Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[DanWalker]

Friendy games don't mean anything for teams. It only helps them gain match fitness, that's all. Napoli would never lost to Lille by an embarrassing score like that in an official game considering their general performance in this season so far. You can be sure of that. Players don't take friendly games very seriously and we see ridiculous scores like this one as a result. I don't think even Napoli supporters care about this result much. They must be all focused on their Inter game up next in the Serie A which is in two weeks.
Inter have been very dominant in home games against Napoli in the league for nearly six years. Napoli can't defeat them there since April 30, 2017. Inter can keep up this nice work in fact. Because their attacking strength has been very impressive so far. If they come back with a stronger defense that must be enough for them not to lose this one.

Even though it was a test match, the defeat suffered by Napoli must also be an important record for Spalletti. The World Cup break could have had a big effect on them, because their consistency had to stop due to a long holiday. The first match against Inter Milan will certainly be a benchmark for Napoli's strength in the second half of the season. But the point advantage they get is of course not too worrying, but if they lose against Inter and then also lose to Juventus, then the chance to win the Scudetto is very threatened. What is clear is that Napoli's test will be more severe in the second half of the season.

People should start understanding that friendly matches does not mean anything. At least not in the club competition. So everyone should stop thinking about the results of club competitions so much. Of course, Napoli did not take this seriously. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have lost like that.

Napoli is going to play Inter in the next match. Inter is not an easy opponent. But Napoli is also playing well in the league. I think they are going to play far better in that match against Inter. Because they’re going to take that match seriously. I know that Napoli does not have a good record against Inter. But this time I think that records are not going to determine the results.

[babo]

Hopefully Napoli doesn't sleep around in the second half, the break should have seen alot of the players resting and recovering well, especially those that left for the world Cup.
I want to see them winning the Seria A at all cost and they've paid the price in the first half, can they just put in double of what they did last half, if they sure do that, winning the league ain't no biggie.

They shouldn't focus on other big clubs like Juventus and AC Milan but just take every single game one after the other. It's good too see how they've rebuffed ideas and talks of selling them best player's.

Selling thise players will reduce the chances they have of winning the Seria A. Iw wouldn't advice them to sell but bring in winners that can help them for the boost for the Seria A.

what you say is correct
I too expect great things and great matches from Napoli
which will start with a great away match at Inter, a team not to be underestimated
they have to do what they have done so far, play, win and not worry about what others say

[MoonOfLife]

I don't find any news about possibility of Zidane to Juventus, anyone have more article about this? The only article I found is Footbal-Italia.net, but there just mentioned if Juventus one of Zidane options.

I have not seen any news that Zidane will coach Juventus. There is no doubt that Zidane is an experienced coach. He is an excellent coach. But he is interested in being the coach of a team like Juventus? Earlier I heard rumors that Zidane was offered by PSG to become coach, but Zidane withdrew PSG's offer. I don't think Zidane would be interested in taking charge of a team as unstable as Juventus right now.

[asriloni]

I don't find any news about possibility of Zidane to Juventus, anyone have more article about this? The only article I found is Footbal-Italia.net, but there just mentioned if Juventus one of Zidane options.

I have not seen any news that Zidane will coach Juventus. There is no doubt that Zidane is an experienced coach. He is an excellent coach. But he is interested in being the coach of a team like Juventus? Earlier I heard rumors that Zidane was offered by PSG to become coach, but Zidane withdrew PSG's offer. I don't think Zidane would be interested in taking charge of a team as unstable as Juventus right now.

I think that you shall dig it even deeper https://football-italia.net/juventus-an-option-for-zidane-as-deschamps-set-to-stay-on-as-france-coach/

There are so many press who have been publishing the news about him. Public was feeling confuse to think whether zidane will become a replacement for deschamps or take juventus's offer. Juventus already prepared an option for him once he will not become a national coach for france.

I hope that zidane will try to consider the best choice for him. His experience in the coaching the club was very good. that's why real madrid was able winning some UCL trophies in a row.

[arimamib]

Juventus taking a new length to determine their level in the present situation. It's been really a rough season for Allegeri but the old lady's are picking their form with outstanding injured players. The old lady's will pull up a new form this reopening season, they have what it takes to claim the scudetto this season. The fans are grateful that their keyplayers are returning from long term injuries and will soon be fit for Seria A games.It is believed that when everyone is back and fully fit,they will be able to embark on a long run winning streak that will move them to top four on the league table.

If Napoli's performance continues like this, I believe Juventus will be hard to catch up in the 1st position, As we can see in the standing now, the different points are many gaps, 10 points. and not only Napoli. Juventus will face defending champion, Milan also. Another problem is Management, President and CEO just resign which needs time to make it solid between management and the team.

