Serie A picks/previews 13-14/9

Saturday:

Inter - Catania

Last season: Inter 2-0 Catania

Form guide: Inter (D - - - - ) Catania (W - - - - )

Inter (probable): Julio Cesar; Santon, Cordoba, Materazzi, Maxwell; Stankovic, Vieira, Muntari; Mancini, Ibrahimovic, Quaresma

Catania (probable): Bizzarri; Silvestri, Terlizzi, Stovini, Sabato; Biagianti, Ledesma, Tedesco; Martinez, Paolucci, Mascara

Inter are strong in the league and Mourinho would like to show what he can do.

Inter win.

Palermo - Roma

Last season: Palermo 0–2 Roma

Form guide: Palermo (L - - - -) Roma (D - - - -)

Palermo (probable): Amelia; Raggi, Carrozzieri, Bovo, Balzaretti; Migliaccio, Liverani, Nocerino; Miccoli, Cavani, Succi

Roma (probable): Doni; Cicinho, Mexes, Panucci, Riise; De Rossi, Pizarro, Taddei, Aquilani; Vucinic, Totti

Palermo have gotten a bad start to their season, but Roma have failed to impress as well.

Roma win.

Sunday:

Bologna - Atalanta

Last season: Not played

Form guide: Bologna (W - - - -) Atalanta (W - - - -)

Bologna (probable): Antonioli; C.Zenoni, Terzi, Moras, Bombardini; Adailton, Mudingayi, Volpi, Valiani; Marazzina, Di Vaio

Atalanta (probable): Coppola; Rivalta, Talamonti, Manfredini, Bellini; Ferreira Pinto, Cigarini, Guarente, Padoin; Doni; Floccari

Bologna should be able to win this one on home advantage.

Bologna win.

Genoa - Milan

Last season: Genoa 0-3 Milan

Form guide: Genoa (L - - - - L) Milan (L - - - - )

Genoa (probable): Rubinho; Potenza, Ferrari, Criscito; M.Rossi, Milanetto, Juric, Modesto; Gasbarroni, Milito, Palladino

Milan (probable): Abbiati; Zambrotta, Bonera, Maldini, Jankulovski; Flamini, Pirlo, Ambrosini; Kaka, Ronaldinho; Inzaghi

AC Milan are desperate to win this after their poor first match of the season.

AC Milan win.

Juventus - Udinese

Last season: Juventus 0-1 Udinese

Form guide: Juventus (D - - - -) Udinese (W - - - -)

Juventus (probable): Buffon; Grygera, Legrottaglie, Mellberg, Molinaro; Camoranesi, Sissoko, Zanetti, Nedved; Trezeguet, Del Piero

Udinese (probable): Handanovic; Motta, Coda, Domizzi, Pasquale; Inler, D’Agostino, Isla; Pepe, Quagliarella, Di Natale

Juve lost against Udinese last season, but should be able to win this one.

Juventus win.

Lazio - Sampdoria

Last season: Lazio 2-1 Sampdoria

Form guide: Lazio (W - - - -) Sampdoria (D - - - -)

Lazio (probable): Carrizo; Kolarov, Rozehnal, Siviglia, Lichtsteiner; Matuzalem, Ledesma, Brocchi; Pandev, Zarate, Foggia

Sampdoria (probable): Mirante; Bottinelli, Gastaldello, Lucchini; Franceschini, Palombo, Sammarco, Stankevicius, Pieri; Delvecchio; Cassano

Lazio at home, should beat Sampdoria.

Lazio win.

Lecce - Chievo

Last season: Lecce 3-0 Chievo

Form guide: Lecce (L - - - -) Chievo (W - - - -)

Lecce (probable): Benussi; Giuliatto, Diamoutene, Stendardo, Angelo; Ariatti, Zanchetta, Munari; Caserta; Tiribocchi, Cacia

Chievo (probable): Squizzi; Mantovani, Cesar, Mandelli, Malago; Marcolini, Italiano, Pinzi; Iunco, Pellissier, Luciano

Lecce lost their first match, but I believe they will win this match at home.

Lecce win.

Napoli - Fiorentina

Last season: Napoli 2-0 Fiorentina

Form guide: Napoli (D - - - -) Fiorentina (D - - - -)

Napoli (probable): Iezzo; Rinaudo, Cannavaro, Contini; Maggio, Blasi, Gargano, Hamsik, Vitale; Denis, Lavezzi

Fiorentina (probable): Frey; Zauri, Kroldrup, Dainelli, Vargas; Kuzmanovic, Donadel, Montolivo, Santana; Gilardino, Mutu

Both only managed draws in their first match of the season, this one will be though for both teams.

Fiorentina win.

Reggina - Torino

Last season: Reggina 1-3 Torino

Form guide: Reggina (L - - - -) Torino (W - - - -)

Reggina (probable): Campagnolo; Lanzaro, Valdez, Cirillo, Costa; Vigiani, Barreto, Tognozzi, Hallfredsson; Corradi, Di Gennaro

Torino (probable): Sereni; Diana, Di Loreto, Pratali, Rubin; Zanetti, Corini, Saumel; Rosina; Amoruso, Bianchi

Torino started their season good and also won here last season.

Torino win.

Siena - Cagliari

Last season: Siena 1-0 Cagliari

Form guide: Siena (L - - - -) Cagliari (L - - - -)

Siena (probable): Curci; Del Prete, Ficagna, Portanova, Rossi; Vergassola, Codrea, Galloppa; Kharja; Calaio, Frick

Cagliari (probable): Marchetti; Ferri, Bianco, Canini, Agostini; Biondini, Conti, Parola; Cossu; Jeda, Larrivey

Both teams started their season by losing. Close match this one.

Draw.