Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[coinlocket$]

a big media scandal is happening in Serie A.

Inter player Acerbi and Napoli player Juan Jesus are involved.

It seems that during the match between Napoli and Inter last week the Inter player made racial insults against the neapolitan player.
the situation had already been resolved on the pitch with the player's apologies, but subsequently on TV the Inter player called the neapolitan player a liar (without saying it) and the neapolitan accused him of racism on social media again after the TV fact.

If the sports judge wrote about this offense on the scoresheet, the Inter player now risks a minimum of 10 match disqualification.

[SmartCharpa]

I don't know how many wins this has been for Roma because they have always proven stable performance and since being handled by De Rossi, Roma has now become a team that deserves to be respected. They managed to get their latest victory when they hosted Sassuolo at the Olimpico stadium and with the addition of 3 points they became more comfortable in 5th position in the standings. They are now getting closer to Bologna with only a 3 point difference and they also have to be careful because Atalanta is always watching them from behind.

Since Danielle De Rossi was appointed the new manager, Roma has participated in nine league games; during that time, they has won seven, draw one and lost one against Inter Milan. We have witnessed many changes since Mourinho left the club, De Rossi's the new head coach of the team has produced many good outcomes and improvement. The team's objective for this season is to get to the next Champions League; they have no intention of participating in the Europa League. Roma was in ninth place in the league when Danielle De Rossi was hired; three points separate them from the top four now, in fifth place. Roma is still in the running to finish in the top four.

In this match Pellegrini was the only player to score a goal and also became the hero of Roma's victory. Usually Dybala always scores goals in matches like this, unfortunately we didn't see him last night because he still has a muscle injury and had to miss several matches. Lukaku is also not playing optimally and he seems to have to wait for his partner to recover first so he can be productive again.

Despite Dybala's absence, I was expecting that Roma would score an early goal because Sassuolo is a weak opponent, they cannot compete with Roma in term of football. Unfortunately, Roma was able to score only one goal against Sassuolo, a team that remains in the relegation zone. Roma attempted ten shots during the game, but only four of them were on target. It is clear that Dybala's absence affected how well they played against Sassuolo.

[iamsange]

AS Roma is trying hard to replace Bologna in the 4th place and I am optimistic they can do it. Indeed, Bologna plays impressive this season but Roma is also on the same track and they will wait for the right moment to take over precisely on April 21, obviously Roma can be relied upon when playing at home. For Juventus yeah I am also sure they will secure a ticket to the Champions League next season I mean they always have a way to do it, even though Juventus play bad lately but I'm sure they are just 'playing' in the game.

Roma's opportunity to look at the top four zone is increasingly realistic to be realized. The Giallorossi's increasingly improving performance under De Rossi's direction is increasingly putting pressure on Bologna. Bologna, who has appeared quite impressive this season, also wants to maintain their position, Thiago Motta's troops will fight it out even though they don't get the top title. So the battle for fourth place seems interesting to monitor until the end of the season.

Juventus has really been very disappointing this season, instead of being a serious contender for the Scudetto this season, they have appeared sluggish. This is the worst performance of Mrs. Tia that I have ever seen, even though currently she is still in 3rd place. But if conditions continue like that and she fails to make a comeback then it looks like her ticket to the Champions League next season will go to another team, that's very very sad.

[hyudien]

That is the most interesting fight in the Serie A as everything has already settled in other fights with Inter winning the title and Juventus being in the second place,not much to follow despite the draw of Inter against Napoli in this last encounter during the weekend.

I think that Bologna has been playing well compared to Roma winning games more convincingly and by scoring many goals so for me would be a shame if Bologna loses the game against Roma.

Inter has fought a good fight to achieved a huge amount of points in the Italian league competition, because they really prepared well to fight any teams that they are going to face in this season and they have defeated many teams to acquired the first position. Juventus that was creating pressure on Inter from the beginning of this tournament, they have lose some points that made Inter to gap them very well and it will be difficult for such pressure to be among Inter and Juventus again. Bologna has played well in this season to defeated some teams to get to where they are right now, I believe they will defeat Roma to achieve another points again.

