Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[Ratash]

We are going to have a really interesting game between Roma and Fiorentina this weekend.

As we all know, Roma have a new manager from now on, Jose Mourinho. He has a really great past with an Italian team before (Inter). Maybe he will have a similar season with Roma also, who knows? But I'm definitely expecting Roma to have a much better season compared to the last one. I think that they will compete for top 4.

When it comes to Fiorentina, they were too bad in the last season. They ended the league at the 13th place and they were only 7 points above the relegation area. But their young forward Vlahovic has drawn people's attention to him by his great performance.

In the end, I think that Roma will start the season with a nice victory. But it might be a win with a 1-goal difference.

Yes i am looking forward to that game althought in the last couple of years fiorentina are doing really bad and they are not as they used to be and now roma seem to be doing good with mourinho who will bring more defensive play i think this will help the team grow and with the signing of abraham who has potential but still i am not sure how he will do since dzeko is gone now i guess we will have to wait.

[coinlocket$]

Serie A will start later this week!

A side note/change, this year we will have games played on Monday and we will have an asymmetrical schedule of the season

This means a team will play 1st let on the 1st day but the second leg could be played even on the last day!

Saturday 21st August
Inter Milan 17:30 Genoa
Verona 17:30 Sassuolo
Empoli 19:45 Lazio
Torino 19:45 Atalanta
Sunday 22nd August
Bologna 17:30 Salernitana
Udinese 17:30 Juventus
Napoli 19:45 Venezia
Roma 19:45 Fiorentina
Monday 23rd August
Cagliari 17:30 Spezia
Sampdoria 19:45 AC Milan

Source: https://www.skysports.com/serie-a-fixtures

Times are in UK timezone.

[jakdanyel]

He is a Serbian centre-forward. He is only 21 years old now but he is a really capable player as it seems. Although Fiorentina had a bad season, Dusan Vlahovic was great. And I heard that Tottenham were aiming to sign him.

After watching all of his goal in 2020 - 2021 season, he looks to be a very good striker with good confidence and magnificent finish. I know he scored many goals from penalties but there are many great non penalty goals.

He can make good shots in and outside 16.5 meter area.

In the transfer market, he is estimated at €40.00m. Very cheap.

Vlahovic all goals in 2020-2021 season

Exactly! He is worth nothing considering the money flow in today's transfer market. Big teams are splurging on many players. And I can't say that they are all very qualified players. This young striker, Vlahovic is really cheap in price. I think that Fiorentina won't be able to keep him next summer if he maintains his performance.

[rmhuntley]

Serie A will start later this week!

A side note/change, this year we will have games played on Monday and we will have an asymmetrical schedule of the season

This means a team will play 1st let on the 1st day but the second leg could be played even on the last day!

Saturday 21st August
Inter Milan 17:30 Genoa
Verona 17:30 Sassuolo
Empoli 19:45 Lazio
Torino 19:45 Atalanta
Sunday 22nd August
Bologna 17:30 Salernitana
Udinese 17:30 Juventus
Napoli 19:45 Venezia
Roma 19:45 Fiorentina
Monday 23rd August
Cagliari 17:30 Spezia
Sampdoria 19:45 AC Milan

Source: https://www.skysports.com/serie-a-fixtures

Times are in UK timezone.

Waiting for with Inter Milan versus Genoa and want to see how Simone Inzhagi manage new club without any star label player after left by Lukaku and the experience coach Antonio Conte, Will new forward Edin Dzeko be better than Lukaku and make many goals? nice to see on this match because management have sold great player and buy less quality player and have age old year.

[Lordhermes]

Monday 23rd August[/b]
Cagliari 17:30 Spezia
Sampdoria 19:45 AC Milan

Source: https://www.skysports.com/serie-a-fixtures

Times are in UK timezone.

