Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[Uruhara]

It was a dramatic win for AS Roma this week against Lecce. They came back in extra time in the second half after being a goal down. I thought it was going to be AS Roma's second consecutive defeat when I saw the time remaining in the 90th minute. But Sardar Azmoun scored to equalize and 3 minutes later Romelu Lukaku scored to turn the game around.

In another match, Juventus managed to steal 3 points from Fiorentina headquarters with a thin score of 0-1. They must be grateful for this result, because if you look at the match, Fiorentina actually played better.

AS Roma almost lost points in the match against Lecce. And I didn't expect Lecce to play that well. They were able to respond to every attack made by AS Roma. In that match, Lukaku made a mistake because he failed to take advantage of the penalty kick properly. The shot was too easy for the Lecce goalkeeper to read but then he made up for it by scoring a goal in the final minutes.

Meanwhile for the Juventus vs Fiorentina match. It turns out that Fiorentina is quite scary when they play in front of their own supporters. Well, actually Juventus was also a little overwhelmed in this match. Because Fiorentina continued to build attack after attack. Luckily Juventus was able to maintain their lead until the final minute.

[Docnaster]

It was a dramatic win for AS Roma this week against Lecce. They came back in extra time in the second half after being a goal down. I thought it was going to be AS Roma's second consecutive defeat when I saw the time remaining in the 90th minute. But Sardar Azmoun scored to equalize and 3 minutes later Romelu Lukaku scored to turn the game around.

In another match, Juventus managed to steal 3 points from Fiorentina headquarters with a thin score of 0-1. They must be grateful for this result, because if you look at the match, Fiorentina actually played better.

AS Roma almost lost points in the match against Lecce. And I didn't expect Lecce to play that well. They were able to respond to every attack made by AS Roma. In that match, Lukaku made a mistake because he failed to take advantage of the penalty kick properly. The shot was too easy for the Lecce goalkeeper to read but then he made up for it by scoring a goal in the final minutes.

Meanwhile for the Juventus vs Fiorentina match. It turns out that Fiorentina is quite scary when they play in front of their own supporters. Well, actually Juventus was also a little overwhelmed in this match. Because Fiorentina continued to build attack after attack. Luckily Juventus was able to maintain their lead until the final minute.

The Roma game against Lecce was one of the most entertaining games in the Italian Serie A last weekend as it produced two stoppage time goals from to home side to win a game they were trailing by a goal to nil after 90 minutes of normal time. Romelu Lukaku who earlier missed a penalty in that game was the hero of the game as he stole the show in the dying minutes of that particular encounter.
The Fiorentina game against Juventus was also a good game game for the Turin club who hanged on to grab an important win.

[giammangiato]

I don't know how to explain that Milan lost the match against Udinese, when they should have won to earn points. Maybe it was because Milan's next game is against PSG, where they should try to win to stay in the Champions League, although they have little chance because they are in last place in the group.

It's really strange that AC Milan is experiencing consecutive defeats, even though they really need this victory to increase their confidence before facing PSG in the Champions League. Pioli did not take advantage of this moment, his strategic style is very easy for opponents to read and is too monotonous. AC Milan should look for a new coach. Because the streak of defeats experienced by Milan was very embarrassing due to poor tactics and strange decisions, even though Milan's current players are above average, besides, Roberto De Zerbi also wants to coach Milan in my opinion. Congratulations to Udinese on their first win in Serie A this season.

it is not a good moment for Milan at all, losing to a team that had never won until now is a terrible humiliation

lets hope he recovers, but rightly the fans are quite angry at this poor performance even though there are very good players playing.. bad verybad

[babo]

looking at the league table it is still possible to save what can be saved, obviously I am referring to Milan
It still has a good score and more points than the other contenders for the Champions League, but it's true that if it doesn't recover quickly it risks losing its lead and going into dangerous mid-table areas.

mid-tables area mean no CUPS and no money

[Gallar]

AC Milan was defeated by a team that had not won since the beginning of the season, Udinese. This clearly signals that Pioli's strategy is increasingly vulnerable to being dismantled by opponents. The attempted 4-4-2 formation failed completely, making the first half, become one of Milan's worst performances this season. I hate to say, when facing a team that was, in reality, struggling by psychologically and mentally due to their lack of wins and having to play against a big team, but in this match AC Milan that ended up losing. Management need to do a new strategy with new better coach for Milan.

