Venezia to finish bottom of the Italian Serie A drifted from 2/1 to a best price of 3/1 at Betfair Sportsbook, with three of three bookmakers easing.
The odds on Venezia to finish bottom of the Italian Serie A have drifted out from 2/1 to 3/1 with Betfair Sportsbook, and a gutsy win over Napoli is the reason the bookmakers are suddenly backing off.
Venezia beat Napoli 1-0 on 17 October 2026, with forward Akor Adams scoring the only goal shortly after half-time.
Three of three bookmakers have eased their odds on Venezia to finish bottom of the Italian Serie A, with 3/1 now the best price at Betfair Sportsbook.
Monza are the favourites at a best price of 12/5 with Paddy Power, leaving Venezia second-shortest in the market.
Davide Nicola, appointed head coach on 14 October 2026, won his first match in charge.
Rewind a week and the mood was very different. Venezia had lost their last 8 matches in Serie A, conceding at least 2 goals in each of those outings, and the club moved quickly, bringing in Davide Nicola as head coach on 14 October. Three days of work on the training ground was all he had before Napoli came to the Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo, and his side delivered a 1-0 win, settled when Akor Adams struck shortly after half-time. For a team that had been priced as one of the likeliest to prop up the table, beating Napoli is not the kind of result you can wave away.
The other hero was goalkeeper Filip Stankovic, who kept out Kevin De Bruyne's penalty midway through the second half to protect the lead. That save sums up what changed: Venezia were stubborn, organised and hard to break down, and the clean sheet tells you the new coach has already got his defence listening. The market noticed straight away, with every firm pricing Venezia out from 2/1 to 3/1. One result does not rewrite a log position, but it does tell bookmakers this side has some fight left, and that is why the money has moved away from them at the foot of the table.
Italian Serie A To Finish Bottom odds
Best odds 3/1 with Betfair Sportsbook, worst 3/1 with Skybet. Paddy Power match that number as well, so the Venezia odds are identical across all three firms and there is no extra value to be found by shopping around on this one.
Last updated: 17 October 2026, 23:21 UK time
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Will Venezia finish bottom of the Italian Serie A?
Monza are the favourites at a best price of 12/5 with Paddy Power, and the win over Napoli has left them on their own at the top of this market. Venezia sit second-shortest at 3/1 with Betfair Sportsbook, with Parma and Lecce the next names in the betting for the wooden spoon. Monza get the next opportunity to answer back when they host Cagliari at the U-Power Stadium on 19 October 2026. If they cannot respond, this market could stretch further in their direction.
Monza – 12/5 with Paddy Power, the favourites, and at home to Cagliari on 19 October 2026.
Venezia – 3/1 with Betfair Sportsbook, drifting out on the back of the Napoli result.
Parma – 7/2 with Betfair Sportsbook, sitting just behind Venezia in the betting.
Lecce – 5/1 with Skybet, the longest price of the four leading names.
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How do Venezia avoid finishing bottom of the Italian Serie A?
Nicola has already told us how he plans to do it. In his first press conference on 15 October 2026, he said his focus is on group organisation and defensive discipline to secure survival, not on quick fixes, and he brought in his own staff, including goalkeeping coach Lorenzo Squizzi. The Napoli clean sheet was the first proof of that plan, and the real test now is whether it lasts. A trip to Genoa on 25 October comes first, then Inter visit on 28 October, so the next fortnight will show whether this was a new direction or a one-off. Our prediction is that backing Venezia at 3/1 asks you to ignore what the new coach has just shown. If his side keep defending like they did against Napoli, with Stankovic behind them and Adams able to find the net, the drift has room to keep going and Monza stay the side to beat at the bottom.
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