Waiting for with Inter Milan versus Genoa and want to see how Simone Inzhagi manage new club without any star label player after left by Lukaku and the experience coach Antonio Conte, Will new forward Edin Dzeko be better than Lukaku and make many goals? nice to see on this match because management have sold great player and buy less quality player and have age old year.
[/quote]It is yet to be seen whether Edin Dzeko will be able to be like Rumelu Lukaku,or will end up flopping at the club.Lukaku has kept a good record at the club,and left,so it left for Dzeko to continue from where he stopped.
I also heard that Milan wanted to sell Lautero Martinez,if this deal had gone through with any interested club,we would have said Milan lacks ambition to sell their two best players.

[acquafredda]

Manolas' future is not certain anymore. For the Greek defender of SSC Napoli there is the possibility of a transfer to Olympiacos. Should he leave, Napoli would go looking for a replacement with Senesi and Rugani being the main choices. As for the latter, there is some availability from Juventus. Rugani earns around 3 million per season however the salary can be spread with a longer contract than the one he currently has which is expiring in 2023.

[Kusman]

Juventus are going to play an away match against Udinese and they are going to start the season with their new manager Allegri. It's been rumoured that Ronaldo would leave the team but he is still staying. I expect Juventus to have a really good start. They may have some injured players in their midfield. But they will still win the match.

[DU18]

I honestly don't think he's the best, but he's still a good coach
let's say that the coach must fit into a serious corporate context, Juventus is certainly very serious

I certainly prefer him to that crybaby Conte

hahaha... A crybaby but prestigious coach?

The two coaches are different and to be honest I also have a little more respect for Allegri than Conte. Allegri fits in well with Juventus and at least he is a bit calmer than Conte. It is said that Conte will replace Arteta at Arsenal, he has good experience with Chelsea there and could possibly take Arsenal to a higher level. But it looks like it's just a rumour.

I agree with what you said, I don't think Conte is the type of coach who really dares to take risks by coaching small teams, besides that Conte is also a coach who doesn't dare to take responsibility after his team loses and what I remember the most is when Conte was replaced by Allegri in 2014, at that time Conte said : Someone can't enter a restaurant with just a hundred euros in his pocket, and that was a satire to the Juventus management who didn't want to spend a lot of money to buy players at that time, but when Allegri took his place Conte at that time, Allegri won five league titles in five years and that was with a squad that Conte considered was an incompetent squad.

[Spack17]

Inter are going to play against Genoa and the season is going to start with this game. It shouldn't be a so hard game for Inter. Genoa are way weaker than their opponent. I don't think that they can resist Inter. Maybe Inter sold Lukaku but they are still a strong team and they are able to beat opponents like this easily.

[Furious 7]

It is yet to be seen whether Edin Dzeko will be able to be like Rumelu Lukaku,or will end up flopping at the club.Lukaku has kept a good record at the club,and left,so it left for Dzeko to continue from where he stopped.
I also heard that Milan wanted to sell Lautero Martinez,if this deal had gone through with any interested club,we would have said Milan lacks ambition to sell their two best players.

Edin Dzeko should be able to continue his good career to replace Lukaku who has a good record, but this is the first season with Inter Milan and the first match with Genoa which in my opinion is a medium team that Inter Milan should be able to beat, but Edin Dzeko will definitely be in believe in being the main striker and I also heard the news that Lautaro will not be played because it is still in the negotiation stage to be released, is it possible that Martinez will not be kept?

[blackened515]

Juventus are going to play an away match against Udinese and they are going to start the season with their new manager Allegri. It's been rumoured that Ronaldo would leave the team but he is still staying. I expect Juventus to have a really good start. They may have some injured players in their midfield. But they will still win the match.

Winning against Udinese shouldn't be hard  for Juventus, I know Juventus to be a vibrant team with talented players. Although, they couldn't win the league title last season, they ended the season at 4th position. I think with Allegri, this season will be a productive one for Juventus. I don't think Ronaldo will be leaving the team anytime sooner.

Inter are going to play against Genoa and the season is going to start with this game. It shouldn't be a so hard game for Inter. Genoa are way weaker than their opponent. I don't think that they can resist Inter. Maybe Inter sold Lukaku but they are still a strong team and they are able to beat opponents like this easily.

