After another superb weekend of Serie A action, Mondays sees two mouth watering games with Champions League chasing Napoli (40/1 Champions league outright) hosting Chievo while Luis Enrique’s Roma travel to Siena.
Despite impressing in the Champions League, where they have progressed to the knockout stages, Napoli have struggled for consistency in the league and currently sit seventh, ten points off the European spots (Napoli 8/15, draw 11/4, Chievo 11/2).
They will see the Chievo match as the perfect chance and will look to in-demand striker Edison Cavani to fire them to glory. The Uruguayan is thought to be on the shopping lists of a number of Europe’s top clubs and he’ll certainly be looking to get on the scoresheet.
Chievo continue to defy the odds and despite their limited resources look as if they’ll once again avoid relegation quite comfortably.
To win in Naples you have to be prepared to compete and in Michael Bradley the Veronans have one of the best combative midfielders in the business. Bradley is at the heart of everything his side does and will be looking forward to the challenge of facing the likes of Marek Hamsik and Gokhan Inler.
However, home advantage should play its part and with the likes of Cavani and Ezequiel Lavezzi in attack, it’s hard to look past them for a comfortable win.
The other match is at the Stadio Artemio Franchi and also looks as if it could be a thriller with both Siena and Roma known for their open and exciting styles of play (Siena 21/10, draw 11/5, Roma 13/10).
Siena are currently teetering on the edge of the relegation zone but, having drawn with Juventus in their last league game and then followed it up with a cup win against Napoli, Giuseppe Sannino’s side are sure to be full of confidence.
Their player to watch is likely to be striker Emanuele Calaio (7/4 to score at anytime) who has scored four in his last five games and is in the form of his life. He will be looking to once again find the net and fire his side away from the drop zone.
Roma have proved to be somewhat of an enigma this season and, despite bringing in a number of new players, the Giallorossi have struggled for form. However, they’re still in contention for the Champions league places and will expect to win.
Key to their chances is sure to be captain Francesco Totti (11/8 to score at anytime) who has been in superb form in the last few months and will be looking for another big game. The veteran playmakers’ form has resulted in calls for him to end his international retirement and play for Italy in Euro 2012 and he’ll certainly look to dictate affairs on Monday.
His class could make the difference and although it will undoubtedly be a tight match, Roma should sneak it.
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