Venezia to stay up in the Italian Serie A has shortened to 1/1 at Betfair Sportsbook, in from 11/8, as all three tracked bookmakers cut prices.
The odds on Venezia to stay up in the Italian Serie A have been slashed from 11/8 to 1/1 with Betfair Sportsbook after Davide Nicola's first game in charge brought down Napoli.
Three of three bookmakers have cut their odds on Venezia to stay up in the Italian Serie A, with Paddy Power and Skybet also now quoting 1/1.
Akor Adams scored the 49th-minute winner against Napoli, set up by Simon Sohm.
Goalkeeper Filip Stanković saved a second-half penalty from Kevin De Bruyne to protect the clean sheet.
Bologna are the favourites at a best price of 1/50 with Paddy Power, while Venezia sit eleventh-shortest in the market.
Talk about a fast start. Davide Nicola was appointed Venezia head coach on 15 October 2026, taking over from Giovanni Stroppa, and two days later his side beat Napoli 1-0 at the Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo. It was Venezia's first Serie A win of the season, and it came against a side that arrived with far bigger expectations. Adams provided the cutting edge early in the second half, but the real story was at the other end, where Stanković kept De Bruyne out from the spot and the home side refused to crack.
That stubborn defensive shift is exactly why the market has moved so sharply. Venezia had lost their previous eight outings in Serie A before this result, so a clean sheet against Napoli points to a team that suddenly looks harder to break down under the new man. The bookmakers have responded by pushing Venezia to stay up in the Italian Serie A into an evens price, which suggests the traders see this as more than a one-off result. Think of a PSL side scrapping at the wrong end of the log: when a new coach turns them into a stubborn unit overnight, the prices tend to react quickly, and that is the reaction we are seeing here.
Italian Serie A To Stay Up odds
Best odds on Venezia to stay up in the Italian Serie A are 1/1 with Betfair Sportsbook, and the worst price is 1/1 with Paddy Power, with Skybet matching it across the board.
Last updated: 17 October 2026, 23:21 UK time
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What are the odds on Venezia to stay up in the Italian Serie A?
Bologna are the favourites at a best price of 1/50 with Paddy Power. Venezia sit eleventh-shortest at 1/1 with Betfair Sportsbook, which leaves them a long way behind the sides the bookmakers regard as safe. An evens price means the market now reads Venezia's survival as a genuine coin flip in implied probability terms, and that is a big shift for a team that had been losing week after week before Nicola arrived. The names at the top of the market are priced as near-formalities, so the real value story sits lower down, where Venezia are now pushing their way up.
Bologna – 1/50 with Paddy Power, the shortest price in the market.
Torino – 1/40 with Paddy Power, barely any daylight behind the favourites.
Cagliari – 1/40 with Paddy Power, level with Torino.
Sassuolo – 1/20 with Betfair Sportsbook, still rated comfortably safe.
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Can Venezia stay up in the Italian Serie A?
Nicola has been clear about his plan, saying that tailoring his tactics to the squad's different player profiles and building balance would guide the survival campaign, and the Napoli win looked like exactly that: a well-organised back line, a goalkeeper in form and Adams ready to pounce. The next tests will show whether it sticks. Venezia travel to Genoa before hosting Inter, who are undefeated in their last 16 matches in Serie A, so the trip to Genoa is the fixture where Nicola's side really need to back up that clean sheet. Our view is that the move to evens is justified on what we saw against Napoli, but this is a team that has only just started winning, and if that defensive resolve holds on the road, the odds on Venezia could keep coming in.
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