Inter might have sold their talented player, but they still have a good squad, although, this season won't be easy for them, if they fail to sign new talented player who will replace Lukaku. However, I don't think Genoa will be able to win against inter. Inter will definitely win their first season match.

[LittleBitFunny]

Inter are going to play against Genoa and the season is going to start with this game. It shouldn't be a so hard game for Inter. Genoa are way weaker than their opponent. I don't think that they can resist Inter. Maybe Inter sold Lukaku but they are still a strong team and they are able to beat opponents like this easily.

In addition to Lukaku, Inter Milan is a strong team. On the other hand, Geona is a very weak team. They are very weak, especially against Inter Milan. I was looking at the match statistics of these two teams. Inter Milan has won all of their last five matches. But the thing that surprised me was that Geona didn't score a single goal in 5 matches against Inter Milan. Inter Milan will start the season with an easy win.

[hahay]

It is yet to be seen whether Edin Dzeko will be able to be like Rumelu Lukaku,or will end up flopping at the club.Lukaku has kept a good record at the club,and left,so it left for Dzeko to continue from where he stopped.
I also heard that Milan wanted to sell Lautero Martinez,if this deal had gone through with any interested club,we would have said Milan lacks ambition to sell their two best players.

Edin Dzeko should be able to continue his good career to replace Lukaku who has a good record, but this is the first season with Inter Milan and the first match with Genoa which in my opinion is a medium team that Inter Milan should be able to beat, but Edin Dzeko will definitely be in believe in being the main striker and I also heard the news that Lautaro will not be played because it is still in the negotiation stage to be released, is it possible that Martinez will not be kept?

After all, Lautaro Martinez is still injured and it is not certain how long his recovery will take. Also, we cannot compare Edin Dzeko to Romelu Lukaku because obviously they are very different and we cannot expect much with Dzeko due to his old age. Just look at their goalscoring goals last season, they are very much different and although seen from a different point of view these two players are still not the same and of course Lukaku is better because of his age who is still productive.

[Luzin]

Inter are going to play against Genoa and the season is going to start with this game. It shouldn't be a so hard game for Inter. Genoa are way weaker than their opponent. I don't think that they can resist Inter. Maybe Inter sold Lukaku but they are still a strong team and they are able to beat opponents like this easily.

The match will take place at the San Siro/Giuseppe Meazza, this is an advantage for Inter. Statistics also say Inter have won more against Genoa. In the last 5 matches Inter vs. Genoa, Inter have always won and did not concede a goal against Genoa. I don't think Lukaku's departure will have much effect on this game. But can Edin Dzeko be able to play like Lukaku? I'm curious about this.

[Oneandpure]

Inter are going to play against Genoa and the season is going to start with this game. It shouldn't be a so hard game for Inter. Genoa are way weaker than their opponent. I don't think that they can resist Inter. Maybe Inter sold Lukaku but they are still a strong team and they are able to beat opponents like this easily.

The match will take place at the San Siro/Giuseppe Meazza, this is an advantage for Inter. Statistics also say Inter have won more against Genoa. In the last 5 matches Inter vs. Genoa, Inter have always won and did not concede a goal against Genoa. I don't think Lukaku's departure will have much effect on this game. But can Edin Dzeko be able to play like Lukaku? I'm curious about this.

Not efficient Inter Milan last year and situation with Inter Milan this season, without Antonio Conte and Lukaku I believe Inter Milan now is most different, they left many player last year and now build new team with new coach, new player and exactly with new technical, maybe when Conte as coach he use 3-5-2 as formation and now what will Simone Inzhagi do for Inter Milan.

[BITCOIN4X]

The match will take place at the San Siro/Giuseppe Meazza, this is an advantage for Inter. Statistics also say Inter have won more against Genoa. In the last 5 matches Inter vs. Genoa, Inter have always won and did not concede a goal against Genoa. I don't think Lukaku's departure will have much effect on this game. But can Edin Dzeko be able to play like Lukaku? I'm curious about this.

