Serie A Football Betting 2011-2012
The Italian league often gets criticised for all of the same old cliché reasons; the football is too slow and the players are too old. Both of them may have some grounds in truth but the point is that the Italian game also provides a great deal of quality and excitement for the watching masses.
Serie A Football betting 2011-2012 is one of the few football betting markets over the next season which will be very difficult to predict. The favourite teams will of course dominate but there is a greater pool of sides which can cause an upset than in any other European league.
Winning the Serie A Title
AC Milan are currently favourites for winning the Serie A title which is no surprise when looking at the quality they have in all areas of their squad. They have some of these old traditional but experienced players who so often carry the side through a lot of important and dangerous matches.
Their city rivals Inter Milan are also a strong shot for winning the Serie A title although they have not been the same team since Jose Mourinho left as manager. They still have a very good financial infrastructure which allows them to attract the best players in the world but a number of their stars are being targeted by other European teams.
Serie A Betting
Juventus are always going to feature in a Serie A betting market whether it is a market which covers the title or a market which covers a top six finish. Juventus have one of the biggest support bases in Italy which means they are a very difficult team to beat in their own back yard.
This could also be a very good season from a betting point of view for Roma. Roma have always been one of the contenders in Serie A betting for the title and the European places. They have some top quality players but they don't have a top quality team which is something that has held them back.
Serie A to Serie B
The drop from Serie A to Serie B can sometimes be difficult for clubs to adjust to because the second division of Italian football is very deceptive and difficult to get out of. Juventus officials said the drop from Serie A to Serie B a few seasons back was a complete culture shock.
There are many teams who could be in danger of going from Serie A to Serie B with Novara looking like one of the favourites. It is difficult for new teams coming up because they are not used to chase the ball for such long periods of team. This is also made doubly difficult by the fact Italian sides move the ball slowly.
Cesena could also struggle over the course of the 2011-2012 season and are a Serie A betting favourite to go down. Cesena will be determined not to go from Serie A to Serie B because it would wipe out everything everyone at the club has been working so hard to achieve.