Chievo v Juventus Betting Preview – Serie A 18th August 5.00pm
Chievo are being thrown straight into the lion’s den in this opening fixture of the new Serie A season. They finished down in 14th last term in the Italian top flight but they strung a positive three-match winning streak together at the end of the term. Juventus were crowned champions once again but they were under pressure all the way from Napoli. But the Old Lady have bolstered their chances of further success with the addition of Cristiano Ronaldo. Read our predictions for the Chievo v Juventus game for more.
Chievo v Juventus Betting Tips
It was a 14th place finish that Chievo booked in last season’s Serie A and in their home games they picked up a W7 D6 L6 record. Among their home games though they didn’t get a single win at home against any of the sides who finished in the top seven at the end of the season. In 14 of their 19 home games, last season Chievo were level at halftime and we are going to take that and run with it by backing a draw/Juventus half-time/ full-time bet at 5/2 odds* (Betting Odds were taken from August 15th, 2018 at 5:41 p.m.).
68% of their home goals scored and 62% of their home goals conceded happened in the second half of matches last season in Serie A. One clear problem they had was putting the ball in the back of the net because they only managed under an average of a goal per game last season. They also earned a clean sheet in just 21% of their home games last term.
Of course, all of the attention is going to be on Cristiano Ronaldo in this one following his big move from Real Madrid. Cristiano Ronaldo is the 2/1 first goalscorer favourite for the game and he adds that extra dimension to the Juventus attack. He could well help them on to even better things offensively even though they were the second highest scoring side in Serie A last term (behind Lazio).
As you would expect, the Champions produced a strong record away from home of W14 D4 L1 in the Italian top flight and they took a clean sheet in 53% of their away games. There’s little doubt that they are going to be the stronger of the two sides in this one and in the bet365 correct score market a Juventus 2-0 option is at 9/2 odds* (Betting Odds were taken from August 15th, 2018 at 5:41 p.m.). The Bianconeri have also added Leonardo Bonucci and Emre Can to their ranks over the summer and are going to take some stopping.
Chievo v Juventus Head to Head
Juventus cruised to two comfortable wins over Chievo last season, collecting a clean sheet in both of their games. Juventus are on a five-match winning streak against Chievo in Serie A and they have conceded just the one goal in that sequence of matches. The overall head to head between the two is ridiculous with Juventus holding a W22 D7 L1 head to head record against them.
Chievo v Juventus Betting Odds*
Juventus 2/9
Draw 19/4
Chievo 12/1
* (Betting Odds were taken from August 15th, 2018 at 5:41 p.m.)
Chievo v Juventus Predictions
Juventus won’t be too stressed about this opening game for their title defence as they have been comfortable against Chievo recently. They did a solid job against them last season and we are going to stick with the trend of Juventus to win to nil for the fixture.
