Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[TopT3ns]

Napoli is eight points ahead of Milan. After Milan play Salernitana they have Roma next, which is a very difficult fixture for both teams. Then after that they face Torino who can be a lot of trouble sometimes. So they're not going to have an easy run too.

Napoli have a more difficult first 3 games anyway but they're in a better position and better form than Milan so I won't be surprised if they win both Inter and Juventus (they'll face Juve after Sampdoria who are in a very bad form at the moment, they're 19th on the table)
I believe Napoli can win the league if they continue with the form they were in before the world cup break.

Players from Napoli have not participated in this year's World Cup so much that their strength has not diminished much, so this should be a good opportunity for Napoli so that they get another win in the next match, which will be on January 5th and which will be against Inter as the first match of 2023.

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[EdenHazard]

Jose Mourinho was targeted because he was considered a coach who made AS Roma not on a good track now. Even though he managed to present a trophy, sooner or later there will be a lot of pressure for AS Roma management to immediately fire Jose Mourinho because he is considered not to have done anything good. Indeed this will be a consequence of a coach, if it is good then keep it, and if it is bad then they will be fired immediately.
This is an opportunity for Jose Mourinho to restore the team's self-confidence by winning this game, otherwise sharp criticism will be heard for him.

I don't argue the fact his won European Major Competition and trophies but then lately, the tactics Jose Mourinho has used from Manchester United, to Tottenham Hotspur and now to As Roma has all been outdated tactics.
Football has really moved from what it use to be and those defending tactics can not beat good attacking side's like Real Madrid, Manchester City, Barcelona and others like Bayern Munich and Paris Saint Germany.

I was busy tipping Jose Mourinho to win the Seria A but with this same outdated pattern and strategies I'm certain he'll not a single one with it.
It was impressive he won last season the Conference League but the European League and Seria A, the Portuguese has to do more than defending.

He successfully did such counter attacking tactic famous back in 2010 when he bring inter milan won the champions league in that style making opponents in anger and then a sudden all out attack coming from behind and destroy every team he faced that time , he can't bring back those great memories.

As roma need a fresh tactical maestro with some stars that currently joined in , hopeless mou cant be really relied on.

[nurilham]

Facing the Salernitana won't be so easy for Milan, even if it's a very easy game for Milan on paper, they have to take into account injuries and few alternatives in the attack department. Salernitana plays well and is not afraid of the big teams, already shown against Juventus. For AC Milan, unfortunately, losing could be fatal and seeing the disadvantage stretch even further! on the other hand, however, there is a big match Inter vs Napoli and I think milan will be rooting for the cousins ​​of inter

Why does AC Milan need to feel afraid to face Salernitana?
Although there are some players injured, AC Milan still has enough players to defeat Salernitana.
We all know that Salernitana current performance looks bad, they never win in the last 3 matches. Even, Salernitana was defeated by Monza with 3 goals. So, I am pretty sure that AC Milan will win easily against Salernitana. They will get 3 points and maintain the position in 2nd place.

[Slow death]

Jose Mourinho was targeted because he was considered a coach who made AS Roma not on a good track now. Even though he managed to present a trophy, sooner or later there will be a lot of pressure for AS Roma management to immediately fire Jose Mourinho because he is considered not to have done anything good. Indeed this will be a consequence of a coach, if it is good then keep it, and if it is bad then they will be fired immediately.
This is an opportunity for Jose Mourinho to restore the team's self-confidence by winning this game, otherwise sharp criticism will be heard for him.

In the last few seasons, Roma have not been able to qualify for the Champions League after last in the 2017/2018 season. I think Mourinho's job will be even better if Roma have more quality players. Roma need to invest in a few players so that the improvement of the team can be expected, but if they don't then of course Roma will always be in the top 6 every season.

Although the criticism was directed at Mourinho, I think now Roma are better than before. In the last 15 matches Roma were able to win 8 matches, draw 3 and lose 4 times, and this is also a pretty good performance. But of course people expect something better to compete at the top of the standings.

But it's a shame that Rome only has standards for buying players according to the budget while investing in quality players requires as much budget as possible because they can't afford it so they can't do it, and only the task on Mourinho becomes big if you want to compete with other teams in Serie A are in The top 4 in the standings are quite difficult for Rome to get champions league tickets.

It's still quite successful for Mourinho with 8 wins over 15 matches, but indeed the demands of his fans are to compete even tougher, whereas in my opinion, Mourinho's strategy is not like before, to be able to compete with top teams.

