Italian football 3-4 March - Betting Forum

rcgills · #1 (**permalink**) 01-03-2007, 12:49

Serie A

03 Mar 17:00 Ascoli v Roma 5.50 3.40 1.66
03 Mar 17:00 Livorno v Inter Milan 5.00 3.10 1.80
03 Mar 19:30 AC Milan v Chievo 1.40 4.33 7.50
04 Mar 14:00 Cagliari v Atalanta 2.50 2.87 3.00
04 Mar 14:00 Catania v Siena 2.40 2.87 3.20
04 Mar 14:00 Fiorentina v Torino 1.40 4.00 9.00
04 Mar 14:00 Lazio v Sampdoria 1.72 3.30 5.00
04 Mar 14:00 Messina v Palermo 3.30 3.00 2.25
04 Mar 14:00 Parma v Reggina 2.30 2.87 3.25
04 Mar 14:00 Udinese v Empoli 2.00 3.00 4.00

Serie B

02 Mar 20:00 Mantova v Triestina 1.61 3.20 7.00
03 Mar 15:00 Albinoleffe v Brescia 2.40 2.75 3.30
03 Mar 15:00 Bari v Arezzo 2.10 2.80 4.00
03 Mar 15:00 Cesena v Bologna 2.50 2.75 3.10
03 Mar 15:00 Frosinone v Vicenza 2.20 2.80 3.60
03 Mar 15:00 Genoa v Lecce 1.55 3.50 7.00
03 Mar 15:00 Modena v Rimini 2.55 2.75 3.00
03 Mar 15:00 Napoli v Spezia 1.53 3.50 7.00
03 Mar 15:00 Treviso v Crotone 1.66 3.00 5.50
03 Mar 15:00 Verona v Pescara 2.10 2.80 4.00
04 Mar 19:30 Juventus v Piacenza 1.28 4.75 11.00

Odds from Bet365

**kompressaur** · #2 (**permalink**) 02-03-2007, 07:26

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Gomesh · #3 (**permalink**) 02-03-2007, 07:43

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Originally Posted by rcgills

Serie B

02 Mar 20:00 Mantova v Triestina 1.61 3.20 7.00

Match Postponed at 05 Mar 2007 21:00 (+1 GMT)

Gomesh · #4 (**permalink**) 02-03-2007, 07:47

ITALY: Serie C1 A 04/03/2007
14:30 - Sassuolo - Pro Sesto
14:30 - Cittadella - Grosseto
14:30 - Venezia - Pizzighettone
14:30 - Sangiovannese - Pavia
14:30 - Pistoiese - Massese
14:30 - Monza - Padova
14:30 - Cremonese - Ivrea
14:30 - Pro Patria - Lucchese
14:30 - Novara - Pisa

ITALY: Serie C1 B 04/03/2007
14:30 - Ancona - Lanciano
14:30 - Manfredonia - Sambenedettese
14:30 - San Marino - Perugia
14:30 - Ternana - Taranto
14:30 - Martina - Juve Stabia
14:30 - Avellino - Teramo
14:30 - Salernitana - Ravenna
14:30 - Giulianova - Cavese
14:30 - Gallipoli - Foggia

Gomesh · #5 (**permalink**) 02-03-2007, 07:58

Suspension List Serie A - 1 Match Ban
Ascoli = C BONANNI Massimo
Ascoli = C ZANETTI Paolo
Atalanta = D BELLINI Gian Paolo
Atalanta = D TALAMONTI Jose Leonardo
Cagliari = C MARCHINI Davide
Cagliari = A LANGELLA Antonio
Catania = D SOTTIL Andrea
Catania = A SPINESI Gionathan
Chievo = D MORO Fabio
Chievo = A BOGDANI Erjon
Empoli = A SAUDATI Luca
Fiorentina = C LIVERANI Fabio
Inter = A CRESPO Hernan Jorge
Messina = C DE VEZZE Daniele
Milan = A BORRIELLO Marco
Parma = C GRELLA Vincenzo
Roma = C PERROTTA Simone
Sampdoria = A FLACHI Francesco
Torino = C ARDITO Andrea
Udinese = D MOTTA Marco

Suspension List Serie B - 1 Match Ban
Anastasi, Lauro, Mezavilla (Cesena)
Vives, Zanchetta (Lecce)
Camorani (Treviso)
Lima (Brescia)
Padoin, Paonessa, Rigoni (Vicenza)
Anaclerio, Lazzari (Piacenza)
Brioschi (Bologna)
Carrus (Bari)
D'Antoni (Frosinone)
Donadoni (AlbinoLeffe)
Goretti (Arezzo).

