JUVENTUS v UDINESE
Saturday 15th October 2016 – Kickoff: 2045hrs
Football – Italy – Serie A Betting Tips
Italian Serie A league leaders Juventus have a great opportunity to extend their lead at the top of the division when they take on struggling Udinese at their Juventus Stadium on Saturday evening.
Before the international break, Juventus had strung together three Serie A wins on the bounce with victories gained over Cagliari, Palermo and Empoli which followed a wake-up call defeat away at Inter Milan prior to this three-game sequence.
But with an impressive home record of 3-0-0 9/2 and having won an amazing 19 home matches on the trot, Juve look well placed to register a further three points on home turf here, particularly with the likes of striker Higuain (6 goals from 7 matches) in fine goalscoring form again.
Visitors Udinese have struggled in recent times in the Italian top flight since their 1-0 win away at AC Milan back in mid-September, as they’ve lost three of their last four overall in Serie A with defeats to Chievo, Sassuolo and Lazio.
Udinese have actually managed just two away wins from their last 15 on the road, hence their lowly league position of 16th place this season, but have generally occupied the lower half of the Italian top flight for the last few seasons now.
Their away record this term stands at 1-0-2 1/5 and they’ve kept just two clean sheets from their last 21 matches on their travels which is an indication of the kinds of problems they’ve had over a long period of time.
I will therefore back the home side to take an early lead and all three points.
Pick: Juventus HT/FT @ 1.75 Coral
