Sunday, October 28, 2012

SUNDAY EARLY EMAIL NOTES ....

 
SUNDAY OCTOBER 28th

Two emails today,  afternoon kick offs are covered here and the follow up will include the later football and NFL action and that will be sent at 14.00 UK time.
 
Three previews here, one each from Italy, England and my strongest news of the early matches, from Ligue 1.

ITALY: SERIE A

CATANIA - JUVENTUS

There are certain teams you are never going to get rich opposing on a regular basis and Juventus definitely now fall into that category, but if you pick and choose your matches and we have done well on the odd occasion we have decided to take on Barcelona, then you can still look to oppose them , just don't make a habit of it ! Juve are unbeaten in 49 championship matches in Serie A, including 23 on the road, but have shown signs of being a little weary recently , this will be their 10th start in the last six weeks and they have had a very disrupted schedule this week. They played in Copenhagen on Tuesday, have been eating lunch at 10.30 each day since their return to prepare for this and also  made the trip to Scicily, so there would have been very strangely timed training sessions this week. We spoke a couple of times last season about how footballers are very much creatures of habit and how they like to prepare for matches in a set way, eating and sleeping at rigid times, the morning kick off has messed this up and I can find no recent record of them playing in the early game previously. They have a home match with Bologna in midweek, before meeting Internazionale, who are coming on strong next weekend, so I can see a point today as being viewed as one won, not two lost. Catania are very strong on home soil, especially early season. they are 3-1-0 this season, drawing with Napoli and are looking to go undefeated through at least five starts for the third year in a row, last season they were 9-5-5 and 3-2-0 after five and in 2010/11 posted an 11-4-4 record and did not lose until their eighth outing ( 4-3-0). Obviously something in the late summer/ autumn air makes them very tough to beat on the island.
H2h wise three of the last five meetings in Catania have ended all square and there must be a very good chance of number four today, which is a result I feel both would be very happy with. Rolando Maran has thrived since taking over from Vicenzo Montella in June and whilst he has some injury concerns today, he will be able to field his preferred 4-3-3 formation and has had a completely free midweek to prepare. The visitors arrive without defender Lucio and Claudio Marchisio, the midfielder is very much amongst the first names on the team sheet and hardly ever misses a match, so his absence might be felt. A couple of Catania players, especially Alejandro Gomez have been linked with bigger clubs and this is a big chance to impress in a high profile match. Draw for me. 1.25 units Catania +0.5 ball asian line.

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FRANCE : LIGUE 1

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Good Luck.

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