Serie A picks/previews 6/2 and 7/2

6/2:

Palermo - Parma

Last five in Serie A: Palermo (D W D W L) Parma (L L L D L)

Last season: Not played

Palermo (probable): Sirigu; Cassani, Kjaer, Goian, Balzaretti; Migliaccio, Nocerino, Bresciano; Pastore; Cavani, Miccoli

Parma (probable): Mirante; Paci, Panucci, A.Lucarelli; Zaccardo, Morrone, Dzemaili, Galloppa, P.Castellini; Bojinov, Biabiany

Palermo is better team.

Palermo win.

Livorno - Juventus

Last five in Serie A: Livorno (L W L L D) Juventus (W L L L D)

Last season: Not played

Livorno (probable): Rubinho; Perticone, Knezevic, Esposito; Raimondi, Moro, Mozart, Filippini, Pieri; Bellucci, Lucarelli

Juventus (probable): Buffon; Legrottaglie, Cannavaro, Chiellini; Caceres, Melo, Candreva, De Ceglie; Diego; Amauri, Del Piero

Both teams struggle I think close but Juventus win.

Juventus win.

7/2:

Atalanta - Bari

Last five in Serie A: Atalanta (L W D L L) Bari (L D D L W)

Last season: Not played

Atalanta (probable): Consigli; Garics, Talamonti, Manfredini; Bellini, Ferreira Pinto, Padoin, Volpi; Doni; Amoruso

Bari (probable): Gillet; A.Masiello, Diamoutene, Bonucci, S.Masiello; Alvarez, Gazzi, Donati, Allegretti; Castillo, Barreto

Atlanta good home.

Atlanta win.

Bologna - AC Milan

Last five in Serie A: Bologna (L W D W D) Milan (W W W L D)

Last season: Bologna 1-4 Milan

Bologna (probable): Colombo; Raggi, Portanova, Moras, Lanna; Gimenez, Mudingayi, Guana, Modesto; Adailton; Di Vaio

Milan (probable): Abbiati; Abate, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Antonini; Ambrosini, Pirlo; Seedorf; Beckham, Borriello, Ronaldinho

Milan win.

Genoa - Chievo

Last five in Serie A: Genoa (W L D W D) Chievo (L L W D D)

Last season: Genoa 2-2 Chievo

Genoa (probable): Amelia; Papastathopoulos, Dainelli, Bocchetti; Rosi, Milanetto, Juric, Moretti; Palladino, Suazo, Sculli

Chievo (probable): Sorrentino; Sardo, Mandelli, Yepes, Mantovani; Luciano, Iori, Marcolini; Pinzi; Abbruscato, Pellissier

Genoa good home.

Genoa win.

Inter - Cagliari

Last five in Serie A: Inter (W W W D W) Cagliari (D W W D D)

Last season: Inter 1-1 Cagliari

Inter (probable): Julio Cesar; Maicon, Cordoba, Samuel, Santon; Zanetti, Cambiasso, Muntari; Thiago Motta; Milito, Pandev

Cagliari (probable): Agazzi; Marzoratti, Canini, Astori, Agostini; Dessena, Conti, Biondini; Lazzari; Jeda, Matri

Inter are better team.

Inter win.

Lazio - Catania

Last five in Serie A: Lazio (W D L D D) Catania (W L D W D)

Last season: Lazio 1-0 Catania

Lazio (probable): Muslera; Diakite, Stendardo, Radu, Kolarov; Dabo, Baronio, Firmani; Mauri; Floccari, Zarate

Catania (probable): Andujar; Alvarez, Silvestre, Spolli, Capuano; Ricchiuti, Carboni, Biagianti; Mascara, Martinez, Llama

Lazio are better and should win.

Lazio win.

Siena - Sampdoria

Last five in Serie A: Siena (L L L D L) Sampdoria (D L D W W)

Last season: Siena 0-0 Sampdoria

Siena (probable): Curci; Malago, Cribari, Del Grosso; Vergassola, Codrea, Ekdal; Reginaldo, Maccarone, Jajalo

Sampdoria (probable): Storari; Zauri, Gastaldello, Lucchini, Ziegler; Semioli, Palombo, Tissone, Mannini; Pazzini, Pozzi

Sampdoria are better of these two.

Sampdoria win.

Udinese - Napoli

Last five in Serie A: Udinese (L D D L D) Napoli (W W D W D)

Last season: Udinese 0-0 Napoli

Udinese (probable): Handanovic; Isla, Coda, Lukovic, Pasquale; Asamoah, D’Agostino, Inler; Pepe, Floro Flores, Di Natale

Napoli (probable): De Sanctis; Campagnaro, Cannavaro, Grava; Maggio, Gargano, Pazienza, Dossena, Hamsik; Quagliarella, Denis

Napoli are good.

Napoli win.

Fiorentina - Roma

Last five in Serie A: Fiorentina (W W L L D) Roma (D W W W W)

Last season: Fiorentina 4-1 Roma

Fiorentina (probable): Frey; De Silvestri, Gamberini, Natali, Pasqual; Donadel, Montolivo; Marchionni, Jovetic, Vargas; Gilardino

Roma (probable): Julio Sergio; Cassetti, Mexes, Juan, Riise; De Rossi, Pizarro; Taddei, Perrotta, Vucinic; Totti

Fiorentina good but Roma very good.

Draw.