Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[babo]

Was this Juventus draw a deserved final result? Because I considered that Juventus played very well in the first half but unfortunately, Manuel Locatelli's goal was disallowed for handball. If it is a confirmed goal, then Juventus with a 2-0 lead at half time will certainly be maintained until the end of the match. But yes, after all Juventus can still play well in this big match with the lack of many key players, I believe if Juventus' key players can play all of them then Juventus will promise better results from match to match.

considering the physical and athletic form and the mood of the Roma team, I see a positive result in any case
we remember that the places for the Champions League are very few and that the teams competing this season are many

[poldanmig]

Today's 2 matches are quite exciting;

half-time
verona vs atalanta = 0-0
salernitana vs sampdoria= 2-0

- Atalanta had a hard time scoring a goal against the hosts, both teams played evenly.
- Salernitana took the lead in the first half (2 goals) through goals from boulaye and bonazzoli, it is unlikely that another goal will be scored in the second half.

There were two matches played today in Serie A but nothing  big team playing, the 4 teams playing on average have a squad that is evenly matched with each other except atlanta which is probably one level higher than verona, currently atlanta is leading the match with 1 goal against verona, acting as the host, verona failed to put high pressure on atlanta, while in another match, Salernitana actually appeared quite surprising by scoring 3 goals temporarily against sampdoria who did look more dominant, tight and solid defense of sampdoria when facing juventus last week was not seen today when dealing with salernitana.

[Velvet78]

Napoli don't have an easy game today but their last away games against Fiorentina was in favour of them. They can win this game as well after having a good start to the season. Maybe the opponents so far weren't very tough for Napoli but we have still seen many positive signs in those games. It isn't easy to make a very good start after losing some of your important players. Osimhen is a really important striker for the team now and Manchester United are after him right before the end of the transfer window. But I don't think this will happen.

[Z-tight]

Seeing Juventus' performance against Roma at their home yesterday, I think it will be impossible for Juventus to win the Serie A trophy this season, but their chances of getting into the top 4 are still great. while for Roma, I see they have great potential to become champions this season, mourinho's strategy plus new players coming to the club added to the strength of roma, they looked amazing.

I am surprised why you think Roma can end up champions, but Juventus cannot, what did you see in Juventus' performance yesterday that you saw in Roma's to think they have what it takes to win the title, i do not know if you watched the game but Juventus were the better team in my opinion, even Jose Mourinho disclosed that he told his players that he was ashamed to be their manager at half time, they were better in the second half than in the first, but they did not play an excellent game for you to judge them as being able to win the league. Roma may be above Juventus after three games, but i feel Juventus will still eventually finish ahead of Roma.

[Falconer]

but Juventus appeared very convincing. they had a lot of chances and even scored in the early minutes. it must have taken the Roma players a bit by surprise.
But Roma has a solid midfield and defense. difficult for Juventus to overcome and add to his goals. even the Roma players managed to equalize. Tammy Abraham and Dybala played very well in this match. even though Dybala had to play against his former club, he showed his qualities as a professional player.

Although you think Juventus' performance was very good but I don't think they were very convincing with few goal chances throughout the match. They had a high number of shots, but not many on target, that's the problem why Juventus couldn't score more than one goal. If Juventus are not very effective in attack then I believe their journey in the Champions League this season will not be long. Pogba and Di Maria might be able to make Juventus stronger, but unfortunately they are still injured.

Now Fiorentina vs Napoli is going on. If Napoli can win the match, then it is certain that they will again lead the standings for the 3rd week.

[coinlocket$]

About Juventus Roma.

2 missing penalties for Juventus.

And a Never happened fact before.

After the second goal by Juventus, the referee went to VAR to watch the goal, he said the goal was regular, and after 5 seconds he removed the scored goal.



Anyway, strong performance and keep in mind they have 3 key players missing.

Chiesa
Di Maria
Pogba

Maybe the 3 most talented players on the team are out for injuries.

[Zackgeno96]

Fiorentina - Napoli is almost half time and there it is also 0-0. But since it's only the first half, we can still expect some goals. They are both creative teams, who both want to win. Both also have a European campaign for the time being, but I doubt that they will be affected by the number of matches. Fiorentina will play this match with a very good feeling as they have qualified for the Conference League. I think that this match will end in 1-1. For sure we will see some goals.

[jaberwock]

Fiorentina - Napoli is almost half time and there it is also 0-0. But since it's only the first half, we can still expect some goals. They are both creative teams, who both want to win. Both also have a European campaign for the time being, but I doubt that they will be affected by the number of matches. Fiorentina will play this match with a very good feeling as they have qualified for the Conference League. I think that this match will end in 1-1. For sure we will see some goals.

