Serie A: Novara v Chievo Odds and Betting Preview

NOVARA, ITALY - Serie A's bottom club Novara are currently seven points from safety and need to start picking up points to have any chance of avoiding the drop. They can be backed at best odds of 13/8 (bet £8 to make £13 profit) with bet365 and BetVictor to win their first match since the end of November against a Chievo side that have not won away from home since November too. The visitors are quoted at best odds of 19/10 at William Hill to heap yet more misery on Novara with victory, while a draw can be backed at best odds of 11/5 at Ladbrokes and William Hill.

Novara started the season well and even beat Inter Milan in the third game of the season but since then they have only won one more match and look in serious trouble unless they can go on a decent run of form to close the gap on the sides above them. Confidence will be at rock bottom in the Novara squad as they have lost four from four in 2012 and have only scored one goal in the year so far. Serie A probably came too early for Novara, who, like Norwich City in England made two consecutive promotions between 2009 and 2011.

Chievo meanwhile have been as solid as ever in the mid table of Serie A this season and look like further consolidating their place in Italy's top flight with another decent season. Their away form has been pretty poor this season and Novara will look to that with hope for a chance of victory. Chievo have picked up just two points away from home in Serie A since a win at Catania on November 20th and will be determined to improve that record if they are to compete for anything apart from mid-table obscurity once again.

In the over/under betting for the match, over 2.5 goals in the match is top priced at 13/10 with BetVictor, whilst under 2.5 goals can be backed at best odds of 13/20 with bet365.

Novara forward Andrea Caracciolo has just joined on loan from Genoa and is top priced at 6/1 with bet365 and Coral to be first goalscorer in this match, with Chievo captain Sergio Pellissier next in the betting at best odds of 13/2 at William Hill and Skybet. Novara's young Japanese striker Takayuki Morimoto is next in the betting at 7/1 with bet365 and Boylesports.

The home side are available at best odds of 4/1 at Ladbrokes to be winning the match at the end of both halves, while a draw at the break followed by a Novara win is top priced at 11/2 in 888 Sport and Blue Square's half-time/full-time markets. Chievo/Chievo is a top priced 9/2 chance with William Hill, whilst draw/Chievo can be backed at best odds of 11/2 at BetVictor and Coral.

The match kicks off at 1945 GMT and is live on ESPN

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