I personally also don't think that AC Milan can be beaten by a team whose quality is much lower. Initially I predicted that AC Milan would definitely win by scoring more than one goal. The reason is that since the first half whistle sounded, AC Milan continued to control the course of the match by putting a lot of pressure and attacks on the Udinese defense. However, none of these attacks resulted in a goal. The reason is that Udinese defense in that match could be said to be very strong. So it was very difficult for AC Milan front players to execute the ball well against Udinese goal. Then in the end a player from AC Milan violated an Udinese player in the penalty box and resulted in a penalty kick which was executed well by Pereyra.

So if I look at the AC Milan VS Udinese match, the failure factor that made AC Milan fail to win was because the defenders from Udinese played very well and were also very good. Because in terms of ball control and attack, AC Milan is clearly superior. However, all attacks launched by AC Milan players were blocked well by Udinese defenders.

Apart from that, this season Udinese have drawn 7 times. I think this happens because Udinese has a very strong defense system so that opponents always have difficulty launching attacks. However, the drawback is that Udinese does not have very sharp forward players. As a result, many Udinese matches ended in draws.
Maybe if Udinese had very sharp forward players, I'm sure their performance would be much better.

And if you look at the head to head record between AC Milan and Udinese, both teams have a record of 1 win and 3 draws each. That way, with Udinese win, Udinese head to head becomes superior.

[Velvet78]

It is really difficult for Napoli to keep up with Inter and Juventus these days. However I can't say the same thing when it comes to Milan. Because Milan's performance has been on the decline for a few weeks. First those two losses in big games and a very unexpected loss against Udinese in San Siro after. This is a huge downgrade.

Napoli have closen up the gap with them by 6 points in the meantime and they are only 1 point behind now. But I still can't trust Napoli very much either because they can also make very surprising point losses as well. Thankfully they didn't do so against Salernitana.  

[TelolettOm]

Juventus also managed to win in today match which made Juventus reduce the points behind Inter Milan, who is the current leader of the standing. I saw that Juventus' game was not very good because after they had a 1 goal lead, their game was more defensive to be able to secure victory in this match. Fiorentina tried to make various attacks in order to equalize the score but unfortunately Juventus strong defense could prevent Fiorentina players from scoring goal in this match.

Yes, Juventus won the match although they played not really well. Fiorentina very dominated the match, they made 25 shot attempts but there is no goal at all. Meanwhile Juventus only made 4 shot attempts but they could score 1 goal. Fiorentina also won the ball possession almost 70%, they really controlled the match. But it can't lead them to win the match.

Maybe as you said, AC Milan will have difficulty providing competition this season because AC Milan this week again failed to improve their performance. AC Milan played in front of their supporters in this week match but they were unable to win, of course that is a big setback for them this season.

AC Milan seems to not win the Scudetto. They are not in the best form during this season. If we look at the current situation, Inter Milan and Juventus are 2 teams to compete for the title.

[temple]

It is really difficult for Napoli to keep up with Inter and Juventus these days. However I can't say the same thing when it comes to Milan. Because Milan's performance has been on the decline for a few weeks. First those two losses in big games and a very unexpected loss against Udinese in San Siro after. This is a huge downgrade.

Napoli have closen up the gap with them by 6 points in the meantime and they are only 1 point behind now. But I still can't trust Napoli very much either because they can also make very surprising point losses as well. Thankfully they didn't do so against Salernitana.  

AC Milan is literally going through a crisis as they are struggling both in the Champions League and in the Serie A. And who would have thought that they will get in so much trouble after they kicked off the season with an impressive winning streak? They are clearly on a significant downtrend at the moment and maybe the Champions League games are now coming at the right time to prove they can do better than they recently did.

This season the fight for the title will take place between Inter Milan and Juventus. Inter in contrast to AC Milan plays strong every week and they are winning games when they are not that much stronger, meaning that their efficiency is also on point at the moment. Lautaro Martinez is not kidding around, he is in strong shape.

[hahay]

looking at the league table it is still possible to save what can be saved, obviously I am referring to Milan
It still has a good score and more points than the other contenders for the Champions League, but it's true that if it doesn't recover quickly it risks losing its lead and going into dangerous mid-table areas.

mid-tables area mean no CUPS and no money

Not sure Milan will fall to mid-table, because even though Milan are currently experiencing a decline in performance with poor results but still, of course Milan still have a chance to stay in the top four. Although for example, maybe difficult for Milan to maintain good performance this moment but I am sure, that Milan will not get out of the top six positions. So yes, I personally not too worried about Milan position in the Serie A standings this season, because I believe that Milan have good quality to stay in the top four. But maybe, the worst position is in fifth place, but I'm sure falling to fifth place is unlikely to happen for Milan too.

