Serie A continues this weekend and we select 3 of the matches to have a bet on.
Inter Milan are the 4/11 favourites to win Serie A with Juventus, second in the betting at 21/10 and the balance at 17/1 or better.
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SATURDAY
Juventus v Empoli – Click here to bet
Juventus are currently top of the log, 1 point clear of Inter, but Inter have a game in hand. They have been in excellent form and are undefeated in their last 10, winning their last 5 matches in a row. Last time out beating Lecce 3-0 on the road. Their last home game was a 3-0 victory over Sassuolo and they dropped just 4 points at home this season and have yet to taste defeat in front of their own fans.
Empoli are sitting 19th, second from bottom of the table and they got a much needed win last time out when they beat Monza 3-0 at home. That broke a run of 8 matches without a victory. They have only taken 2 points from the last 12 they have played for on the road.
Head-to-Head
Juventus won the reverse fixture 2-0 away and last season they won this fixture 4-0.
I can’t look past a comfortable Juventus win here and given they scored 4 goals in both fixtures against Empoli last season I am going to take over 2.5 Juventus goals.
Suggested Bet: Juventus Totals over 2.5 at 15/10
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AC Milan v Bologna – Click here to bet
AC Milan are currently 3rd on the log, 7 points behind leaders, Juventus. They have hit a rich vein of form and are undefeated in their last 6 games, winning their last 4 including a 3-2 away win over Udinese last time out. AC Milan have won their last 2 away matches.
Bologna are 7th on the log, but are slipping down the table having only taken 1 point from the last 9 they have played. They went down 2-1 at Cagliari last time out and only 9 of their 32 points have come on the road this season.
AC Milan are 8/11 to win the match with Bologna 4/1 to cause an upset and although under 2.5 goals has arrived in the last 4 head-to-head meetings, I think the value here is over 2.5 goals, a bet which would have arrived in 7 of the last 8 AC Milan League matches.
Suggested Bet: Over 2.5 goals at 21/20
SUNDAY
Fiorentina v Inter Milan – Click here to bet
Fiorentina are currently 4th on the log, but have stumbled in recent times, drawing 2-2 at home to Udinese last time out and losing 1-0 away to Sassuolo before that. They are undefeated in their last 5 home games, winning 4 and drawing 1.
Inter are 1 point behind Juventus and they have outscored their opponents by almost 5 goals to 1 this season. 5-1 was the score of their last match away at Monza and they have the best away record in the League with 8 victories and 2 draws in their 10 matches. They have only conceded 4 goals on the road this season while scoring 24.
Head-to-Head
Inter beat Fiorentina 4-0 at home in the reverse fixture and they won this fixture 4-3 last season.
Fiorentina are 16/5 for the victory with the draw 27/10 and Inter Milan 9/10. I was going to look to the goal markets where over 2.5 goals is trading at 10/11, but can’t bring myself away from the fact that Inter’s excellent away form should see them pick up the 3 points here.
Suggested Bet: Inter Milan win at 9/10
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