Suspension List Serie C - 2 Matches Ban
D ANIELLO FRANCESCO (ANCONA S.P.A.)
FRACASSETTI PASQUALE (PRO SESTO S.R.L.)
PACILLI MARIO (TERNANA CALCIO S.P.A.)
Suspension List Serie C - 1 Match Ban
FOGACCI ALESSANDRO (ANCONA S.P.A.)
CONTI CHRISTIAN (LANCIANO S.R.L.)
NOCERINO ALBERTO (CAVESE 1919 S.R.L.)
SPECCHIA GIANMARIO (ANCONA S.P.A.)
MOUNARD DAVID TONI (FOGGIA S.P.A.)
BOLLA ALEC (IVREA CALCIO SRL)
COZZA FABIO (CITTADELLA S.R.L.)
AMORE ENRICO MARIA (GROSSETO F.C. S.R.L.)
MICCO FRANCO (LUCCHESE LIBERTAS S.R.L.)
COLETTI TOMMASO ROBERTO (MARTINA S.R.L.)
MASSARO MARIO (MASSESE 1919 S.R.L.)
BONATTI (MASSESE 1919 S.R.L.)
ALEXIO FERREIRA JOSE MAMEDE (PERUGIA CALCIO S.P.A.)
RIZZO ANTONIO (PERUGIA CALCIO S.P.A.)
RAIMONDI DIEGO GABRIEL (PISA CALCIO S.P.A.)
BRESCHI FILIPPO (PISTOIESE S.P.A.)
FEUSSI FONGANG PATRICE EMERY (PIZZIGHETTONE S.R.L.)
CAPECCHI LUCA (RAVENNA CALCIO S.R.L.)
DANGELO LUCA (SAN MARINO CALCIO S.R.L.)
MAGNANELLI FRANCESCO (SASSUOLO CALCIO S.R.L.)
TOZZI BORSOI ROMANO (TERNANA CALCIO S.P.A.)

A = Striker
D = Defender
G = GoalKeeper
C = Midfielder

**kompressaur** · #6 (**permalink**) 02-03-2007, 15:41

Howdo Gomesh. How's that brother of your getting on with his tips?

from eurosport

Inter travel to Tuscany for an afternoon kick off against Livorno eager to get back to winning ways as soon as possible.

"Eventually you begin to feel the pressure, if only subconsciously," Mancini told La Gazzetta dello Sport. "When you play a match every three days or so, you inevitably lose some of your sparkle.

"The important thing for me was not the record but the points," he added. "The gap between ourselves and Roma has stayed the same. Now we just need to focus on winning again at Livorno."

A major worry for Mancini for the trip to Livorno is the fitness of his striker Adriano, who hobbled off the Stadio Fruili pitch on Wednesday clutching his thigh. The Brazilian ace has managed to rediscover a degree of form of late, and his services will be sorely missed, particularly as both Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Hernan Crespo are likely to be rested with one eye on the Nerazzurri's crucial Champions League clash with Valencia in Spain next week.

Apart from the striking trio, midfielders Patrick Vieira and Esteban Cambiasso will also sit out the trip to Stadio Armando Picchi, but such is the strength in depth of Mancini's squad, he can call on players of the quality of Olivier Dacourt, Maxwell, Julio Cruz and Alvaro Recoba to deputise.

Meanwhile, kicking off at the same time on Saturday, second-placed Roma travel to struggling Ascoli also looking to get back to winning ways after a 2-2 draw against Chievo on Wednesday.

A brace from Francesco Totti hauled his side back into the game after the Giallorossi had fallen two behind in the first half at the Stadio Bentegodi, but even their talisman's heroic performance could not inspire his team to a win that would have cut Inter's lead at the top to 12 points.

