Hellas Verona won the local derby with Venezia, Pescara beat Spezia to go within three points of the leaders and 10-man Perugia saw off Salernitana.
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Perugia 3-1 Salernitana
Verre 28 (P), Sadiq 31 (P), Casasola 35 (S), Han 71 (P)
Sent off: Sadiq 54 (P)
Pescara 2-0 Spezia
Mancuso 19 (P), Crecco 59 (P)
Sent off: Da Cruz 65 (S)
Verona 1-0 Venezia
Di Gaudio 19 (HV)
Saved penalty: Pazzini 58 (HV)
Brescia 0-1 Cittadella
Finotto 11 (C)
Carpi 1-1 Ascoli
Ngombo 42 (A), Poli 47 (C)
Sent off: Ganz 87 (A)
Foggia 1-0 Cosenza
Dermaku og 22 (F)
Padova 0-0 Crotone
Sent off: Sampirisi 58 (C)
Palermo 2-1 Lecce
Trajkovski 4 (P), Puscas 52 (P), Tabanelli 93 (L)
Livorno-Benevento
To be played on Monday