Right now we are in 85th minute of the game and score is still 0 - 0 with both teams are playing with tight defense and not allowing opponent for having any chance which is good from Fiorentina as they are doing amazing job for themselves and have one crucial point against team like Napoli is good job because these points are going to be very important for teams at the end of this season and with this result Napoli is also going to be ended their winning streak which bring them down with other five teams those are also having 7 points with 2 wins and 1 draw results.

In other match result is still same like we have at the end of first half 1 - 1 and most chances both teams are going to share points here as well.

[Slow death]

Seeing Juventus' performance against Roma at their home yesterday, I think it will be impossible for Juventus to win the Serie A trophy this season, but their chances of getting into the top 4 are still great. while for Roma, I see they have great potential to become champions this season, mourinho's strategy plus new players coming to the club added to the strength of roma, they looked amazing.

Juventus are not strong and the chances of being champions could be almost impossible if we were talking about scenarios from past seasons, because in past seasons they had a strong inter and more teams that gave headaches but looking at the current situation we can see that many teams are weak too, look at inter, they are weak, look at napoli? also lost points, look at milan? They're not super strong either. so juventus can be lucky to be champion even though it's a team that isn't strong. about roma? they also have a chance to be champions. but they need to score goals, look:



in 3 games roma only scored 3 goals, that is very bad, the same thing as juventus, who in 3 games only scored 3 goals. when a team can't score many goals, it can hardly be champion


Today's game results were amazing:

Salernitana 4 : 0 Sampdoria

who could have imagined that Salernitana would win easily and that they would score 4 goals? it was something that surprised me

Verona 0 - 1 Atalanta

this season atalanta is not a team with many goals like in past seasons, but they are winning games

Fiorentina 0 - 0 Napoli

this was another result that surprised me, napoli lost points

[coinlocket$]

in 3 games roma only scored 3 goals, that is very bad, the same thing as juventus, who in 3 games only scored 3 goals. when a team can't score many goals, it can hardly be champion

Usually, the team who wins the leagues is the team with fewer goals taken, not the team with the most scored goal.

Interesting thing btw, not a single team has a full score after 3 games.

[lalabotax]

it's not just mourinho who uses this strategy, the juventus coach also uses this strategy, just watch the juventus games since last season

You are right, both used almost the same strategy.
Even Juventus also used a strategy of counter-attack and too focus on the defense line.

Actually, in this match I expected a lot from Juventus, especially with Dusan's quick goal at the beginning of the first half. But after that they couldn't develop their game and just played passively with ball possession.

Everyone also expects the same as you.
Juventus can score quickly, Vlahovic scored in minute 2'. Unfortunately, they didn't score again because they cannot execute accurately for the goal opportunities. I think Juventus needs to evaluate the shot accuracy of their attackers.

[Wawa2013]

Fiorentina - Napoli is almost half time and there it is also 0-0. But since it's only the first half, we can still expect some goals. They are both creative teams, who both want to win. Both also have a European campaign for the time being, but I doubt that they will be affected by the number of matches. Fiorentina will play this match with a very good feeling as they have qualified for the Conference League. I think that this match will end in 1-1. For sure we will see some goals.

Finally, the Fiorentina vs Napoli match ended in a goalless draw, it is very unfortunate for Napoli which in the previous two matches was very productive
in scoring goals, against Fiorentina they are very difficult to score goals. Even though Napoli failed to win and only got one point, at least Napoli are still
in the top position with an aggregate goal advantage. I hope Napoli can win again in the next game to stay on top. Moreover, the opponent is Lecce,
which is a weak team, so my prediction is that Napoli can win easily. Then for Fiorentina I'm sure they are quite satisfied with the draw against Napoli,
because for Fiorentina not to lose against a strong team like Napoli is a positive thing. After all so far Fiorentina are unbeaten in 3 matches,
that's a pretty good result, hopefully they can continue their unbeaten record when facing Udinese in their next match.

[TopT3ns]

Fiorentina - Napoli is almost half time and there it is also 0-0. But since it's only the first half, we can still expect some goals. They are both creative teams, who both want to win. Both also have a European campaign for the time being, but I doubt that they will be affected by the number of matches. Fiorentina will play this match with a very good feeling as they have qualified for the Conference League. I think that this match will end in 1-1. For sure we will see some goals.

