Football Bet Of The Day: Henry Hardwicke has a 7-10 Serie A punt

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Henry Hardwicke has analysed Friday's coupon and his main fancy comes from the Serie A clash at the Stadio Via del mare.

Friday's Football Bet of the Day

Milan to win

Lecce vs Milan
Serie A, 7.45pm Friday

Milan were beaten 2-1 by Cremonese at the San Siro in their opening Serie A fixture, but that was a mighty unjust result and the the Rossoneri can bounce back to win at Lecce. 

Massimiliano Allegri's men won the shot count 24-4, the corner count 9-2 and the expected-goals numbers finished 1.92 to 0.21 in favour of Milan in their first league contest of the campaign, but somehow Cremonese left with the points. 

The Rossoneri beefed up their squad with the summer signings of Ardon Jashari, Samuele, Koni de Winter and Pervis Estupinan and there should be progress from last season's eighth-place finish. 

Rafael Leao's injury is a blow to Allegri's attacking options, but Lecce failed to register a single shot on target in a 0-0 draw at Genoa last weekend and they are unlikely to cause Milan many problems. 

Odds: 7-10 with Betfair, Paddy Power

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