Friday November 2nd
Napoli v Empoli – 7.30pm (Tom)
2nd v 18th currently (awaiting the Napoli v Roma game)
Napoli have played 4 won 4 at home this season
The last 3 home games they’ve kept a clean sheet
Insigne has 6 goals this season – and is looking sharp
Only Juve have scored more goals than Napoli
Empoli have 2 points from 5 away games
Lost 3 of their 5 games this season – failed to score in 2 of those
Tip: Napili to win to nil
Score Prediction: 2-0
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Saturday November 3rd
Inter v Genoa – 2pm (Will)
2nd v 10th
Genoa have scored in 10 games in a row but conceded 3rd most in league (17)
Piatek is top league scorer with 9 in 9
Inter have scored in 8 of 9 (9th was Barca)
Won their last 6 league games in a row, conceding 2
TIP: Inter win BTTS (3.15)
SCORE: 3-1
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Fiorentina v Roma – 5pm (Olly)
Fiorentina have the best home record in the league. They would be top of the league if it was just on home form. 4 wins out of 5 (1 draw)
Roma have done okay away from home so far this season. Held Napoli to a draw and beat Torino (never easy to get a result there). But equally lost to Bologna. So they are a bit erratic away.
Both teams are on 15 points
Tight tight game
Roma have won 3 of their last 5 (2 of those were at home though)
Cancel each other out
Tip: Draw (3.55)
Score: 1-1
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Juventus v Cagliari – 7.30pm (Tom)
1st v 13th in the league currently
Juventus have only drawn 1 game this season (1-1 v Genoa) won the rest
Scored at least 2 goals in 4 of the 5 home games so far
Cagliari have won 1 away game this year
And only scored 2 goals in 5 away games – lowest in the league
Tip: Juventus to nil
Score Prediction: 2-0
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Sunday November 4th
Lazio v SPAL – 11.30am (Will)
4th v 15th
The only 2 teams in the league yet to draw a game
Lazio have lost 4 games this season – Napoli, Juve, Roma, Inter
Spal just beat Roma and then lost 3-0 to Frosinone!
Hard to predict
Lost 5 of the last 6, scoring 2 in those losses
Worst strike force in the league (scored 8)
TIP: Lazio win to nil (2.2)
SCORE: 2-0
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Chievo v Sassuolo – 2pm (Olly)
Chievo are poo
Chievo have lost their last 6 matches
Chievo have lost 8 of their 10 games this season and not won yet.
In fact they are bottom of the league on -1 (started the season on -3 due to points deduction for accounting irregularities)
Sassuolo are doing well in 8th only lost 2 in their last 6 (Napoli and AC Milan)
Should be an easy win here for Sassuolo
Good Value too in Sassuolo
Tip: Sassuolo win (2.10) / Sassuolo to win either half (1.55) – RED
Score: 0-2
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Parma v Frosinone – 2pm (Tom)
12th v 19th currently
Parma have started well back in Serie A after promotion
Won 2 of the last 3 at home
And have scored in 4 of their 5 home games
But have failed to score in their last 2 games
Frosinone won 0-3 away at SPAL last weekend
They’ve now scored 8 goals in their last 3 games
Tip: BTTS / Frosinone either half
Score Prediction: 2-1
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Sampdoria v Torino – 2pm (Will)
7th v 11th
1 point gap
Actually only 3 points between 5th and 15th
Tight mid table
Sampdoria have only lost 3 – Udinese, Inter and Milan (3-2 last game after going 2-1 up)
In the last 9 they have only conceded 6 (3 v Milan)
Torino have drawn 5 of 9
Only beating Chievo, Frosinone and Spal (all in bottom 6)
4 of the last 5 meets have been draws
TIP: Sampdoria draw no bet (1.87) – RED / Draw (3.25)
SCORE: 1-1
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Bologna v Atalanta – 5pm (Olly)
16th v 15th
Atalanta have won their last 2 games
Bologna have drew their last 2 games (but they were hard games x2 desmonds to Torino and Sassuolo)
Atalanta have conceded at least 2 goals in 4 of their last 5 away matches
Bologna have conceded at least 2 goals in their last 3 games
Tight game
Tip: BTTS (1.88) – RED / Draw (3.6)
Score: 2-2
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Udinese v AC Milan – 7.30pm (Tom)
17th v 5th currently
Udinese are winless in 5 – losing 4 of those
At home they’ve lost 3 on the bounce
And failed to score in the last 2 games
AC Milan have won 3 of the last 4 games
And have seen BTTS in 6 of the last 7
All of their away games apart from the Milan derby has seen BTTS
Tip: BTTS / AC Milan win
Score Prediction: 1-2
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