ITALIAN SERIE A BETTING PICK - GENOA V NAPOLI

Italian Serie A

2009-09-13 - Genoa vs Napoli

A Sports Betting Pick by Gooner

Genoa v Napoli
Football: Italy, Serie A 2009/2010
Sunday, 13th September 2009 - Kickoff 19:45

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Genoa

Genoa have started the Serie A season with a pair of wins and are sitting on top of the pile in Italy - and have benefitted from an active close season in the transfer market.

Coach Gian Piero Gasperini took Geona to 5th place last season, and a spot in the Europa League, and will surely be targetting to finish at least one place higher this season and move Geona into the elite Champions League.

Genoa do have a couple of ijnury issues as Ivan Juric joins Bosko Jankovic and Salvatore Bocchetti on the long-term injury list -and that might explain the bigger home price.

Probable Genoa Line-up (3-4-3) :
Amelia;
Papastathopoulos, Moretti, Biava;
Rossi, Milanetto, Zapater, Criscito;
Palacio, Figueroa, Sculli

Napoli

Napoli have started this season like they finished last season, losing their first game which was played away, and then winning at home.

Napoli's away record in Serie A since returning in 2007-08 is a complete contrast to their home form. The club from Naples are 22-9-8 when at home but only 5-9-25 when travelling.

Coach Roberto Donadoni will be looking for ways to cure this "travel sickness" and certainly new boy Fabio Quagliarella will help - he scored twice last weekend - but until they do improve betting against Napoli on the road has proved profitable.

Probable Napoli Line-up (3-5-2) :
De Sanctis;
Campagnaro, Cannavaro, Contini;
Maggio, Gargano, Cigarini, Hamsik, Datolo;
Quagliarella, Lavezzi

The Betting Verdict

This one is purely a venue play. Genoa made the Stadio Ferraris a bit of a fortress last season, winning 12 games, including four of the last six.

The Statistics :

GENOA LAST SIX HOME FORM DATE   RESULT   OPPOSITION 2009-08-23  W 3-2   H v Roma_AS   2009-05-31  W 4-1   H v Lecce   2009-05-17  D 2-2   H v Chievo   2009-05-03  W 3-1   H v Sampdoria   2009-04-18  L 0-1   H v Lazio   2009-04-11  W 3-2   H v Juventus   NAPOLI LAST SIX AWAY FORM DATE   RESULT   OPPOSITION 2009-08-23  L 2-1   A v Palermo   2009-05-24  L 3-1   A v Catania   2009-05-10  D 1-1   A v Lecce   2009-05-03  L 2-1   A v Siena   2009-04-19  L 2-0   A v Cagliari   2009-04-05  D 2-2   A v Sampdoria

HEAD TO HEAD GENOA v NAPOLI DATE   HOME SCORE   AWAY 2008-10-05    Genoa   3-2   Napoli   2008-02-27    Genoa   2-0   Napoli

The Pick :

Genoa 2-1 Napoli

BEST BETTING TIP :

Take GENOA to win at a very good price.