[shogun47]

Fiorentina - Juventus is going to be the last game today which is a really attracting one at the same time. Juventus are slightly favoured by bookmakers but the gap of odds is really too close. Juventus just couldn't beat Fiorentina in their last four head-to-head away games. Three of them ended up with a draw and the remaining one was a loss.

Considering that Fiorentina are also having a decent season it won't be an easy matchup at all. However Fiorentina have lost some pace recently by getting two losses in a row. Maybe Juventus can use the momentum coming from their winning streak to get a win by 1-0 or 2-1 to break this series between them.

Since Fiorentina is in a battle with their downtrend, maybe this is a moment that Juventus Turin can take advantage of, but make no mistake Udinese defeated AC Milan after winning not a single game for a very long time, even worse than that after not winning a single game so far in this entire season. This is unbelievable and they probably have a record breaking number of draws from the first 10 games. They had many games ending 1-1, which is why it is still not looking too bad when in fact the team hasn't won a game. But they kept their defense in tact and took those 1 pointers from almost all games.

Indeed what happened in the past is not always the benchmark because of course everything has changed this season.
Fiorentina is at a slight advantage because this match will be played at their home ground, but Juventus are being very consistent at the moment with the positive results they continue to achieve and their performance is also quite consistent.
Even though this match will be fierce, I am sure to bet on Juventus winning, and I even made two bets in this one match, I bet on Juventus winning and under 2.5 goals (because in the last few matches Juventus has had quite minimal goals scored) and also Juventus' defense is quite solid, so I'm sure Juventus will win with a narrow score.

And they did it again. Like most of the other fans I like to watch when there are a lot of goals in a game, but the level of concentration that Juventus Turin is presenting in the last games is amazing. it is not even the last minute deciding goal this time, but one goal early in the game was enough to win it. That's what Juventus Turin was very well known for for a long time as it was so hard to get close to their goal and have the chance for a shot on target. Too bad they are not playing in the Champions League, but maybe the timing also wouldn't have been the best and they need this time to let the dust settle from their penalty and attack again next year.

[kro55]

Both Lecce and Roma performed very well in this match. I would say that Roma were lucky that they managed to win. After Lecce's Pontus scored in the 72nd minute I thought Roma might not win. Because Lecce's defense was very strong in this match. They performed very well in this match. But after 90 minutes, the whole match changed the scenario. Sardar Azmoun scored for Roma in the 91st minute. But Roma would score one more goal in extra time and win, probably not even Roma fans thought. Lukaku was able to score from Dybala's pass. And the Roma team confirmed 3 points from this match.

Another difficult match for Roma, I think if Lukaku had been able to score a penalty in the 5th minute then the match would have turned out differently, but it was not easy for them, and I’m glad that Lukaku was able to correct his mistake in extra time. Lecce is not a weak team, they actually play very well, but at decisive moments they make a lot of mistakes. Juventus was still able to defeat Fiorentina, with each match I see more and more the return of the old Juventus as I knew it, a good defensive game and one goal decides the outcome of the match.

I agree with you. Had Lukaku not missed the penalty opportunity, the entire scenario of the match would have changed. And the match was under the control of the Roma players. Roma went behind after not being able to score from the penalty opportunity. Even then, Roma's players attacked a lot, but they could not break Lecce's strong defense. The performance of Lecce's defenders was also quite good in today's match. Roma team was going to be defeated because of Lukaku, but in the end, thanks to Lukaku's goal, Roma managed to get full points in the match. Both Lukaku and the Roma team were very lucky in this match.

[imamusma]

looking at the league table it is still possible to save what can be saved, obviously I am referring to Milan
It still has a good score and more points than the other contenders for the Champions League, but it's true that if it doesn't recover quickly it risks losing its lead and going into dangerous mid-table areas.

mid-tables area mean no CUPS and no money

Not sure Milan will fall to mid-table, because even though Milan are currently experiencing a decline in performance with poor results but still, of course Milan still have a chance to stay in the top four. Although for example, maybe difficult for Milan to maintain good performance this moment but I am sure, that Milan will not get out of the top six positions. So yes, I personally not too worried about Milan position in the Serie A standings this season, because I believe that Milan have good quality to stay in the top four. But maybe, the worst position is in fifth place, but I'm sure falling to fifth place is unlikely to happen for Milan too.

In Serie A, I am sure Milan position will not be out of the Champions League zone when the season ends. If you look at the current situation, Pioli squad looks like they will return early from the UCL competition. Because they are having difficulty securing points and are now at the bottom of Group F, Which mean they will be able to focus fully on domestic competitions. with the lack of match schedules providing more preparation for their return, and again competing for the top of the standings from Inter and Juventus.

