NONNO IS HOT BABY! If you ain’t reading you ain’t winning kiddos! Another great slate this week as we get whoppers in Inter/Juve and Fiorentina/Roma. Milan Bologna? Looks like unless an ark gets built in the next 24 hours that one is gonna get pushed down the road. Even if we get just 9 games this week, we’ll take it! One game is enough for us to grab our hip waders, strap on the rain slicker and WHIP IT AROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUND!!!!!!!!
Matchups
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UDINESE V CAGLIARI Udinese is ice cold but better at home. Also they have tightened up the defense after being a sieve the first 5 games. That will be huge if they are going to right the ship. Meanwhile Cagliari have had success while opening things up. They have 7 points in their last 3 and it’s no coincidence that goes along with an uptick in offense, 7 goals in 3. While there’s a chance of goals here I feel like Udinese will continue to defend while Cagliari goes for it early but settles in late. 0-0 draw is possible here but I think 1-1 is more likely. DRAW
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TORINO V COMO Torino is crashing fast. Four straight losses overall and they can’t defend. Looks like selling every good CB they come across has finally caught up to them. Coincidentally Como has found their scoring boots. Cutrone is a menace once again. BTTS is safe here. Zapata is out so I’d lean Adams and Sanabria SOTs for Torino. Maybe an over and Como result? Probably a good number there. 2-3 or 3-3 DRAW
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NAPOLI V LECCE This would be the ‘don’t overthink it’ special of the week. Napoli beatdown. Kvara TSOA. Lukaku AGS. Also love a clean sheet. Napoli -1.5? Maybe even 2.5? Lots of opportunities here kids. Be creative. It’s Napoli at home and we are gonna ride that ALL YEAR LONG. NAPOLI WINS
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BOLOGNA V MILAN
(Insert GIF of Moses parting the Red Sea here)
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ATALANTA V HELLAS OMG!! Can you say GOALS kids? Last week Hellas gave up 3 goals to MONZA. MONZA! Monza who were averaging less than a goal a game. And now they have to go to Bergamo and face CDK and Co.? Ouch. Atlanta will likely rotate so watch the lienup. When the lineup is posted take whoever is at striker TSOA. It’s a lock. Also consider Pasalic if he is in the starting lineup. Also heavily consider the over and an Atalanta result or straight up win. This coiuld be ugly. ATALANTA WINS
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PARMA V EMPOLI It’s the irresistible force meets the immoveable object! Parma’s games avergae 3 goals per game. Empoli? 1.25. For Parma Man remains the Man. Always worth a shot. Maybe 1st half shot as surely Parma will come at them early. Empoli will sit and relax. Empoli DC and under seems perfect here. Maybe go for the 0-0? Parma really need points as they are near the relegation spots. Great spot for the DRAW
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LAZIO V GENOA I swear every summer Lazio appear to do nothing but are always pushing the top 4. Lotito gotta be the best WORST owner in all of sports. Castellanos and Dia are a formidable strike duo. Dia started midweek so lean Castellanos to score here. Genoa are on the knife edge of oblivion. They have a million injuries and did next to nothing to reinforce. Pinamonti saved them last week. Can he do it again? No. Lazio in a stroll at home. Taty AGS. LAZIO WINS
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MONZA V VENEZIA Oof. Stinker of the week here. Venezia stink. Monza have lots of injuries. Suggestion? Avoid betting this at all costs. go out to breakfast. Go to one of those greasy spoons that offers free coffee. Order extra bacon. Make sure you are home in time for Inter and Juve. Prediction? Fuck it. MONZA WINS
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INTER V JUVENTUS Listen, I know we want to see an exciting back and forth game here but slow down. These teams last 4 games combined have been 1-0… 1-0… 1-0 and…. 1-0! It’s early. No one wants to blow an early game to a rival that could alter the title race. Only 1 points seperate these two and a win by either would open a gap. Do they really want that? No. Also this is a statement game for Motta. The first statement game he had? A 0-0 draw to Napoli. Expect more of the same here. Some back and forth action to start but it settles into a bore. It’s a week of stanky 0-0 possibilities and this might be the stankiest. To be honest I would stay away… but I like the sound of a 1-1 DRAW
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FIORENTINA V ROMA Roma have been much better under Juric. No surprise there. The defense is coming together and that’s gonna keep their heads above water through all these early fixtures. On the other hand Fiorentina seems most concerned with outscoring people. Gudmondsson and Colpani have bolstered the offense, though the former will be a question mark going into this one. They still have plenty of weapons though. Can Roma get a result here?Tough to say but I think they can do enough. I think we get another goal from Dovbyk so go AGS with him. For Fiorentina? I like Kean and Colpani TSOA if they start. That’s a tough combo. The last game of the week might just be the best. I really like Fiorentina here but I think Juric steers Roma to a result. DRAW
Final Thoughts
No Milan game so you’ll just have to support either Juve or Inter this week. Hehehehehehehehe
Enjoy the Calcio!
Lisi
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