Finally, the Fiorentina vs Napoli match ended in a goalless draw, it is very unfortunate for Napoli which in the previous two matches was very productive
in scoring goals, against Fiorentina they are very difficult to score goals. Even though Napoli failed to win and only got one point, at least Napoli are still
in the top position with an aggregate goal advantage. I hope Napoli can win again in the next game to stay on top. Moreover, the opponent is Lecce,
which is a weak team, so my prediction is that Napoli can win easily. Then for Fiorentina I'm sure they are quite satisfied with the draw against Napoli,
because for Fiorentina not to lose against a strong team like Napoli is a positive thing. After all so far Fiorentina are unbeaten in 3 matches,
that's a pretty good result, hopefully they can continue their unbeaten record when facing Udinese in their next match.

Surprisingly this weekend many teams who gave the score tended to draw, Napoli should have got a goal even though only one goal was very meaningful because it could get a win and get additional points for the standings, but maybe the defensive power of the Fiorentina goalkeeper is difficult to penetrate, making Napoli difficulty to score goals, matches when a draw will be boring.

[snipie]

Surprisingly this weekend many teams who gave the score tended to draw, Napoli should have got a goal even though only one goal was very meaningful because it could get a win and get additional points for the standings, but maybe the defensive power of the Fiorentina goalkeeper is difficult to penetrate, making Napoli difficulty to score goals, matches when a draw will be boring.

The real surprise or what I call the funny part is to see the first 6 teams having 7 points each, after 3 rounds! while Juve and Inter aren't in that list..
Napoli missed points as many of us expected since they always fluctuate and tend to drop points after few victories.
The interesting part of today's games is to see Sampdoria receiving 4 goals from Salernitana

[nurilham]

There might be a different strategy for Rome this season because they are at different levels! With Dybala's set up, Abraham's goal was a beauty. As a team, Juventus is significantly better this season than last. In comparison to Roma, Juventus was far superior. There is nothing more frustrating than Juventus dominating Roma and still failing to win. Considering the way his players looked for each other throughout the game, Mourinho's tactics and game plan need to be scrutinized. As far as I'm concerned, that's the best outcome for both teams.

The best outcome should be winning, but to draw isn't a too bad result. I am very sure that Roma expects to win 3 points, Juventus also thinks the same. Winning against a strong team should bring positive impacts for the next matches, the players to be more confident. However, it is true that Juventus seems stronger this season, that's why AS Roma is difficult to beat them. Even, Juventus more dominated the match, ideally they can get 3 points. But Tammy Abraham makes Juventus fail to get full points.

[Wawa2013]

Fiorentina - Napoli is almost half time and there it is also 0-0. But since it's only the first half, we can still expect some goals. They are both creative teams, who both want to win. Both also have a European campaign for the time being, but I doubt that they will be affected by the number of matches. Fiorentina will play this match with a very good feeling as they have qualified for the Conference League. I think that this match will end in 1-1. For sure we will see some goals.

Finally, the Fiorentina vs Napoli match ended in a goalless draw, it is very unfortunate for Napoli which in the previous two matches was very productive
in scoring goals, against Fiorentina they are very difficult to score goals. Even though Napoli failed to win and only got one point, at least Napoli are still
in the top position with an aggregate goal advantage. I hope Napoli can win again in the next game to stay on top. Moreover, the opponent is Lecce,
which is a weak team, so my prediction is that Napoli can win easily. Then for Fiorentina I'm sure they are quite satisfied with the draw against Napoli,
because for Fiorentina not to lose against a strong team like Napoli is a positive thing. After all so far Fiorentina are unbeaten in 3 matches,
that's a pretty good result, hopefully they can continue their unbeaten record when facing Udinese in their next match.

Surprisingly this weekend many teams who gave the score tended to draw, Napoli should have got a goal even though only one goal was very meaningful because it could get a win and get additional points for the standings, but maybe the defensive power of the Fiorentina goalkeeper is difficult to penetrate, making Napoli difficulty to score goals, matches when a draw will be boring.

In the third week of Serie A, at least 4 matches ended in a draw, of the four matches, maybe only the Fiorentina vs Napoli match which should not
have ended in a draw. As you said Napoli should have scored at least one goal, to make them win. But unexpectedly Fiorentina played quite well
in my opinion against Napoli, although Napoli's possession is better, Fiorentina builds attacks much more effectively than Napoli. Unfortunately
Alex Meret played very well in the match making 5 important saves, so Napoli avoided defeat. I think the performance of the Napoli goalkeeper is
much better than the Fiorentina goalkeeper, because Napoli had too many shots that were not on target, it was because the Fiorentina defenders
did play very solidly. I agree that even though there were quite a lot of chances from both teams, a goalless draw is boring.

[kawetsriyanto]

Surprisingly this weekend many teams who gave the score tended to draw, Napoli should have got a goal even though only one goal was very meaningful because it could get a win and get additional points for the standings, but maybe the defensive power of the Fiorentina goalkeeper is difficult to penetrate, making Napoli difficulty to score goals, matches when a draw will be boring.