The champions' lead remains 14 points, and Roma will expect to claim all three in Ascoli - who have managed just two wins all season long - even without their midfield pairing of Mancini and Daniele De Rossi.

In the late game on Saturday night, Milan continue their stuttering charge for a Champions League spot with a home game against Chievo. Milan, like Inter and Roma, were guilty of failing to capitalise on results going their way elsewhere on Wednesday, when they were held to a goalless draw by Palermo.

The Rossoneri will be hot favourites to bag all three points at the San Siro though, with Brazilian striker Ronaldo back in the starting line-up to bolster Carlo Ancelotti's misfiring strike force.

Third-placed Palermo travel across Sicily to face Messina in a derby that has potential to derail the Rosanero's bid for a Champions League place. Francesco Guidolin's side are clinging to third place, but with Lazio hot on their trail and Empoli not far behind them, the race for those golden top four places is getting interesting.

Lazio will be pushed all the way when they host Sampdoria at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday, while Empoli will be hoping to continue their remarkable form this season when they take on Udinese.

Elsewhere, Fiorentina welcome Torino, whose new manager Gianni De Biasi got off to a great start in his new job with a midweek win over Cagliari, to Tuscany, while Catania play Siena at 'home' in Rimini.

Rounding up the weekend's action, Parma meet Reggina and Atalanta head to Sardinia, where they play Cagliari .

Gomesh · #7 (**permalink**) 02-03-2007, 21:32

Serie A Preview: Milan-Chievo
This match pits two clubs with very different aims against each other.

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When: Saturday March 3, 20:30 (CET)

Where: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, Italy

BACKGROUND

Despite the scoreless draw away to Palermo on Wednesday, Milan are still quite confident of being able to obtain one of the Champions League qualification, which would come with a fourth place or better finish.

In the aforementioned match, they dominated the play in the first half, and if not for the missed penalty by Kakà inside of ten minutes, they most likely would have won the full allotment of points. Probably because of the penalty miss, Kakà was like a demon possessed, and took on every defender in sight, with a fair amount of success, highlighted by his nutmeg of a Palermo defender.

The front line and midfield had to make up for the lack of defensive options, as Milan were without eight defenders listed on the club roster. In fact, they fielded defensive midfielder Cristian Brocchi as a makeshift right fullback. Still, they were able to keep a talented Palermo frontline from scoring.

Chievo Verona are also facing the prospect of achieving the goal they currently have set for themselves, which is to avoid relegation. A mere three points separate the Flying Donkeys from the drop zone, and they must continue the good run of form they have recently experienced.

A 3-0 steamrolling of Torino and the 2-2 draw against Roma (both at home) can give them confidence in taking their show on the road and earning some points.

CURRENT FORM

Milan (W W D, 37 points, 6th place in Serie A)

The Rossoneri are on a run of form right now that can only be bested by their city rivals, Inter Milan, who up until Wednesday had won seventeen straight matches. Milan have not lost since November, and they will again field a 4-4-1-1 formation because of the lack of defensive cover.

Chievo (D W D, 23 points, 15th place in Serie A)

The Gialloblu have begun to put together some good results, and must continue to do so in order to avoid the drop. As they are one of the few sides near the bottom of the table who could be described as “to good to go down”, they must now prove it.

TEAM NEWS

Milan have a who’s who list of Serie A players currently out of the lineup. Names such as Paolo Maldini, Filippo Inzaghi, Alessandro Nesta, Marcos Cafu, and Alessandro Costacurta will be watching from the stands. They are joined by Serginho, Kakhaber Kaladze, and possibly Massimo Ambrosini.

Chievo have major absences, too. Victor Obinna and Federico Cossato are missing from the frontline, while midfielders Luciano and Cesar Prates, along with goalkeeper Vincenzo Sicignano, join them on the training table. The biggest absentees, however, are the suspended duo of Erjon Bogdani and Fabio Moro.

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Ronaldo (Milan) – Because he is cup-tied and cannot be used in the Champions League, he will definitely play from the start in this match, and with the support of Kakà, should be able to continue to find the form which earned him the nickname ‘Il Fenomeno’.