In Italy budget is extremely important and if you don't have a huge budget you cannot compete with top teams which have a huge one.You can place the burden on Mourinho but that is not going to work,I think in fact Mourinho gave them the Europa Conference League title which is a huge achievement for them especially after Italy having so many seasons without a European title.

However Roma don't stand a chance I am afraid this year to go and be in the top 4,they should be happy with a Europa League place during this season and that is the maximum they can do considering that the competition for the top 4 places is tough and those teams there have better budget than Roma.

Roma doesn't have a big budget and they haven't been able to hire good players that have cheap prices in the market, I heard on TV that Mourinho was saying that Roma is not a team capable of competing against big teams and becoming champions so Mourinho wanted that the board could get a budget capable of making Mourinho able to buy good players

in the attack against roma there is Tammy Abraham and there is dybala but as dybala was injured they will be out of the field, but even when dybala was playing the attack of roma was still a mediocre attack, i don't know if that reason is culture of midfielders but the fact is that it is It's difficult to understand why Roma is not performing well because they have good quality players, something in Mourinho's formation and strategy is failing. in defense, which was their main strong area, it has also started to fail, and it is a situation that mourinho needs to resolve so that next season roma starts fighting for the title

[Velvet78]

I'm still negative about Roma and will continue to be as well. Because as long as Mourinho continues to use the same old boring strategies there is no way this team are having a much better season than the last one. Currently it is like there is nothing changed for this team comparing to the previous season. They are still losing so many points and staying behind many big teams in the standings.

Obviously Roma need a substantial change in their game plan. They need to have a more attacking focused game rather than a cautious one.

[Rabi3]

Napoli is eight points ahead of Milan. After Milan play Salernitana they have Roma next, which is a very difficult fixture for both teams. Then after that they face Torino who can be a lot of trouble sometimes. So they're not going to have an easy run too.

Napoli have a more difficult first 3 games anyway but they're in a better position and better form than Milan so I won't be surprised if they win both Inter and Juventus (they'll face Juve after Sampdoria who are in a very bad form at the moment, they're 19th on the table)
I believe Napoli can win the league if they continue with the form they were in before the world cup break.

Players from Napoli have not participated in this year's World Cup so much that their strength has not diminished much, so this should be a good opportunity for Napoli so that they get another win in the next match, which will be on January 5th and which will be against Inter as the first match of 2023.

that could go either way, they could be a little out of competition vibe after the big pause as well, they played friendlies but I don't think we can judge them based on that, the match against Inter would difficult and very complicated, I'm guessing that Napoli won't win but we'll see.

[snipie]

I'm still negative about Roma and will continue to be as well. Because as long as Mourinho continues to use the same old boring strategies there is no way this team are having a much better season than the last one. Currently it is like there is nothing changed for this team comparing to the previous season. They are still losing so many points and staying behind many big teams in the standings.

Obviously Roma need a substantial change in their game plan. They need to have a more attacking focused game rather than a cautious one.

I will not talk about Roma Serie A games before the break nor about their friendlies where they can test or play less seriously, but I will talk about their upcoming games in January, Roma will face Bologna, Milan, Fiorentina and Napoli. No one of these games should be underestimated. Milan and Napoli are the hardest one obviously but Fiorentina and Bologna are respectable teams that could surprise bigger ones.
Dunno how Mourinho prepared his team to face them but having bad results in all of them will make the whole situation very weird..

[MoonOfLife]

Roma will play home match against Bologna. But the home Roma team is very weak. Roma managed to get only 10 points in 7 home matches. Bologna team cannot be called weak. This team is good enough. They have won 4 of their last 5 matches. But it is very difficult to predict how the teams will perform after a long break of almost 2 months. But in this match I am interested to bet Roma to win.

Roma are not having a good time this is for sure but Bologna is certainly not a team that can make Mou worry. I am sure that despite the period of uncertainty of the team they will be able to bring home the 3 points of the victory. I would bet on Roma's victory.

If you look at the head-to-head stats between Roma and Bologna, you will see roughly the same number of wins in Serie A - 53 Roma, 52 Bologna. Especially since the last two games against Bologna, Roma have failed to win. As you said, Roma are not in the best shape at the moment unlike Bologna. Therefore, I think this game will be tough for the hosts. I would guess that both teams will score one point each.

You are right. Considering the performance of the last few matches, the Bologna team can be considered favorites. While the Roma team has been good, their performances this season have not been consistent. But let's not forget that the teams will be playing after a long break. So we don't know if their performance will be as stable now as before.

Roma secured a 3-0 win in their first match after the World Cup break which was truly commendable. Roman is currently one of the best players Paulo Dybala, he has returned from injury and now joins Roma to prove his worth and hopefully Roma will progress.

