08-11-2007 Serie A Betting - Matchday 12 Preview

It has been a productive week for Italian sides in the Champions league, with the quartet of Serie A teams well placed to progress to the knock-out stages. The focus now returns to domestic issues where unbeaten Fiorentina, now in second place, are emerging as a dark horse for the Scudetto. Go to PinnacleSports.com for the up to 60% better Serie betting odds on all the weekend’s action.

Fiorentina & Udinese - Dark Horses of Serie A Clash

The Italian Press has been singing the praises of Fiorentina after Sunday’s win over Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico lifted the Viola to second place, within two points of leaders, Inter Milan. Cesare Prandelli’s side have now gone unbeaten in 20 games in all competitions, leading several big names in Italian football, such as ex-Azzurri coaches Marcello Lippi and Arrigo Saachi, to suggest that the side are credible title challengers.

This weekend Fiorentina welcome another dark-horse of Serie A to the Stadio Artemio Franchi, as fifth-placed Udinese look to continue their push to break into Italian football’s elite, having tasted Champions league football two seasons ago. The Bianconeri are unbeaten in six games, and have kept clean sheets in their last three away games, suggesting this might be a tight encounter. However, their form in this particular fixture is very poor, with the last eight visits to Fiorentina failing to produce a win. PinnacleSports.com make Fiorentina favourites 1.990 (-0.5 & -1) with Udinese 1.935 (+0.5 & +1) – a Market priced to less than 102%.

Champions League Contenders Meet for Domestic Battle

Two of the Italian teams who enjoyed midweek success in the Champions League meet on Sunday, looking to replicate their success and gain three points in Serie A. Current champions and league leaders, Inter Milan, are fresh from a 4-2 victory over CSKA Moscow at the San Siro, recovering from an early 2-0 deficit, thanks to two more goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic. After drawing their opening league game at the San Siro, Roberto Mancini’s side have now won four consecutive home games, the last being a 4-1 thrashing of Genoa.

Lazio aren’t enjoying as much success on the domestic front as in Europe, having won just two Serie games so far this season. The current squad have limited experience of juggling their commitments and maybe struggling with the physical and psychological effort needed to play both at the weekend and then in the week. Last Sunday it was 43 year old veteran goalkeeper, Marco Ballotta, who drew criticism for allowing a corner that led to Fiorentina’s crucial goal, but Ballotta redeemed himself in the midweek win over Bremen, and will between the posts when Lazio visit Inter Milan on Sunday. PinnacleSports.com price Inter Milan favourites 2.130 (-1.5) with Lazio 1.813 (+1.5).

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