Part of the joy of Serie A is the never ending reel of ‘big
games’ that brighten up the schedule, and Juventus v Lazio is one of those many
games with a long and colourful history that’s always worth looking forward to.
Both sides started their seasons with wins last week, Juve edging out previous
bogey team Sampdoria despite some edgy moments and tricky conditions on their
travels, while Lazio survived a second half scare to beat off Udinese at home
after throttling the game in the first 45.
The two sides met last in pre season, with Juventus
dismantling Lazio 4-0 in the Italian supercup, a particularly recent result
that is likely to have an effect on the betting in this particular encounter.
However while it showed the gap between the two sides, several key Juventus
figures have spoken of the need to be wary of a fired up side that will be
looking for revenge, although it is a side shorn of, amongst others,
influential captain Stefano Mauri - Lorik Cana, Felipe Anderson, and Emiliano
Alfaro just some of the names unavailable for selection here.
Draws have been a common result in this fixture in the past,
and Federico Marchetti starred in helping last season’s fixture here become the
18th scoreless affair between the two sides. While it’s impossible
to see such a result repeating itself again with Juventus’s addition of Carlos
Tevez giving them an attacking spearhead to be proud of after some less than
successful strikers leading the line, this could be a more restrained scoreline
than the Supercup, and the 1 and 2-0 home scores make more appeal than the
Juventus to win to nil option, with the back three fancied to keep all comers
at bay.
Elsewhere, Rafa Bentiez’s Napoli have their first match on
the road of their campaign and they can make it two from two with a win over
Chievo. Napoli were impressive on the opening day when thrashing Bologna and
were the secnd best side on the road last season, but we’ll stop short of
backing them on the basis that they’ve beaten Chievo just once in the last five
attempts.
Advice
1 pt 1-0 Juventus (6/1 Ladbrokes)
1 pt 2-0 Juventus (6/1 Ladbrokes)
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