On the other hand, if Milan can fight to secure third place then they can continue their struggle in the European League, maybe there Giroud and his friends will have greater luck. Meanwhile in Serie A, I have the view that they will be able to maintain their consistency to remain in the top four of the standings.

[xzone]

looking at the league table it is still possible to save what can be saved, obviously I am referring to Milan
It still has a good score and more points than the other contenders for the Champions League, but it's true that if it doesn't recover quickly it risks losing its lead and going into dangerous mid-table areas.

mid-tables area mean no CUPS and no money

Remember last year. It was not even clear who would be the champion until the last week. We'll probably see something similar again. That's why I think we shouldn't talk too early, we have a long season ahead of us and I'm sure many teams will experience declines and rises.
I wonder where Milan will be at the end of the season, being champions would suit them very well

[Zlantann]

The Roma game against Lecce was one of the most entertaining games in the Italian Serie A last weekend as it produced two stoppage time goals from to home side to win a game they were trailing by a goal to nil after 90 minutes of normal time. Romelu Lukaku who earlier missed a penalty in that game was the hero of the game as he stole the show in the dying minutes of that particular encounter.
The Fiorentina game against Juventus was also a good game game for the Turin club who hanged on to grab an important win.

The match was a tough one for Roma. Lecce defended very well but couldn't hold on till the end of the extra time. Roma players had to work harder to win this game and this victory came with some sacrifices like four yellow cards. The goals came when it was needed and Lecce will regret not for holding on that one goal till the end. Romelu Lukaku's goal was wonderful, he showed so much composure and confidence. But I thought he pushed the player that was marking him before he took hold of the ball. But the match officials believe that there was no infringement. Jose Mourinho will be proud of the Belgian international because he is proving many critics wrong. The win has put Roma in a position that shows that that are ready to compete for the Seria A trophy.

Fiorentina was the better side in the game against Juventus. Juventus was fortunate to score and defend the goal for more than 80minutes. Fabio Miretti's goal in the tenth minutes was all the The Old Lady needed to maintain thier second position and kindling the hope of seeing European football next season.

[Ruttoshi]

The Penalty miss made the game hard for Roma! Dyballa shoulda been the player for that penalty, there's no way possible he wouldn't have scored that goal to give them the lead.
They should improve, this pattern of coming from behind doesn't work for all smaller sides. Lecce never played like the the underdog's anyways.

Lukaku's 100% penalty success record in Italy was ended. Only the penalty taker is at risk of missing the penalty kick. He held his head regretfully while coach Mourinho seemed dumbfounded on the training bench. Missed the penalty kick, but Romelu Lukaku made up for it with the decisive goal in the last minute. He scored the winning goal for the home team, making him unable to contain his emotions.
As for Dybala, I don't feel he is ready to play in set situations, and I believe Mourinho's decision is still correct.

Dybala is a great and experienced player, so I don't believe if you say Dybala is not ready to play in certain situation. Because of course, as an experienced player, then of course Dybala will also be ready to play in any situation in every match. So ya, maybe Lukaku is still very ambitious about having lots of goals, so Dybala gave Lukaku that penalty but unfortunately, Lukaku missed. But indeed, at least Lukaku was also able to pay for his failure in this match by managing to score the winning goal in the extra minute and in the end, AS Roma won with a score of 2-1.

Dybala is such a great player and he tried his best in the match even though he couldn't score with the opportunities that he had in the match. Lukaku saved himself from the blame that would have be on his head by scoring the winning goal on the last minutes of the extra time.

Lecce proved that they are capable of playing with a strong team without panic and they almost drew the match assuming they were able to defend the goal till the end of the game, but the pressure mounted on them by Roma made them to lose focus on their plans after Lukaku made a sharp turn after receiving the ball and took the brilliant strike that saved the day.

[puloweh555]

AS Roma almost lost points in the match against Lecce. And I didn't expect Lecce to play that well. They were able to respond to every attack made by AS Roma. In that match, Lukaku made a mistake because he failed to take advantage of the penalty kick properly. The shot was too easy for the Lecce goalkeeper to read but then he made up for it by scoring a goal in the final minutes.

An epic comeback. Lukaku was finally able to smile after the match otherwise it would have been a burden on his mind because he had made the mistake of missing a penalty. When I watch As Roma it's always tense, they play for up to 90 minutes maybe playing mediocre football but after 90 minutes they become something else and the spirit changes. How many last minute goals have they scored in the last two seasons, is this a Mourinho strategy too?

Meanwhile for the Juventus vs Fiorentina match. It turns out that Fiorentina is quite scary when they play in front of their own supporters. Well, actually Juventus was also a little overwhelmed in this match. Because Fiorentina continued to build attack after attack. Luckily Juventus was able to maintain their lead until the final minute.