Juventus lost their balance so they can no longer put pressure on Inter Milan like at the start of the season and even now they have to lose their position in second place because in the last 3 matches they couldn't win and that gave Ac Milan the opportunity to overtake them. and AC Milan managed to take advantage of that very well.
Actually, things like this are what a team is worried about, yes, they will experience a decline at the end of the season and that will make them unable to compete anymore. Juventus experienced this this season which made them have to give up the title this season. However, they also still have to focus, because even though they cannot become champions, at least they can be in the top 4 of the standings at the end of the season and win a ticket to go to the Champions League next season. Their current position is not completely safe, so they have to keep giving their best, especially to win again after they failed to get it in the last few matches. I'm sure they can secure their position in the top 4 of the standings.

[HajiBagi]

That is the most interesting fight in the Serie A as everything has already settled in other fights with Inter winning the title and Juventus being in the second place,not much to follow despite the draw of Inter against Napoli in this last encounter during the weekend.

I think that Bologna has been playing well compared to Roma winning games more convincingly and by scoring many goals so for me would be a shame if Bologna loses the game against Roma.

Inter Milan will be difficult to catch now by the teams in the top four of the standings because the points are quite far away. Meanwhile, Juventus can still fight to reclaim second place from AC Milan if Milan loses the remaining matches this season. But recently Juventus has started to not be in good condition so second place might also be difficult for Juventus to take back this season. As for Roma and Bologna, it is true that Bologna is slightly better than Roma, but Bologna also needs to be wary of Roma because Roma is also targeting the top four positions for the remainder of this season.

You are correct about Inter Milan; it will be extremely difficult for any team to catch up to them right now because they are leading them by a significant amount of points that no team can easily obtain. However, I have my doubts about Inter Milan's performance these days because, ever since Inter Milan lost to Atletico Madrid in the Champions League, their play has not been as strong as it once was. Inter Milan also faced Napoli and struggled to win, which led to a draw at the end of the match.

Regarding Roma and Bologna, I believe it will be extremely difficult for Roma because Bologna is currently leading Roma by three points and still performing well. Based on my assessment of Bologna's performance, I believe it will be difficult for Roma to overcome Bologna. If Roma is unable to overcome Bologna, it will mean that they will not be able to play in the Champions League the following season, which will be disappointing for Roma as they even replaced their coach without succeeding.

[OcTradism]

Even currently, Juventus, which is ranked 3rd, is also under pressure because of the consistent performance of Roma and Bologna.
The target given to De Rossi to be able to bring Roma to finish in the top 4 is quite realistic now, seeing the strength and consistency of the team which continues to improve makes their hopes even more wide open to fulfill this target.

No one knows for sure the reason why Juventus has slumped like now, even though nothing has changed in their squad, however, since the second half of this season, the Juventus team has continued to experience quite a drastic decline.

Juventus fell in performances a lot recently and they can feel pressure from Bologna with 5 points but with Roma, it is 8 points and it's safe for Juventus against Roma.

Juventus must try to improve their performances as one or two bad matches will give opportunities to Bologna and Roma moving closer to Juventus on the ranking table. Then pressure on Juventus will become bigger and it's quite sure that they don't want to have that pressure.

This season is already a failed one for Juventus as they can not win Scudetto but with some matches left in Serie A, they still have the last task, secure a position in top four and join Champions League 2024 - 2025.

[Alpha Marine]

Inter has fought a good fight to achieved a huge amount of points in the Italian league competition, because they really prepared well to fight any teams that they are going to face in this season and they have defeated many teams to acquired the first position. Juventus that was creating pressure on Inter from the beginning of this tournament, they have lose some points that made Inter to gap them very well and it will be difficult for such pressure to be among Inter and Juventus again. Bologna has played well in this season to defeated some teams to get to where they are right now, I believe they will defeat Roma to achieve another points again.

