Serie A leaders AC Milan suffered a shock home defeat by Fiorentina as Inter Milan were held away from home by Cagliari.
Juve got top, Milan beaten, Lazio sink Napoli, Inter held
Juventus moved to the top of Serie A after AC Milan suffered a shock home defeat by Fiorentina.
Inter Milan's struggles continued after they were held away from home by Cagliari.
Lecce picked up an important three points in their battle to climb to safety and Udinese boosted their hopes of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League again.
Juventus picked up a 2-0 win over
Palermo in Sicily to head to the summit with seven games left in the season.
The Bianconeri broke the deadlock on 55 minutes when Leonardo Bonucci headed home Andrea Pirlo's corner and Fabio Quagliarella doubled the lead on 69 minutes.
The win takes Juve one point clear of Milan as the race for the title looks set to go down to the wire.
Veteran striker Amauri scored a last-gasp winner as
Fiorentina put a dent in
Milan's title defence after a 2-1 success at San Siro.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic gave the Rossoneri the lead from the penalty spot on 31 minutes following a foul on Maxi Lopez, who then struck the post before half-time.
Fiorentina levelled two minutes into the second half through Stevan Jovetic before substitute Amauri popped up with a minute to go to boost the Viola's hopes of staying in the top flight.
Lazio cemented their spot in third place in the table with a 3-1 win over
Napoli at the Stadio Olimpico.
The home side got off to a flying start when Antonio Candreva fired past Morgan De Sanctis after just eight minutes.
Napoli drew level on 34 minutes as former Lazio man Goran Pandev came back to haunt his old club as he raced clear from Ezequiel Lavezzi's clever pass to score.
Lazio regained the lead on 68 minutes with a stunning acrobatic effort from Stefano Mauri.
The home side made the game safe nine minutes from time when Cristian Ledesma scored from the penalty spot after Miguel Angel felled Tommaso Rocch inside the box.
Inter Milan were twice forced to come from behind to draw 2-2 at
Cagliari in a game which does little to enhance their prospects of Champions League qualification.
Davide Astori put mid-table Cagliari ahead after just five minutes, but Inter were level within 60 seconds through Argentine striker Diego Milito.
Cagliari's lead was restored on 61 minutes through Mauricio Pinilla, who was then shown a second yellow card for his celebration, and Inter snatched a point three minutes later thanks to Esteban Cambiasso's goal.
Lecce are now within four points of survival after withstanding a late fightback to secure an impressive 4-2 home win over
Roma.
Luis Muriel opened the scoring midway through the first half and David Di Michele netted a minute before the break, with both players then on target in the second half.
Muriel made it 3-0 on 49 minutes and he was then fouled in the box on 56 minutes to allow Di Michele to convert the penalty.
Roma staged a late rally as Bojan and Erik Lamela scored inside the final two minutes, but the result leaves the visitors facing a battle to sneak into the Champions League places.
Udinese are in a strong position to qualify for Europe's elite club competition after Kwadwo Asamoah scored twice in a 3-1 home win over
Parma.
Asamoah scored at the end of each half, with Antonio Di Natale also scoring for Udinese, who had been made to sweat by Alessandro Lucarelli's goal for Parma on 84 minutes.
Bottom club
Cesena failed to boost their survival prospects following a 0-0 home draw with
Bologna.
Novara, who sit second bottom, were also held at home and finished the game with 10 men after a 1-1 stalemate with
Genoa.
Rodrigo Palacio had given Genoa an early lead which was cancelled out by substitute Giuseppe Mascara midway through the second half before Novara's Andrea Caracciolo was sent off late on.
Chievo Verona remain comfortably in mid-table following an entertaining 3-2 victory at home over 10-man
Catania.
Michael Bradley scored after just six minutes for Chievo and the lead was doubled on 20 minutes through Sergio Pellissier's penalty after Catania's Nicolas Spolli had been sent off.
A Marco Andreolli own goal gave Catania hope, but Alberto Paloschi scored a third for Chievo early in the second half before the visitors replied again with five minutes left through Sergio Almiron.
Mattia Destro scored an injury-time winner as
Siena came from behind to beat Atalanta 2-1 away from home.
Atalanta had taken a sixth minute lead through Ezequiel Schelotto, but Siena were level seven minutes later thanks to Marcelo Larrondo's penalty and Destro then netted the winner in the first minute of stoppage-time.