Sergio Pellissier (Chievo) – This tiny Italian with a French name always performs well against Milan, and has terrorized their defense in recent seasons with his ability to make timely runs. In being able to play versus a thin backline for Milan, he should get several good scoring chances.

POSSIBLE STARTING XI’s

Milan (4-4-1-1): Dida; Oddo, Simic, Bonera, Jankulovski; Gattuso, Brocchi, Pirlo, Seedorf; Kakà; Ronaldo

Chievo (4-3-1-2): Squizzi; Malago, Mandelli, D’Anna, Lanna; Sammarco, Italiano, Brighi; Semioli; Pellissier, Cozzolino

PREDICTION

This is sure to be an affair full of quality midfield play and good runs by the strikers. In saying that, I don’t believe the goals will flow, and a low scoreline is to be expected.

Milan 1-0 Chievo

Gomesh · #8 (**permalink**) 02-03-2007, 21:33

Serie A Preview: Ascoli-RomaAscoli (20th Serie A, 15 points) vs Roma (2nd Serie A, 53 points)
When: Saturday, 3rd March, kick-off 1500 local (CET)
Where: Del Duca Stadium, Ascoli

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Looking for an away win Roma haven’t won an away game since their 2-1 victory in Turin last December 20th. They’re quite sceptical about the possibility to win the title, even though Inter have just dropped a couple of points, but they need to win just to keep Palermo at bay.

It will not be that easy, as most of the team is already focused on the Lyon game.

Spalletti has to find the way to motivate the team. Curiously enough after De Rossi, a key player for the Giallorossi midfield, had admitted he was tired, he twisted his ankle and could be out of the Ascoli clash.

Ascoli want to show their pride

The Bianconeri are in deep trouble, and frankly it looks quite difficult they could play Serie A football next season. As they haven’t got anything to lose in a match against a top flight team like Roma, they might try to get a result.

Unfortunately Sonetti has to come to terms with a plethora of injuries. The veteran coach just hopes young guns like Paolucci and Boudianski can show their talent and give Ascoli supporters a rare glimpse of joy.

FORM GUIDE

Ascoli

Ascoli - Parma 0 - 0 28/02/2007 SERIE A
Livorno - Ascoli 0 - 0 25/02/2007 SERIE A
Ascoli - Udinese 2 - 2 18/02/2007 SERIE A
Sampdoria - Ascoli 2 - 0 11/02/2007 SERIE A
Messina - Ascoli 1 - 2 28/01/2007 SERIE A
Ascoli - Atalanta 1 - 3 21/01/2007 SERIE A

Roma

Chievo - Roma 2 - 2 28/02/2007 SERIE A
Roma - Reggina 3 - 0 25/02/2007 SERIE A
Roma - Lyon 0 - 0 21/02/2007 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Empoli - Roma 1 - 0 17/02/2007 SERIE A
Roma - Parma 3 - 0 11/02/2007 SERIE A
Roma - Siena 1 - 0 28/01/2007 SERIE A

TEAM NEWS

Ascoli

Several players are out due to injuries: Di Biagio, Bjelanovic, Fontana, Del Vecchio and Lombardo. Former Roma player Bonanni got a red card in the Parma game so will not be available against giallorossi. Zanetti is suspended as well. Pagliuca should sit on the bench, as Eleftheropoulos is very likely to play again.

Probable Formation: Eleftheropoulos, Corallo, Melara, Nastase, Fini, Foglio, Boudianski, Pesce, Guberti, Paolucci, Soncin.

Roma

Perrotta is suspended and Martinez and Aquilani are still out. Panucci should be back to replace Cassetti, who didn’t impress too much in the Chievo game. De Rossi is a major doubt for Spalletti, while Mancini should start from the bench. Doni has got the flu, so Curci is very likely to play.

Probable Formation: Curci, Panucci, Mexes, Chivu, Tonetto, Wilhelmsson, Faty (De Rossi), Pizarro, Tavano, Taddei, Totti.