With the way things are going, Juventus place in the top 4 is not even guaranteed. They drop too many points recently and if they don't fix that they may see themselves falling further down the table. Currently, they're only 4 points above Bologna in 3rd position while Bologna is 4th. Roma has been in good form and they're winning. If they keep up that form and Juventus don't fix up they might get overtaken by Roma. I know it it's unlikely, but very possible.

Bologna is a team that I must applaud. They have done really well this season. They deserve to be in the champions league spot so they can play champions league foot football next season.

I believe Milan are going to maintain their current 2nd position till the end of the season. Juventus and Bologna are going to fight for the third and fourth position.

[babo]

Roma took off with great momentum after Mourinho left. Bologna is playing its team season. They are amazing this year. Of course, Juventus could fall out of the UCL rankings if they suffer such losses, but realistically, I don't think that will happen. I think they will finish the league in the top 3 places and take part in the UCL next year.

AS Roma is trying hard to replace Bologna in the 4th place and I am optimistic they can do it. Indeed, Bologna plays impressive this season but Roma is also on the same track and they will wait for the right moment to take over precisely on April 21, obviously Roma can be relied upon when playing at home. For Juventus yeah I am also sure they will secure a ticket to the Champions League next season I mean they always have a way to do it, even though Juventus play bad lately but I'm sure they are just 'playing' in the game.

The real battle will occur if the match this season is 3 matches left it will be a determinant for teams to take their places in the last season, my focus remains on AS Roma vs Bologna and 2 teams in the relegation zone because they have no choice but to fight as much as possible while Inter Milan is safe at the top of the standings and Salernitana is confirmed to be degraded.

It's not easy to replace someone when you don't have the skills
Roma doesn't have continuity so replacing Bologna in the standings must commit not to lose simple matches
otherwise it would be above Bologna who spent significantly less than Roma
DeRooooosssiiiiii where are you?

[bering]

Roma took off with great momentum after Mourinho left. Bologna is playing its team season. They are amazing this year. Of course, Juventus could fall out of the UCL rankings if they suffer such losses, but realistically, I don't think that will happen. I think they will finish the league in the top 3 places and take part in the UCL next year.

AS Roma is trying hard to replace Bologna in the 4th place and I am optimistic they can do it. Indeed, Bologna plays impressive this season but Roma is also on the same track and they will wait for the right moment to take over precisely on April 21, obviously Roma can be relied upon when playing at home. For Juventus yeah I am also sure they will secure a ticket to the Champions League next season I mean they always have a way to do it, even though Juventus play bad lately but I'm sure they are just 'playing' in the game.

The real battle will occur if the match this season is 3 matches left it will be a determinant for teams to take their places in the last season, my focus remains on AS Roma vs Bologna and 2 teams in the relegation zone because they have no choice but to fight as much as possible while Inter Milan is safe at the top of the standings and Salernitana is confirmed to be degraded.

Talking about Roma and Bologna with only 3 difference points between them i think everything is still possible to happend and indeed recently i just look at to the upcoming schedules for Roma and Bologna and indeed both teams have to facing hard opponents but compared to Roma i think Bologna schedules is more easy because for the next 9 matches in Serie A Bologna strong opponents is only Juventus and Napoli and probably Roma itself but for Roma i think they schedules is more hard because Roma upcoming opponents is Milan, Atalanta, Juventus and Napoli besides that Roma also will be more busy because they still fight at Europa League for quarterfinal matches

From fitness conditions indeed Bologna has good advantages compared to Roma because they will playing at Serie A only but don't mean their journey to secured 4th place will be more easy because Roma too don't want to let it happend and indeed the competition for champion league spots between them is very interesting because recently both teams can playing consistent and for their upcoming opponents Roma and Bologna will faced against weak teams because Bologna against Salernitana and Roma will playing away at Lecce home ground and i am sure they can able to beat their opponents

