Italian Serie A
2009-03-14 - Juventus vs Bologna
A Sports Betting Pick by Gooner
Football: Italy, Serie A
Saturday, 14th March 2009- Kickoff 19:30
Juventus (2nd - Home Rec : 9-2-2 24:10)
This really will be a question of how Juventus will react to their elimination from the Champions League at the hands of Chelsea.
There is some suggestion that Juventus consider themselves a little bit unlucky - but after losing the away leg 0-1 Chelsea were nearly always in control after grabbing the vital away goal.
Now Juvenuts are left with "only" the Serie A title to chase and so every point will matter if Juventus are to overtake the Nerazzurri.
Recent wobbles at home against both Cagliari and Sampdoria have been very costly, so I do not expect relegation threatened Bologna will be taken lightly.
Bologna (16th - Away Rec: 3-5-6 12:20)
Bologna beat Sampdoria 3-0 on Sunday, their first win in six Serie A matches, and once again in was in large part due to Marco Di Vaio who bagged a hat-trick.
The 32-year-old striker has 19 goals this season and is 4 goals ahead if the likes of Gilardino and Ibrahimovic in the race for the Capocannoniere golden boot.
Bologna have been a tough team to get the measure of when travelling, as they've got good results at Atalanta (W 1-0) and Napoli (D 1-1) recently, and these were theoretically their toughest games.
The draw at Lecce, and the losses at both Udinese and Lazio recently were not good results.
Probable Teams
Buffon;
Grygera, Legrottaglie, Chiellini, Molinaro;
Marchionni, Poulsen, Marchisio, Nedved;
Amauri, Iaquinta
Bologna :
Antonioli;
Zenoni, Terzi, Britos, Lanna;
Coelho, Amoroso, Volpi, Mutarelli, Bombardini;
Di Vaio
Head to head
Juventus seem to have the measure of Bolgona, having won the home fixture on five of the last six occasions and drawing the other game 1-1 back in 2002.
Juventus also have a 4-2-0 record in Bologna, including the a 2-1 win in the reverse fixture at the end of October.
The Betting Verdict
It's becoming quite simple for Juventus now - they need to earn maximum points in the next few league games, and wait to see if Inter Milan stumble at all.
This should mean a full focus on this match from the home team - and if so then they should get maximum points.
The Statistics :
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The Pick :
Juventus 2-1 Bologna
BEST BETTING TIP :
Take JUVENTUS to win.