It is foolish to compare the performance of friendly matches with the performance of league matches. No team performs seriously in friendly matches. All teams perform in all matches to realize their weaknesses. In these matches, victory or defeat does not matter. So even if Roma win the friendly matches, we cannot say for sure that they can continue their good performance in the Serie A matches as well.

[doomloop]

Considering the performance of the last few matches, the Bologna team can be considered favorites. While the Roma team has been good, their performances this season have not been consistent. But let's not forget that the teams will be playing after a long break. So we don't know if their performance will be as stable now as before.

Now after this long break things could be very tricky for many teams because now they have to give their best if they want to stay at the top so Roma which having not good performance before break now will give their best otherwise they are going to be down or even out of the European Competitions for the next season.

Bologna was also at his best before break now we have to wait for their current level because if they are able to perform like they have done before break then surely it's not going to be easy for the AS Roma to win all three points and stay at their current level on papers things looking favourable for the AS Roma but how they will be performed we have to wait for few more days because now fight could be tough and quality is important for the all top teams in this phase of the season.

[fullhdpixel]

Apart from AC Milan and Juventus, Lazio, who is currently in 4th place in the standings, also has an opponent that looks easy for them to beat. Lecce will be their opponent in their first game in matchday 16 in Serie A. Lecce are now in 16th place with 15 points from the 15 matches they played, having recorded 3 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats. When compared with Lazio, it is clear that this is a very significant difference. But there is something Lazio should pay attention to in this match, because their opponents recorded 2 consecutive wins in their last match. Even though it is still far to be compared, this is still a danger signal for Lazio if they try to underestimate Lecce in this match.

Napoli and Juventus were surely at the top of their performance before break with AC Milan, Inter and Lazio both were also on same level, but now we have checked how things will work for them because most chances all will be able to do as they were doing before world cup now first match is going to be easy for few teams as they are going to face weaker sides which are struggling badly but at the top we have very interesting match as Inter is going to host leaders Napoli this is going to be crucial for the home side because if they want alive their chances then surely they need to be at the top of the game and bring down leaders with their quality and strength otherwise they have to face tough time for the spot into top four because right now many teams are having good squads, and they can give better performance as well which will help them for having better results.

[dezoel]

allegri is even very safe in the juventus coaching chair, even the club president and ranks resigned in the last month but allegri position is still quite safe. maybe if allegri fails to make juventus finish in the top 4 this season his position as coach of juventus is in serious danger of being sacked. but previously juventus is currently managed by new president Maurizio Scanavino who was appointed recently after Andrea Agnelli resigned from his position. Meanwhile, Juventus will hold a big meeting or meeting to appoint new directors on January 18, 2023. The situation at Juventus is indeed very chaotic.

source : https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.goal.com/id/amp/berita/sosok-kuat-presiden-baru-juventus-pengganti-andrea-agnelli/bltbbc84a05c17c48a3

Interestingly I couldn't see many news sources talking about Juventus' appointing a new president.    It's good for them then to do this quickly otherwise the crisis might have got bigger than ever.

There is still no guarantee that they will get better from now on of course. Until the date you have given, they just need to focus on their game by the end of the break. Juventus have had a really good winning streak so far. They shouldn't lose this momentum easily. Otherwise I can't even imagine how much more the players would be down mentally.

After watching things about Juventus look like they have not the worst situation as few were saying in the early days of this all hopefully they will settle this all quickly and new board will also have better things for the clearance and bringing positive development in this club because there were chaotic about few wired transactions happened and Juventus can relegate these things were circulating and surely these were creating uncertainty about many players and their future but if they will hold meeting on 18 January and new board will bring transparency and cooperate with authorities then Juventus clearly can stay here, and we can watch their dominance in remaining part of this season.

As many players are concerned and media hype working maybe we will have few changes in January transfer window even it's not clear but nothing is clear, and we can expect something off the field things which are right now not on any media.

[Maidak]

Roma should be return to winning track if they want to compete for top 4 position and for upcoming match they will faced mediocre team which is in the positive condition Bologna and apparently this is hard match for Roma considering Bologna can able to bounce back with their new coach Thiago Motta that Bologna under Motta has been changed a lot and gradually can avoiding relegation zone and 4 wins from 5 matches makes Bologna position can lifted up to 11th on standings league and meetings records for both of teams also showed Roma have to hard struggle to beat Bologna so this is big challenge for Mourinho to bringing Roma get the winning results again

AS Roma still have opportunity compete with top fourth standing position depend less points behind Lazio as 4th placed right now, seems interested until second position standing awhile, AS Roma left 6 points and I think not closed yet with AS Roma opportunity back to Champion League next season if can finish on top fourth standing placed.

