Serie A schedule: Watch Italy’s Milan, Roma, Juventus and Napoli in matches on CBS’s Paramount+

With two matchdays to be played between Thursday and Sunday, there should be some interesting movement in the Serie A standings in the first matches of the new year.

Despite losing four matches from the Thursday slate due to COVID-19 related postponements — Bologna, Torino, Salernitana and Udinese are the affected teams — the other matches are moving forward with some of the clubs needing to field makeshift lineups. Napoli, Spezia, Verona and Sassuolo are among those clubs having to push forward with key players likely missing due to positive tests.

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With Inter Milan (1st, 46 points) out of action until Sunday, AC Milan (2nd, 42 points) could move to within a point on Thursday when the Rossoneri host Jose Mourinho and his AS Roma team (6th, 32 points) that’s pushing to get into the Champions League places. Defending champion Inter will have the chance to maintain its spot atop the standings with a weekend home match against Lazio.

If Napoli (3rd, 39 points) can’t overcome various absences in the squad, it could see its title hopes quickly fade with a daunting Thursday away match against surging Juventus (5th (34 points) which has its sights set on working its way into the top four spots and the UEFA Champions League berths that come with them.

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At the bottom of the table, Spezia (17th, 16 points) is five points clear of the drop zone, but it has a big four days ahead of it. The Aquilotti have a home game against Verona (12th, 24 points) and a Sunday regional derby match against an 18th-placed Genoa (11 points) side which will be desperate for a home win to revive its survival hopes.

How to watch Italian Serie A in the USA

The 2021-22 Italian Serie A season is the first campaign to be carried exclusively by CBS Sports through its CBS Sports Network linear TV channel and the Paramount+ streaming platform. All 380 Serie A matches will be streamed on Paramount+.

The network will also produce pregame and postgame studio shows titled “Calcio e Cappuccino” (“Football and Cappuccino”) around select matches.

• Dates: Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, through Sunday, May 22, 2022
• TV channels (USA): CBS Sports Network (select matches)
• Streaming: Paramount+

For televised matches, CBS Sports Network (CBSSN) is streamed on fuboTV, which offers a free seven-day trial for new users. The channel is also available on major cable, satellite and telco providers, as well as streaming providers YouTubeTV, DirecTV and Hulu.

Serie A schedule: Matchday 20

(Home clubs listed first)

Thursday, Jan. 6

Serie A schedule: Matchday 21

Sunday, Jan. 9