Fiorentina vs Catania Betting Pick | Italian Serie A

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2011-10-22 - Fiorentina vs Catania

A Sports Betting Pick by Cruiser

Match Preview :

Fiorentina comes into this match after a dissapointing draw with bottom club Cesena after the match ended goalless and Cesena playing with ten players.

Fiorentina are missing Alberto Gilardino who is out injured. Per Kroldrup is also sidelined, while Gila’s replacement Santiago Silva is struggling to find his form in his first Serie A season.

Vargas should return to Fiorentina's lineup to face Catania to face his old club after he was dropped against Cesena due to his “unprofessional behaviour,” staying out late before big games and causing problems for Peru on international duty. He has been training regularly this week and seems to have put those issues behind him, and should be in the starting eleven.

Catania are more confident going into this match then the hosts. In their last match they beat Inter Milan 2-1. It also should be noted that Vincenzo Montella’s men are unbeaten in three, holding out for draws against Juventus and Novara.

The Catania coach has formed an attack minded teamn despite leaving Maxi Lopez on the bench. And it looks like Lopez will once again warm the bench as Gonzalo Bergessio and Alejandro Gomez will start this match. The injury list includes David Suazo, Pablo Alvarez, Cristian Llama and possibly Pablo Ledesma and Ciro Capuano as well.

The fact is that Catania have never won in Florence, managing only four draws from 14 Serie A visits. The last time they even picked up a point was in 1971, falling to seven consecutive defeats in all competition in which they conceded 21 goals and scored four. Last season they lost to Fiorentina 3-0

Possible lineups

Fiorentina: Boruc; Cassani, Gamberini, Natali, Pasqual; Behrami, Montolivo, Vargas; Cerci, Santiago Silva, Jovetic

Catania: Andujar; Marchese, Spolli, Bellusci; Izco, Almiron, Lodi, Delvecchio, Lanzafame; Bergessio, Gomez

Prediction :

Take Fiorentina and give the 3/4 ball here.

The Statistics :

FIORENTINA LAST SIX HOME FORM
	DATE	RESULT		OPPOSITION
	2011-10-02	L	1-2	H v Lazio
	2011-09-21	W	3-0	H v Parma
	2011-09-11	W	2-0	H v Bologna
	2011-05-15	D	1-1	H v Bologna
	2011-05-01	W	5-2	H v Udinese
	2011-04-17	D	0-0	H v Juventus

CATANIA LAST SIX AWAY FORM
	DATE	RESULT		OPPOSITION
	2011-10-02	D	3-3	A v Novara
	2011-09-21	L	3-0	A v Genoa
	2011-05-22	L	3-1	A v Inter_Milan
	2011-05-08	W	1-2	A v Brescia
	2011-04-23	D	2-2	A v Juventus
	2011-04-10	D	1-1	A v Bari

HEAD TO HEAD FIORENTINA v CATANIA
DATE	HOME	SCORE	AWAY
2011-03-06	Fiorentina	3-0	Catania
2009-11-01	Fiorentina	3-1	Catania
2008-12-14	Fiorentina	2-0	Catania
2008-02-17	Fiorentina	2-1	Catania
2006-10-01	Fiorentina	3-0	Catania

The Pick :

Fiorentina 2-0 Catania

BEST BETTING TIP :

Take Fiorentina to win.

Gooner’s Statistical Value Bet

Main Bet:
Take Fiorentina - 3/4 AH

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