Have been longer time for AS Roma failure finish at top fourth standing position, actually if can't back to consistency performance will be another bad achievement for Jose Mourinho bring AS Roma can playing in Champion League. Left many matches for AS Roma get more points and back to top fourth standing position if want qualify to Champion League next season.

Roma does have a chance to compete for that top-four position. But the problem is they will have to win everything from now on. They cannot afford to lose any matches. And they will also have to pray for the other teams so that the other teams lose as well. There is nothing to worry about because the point difference between the two teams is not that significant. So they have a very high chance of getting into the top four very quickly. But as I have said if they lose any match they will not be able to achieve that. Roma has to understand that and the players and the coach will have to take 100% accountability. From this point, they will have to understand that if they win, they will be successful and if they lose it's on them as well.

[Lillominato89]

Facing the Salernitana won't be so easy for Milan, even if it's a very easy game for Milan on paper, they have to take into account injuries and few alternatives in the attack department. Salernitana plays well and is not afraid of the big teams, already shown against Juventus. For AC Milan, unfortunately, losing could be fatal and seeing the disadvantage stretch even further! on the other hand, however, there is a big match Inter vs Napoli and I think milan will be rooting for the cousins ​​of inter

Why does AC Milan need to feel afraid to face Salernitana?
Although there are some players injured, AC Milan still has enough players to defeat Salernitana.
We all know that Salernitana current performance looks bad, they never win in the last 3 matches. Even, Salernitana was defeated by Monza with 3 goals. So, I am pretty sure that AC Milan will win easily against Salernitana. They will get 3 points and maintain the position in 2nd place.

I have never spoken of fear of facing Salernitana, but I have said that they are a difficult opponent, Milan are a great club that is fighting to win the Scudetto, however they currently have difficulties and must face a team that is fighting not to relegate in Serie B and who has always given his best against the big teams. What I mean is that Milan must not come to this challenge convinced that they are 3 easy points

[Awaklara]

Roma does have a chance to compete for that top-four position. But the problem is they will have to win everything from now on. They cannot afford to lose any matches. And they will also have to pray for the other teams so that the other teams lose as well. There is nothing to worry about because the point difference between the two teams is not that significant. So they have a very high chance of getting into the top four very quickly. But as I have said if they lose any match they will not be able to achieve that. Roma has to understand that and the players and the coach will have to take 100% accountability. From this point, they will have to understand that if they win, they will be successful and if they lose it's on them as well.

the season still leaves quite a lot of games. Rome does have a possibility if they perform well enough in every game. to keep winning, of course, it will be difficult to get a consistent game with opponents who are of course at different levels. but at the very least, they could secure an important point.
competing with inter for the top 4 looks like it will be interesting. but I'm worried that Roma might find it difficult to catch Inter.

[Ayers]

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Yes, doubts are always there. Because I feel that too. But I think Juventus are lucky because the opponent they will face when the season restarts is not a strong enough opponent. So that Juventus should be able to bring full points from the match against Cremonese. But in the match after against Cremonese, Juventus had to face Udinese. I remember Udinese started the season well. however they could not maintain the form and suffered several defeats. and I think Udinese will be much more troublesome than Cremonese. but supposedly after against Cremonese, Juventus should have more confidence.

The problem is, Juventus has always found some problems trying to start after the break. So I don’t know if they will be able to perform well from the start. They do have an easy opponent in the first match. But I am not sure if they will be able to continue performing well consistently. And another thing is I do not trust the management of Juventus right now. I don’t think they are serious about the improvement of the team. I thought we were going to see Allegri fired for the really bad period that Juventus went through. But that did not happen. It is a really good thing that Juventus actually started performing well. Otherwise, things could have been very bad.

[Sebas.tian]

Milan are the most comfortable team on the upcoming match week compared to Napoli and Inter especially. Salernitana matchup is like a gift for Milan to catch up with Napoli in the standings. Milan would hope for seeing a draw at the end of the Inter - Napoli match I assume. However Milan still should be careful with their game against their opponent. They shouldn't underrate Salernitana even for once otherwise they would be under the danger of losing points in such a comfortable match normally.

I think, it will be difficult for Napoli to loose their next match because they will not allow any teams to drop their points in their remaining matches than to maintain the first position to achieve what they want to achieve in this season. If Milan use their last match strategies to play this match, I think it will be difficult for them to achieve victory easily from their opponent because many teams has used this FIFA world cup competition to prepared very well. There will be surprise victory in some matches that will make many teams to drop points, because many of them are coming to play with the mind set of some of the goals they had achieved in their past matches.

