05.08.2009 Coppa Italia

Perugia – Nocerina 1 ah @1.9 Bet365 6/10

In the past Perugia was a serie A team but now they are a third series team with huge money problems and limited goal for the season. I read that they should fight for the serie B promotion this year, but I don’t believe in these voices.
Team is more or less the same that last year avoided the relegation in the last round.
Some interesting players should leave the team this year, in particular Mazzeo and Ercolano in the attack line.
In my opinion Perugia have to complete their team to be competitive, a man able to invent the play and a forward are missing in the team actually.
In this first Coppa Italia round Perugia have to meet Nocerina, a middle C2 table team, and on the paper shouldn’t be any problem for the home team to win the match end to have the possibility to meet Ascoli in the next round.
Considering what is happened in the other matches I think Perugia will close the match as soon as possible, for this reason I consider well paid 1ht / 1 ft; 1 ht and obsiously home win (paid only 1.4).


Lumezzane v Fano 2(0:1.5)AH @ 1.83 Bet365 6/10

Today the last two matches for the first round of Coppa Italia will be played.
Lumezzane and Fano will play in the afternoon trying to gain the possibility to pass to the next round and play against Gallipoli.
Lumezzane come from a good win against Bari (2-1 the results) and they will want to demonstrate that this was not an episode and the today’s match will represent a good test.
Fano, in fact, drove its group for a long time in the last season leaving the leadership and consequentially losing the promotion only in the final of championship.
Lumezzane is still under construction, a defender and middle-field man are still missing in the group, and for this match Romeo, Pini, Marconi and Calliari will be out.
Fano has been promoted to C2 championship by the football laws and this is a stimulus for the players that will approach the match in completely different frame of mind
Odds for home win is too low for my taste also because I am not sure in a clear home win