[babo]

Talking about Roma and Bologna with only 3 difference points between them i think everything is still possible to happend and indeed recently i just look at to the upcoming schedules for Roma and Bologna and indeed both teams have to facing hard opponents but compared to Roma i think Bologna schedules is more easy because for the next 9 matches in Serie A Bologna strong opponents is only Juventus and Napoli and probably Roma itself but for Roma i think they schedules is more hard because Roma upcoming opponents is Milan, Atalanta, Juventus and Napoli besides that Roma also will be more busy because they still fight at Europa League for quarterfinal matches

From fitness conditions indeed Bologna has good advantages compared to Roma because they will playing at Serie A only but don't mean their journey to secured 4th place will be more easy because Roma too don't want to let it happend and indeed the competition for champion league spots between them is very interesting because recently both teams can playing consistent and for their upcoming opponents Roma and Bologna will faced against weak teams because Bologna against Salernitana and Roma will playing away at Lecce home ground and i am sure they can able to beat their opponents

clear clear, only three points difference, but as I said before, Roma spent a lot more money than Bologna
I throw this stone just to make it clear that sometimes it's not enough to spend money, you have to spend it well
In Jose's case it was money very badly spent
In Lukaku's case I spent very well

[wakier]

That is the most interesting fight in the Serie A as everything has already settled in other fights with Inter winning the title and Juventus being in the second place,not much to follow despite the draw of Inter against Napoli in this last encounter during the weekend.

I think that Bologna has been playing well compared to Roma winning games more convincingly and by scoring many goals so for me would be a shame if Bologna loses the game against Roma.

Inter has fought a good fight to achieved a huge amount of points in the Italian league competition, because they really prepared well to fight any teams that they are going to face in this season and they have defeated many teams to acquired the first position. Juventus that was creating pressure on Inter from the beginning of this tournament, they have lose some points that made Inter to gap them very well and it will be difficult for such pressure to be among Inter and Juventus again. Bologna has played well in this season to defeated some teams to get to where they are right now, I believe they will defeat Roma to achieve another points again.

Bologna is indeed more consistent than Rome. and yes, Roma could lose the match against Bologna. But because the match is near the end of April, there could be changes in performance for these two teams. It could be that at that time Bologna had lost their consistency and so did Roma. So it can be said that everything is still uncertain and we have to wait a few more weeks before making further judgments regarding Bologna and Roma. But regarding Inter Milan, they are certainly comfortable at the top and will win the title this season.

In my opinion, the two teams are not that different because if I look at the consistency of both of them in the last few matches, it shows that both of them almost have the same level of consistency, so both teams still have the same chance of getting a place in the UCL. We also don't know the performance after the international break this time, it could be that one of the teams loses balance but I have more confidence in Roma this time. I'm sure Roma is still strong enough to compete for the UCL place because recently Roma has been in full confidence and continues to won and has not lost in the last five matches.

[piebeyb]

This season is already a failed one for Juventus as they can not win Scudetto but with some matches left in Serie A, they still have the last task, secure a position in top four and join Champions League 2024 - 2025.

Apart from that, they still have a chance to win the Coppa Italia title this season. Apart from getting the top four positions in the standings, Allegri must emphasize his team to play as hard as possible and must be able to rotate their players so they can get good results in the next few matches. Juventus still have the opportunity to recover from the downturn in their previous match results which were quite bad, only winning once in their last five matches, that is not good enough for Juventus at the end of this season.

I know Juventus have the ability to maintain their position until the end of the season to get a UCL ticket next season they have to finish in the top four and if they continue to allow the bad results they experience continuously it will be the same as giving Bologna and Roma the opportunity to overtake they are in an important position, I hope Juventus will soon recover from adversity and get good results in the few remaining matches this season. At least a narrow win in the next few matches doesn't matter as long as they stay on the winning track, everything looks safe at the end of the season.