Problems that occur internally in Juventus will have an impact on the team's appearance on the field, Juventus will find it very difficult to catch Napoli at the top of the standings, especially since the large distance in points is the difference between the two. After the League started, Juventus were still in an unstable condition due to their internal problems. The top players in the Juventus squad are rumored to be leaving soon in the January transfer market. If Juventus loses several core players in the transfer market, Juventus chances of finishing in the top four positions are very small.

[bering]

Juventus have Cremonese and Udinese games before facing their biggest opponent in the league which is Napoli. I think they can win both of the first two games and maintain their existing winning streak in the league. They will need these wins to stay stronger against Napoli in Turin. Despite its being a home game for Juventus their job is still very difficult there.

First match after international break should be utilized by Juventus to earn 3 points from their opponent and Cremonese is weak team and this team still struggle to gets their first winning on Serie A so they are not hard to beated especially Cremonese defense is so weak and my prediction is Juventus will more likely to win with big scores from this match however i can see positive condition on Juventus that since October they gets many of winning streaks even on friendly matches Juventus can able to beat their opponents with unbeatable status so they performance can be threaten Napoli for race title

[BlackRexuz]

Juventus taking a new length to determine their level in the present situation. It's been really a rough season for Allegeri but the old lady's are picking their form with outstanding injured players. The old lady's will pull up a new form this reopening season, they have what it takes to claim the scudetto this season. The fans are grateful that their keyplayers are returning from long term injuries and will soon be fit for Seria A games.It is believed that when everyone is back and fully fit,they will be able to embark on a long run winning streak that will move them to top four on the league table.

If Napoli's performance continues like this, I believe Juventus will be hard to catch up in the 1st position, As we can see in the standing now, the different points are many gaps, 10 points. and not only Napoli. Juventus will face defending champion, Milan also. Another problem is Management, President and CEO just resign which needs time to make it solid between management and the team.

Problems that occur internally in Juventus will have an impact on the team's appearance on the field, Juventus will find it very difficult to catch Napoli at the top of the standings, especially since the large distance in points is the difference between the two. After the League started, Juventus were still in an unstable condition due to their internal problems. The top players in the Juventus squad are rumored to be leaving soon in the January transfer market. If Juventus loses several core players in the transfer market, Juventus chances of finishing in the top four positions are very small.

The internal problems that befell Juventus in my opinion have no impact on the players, we can see from the conditions at the players' training center and the test match last night, everything looks fine, because what is there is not a problem with the players but it is already a responsibility.  responsible for dealing with the problem, so everything looks fine with the condition of the Juventus players and even them, enjoying beautiful moments with their teammates at the Juventus training center and even at their dinner table, from there we can see that Juventus will maximize the rest of the match  them this season, in my opinion getting the Scudetto is luck for him, at least Juventus can keep their points, from their competitors so as not to be shifted from the Champions League zone..

[alpamar99]

Milan's 2 friendlies still haven't gone well against the 2 english giants and their third friendly game will be against the Eredivisie giants hopefully there will be a real change for that, as this could be important especially they also have to find a balance for the game against Salernitana. even though they are superior, seeing the quality of their current game they still have many gaps that are easy for opponents to penetrate.

For the top team, Milan is indeed the worst in defense so far they have conceded 15 goals the coach must find a solution to this and look for a new defender in the upcoming transfer window. In the near future I believe Juventus will take over the 2nd place because recently Juventus have been playing well and slowly finding their best performance.

I think their financial situation didn't allow for this which made it a bit difficult for Milan.
The mistakes of several previous officials in managing their money still had quite a big impact until now and it was difficult for them to get past.
But indeed, if they continue like this, of course it will be even more difficult for them to navigate the season, especially now that their heavy burden is the defending champions.

[shinratensei_]

Juventus taking a new length to determine their level in the present situation. It's been really a rough season for Allegeri but the old lady's are picking their form with outstanding injured players. The old lady's will pull up a new form this reopening season, they have what it takes to claim the scudetto this season. The fans are grateful that their keyplayers are returning from long term injuries and will soon be fit for Seria A games.It is believed that when everyone is back and fully fit,they will be able to embark on a long run winning streak that will move them to top four on the league table.

If Napoli's performance continues like this, I believe Juventus will be hard to catch up in the 1st position, As we can see in the standing now, the different points are many gaps, 10 points. and not only Napoli. Juventus will face defending champion, Milan also. Another problem is Management, President and CEO just resign which needs time to make it solid between management and the team.

