This is days away, but I am putting it out now. The lines are starting to move, I think this is a gem of a play.
SERIE A (SUNDAY)
LAZIO/UDINESE OVER 2.5 -138/ OVER 3 +110
If you ask me this line should be higher, at least -150/on the 2.5 and the Over 3 at +110 seems like a mistake to me. This game ticks a lot of boxes. We have Lazio [NODE="2"]2[/NODE] in Serie A with 2.33 goals per game vs Udinese ranked 3rd with an average of 2.11 goals per game. Lazio is the best home scoring team in Serie A tied with ACM averaging just under 2.5 at home, and Udinese compliments this as the 3rd best road scoring team in Serie A, they are finding the net 2+ on their travels. Lazio is lighting up the league right now, they have scored 4 goals the last 3 games, and they have multiple goals efforts in all but one home game this year. I already gave thoughts in this thread on my fondness for Udinese. They were a drastically improved club the 2nd half of last season, and carried the momentum into this season. This team is on an absolute roll, they have taken down Serie A big boys Roma & Inter, and came back to tie Atalanta in the 2nd half last week. Udinese comes into this one feeling good, having scored 2 or more goals in 5 straight games, including 3 games where they scored 3 or more! I can say that both these teams also pass the eye test for me. I have watched plenty of Lazio's recent performances, and they have been playing beautiful futbol, crisp one touch passing, a lethal counter attack, and offensive efficiency. The same goes for Udinese they like to go forward, both these clubs having attacking prowess in their DNA. I looked at this every which way, and tried to understand why the oddsmakers opened this at -138, +110 respectively. The defensive #'s show Lazio as the best defensive team in the league, giving up .50 goals per game. That has to be baked into the line, but I am not convinced that Lazio is suddenly a defensive stalwart. They shutout minnows Cremonese & Spezia, and two poorly functioning offensive clubs in Verona & Fio. Lazio ranks statistically as the best team as far as goals against is concerned , but they are bottom 10 in xGA, this tells me they are giving up their fair share of chances, and have been catching some breaks. This week they get a pitbull of a team that has proven beyond a doubt they can go toe to toe with anyone. The Asian -inbetween line as I call it at 2.5/3 was + money, and is already at -115, I am showing that the 2.5 line is at -150. Personally, I have the 2.5 , and sprinkled in some 3 at +110 right now. I look forward to this match it should be a fun one, if both teams come to play we should get a highly entertaining affair.