[Warkop]

The opportunity for Juventus to qualify for the UCL is still very open. Indeed, the points gap with Bologna and AS Roma is very close, but I think Juventus can still get that spot. The draw with Genoa was not the end for Juventus in getting a ticket to the UCL. There are still several matches, 2 of Juventus schedule are against AS Roma and Bologna, this could be an opportunity for Juventus to maintain its position at least in 3rd place in the standings.

That's right, Juventus still has a chance to qualify for the UCL because Juventus is still in 3rd place in the standings. Juventus must really be able to take advantage and win the remaining matches they will play, because if Juventus loses or draws continuously in the following matches, I am sure Bologna and AS Roma will definitely be able to overtake Juventus' position. I'm still not sure whether Juventus will meet Bologna and AS Roma will be able to win this match. In several matches, it was seen that Juventus was still having difficulty winning the matches they faced, because their performance was not good and their play was less consistent. So Juventus must be really careful when facing Bologna and AS Roma, because these two teams are in good form.

[Fiatless]

It is no longer correct to compare Inter and Juventus. There were big differences between the two teams and Juventus threw in the towel on the league with consecutive points losses and their only aim is now to gain qualification in the UCL. Inter has been winning consistently since the beginning of the year. As a result, they will be the winners this year. Juve, on the other hand, can already start thinking about next year.

With the elimination of Inter Milan from the Champions League, the club will now focus on the Seria A title. Inter is fourteen points ahead of AC Milan and seventeen points above Juventus. It will be very difficult for these teams to overtake Inter. The goal of these two teams will be to get a Champions League ticket and not the Italian league title. Inter lost two points when they drew against Napoli, however, the next game will be against Empoli. The international break is usually a turning point for some teams while it could also be a bad time for some clubs. Players are sometimes injured while representing their countries which might affect the performance of the clubs. The more injured players are club might have during this international break might determine how well they will fare after the break.

[giammangiato]

Team	Point
Inter	76
Milan	62
Juve	59
Bologna	54
Roma	51
Atalanta	47
Napoli	45
Fiorentina	43
Lazio	43
Monza	42
Torino	41
Genoa	34
Lecce	28
Udinese	27
Verona	26
Cagliari	26
Empoli	25
Frosinone	24
Sassuolo	23
Salernitana	14

Salernitana going in B for sure..

[masulum]

That's right, Juventus still has a chance to qualify for the UCL because Juventus is still in 3rd place in the standings. Juventus must really be able to take advantage and win the remaining matches they will play, because if Juventus loses or draws continuously in the following matches, I am sure Bologna and AS Roma will definitely be able to overtake Juventus' position. I'm still not sure whether Juventus will meet Bologna and AS Roma will be able to win this match. In several matches, it was seen that Juventus was still having difficulty winning the matches they faced, because their performance was not good and their play was less consistent. So Juventus must be really careful when facing Bologna and AS Roma, because these two teams are in good form.

Bologna become an unpredictable team at the moment. what happened to Atalanta last few season, seems to be the same situation with the current Bologna team. i know, bologna cannot win all their matches against mid-table teams, but from their performance, I see that Bologna has the potential to win the match against Juventus. However, we still need to pay attention to the quality of the players that Juventus have. Even though Juventus often find difficulties to win, for the competition of UCL tickets, I am sure Juventus players will perform better against Bologna. The battle for position 1 is no longer something we have to worry about, but the competition for positions 2 - 4 is still very interesting.

[bastisisca]

a big media scandal is happening in Serie A.

Inter player Acerbi and Napoli player Juan Jesus are involved.

It seems that during the match between Napoli and Inter last week the Inter player made racial insults against the neapolitan player.
the situation had already been resolved on the pitch with the player's apologies, but subsequently on TV the Inter player called the neapolitan player a liar (without saying it) and the neapolitan accused him of racism on social media again after the TV fact.