[D-law]

It's quite unfortunate for Juventus that many players who were given long-term contracts due to their outstanding performance in the former season are now in retrogression. They no more play up to the expected standard. The likes of Daniele Rugani, Weston McKennie, Juan Cuadrado, and Alex Sandro, were the flag-bearers of the team but now they are offering little or nothing when included in the squad. I think a particular arm of the team needs a complete overhaul. I'll suggest the attack, or midfield.

Mckennie is rumored to leave the club in the next winter's session.

Cuadrado and AlexSandro are at the end of their contract in June and I hope they don't have the crazy idea of renew them year by year.

Mckennie as I read wants to try other leagues so he is rumoured to leave
Juan Cuadrado and Alex Sandro have won enough titles with Juventus
It is time for them to leave Juventus for young players
That is why they have a change of management recently

[giammangiato]

Milan are the most comfortable team on the upcoming match week compared to Napoli and Inter especially. Salernitana matchup is like a gift for Milan to catch up with Napoli in the standings. Milan would hope for seeing a draw at the end of the Inter - Napoli match I assume. However Milan still should be careful with their game against their opponent. They shouldn't underrate Salernitana even for once otherwise they would be under the danger of losing points in such a comfortable match normally.

I think, it will be difficult for Napoli to loose their next match because they will not allow any teams to drop their points in their remaining matches than to maintain the first position to achieve what they want to achieve in this season. If Milan use their last match strategies to play this match, I think it will be difficult for them to achieve victory easily from their opponent because many teams has used this FIFA world cup competition to prepared very well. There will be surprise victory in some matches that will make many teams to drop points, because many of them are coming to play with the mind set of some of the goals they had achieved in their past matches.

I also think Napoli will win the match against Inter
trivially he is much more motivated and has a very high morale of the players and of the whole team
among other things he is strong in all departments, so he doesn't have to particularly fear some collapse
for me it wins

[G_Besar]

Roma does have a chance to compete for that top-four position. But the problem is they will have to win everything from now on. They cannot afford to lose any matches. And they will also have to pray for the other teams so that the other teams lose as well. There is nothing to worry about because the point difference between the two teams is not that significant. So they have a very high chance of getting into the top four very quickly. But as I have said if they lose any match they will not be able to achieve that. Roma has to understand that and the players and the coach will have to take 100% accountability. From this point, they will have to understand that if they win, they will be successful and if they lose it's on them as well.

the season still leaves quite a lot of games. Rome does have a possibility if they perform well enough in every game. to keep winning, of course, it will be difficult to get a consistent game with opponents who are of course at different levels. but at the very least, they could secure an important point.
competing with inter for the top 4 looks like it will be interesting. but I'm worried that Roma might find it difficult to catch Inter.

Rome still has a chance to finish in fourth place. But the problem is their inconsistent appearance is certainly very difficult to realize that opportunity. Even though they have a squad that is competitive enough this season to compete at the top flight. Finally, they also had to lose in a trial match against Cadiz. Jose Mourinho certainly has to rack his brains to revive the Giallorossi's game. I think The Special One must return to looking for players in the January transfer market to cover the weaknesses that have occurred so far.

[Jatiluhung]

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Yes, doubts are always there. Because I feel that too. But I think Juventus are lucky because the opponent they will face when the season restarts is not a strong enough opponent. So that Juventus should be able to bring full points from the match against Cremonese. But in the match after against Cremonese, Juventus had to face Udinese. I remember Udinese started the season well. however they could not maintain the form and suffered several defeats. and I think Udinese will be much more troublesome than Cremonese. but supposedly after against Cremonese, Juventus should have more confidence.

The problem is, Juventus has always found some problems trying to start after the break. So I don’t know if they will be able to perform well from the start. They do have an easy opponent in the first match. But I am not sure if they will be able to continue performing well consistently. And another thing is I do not trust the management of Juventus right now. I don’t think they are serious about the improvement of the team. I thought we were going to see Allegri fired for the really bad period that Juventus went through. But that did not happen. It is a really good thing that Juventus actually started performing well. Otherwise, things could have been very bad.

indeed, if we look at Juventus' internal problems which are quite complicated, it can indeed make us a little anxious. But still I wish Juventus all the best. And it looks like Juventus are better prepared after the season break this time. But when it comes to whether Juventus can be consistent until the end of the season? Actually i doubt about this.