Fiorentina v Chievo Verona
Sunday 31st May 2015 – Kickoff: 2045hrs
Football – Italy – Serie A Betting Tips
Fiorentina will be aiming for a fifth straight win in Serie A this Sunday evening to confirm their place in next season’s Europa League when they take on bottom half club Chievo Verona at their Stadio Artemio Franchi.
The hosts will be keen to claim all three points here tonight to ensure their passage as they have a niggling Genoa outfit hot on their heels, waiting for them to trip up. Recent form though suggests that Genoa’s hopes could be dashed as Fiorentina have racked up four wins on the trot with victories over Cesena, Empoli, Parma and Palermo which has helped them to their current league position of fifth spot.
Fiorentina’s home record stands at a pretty solid 8-6-4 27/17 and they’ve covered the -1.25 handicap in three of their last five on home turf with 2-0, 3-1 and 3-0 wins. Goalscoring midfielders Salah and Ilicic will look to get forward as much as possible here and Gomez could feature amongst the goals as well.
Visitors Chievo Verona have lost just once in their last eight matches overall, but indeed, have registered just two wins during this period also as they’ve been involved in a spate of stalemates (five in total from the last eight).
Their away form though has been very inconsistent in the last couple of months of the Serie A season as they’ve suffered defeats at Juventus, Empoli, Sassuolo and Torino which have outweighed their recent wins at Parma, Genoa and Cesena.
Their away record stands at 6-4-8 12/19 and scoring goals on their travels has been a problem all season as they find themselves joint-lowest goalscorers with Parma away from home in Serie A. Chievo have failed to score on eight occasions to date, and they come up against a fairly sturdy Fiorentina defence this evening.
Fiorentina v Chievo Betting Tips
Fiorentina have kept seven clean sheets at home so far, and given Chievo’s shyness in front of goal, I reckon the hosts are worth a hit with the handicap here in a match they could win perhaps 2-0.
Pick: Fiorentina AH-1.25 @ 1.87 Bet Victor