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Eleftheropoulos (Ascoli)

He was Ascoli’s best player in the game against Parma. He’s enjoying his moment of glory as Pagliuca is temporarily unavailable and he will quite happy to face his former club Roma as with giallorossi he hardly played a single game.

Totti (Roma)

He was said to be on a nervous breakdown after he missed the sixth penalty of the season in the Reggina game. But in Verona he showed the reason why he’s currently the best Italian player around: he bagged a couple of goals just to silence his critics and to help Roma avoiding an embarrassing defeat. No doubt he will try to increase the margin as top-scorer in a supposedly easy game like Ascoli-Roma.

PREDICTION

Roma cannot afford to some more points, as they want to secure second place as soon as possible. Last year they lost to Ascoli 3-2, but at that time the Bianconeri had a stronger team. This time the home side would be quite content with a draw.

Ascoli 0-2 Roma

brimson · #9 (**permalink**) 03-03-2007, 11:23

Inter are out at 2.2 on betfair and were long odds on with most bookies all week. I think there must be some value at prices bigger than evens, regardless of who is left out.

mhaymovi · #10 (**permalink**) 03-03-2007, 11:51

Livorno (+1.5) @ 3.10 Gamebookers is enough for my money this afternoon. Inter will care too much on their CL match in midweek so I believe they can face some rough time there .

Gomesh · #11 (**permalink**) 03-03-2007, 13:21

For me today:

Livorno - Inter = Livorno +0.5 @ 1.87 6pts

Today Boss Mancini will make the turn-over in sight of the difficult game against Valencia of Champions League. Livorno can take advantage of this occasion to take at least a point from the match.

Ascoli - Roma = 2 @ 1.82 3pts

Boss Spalletti will make the turn-over in sight of the game of Champions League against Lione but I believe that Roma can easily win this game against Ascoli with so many absentees for bans and injuries. Roma, misses then with the victory in away from different matches.

Napoli - Spezia = Over @ 2.20 3pts

Today Napoli plays in home match against Spezia that has succeeded in stopping different Big Teams of Serie B. Napoli returns to play under the eyes of the own fanses considering that yesterday the restructuring works of the Stadium have been finished and, for this, cannot fail the appointment with the goals of its advanced department Bucchi-Calaiò-De Zerbi.

**kompressaur** · #12 (**permalink**) 03-03-2007, 21:26

How did you get on Gomesh? Anyone got anyhthing for tomorrow? (sunday)

**kompressaur** · #13 (**permalink**) 04-03-2007, 01:04

Streaming Games

14:00 Lazio - Sampdoria
14:00 Fiorentina - Torino
14:00 Messina - Palermo
14:00 Catania - Siena
14:00 Cagliari - Atalanta Bergamo

anyone any thoughts?

thanks

SLaCk · #14 (**permalink**) 04-03-2007, 13:32

Lazio had a serie of wins. I`ve watched their last two matches and they didn`t impress me too much especially with Catania although the result in the end was 3-1. Sampdoria is good team no important are missing so I expect a draw match at 3.2 it`s worth to try...or not?

**kompressaur** · #15 (**permalink**) 05-03-2007, 04:12

	March 3

FT	Ascoli	1 - 1	AS Roma

FT	Livorno	1 - 2	Inter Milan

FT	AC Milan	3 - 1	Chievo

05:11	March 4

FT	Cagliari	2 - 0	Atalanta

FT	Catania	1 - 1	Siena

FT	Fiorentina	5 - 1	Torino

FT	Lazio	1 - 0	Sampdoria

FT	Messina	2 - 0	Palermo

FT	Parma	2 - 2	Reggina

FT	Udinese	0 - 1	Empoli

March 3

FT	Albinoleffe	2 - 3	Brescia

FT	Bari	1 - 1	Arezzo

FT	Cesena	1 - 4	Bologna

FT	Frosinone	0 - 2	Vicenza

FT	Genoa	1 - 0	Lecce

FT	Modena	0 - 0	Rimini

FT	Napoli	3 - 1	Spezia

FT	Treviso	1 - 2	Crotone

FT	Verona	2 - 1	Pescara

05:11	March 4

FT	Juventus	4 - 0	Piacenza