6 goals, the clear leader. Behind him it is crowded: Gustavo Varela of Monza on 4, Antonio Raimondo of Frosinone on 4, and Lautaro Martínez of Inter on 4. Davide Frattesi of Lazio has 3.

So what does the restart actually decide? Nothing on its own, and that is the point. A single round can flip second and third, can pull Cagliari level with the leaders, can leave the top three unchanged. The margins are that thin.

Genoa and Fiorentina get the first word. Everyone else waits a day longer.