I hope that napoli's performance will be recovering again. I don't wanna see that napoli will get lose streak once napoli one step closed to the scudetto caused by napoli was able making very big gaps to the second position. Napoli must also think about how to be consistent again. Spalletti has a lot of home work to make sure napoli will not be approached by another team. Napoli has so many advantage over another team like ac milan. I hope that napoli can use the golden opportunity to make the gap even bigger. Losing 4-1 against LOSC was a big shame for napoli

[Ratash]

Napoli team lost the second friendly game in a row and this time against lille, even if its a friendly game it seems there is a problem that need fixing, when the serie A resume there is an important game for them and its a crucial one if they perform this poorly they will certainly lose to inter, but still so far they did an amazing job especially after changing many players and most of them are inexperienced and did not play in such high level before.

[keyscore44]

Juventus have Cremonese and Udinese games before facing their biggest opponent in the league which is Napoli. I think they can win both of the first two games and maintain their existing winning streak in the league. They will need these wins to stay stronger against Napoli in Turin. Despite its being a home game for Juventus their job is still very difficult there.

First match after international break should be utilized by Juventus to earn 3 points from their opponent and Cremonese is weak team and this team still struggle to gets their first winning on Serie A so they are not hard to beated especially Cremonese defense is so weak and my prediction is Juventus will more likely to win with big scores from this match however i can see positive condition on Juventus that since October they gets many of winning streaks even on friendly matches Juventus can able to beat their opponents with unbeatable status so they performance can be threaten Napoli for race title

Juventus played their first match back after the World Cup break. They secured a 1-0 victory, but their performance will make it difficult for them to beat the bigger teams For which they should add some good players to the team.

[keyscore44]

Napoli team lost the second friendly game in a row and this time against lille, even if its a friendly game it seems there is a problem that need fixing, when the serie A resume there is an important game for them and its a crucial one if they perform this poorly they will certainly lose to inter, but still so far they did an amazing job especially after changing many players and most of them are inexperienced and did not play in such high level before.

Napoli lost 4-1 which is bad for their team, although the match was a friendly then a victory in this match would have boosted the confidence of all the players in the team. Which greatly encouraged the players in the subsequent matches.

[babo]

Napoli team lost the second friendly game in a row and this time against lille, even if its a friendly game it seems there is a problem that need fixing, when the serie A resume there is an important game for them and its a crucial one if they perform this poorly they will certainly lose to inter, but still so far they did an amazing job especially after changing many players and most of them are inexperienced and did not play in such high level before.

Napoli lost 4-1 which is bad for their team, although the match was a friendly then a victory in this match would have boosted the confidence of all the players in the team. Which greatly encouraged the players in the subsequent matches.

yes we know, but it was a friendly match
As a coach, I would make crazy experiments in friendlies, things you can't try in the league
or during a cup
that would be crazy

In fact, I wouldn't worry about that

[keyscore44]

Milan's 2 friendlies still haven't gone well against the 2 english giants and their third friendly game will be against the Eredivisie giants hopefully there will be a real change for that, as this could be important especially they also have to find a balance for the game against Salernitana. even though they are superior, seeing the quality of their current game they still have many gaps that are easy for opponents to penetrate.

For the top team, Milan is indeed the worst in defense so far they have conceded 15 goals the coach must find a solution to this and look for a new defender in the upcoming transfer window. In the near future I believe Juventus will take over the 2nd place because recently Juventus have been playing well and slowly finding their best performance.

I think their financial situation didn't allow for this which made it a bit difficult for Milan.
The mistakes of several previous officials in managing their money still had quite a big impact until now and it was difficult for them to get past.
But indeed, if they continue like this, of course it will be even more difficult for them to navigate the season, especially now that their heavy burden is the defending champions.

Inter Milan lost their first match after the World Cup break. I personally never expected this defeat. Interminable had put in a great performance before the World Cup which was expected to win the match easily, but they fell short. Hopefully they will come back great for the next match after correcting the mistakes of this match.

[tulusikhlas]

Juventus have Cremonese and Udinese games before facing their biggest opponent in the league which is Napoli. I think they can win both of the first two games and maintain their existing winning streak in the league. They will need these wins to stay stronger against Napoli in Turin. Despite its being a home game for Juventus their job is still very difficult there.

First match after international break should be utilized by Juventus to earn 3 points from their opponent and Cremonese is weak team and this team still struggle to gets their first winning on Serie A so they are not hard to beated especially Cremonese defense is so weak and my prediction is Juventus will more likely to win with big scores from this match however i can see positive condition on Juventus that since October they gets many of winning streaks even on friendly matches Juventus can able to beat their opponents with unbeatable status so they performance can be threaten Napoli for race title

Cremonese is not a strong opponent for Juventus if we look at the overall statistics, so they should have an easy win in this clash. Yes, let's be realistic, who would predict that Cremonese will get points against Juventus, unless they have a lot of luck in this match. Even so, Juventus must remain careful, because this will be one of the opportunities for them to keep their distance from the team that is above them at the moment.

