MILAN — Chievo Verona maintained its impressive start to the season by beating Pescara 2-0 to move to within two points of Serie A leader Juventus on Saturday.

Substitute Riccardo Meggiorini broke the deadlock in the 76th minute, latching onto Valter Birsa's ball over the top, rounding Pescara goalkeeper Albano Bizzarri, and slotting it into the empty net.

Meggiorini had a hand in the second, too, winning back possession to spark a counterattack which saw Lucas Castro set up Roberto Inglese five minutes from time.

Chievo moved to provisional third, although all the teams around it in the table play on Sunday. Juventus visits Empoli, while second-place Napoli travels to Atalanta.

Lazio can join Chievo on points with a win at Udinese later.