ITALIAN SERIE A BETTING PICK - LIVORNO V LAZIO

Italian Serie A

2006-12-17 - Livorno vs Lazio

A Sports Betting Pick by Cruiser

Analysis:

Lazio travels to the Stadio Picchi to face a Livorno side sitting in seventh spot and while the home side have failed to win in their last three matches played, Lazio is simply in cruise control and could jump to fourth place if results goes their way.

Lazio surprised many when they outclassed their city rivals A.S Roma to win that match 3-0 and showed no glimpses of the form that led to their defeat at the hands of Fiorentina when they were beaten 1-0 on their last away match. Credit has to be given to Delio Rossi for masterminding the win over Roma last weekend and they have been scoring often from the 15 goals scored in their last five games shows and conceded just 3 goals.

Delio Rossi could start this match with the same eleven that beat Roma as there are no injuries or suspensions to report for the visitors. The man on form for the side from Rome has to be Cristian Ledesma as he scored the first goal against Roma and his penetrating runs managed to unlocked the tight Roma's defence.

The home side on the other hand, comesinto this match with their last win coming in early November, have just one point to show after five games played in recent matches and will miss the vital contribution of star player Alessandro Grandoni for this tie after getting himself booked against Palermo in their last fixture which they were soundly beaten 3-0. They will bring in Dario Knezevic to operate on the right, but his presence will somewhat not make a hug impact as of Grandoni. Iranian Rahman Rezaei could be brought into this match as Ghana’s Samuel Kuffour is likely to be benched here after they conceded 3 goals last time out. Upfront the positions looks liekly to stay as Brazilian Paulo Paulinho will play just behind Cristiano Lucarelli.

Livorno have failed to score a single goal in their last two matches now and will find it hard against a tight defence marshalled by Angelo Peruzzi who have kept two clean sheets so far. Stefano Morrone and Dario Passoni will have to work extra hard in midfield to combat the threat from Lazio's forwards comprising of Mauri; Rocchi and Goran Pandev.

I will go for Lazio not to lose this match and take them on level ball.

Cheers and good luck,
Cruiser

The Pick :

BEST BETTING TIP :

Take Lazio to win this match.