Yep, after the match of Juventus-Roma ended with a draw, today match of Fiorentina-Napoli also ended with a draw result.
However, I think this draw is understandable since they are strong teams and are at relatively the same level. Except if one of them is the favorite club, it is shame to get a draw result.

By the way, I am a bit surprised that Fiorentina used a more attacking formation 4-3-3. While Napoli seems more defensive with the formation 4-2-3-1. With the formation, Fiorentina was leading the shot on targets if we checked the stats. So, I am not surprised if Napoli got a draw, they are not really brave to attack aggressively. Fiorentina should be the winner of the match if we consider the effectiveness of the strategy.

[Rabi3]

Fiorentina - Napoli is almost half time and there it is also 0-0. But since it's only the first half, we can still expect some goals. They are both creative teams, who both want to win. Both also have a European campaign for the time being, but I doubt that they will be affected by the number of matches. Fiorentina will play this match with a very good feeling as they have qualified for the Conference League. I think that this match will end in 1-1. For sure we will see some goals.

Finally, the Fiorentina vs Napoli match ended in a goalless draw, it is very unfortunate for Napoli which in the previous two matches was very productive
in scoring goals, against Fiorentina they are very difficult to score goals. Even though Napoli failed to win and only got one point, at least Napoli are still
in the top position with an aggregate goal advantage. I hope Napoli can win again in the next game to stay on top. Moreover, the opponent is Lecce,
which is a weak team, so my prediction is that Napoli can win easily. Then for Fiorentina I'm sure they are quite satisfied with the draw against Napoli,
because for Fiorentina not to lose against a strong team like Napoli is a positive thing. After all so far Fiorentina are unbeaten in 3 matches,
that's a pretty good result, hopefully they can continue their unbeaten record when facing Udinese in their next match.

Surprisingly this weekend many teams who gave the score tended to draw, Napoli should have got a goal even though only one goal was very meaningful because it could get a win and get additional points for the standings, but maybe the defensive power of the Fiorentina goalkeeper is difficult to penetrate, making Napoli difficulty to score goals, matches when a draw will be boring.

many big teams who started off great on different leagues failed to win in their matches, not just in Italy, Bayern Munich, PSG, Porto and Juventus and Napoli, so one of the worst bets I see gamblers doing is combining a lot of good teams with 1.25 or less odds to win in a parlay and they most of the times lose one or two, I don't think it's a good strategy to keep doing that, surprises happen a lot.

[Razmirraz]

The best outcome should be winning, but to draw isn't a too bad result. I am very sure that Roma expects to win 3 points, Juventus also thinks the same. Winning against a strong team should bring positive impacts for the next matches, the players to be more confident. However, it is true that Juventus seems stronger this season, that's why AS Roma is difficult to beat them. Even, Juventus more dominated the match, ideally they can get 3 points. But Tammy Abraham makes Juventus fail to get full points.

I think this draw is understandable because Juventus and Roma are strong teams and are on a relatively equal level.
In a match all teams definitely want to win, when they meet a team of relatively the same level, a draw is very fair for both teams. Juventus have tried to take the initiative to attack to secure full points, but Mourinho squad played very disciplined, especially in defense. Roma were lucky to take home a point from Juventus and make them avoid defeat.

[laurenB7742]

The best outcome should be winning, but to draw isn't a too bad result. I am very sure that Roma expects to win 3 points, Juventus also thinks the same. Winning against a strong team should bring positive impacts for the next matches, the players to be more confident. However, it is true that Juventus seems stronger this season, that's why AS Roma is difficult to beat them. Even, Juventus more dominated the match, ideally they can get 3 points. But Tammy Abraham makes Juventus fail to get full points.

I think this draw is understandable because Juventus and Roma are strong teams and are on a relatively equal level.
In a match all teams definitely want to win, when they meet a team of relatively the same level, a draw is very fair for both teams. Juventus have tried to take the initiative to attack to secure full points, but Mourinho squad played very disciplined, especially in defense. Roma were lucky to take home a point from Juventus and make them avoid defeat.

Mourinho is well aware of his squad's weaknesses. His attack is not strong. If he had played an attacking strategy against Juventus with such a squad, Roma's defeat would have been more likely. And so Mourinho did not want to take any risk. He wanted to be happy by scoring 1 point. And for this reason, Roma has played completely defensively since the beginning of the match.
On the other hand, I don't find Juventus' squad stable yet. Juventus have plenty of talented players in their squad. Yet their performance fails to impress us. Let's see if they are able to stabilize themselves in the upcoming matches.