Venice take on the visitors Venice in the round 3 match of Italian Serie A. The match will be played on Friday, August 30th at Stadio Pierluigi Penzo (Venice).
The Venice team was led back by Paolo Vanoli, who has since moved on to Torino, and now, by a twist of fate, the hosts will face their former coach in the third round. The black-green-reds are now managed by Eusebio Di Francesco, known for his aggressive style of football with pressing and attacking play, regardless of the capabilities of his players. Last season, Di Francesco couldn’t keep Frosinone in Serie A while playing a similar style. Now, we'll see how Venezia, his new project, fares in Serie A. They started with a 1-3 loss to Lazio, despite scoring first in Rome, and in the second round, they held Fiorentina to a 0-0 draw, though the game was much more entertaining than the final score suggests. The match against Torino promises to be just as exciting in terms of gameplay.
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The team from northern Italy has parted ways with Ivan Jurić, who built a solid zonal pressing system at Torino but never managed to take the team higher than mid-table. There aren't many resources to achieve that, but we’ll see how Vanoli, who has proven himself as a good attacking coach, performs. He started with Torino more than admirably. In Milan, his team drew 2-2 with the Rossoneri in the opening match of the season, and then they pulled off a comeback win against Atalanta (2-1). With Adams and Zapata spearheading the attack, they pose a threat to any defense in Serie A, and Venezia's defense is certainly no exception.
I’m confident that we’ll see at least 2 goals in this game. The aggressive styles of both teams, which don’t rely on the traditional catenaccio defense that has all but disappeared from Serie A in recent years, suggest as much. The teams' defensive setups aren’t particularly strong, which bodes well for a high-scoring game, as does their performance in the first rounds (3 out of their 4 combined matches were high-scoring). Moreover, the philosophy of both clubs is centered on playing football rather than just breaking up play. Additionally, in their last four head-to-head encounters, there have been at least 2 goals in each match (2 wins, 2 draws), making the Over 2.5 goals bet a solid choice here. At 1.53 odds on Marathon Bet, it's a worthy pick for this match.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 scored goals.