Fiorentina were unlucky even though they controlled the game and even took a lot of shots, but unfortunately Juve's defense was solid in this match. And indeed Juventus' habit is that if they score a goal in the first 10 minutes, it means that the remaining 80 minutes until the end is just defending, for me it is very sad to see Juventus play coached by Allegri.

[Ndabagi01]

Dybala is a great and experienced player, so I don't believe if you say Dybala is not ready to play in certain situation. Because of course, as an experienced player, then of course Dybala will also be ready to play in any situation in every match. So ya, maybe Lukaku is still very ambitious about having lots of goals, so Dybala gave Lukaku that penalty but unfortunately, Lukaku missed. But indeed, at least Lukaku was also able to pay for his failure in this match by managing to score the winning goal in the extra minute and in the end, AS Roma won with a score of 2-1.

Lukaku's performance is inconsistent, but he is the type of player who can play under constraint and provide the club a win when it is needed. He was really unlucky not to win that penalty in their last game, which was desperately required at the time. He must have felt bad about missing the penalty after Dybala let him take it. He is now under pressure and must make up for the loss to the team; he didn't give up until the final minute of play, when he scored the game-winning goal for them. This is really impressive, and he is, in my opinion, a striker to rely on when a last-minute goal is required. He'll do it either score or create the chances to score using his physical ability in the pitch.

[execijutiere]

While Roma managed to win at home with a last minute goal, I didn't expect them to have so much difficulty. Roma, who started the match well, struggled to find goals in the first half and in the second half, falling behind with seven goals in the 70th minute, started to take all risks to win the match. Roma managed to beat their opponent with two goals in extra time, even if it was difficult, and added an important 3 points to their score.
Juventus, on the other hand, took the three points away from Fiorentina. Obviously, it is a sad event that Fiorentina left the match without a point at home in a dominant match, but when we look at it, Juventus, the team in the background of the last weeks, somehow managed to leave this match victorious and added another important 3 points to its docket.Fiorentina, which had 70% possession and 25 shots, unfortunately could not find a goal in this match.

[skarais]

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Lukaku's performance is inconsistent, but he is the type of player who can play under constraint and provide the club a win when it is needed. He was really unlucky not to win that penalty in their last game, which was desperately required at the time. He must have felt bad about missing the penalty after Dybala let him take it. He is now under pressure and must make up for the loss to the team; he didn't give up until the final minute of play, when he scored the game-winning goal for them. This is really impressive, and he is, in my opinion, a striker to rely on when a last-minute goal is required. He'll do it either score or create the chances to score using his physical ability in the pitch.

Romelu Lukaku has scored 6 goals in 9 Serie A games this season, so I don't think he's too bad to expect. Of course Romelu Lukaku cannot be expected to score goals every game, but Lukaku can be expected to make his best contribution this season.

So far Roma have won 4 of their last 5 matches, they are ranked 7th with 17 points. The chances of getting into the top 4 are very high, especially if they can maintain consistent performance, but I'm sure the competition this season is very difficult for all teams. I think Milan this season is too inconsistent, they failed to win 3 of the last 5 games, they are bad but the season is still long to expect them to improve.

[Rengga Jati]

Yeah, every point is very valuable here, so whatever and whoever the match is against, they have to optimally play with a winning result. Inter are certainly ready for this, and they are also certainly aware that their chances in the UCL are not that great. So, they must try to go all-in in Serie A.
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Last season Intermilan channeled all their attention to the Champions League when they noticed they got chances of reaching the finals, but this season their performance in the UCL is not really okay and I think that's why they're more focused on winning the league this season, they're the strongest team so far and I think there a possibility that they could win the Scudetto cause Napoli who are the defending champions are not really serious this season.

It seems that Inter is aware of this and they are ready for various possibilities. So, however, they have to go all out in Serie A. Their failure to hold the Serie A title last season is certainly a valuable lesson. This season, they really have a better chance so far. Their performance is very stable and consistent, and they don't waste many opportunities. They can really optimize all opportunities to always win and not waste many opportunities. It could be said that their performance is indeed good, so far they have only lost once, this is quite satisfying. And if they can at least be this consistent, especially the better their performance, then it doesn't rule out the possibility that Inter will be the favorite for the potential Serie A title holders this season.

But on the other hand, they also have to be wary of Juventus' revival. We could say they are on fire this season. And if you look at their performance so far, it's really impressive. Moreover, their points are only slightly different, so there is indeed a chance for both of them to catch each other.