If the sports judge wrote about this offense on the scoresheet, the Inter player now risks a minimum of 10 match disqualification.

in my opinion the punishment must be double for them
we all know that insults exist in sport and must be punished, but a professional paid a lot of money cannot do something like that
otherwise he`s not a professional and should be kicked where it suits him

I repeat it`s fine to play like men but no insults

[rendravolt]

Is there nothing Juventus can do this season? They are too shackled by bad results and can't get up when other teams win. I mean they have now dropped to 3rd place in the standings and it will be much easier for other teams like Bologna and Roma to threaten their current position. Previously, they had been in second place in the standings for a long time and had become serious competitors for Inter, but in fact Milan was able to overtake them in the last few matches.

Here we can see that big teams that don't compete anywhere can't be used as a mainstay to win the Scudetto and Juventus is an example. While most of the other teams are busy outside of the Italian competition, they are even more devastated and unable to improve their situation. I think if this season they fall out of the top 4 then that would be a shame.

[dzungmobile]

Is there nothing Juventus can do this season? They are too shackled by bad results and can't get up when other teams win. I mean they have now dropped to 3rd place in the standings and it will be much easier for other teams like Bologna and Roma to threaten their current position. Previously, they had been in second place in the standings for a long time and had become serious competitors for Inter, but in fact Milan was able to overtake them in the last few matches.

They still have to fight for their position in top four. At least top four is a guarantee that they will join Champions League 2024 - 2025. If they lose a position in top four and end this season with a fifth position, they will have to hope that Serie A will be given 5 spots for Champions League next season.  It is risky because it depends on performances of Italian clubs in Europa League and Conference League as in Champions League, after Inter Milan failed, Italy has no club there.

Here we can see that big teams that don't compete anywhere can't be used as a mainstay to win the Scudetto and Juventus is an example. While most of the other teams are busy outside of the Italian competition, they are even more devastated and unable to improve their situation. I think if this season they fall out of the top 4 then that would be a shame.

Juventus can come back next season and fight for Scudetto but they must do many things in the summer. Inter Milan are very strong in Italy recent years and no signal that they will go downside soon. Therefore to compete against Inter Milan, Juventus must become stronger and there are other clubs like AC Milan, Roma that can challenge Juventus too.

[Ruttoshi]

That's right, Juventus still has a chance to qualify for the UCL because Juventus is still in 3rd place in the standings. Juventus must really be able to take advantage and win the remaining matches they will play, because if Juventus loses or draws continuously in the following matches, I am sure Bologna and AS Roma will definitely be able to overtake Juventus' position. I'm still not sure whether Juventus will meet Bologna and AS Roma will be able to win this match. In several matches, it was seen that Juventus was still having difficulty winning the matches they faced, because their performance was not good and their play was less consistent. So Juventus must be really careful when facing Bologna and AS Roma, because these two teams are in good form.

Bologna become an unpredictable team at the moment. what happened to Atalanta last few season, seems to be the same situation with the current Bologna team. i know, bologna cannot win all their matches against mid-table teams, but from their performance, I see that Bologna has the potential to win the match against Juventus. However, we still need to pay attention to the quality of the players that Juventus have. Even though Juventus often find difficulties to win, for the competition of UCL tickets, I am sure Juventus players will perform better against Bologna. The battle for position 1 is no longer something we have to worry about, but the competition for positions 2 - 4 is still very interesting.

I will say that position 2 is not part of the competition, but only position 3 and 4. This is because I don't think that Milan will not be able to maintain their second position till the season will be over. They have been consistent recently, and the way they came from behind to overtake Juventus is still surprising.

Milan have always being on the third position despite the little challenge that they had in the beginning of the season, and that did not make them to lose focus on maintaining their position, till when they took over the second position. They are more reliable on winning their match, and I don't think that even Juventus will be able to pull them back to the third position.

Bologna is 8 points behind Milan, and Roma is 11 points behind Milan making it possible for Milan position to be achieved by these two club, because Milan will still win more games before the end of the season.