[Doell]

Napoli team lost the second friendly game in a row and this time against lille, even if its a friendly game it seems there is a problem that need fixing, when the serie A resume there is an important game for them and its a crucial one if they perform this poorly they will certainly lose to inter, but still so far they did an amazing job especially after changing many players and most of them are inexperienced and did not play in such high level before.

Napoli lost 4-1 which is bad for their team, although the match was a friendly then a victory in this match would have boosted the confidence of all the players in the team. Which greatly encouraged the players in the subsequent matches.

yes we know, but it was a friendly match
As a coach, I would make crazy experiments in friendlies, things you can't try in the league
or during a cup
that would be crazy

In fact, I wouldn't worry about that

I'm also not too worried, friendly matches are just an attempt by Spalletti to find another strategy, if Napoli loses it's normal at there. The match against Inter in January will be an important match for Napoli to at least get one point, better get three points for away from Milan. I believe Spalletti can definitely think of a way to not lose.

[Docnaster]

Napoli team lost the second friendly game in a row and this time against lille, even if its a friendly game it seems there is a problem that need fixing, when the serie A resume there is an important game for them and its a crucial one if they perform this poorly they will certainly lose to inter, but still so far they did an amazing job especially after changing many players and most of them are inexperienced and did not play in such high level before.

Napoli lost 4-1 which is bad for their team, although the match was a friendly then a victory in this match would have boosted the confidence of all the players in the team. Which greatly encouraged the players in the subsequent matches.

Napoli's friendly match against Lille shouldn't be taken too seriously. I saw it to be a chance taken by Luciano Spalletti to test his second eleven and you will agree with me  that such risk is worth taking in a match like that . From analysis, seven key players were reserved , giving room to the best of other players . In the midfield (Elmas, Ndombele, Stanislav) , in the defense (Juan Jesus, Mario Rul and ostigard) were all reserved... Though Lille won the match, I don't think spalleti was wrong in his decision.

[Oneandpure]

I hope that napoli's performance will be recovering again. I don't wanna see that napoli will get lose streak once napoli one step closed to the scudetto caused by napoli was able making very big gaps to the second position. Napoli must also think about how to be consistent again. Spalletti has a lot of home work to make sure napoli will not be approached by another team. Napoli has so many advantage over another team like ac milan. I hope that napoli can use the golden opportunity to make the gap even bigger. Losing 4-1 against LOSC was a big shame for napoli

Friendly match result is not really important trough Napoli squat not completed yet with several player not back from their national team after World Cup, honestly two friendly matches loss from Villareal and Lille can't make Napoli have underperformance in Serie A begin two weeks later.

Serie A will start two weeks later or January 5 and Napoli still have enough time how recovering and back to top performance, actually I don't think bad achievement in friendly matches have bad impact for Napoli in Serie A after having consistency performance from 15 matches.
From all Serie A participants team, Napoli become the only one team still unbeaten.

[martyns]

Juventus have Cremonese and Udinese games before facing their biggest opponent in the league which is Napoli. I think they can win both of the first two games and maintain their existing winning streak in the league. They will need these wins to stay stronger against Napoli in Turin. Despite its being a home game for Juventus their job is still very difficult there.

We don't know yet how strong Napoli will be able to return to the league. If they maintain their usual performance then Juventus could be in a big trouble against them. But I still hope to see a competitive game considering Juventus' amazing form recently.

Indeed this game is definitely going to be a hard nut to crack for Juventus because Napoli are in an excellent form,and they aren't thinking of dropping points at the moment.I know Juventus just picked form recently and we're doing well before the world cup,but who knows,whether the world cup might have affected some of their players recently which will make them drop form,thesame thing to Napoli.
The both teams should come into this game expecting a tough match or a draw from that game.Despite the fact that Juve will be at home,I see Napoli to either win them or draw that game.

[Z-tight]

Napoli lost 4-1 which is bad for their team, although the match was a friendly then a victory in this match would have boosted the confidence of all the players in the team. Which greatly encouraged the players in the subsequent matches.

Losing in a friendly game isn't bad for any team, it is better to lose in a friendly game than to lose in a competitive game, so Napoli would not care about this defeat to Lille, it means nothing. Napoli are already filled with confidence because of how they have played so far this season, winning games and scoring many goals, i am sure the players would be ready once the league games start again, what they have achieved so far is enough to boost their confidence. Napoli have been so good that everyone is now looking for something that may possibly cause their form to drop, but this loss to Lille isn't it, and i expect them to increase the advantage they have at the top of the seria a, and win the league with many matches remaining.