Napoli brush Verona aside without Higuain

Second-placed Napoli comfortably overcame the absence of suspended top scorer, Gonzalo Higuain, to brush aside bottom-of-the-table Verona 3-0 in Serie A on Sunday.

Napoli stayed six points behind leaders Juventus, who won 2-1 at AC Milan on Saturday, with six matches each to play, and remain outsiders to win their first title since 1990 despite the win.

Higuain, who has led Napoli’s challenge with 30 goals, will miss the next three games as he completes a four-match ban for his sending-off and furious reaction in last week’s 3-1 defeat at Udinese.

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Juventus have 76 points from 32 games with Napoli on 70, AS Roma on 63, Inter Milan on 58 and Fiorentina on 56.

Fiorentina, at one stage in contention for a Champions League spot, continued in freefall as they lost 2-0 to Empoli, with Manuel Pucciarelli and Piotr Zielinski scoring late in each half for the hosts.

Paulo Sousa’s team have lost four and drawn two of their last six league games.

Sampdoria pulled further clear of the relegation zone with a 2-0 win over Udinese and Torino beat Atalanta 2-1 in a mid-table match.

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