On Sunday, both leading teams in the "Serie A" standings, Turin's Juventus and Milan, each earned three points in the XVII round of matches.
In an away match, Juventus defeated Lecce 0-1 with a lone goal by Alessandro Matri in the 27th minute.
Meanwhile, Massimiliano Allegri's players also secured a 0-2 victory against Bergamo's Atalanta, who have been having a great season.
Udinese also clinched a victory at home with a 4-1 win over Cesena, despite being two points behind the leaders.
Palerma - Napoli ended in a 1-3 victory for the visitors.
Results:
Udinese 4 - 1 Cesena
1' [1 - 0] A.D. Natale
39' [1 - 1] C.M. Eder
54' [2 - 1] K. Asamoah
75' [3 - 1] D. Basta
82' [4 - 1] A.D. Natale
61' M. Lauro (Cesena) was sent off
Roma 2 - 0 Chievo Verona
34' [1 - 0] F. Totti (penalty kick)
78' [2 - 0] F. Totti (penalty kick)
Atalanta 0 - 2 Milan
22' [0 - 1] Z. Ibrahimovic (penalty kick)
82' [0 - 2] K. Boateng
Bologna 2 - 0 Catania
51' [1 - 0] N. Cherubin
90' [2 - 0] M.D. Vaio
78' M. Biagianti (Catania) was sent off
Cagliari 3 - 0 Genoa
13' [1 - 0] J. Larrivey (penalty kick)
56' [2 - 0] S.V.I. Guerrero
72' [3 - 0] A. Granqvist (own goal)
66' E. Moretti (Genoa) was sent off
Lecce 0 - 1 Juventus
27' [0 - 1] A. Matri
Novara 0 - 3 Fiorentina
20' [0 - 1] S. Jovetic (penalty kick)
42' [0 - 2] R. Montolivo
49' [0 - 3] S. Jovetic
Palermo 1 - 3 Napoli
35' [0 - 1] G. Pandev
54' [0 - 2] E. Cavani
60' [0 - 3] M. Hamsik
89' [1 - 3] F. Miccoli