The aging Edin Dzeko will no longer match the 28-year-old Lukaku. Lukaku is at the peak of his career as a player and Dzeko is on the verge of retiring at the age of 35 so the two players are no longer equal. Although in that match Inter are no longer accompanied by Lukaku, but rest assured there are other players who look good to pair with the current Inter coach as the spearhead. Meanwhile, the two teams have yet to announce the line-up that will take part in that match and I'm sure Inter will win again against Genoa.

[Pulsar77]

Juventus will have a little trouble playing at the Stadio Friuli

The problem with Juventus is they will miss Rabiot, he has a little injury, and McKennie, banned from one 1game from last season, Arthur is injured, and Locatelli is probably not ready.

They will play with an emergency in the midfield.  

Juventus' midfield has been having problems for a very long time. And these injuries will make it even worse. But still they have Ronaldo. If he makes a big difference in this match, Juventus can still win this match. But it seems like it may not be easy for them. It will depend on Udinese's performance also.

Juventus have now officially signed Manuel Locatelli and of course with the arrival of locatelli to juventus will be able to strengthen their midfield later, and it is reported that locatelli will have a medical test on wednesday, so he can be expected to play when juventus versus udinese in first match at Serie A later, and I think Locatelli is one of the players that Juventus really needs to fill the midfield position because he is a box-to-box type of player.

You are right about that Juventus' midfield is now stronger with Manuel Locatelli. And this transfer was just in time as they have injured players. In fact, Juventus really needed a powerful midfielder transfer also. Because this position was their weakest point.

[masulum]

-snip- I don't think Lukaku's departure will have much effect on this game. But can Edin Dzeko be able to play like Lukaku? I'm curious about this.

IMO, Lukaku's departure will have a very big effect for Inter Milan this season. The reason is, the Inter Milan squad this season lost several important players last season, besides the influence of the new Inter coach. It will be a tough start to the season for Inter. Indeed, vs genoa, records and statistics, Inter Milan dominated the results of the match. Despite winning the game, Inter may have had a bit of trouble, 0 - 1 is good enough for Inter on this game.

[snipie]

-snip- I don't think Lukaku's departure will have much effect on this game. But can Edin Dzeko be able to play like Lukaku? I'm curious about this.

IMO, Lukaku's departure will have a very big effect for Inter Milan this season. The reason is, the Inter Milan squad this season lost several important players last season, besides the influence of the new Inter coach. It will be a tough start to the season for Inter. Indeed, vs genoa, records and statistics, Inter Milan dominated the results of the match. Despite winning the game, Inter may have had a bit of trouble, 0 - 1 is good enough for Inter on this game.

Indeed it will not be easy for Inter. In fact there is talks about bringing Thuram from M'Gladbach to reinforce Dzeko in the attacking line. The scudetto race will be hard and any team could claim it unless Juve performed as we all expecting then they are the favorites for sure.

[Minor Miner]

-snip- I don't think Lukaku's departure will have much effect on this game. But can Edin Dzeko be able to play like Lukaku? I'm curious about this.

IMO, Lukaku's departure will have a very big effect for Inter Milan this season. The reason is, the Inter Milan squad this season lost several important players last season, besides the influence of the new Inter coach. It will be a tough start to the season for Inter. Indeed, vs genoa, records and statistics, Inter Milan dominated the results of the match. Despite winning the game, Inter may have had a bit of trouble, 0 - 1 is good enough for Inter on this game.

Indeed it will not be easy for Inter. In fact there is talks about bringing Thuram from M'Gladbach to reinforce Dzeko in the attacking line. The scudetto race will be hard and any team could claim it unless Juve performed as we all expecting then they are the favorites for sure.

Juventus and AC Milan are favorited this season. Because, Lukaku is not in Inter Milan so they will be a little behind. The AC Milan team is strong. Their team has experienced players like Giroud and Ibra. Juventus have a goal machine Ronaldo. I think they are more likely to win the title this season if Ibra is not injured.