Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[hahay]

The first match of this week in the Italian Serie A League will be played between Cagliari and Empoli. Cagliari are one of the weakest teams in the league. They are yet to win this season. At home they drew with Roma and Como. But they are bad when it comes to scoring. On the other hand, Empoli have had a great start to the new season. Last season they stayed in the league with a win in the last game. This season they have turned into a better team. I see Empoli as the favorites in this match. There could be a surprise result. But Empoli will win this match. The odds for Empoli to win are also good. It's worth the risk.

Yes indeed, Cagliari only have two draws and two losses so far in Serie A, while Empoli managed three draws and one win. Thus, Empoli still has a chance to win but even so, at least if we consider the odds available, the fact is that Empoli is not entirely favored. But indeed, if you are sure that Empoli will win this match, then of course you will also get decent odds in the range of 3.50, it is clear that those are good odds.

However, if we also consider their head to head results, at least the draw is also quite dominant. Thus, I think even though Empoli managed to start this season well, it does not mean that Empoli will easily beat Cagliari. Because anyway,  because Cagliari will play at home, it is quite possible for Cagliari to get points in this match and thus, a draw seems to be still possible.

[coinlocket$]

Increasing rumors about Milan and Fonseca.
If Milan will lose the derby with Inter, Fonseca will be likely replaced.

According to some media they already have on their radar 2 important coaches actually jobless.

Allegri or Sarri could be the coach of Milan next week, bigger chances for Sarri.

[Palakka]

Before the start of the season, we all thought that Inter Milan would be at the top of the points table from the beginning, but the team that was not discussed is occupying the number one position of the points table at the beginning of the season.  

We haven't seen Udinese perform very well all other seasons so naturally we don't have much room to discuss this team. It is easy to hold on to the top position of the points table by performing well in a few matches at the beginning of the season but it is very difficult to maintain the consistency of this performance. In the end it looks like Inter Milan will be champions of the Italian league again this season like last season.

Intermilan is the defending champion in Serie A this season after they won the scudetto last season, the consistency and ability possessed by Intermilan last season certainly makes them remain the favorite to win this season, they only got two defeats throughout last season and that makes them still the favorite this season, the match at the beginning of the season cannot be used as a reference and although Intermilan failed to be at the top of the standings at the moment, but they are still a strong candidat to end the season at the top of the Serie A standings later, Udinese so far quite surprised us because they managed to be at the top of the standings, but what we are asking now is whether they will still be able to maintain it until the end of the season?
I personally am of course not sure if Udinese can surprise all of us and sooner or later of course we will see Udinese return to their position as a bottom team later, while Intermilan is clear if they are not in bad shape at the moment so we just have to wait for time for them can to reclaim the top of the standings later.

[Jody.Drummer]

Increasing rumors about Milan and Fonseca.
If Milan will lose the derby with Inter, Fonseca will be likely replaced.

According to some media they already have on their radar 2 important coaches actually jobless.

Allegri or Sarri could be the coach of Milan next week, bigger chances for Sarri.

Yes, this is the news that has been circulating in the last few days, reportedly the position of the AC Milan coach is very threatened to be fired following the negative results they received at the beginning of this season. I don't know whether this is a warning so that Fonsesca can keep his position safe or AC Milan is serious in giving threats, because with the news that there is a figure who is close to AC Milan, it will make Fonsesca uncomfortable. Currently they are still giving their coach a chance, but if in 1 or 2 more matches they still show something that is not good or even have to get negative results again, then I will not be surprised by the official announcement that will be made by AC Milan.

[giammangiato]

Well I agree with you maybe Roma's decision was too hasty in firing De Rossi but I think it was the right decision because this is just the beginning of the season and the new manager will take over to fix Roma's wrong performance rather than waiting too long if the results do not improve Roma will be even more depressed and it will be even more difficult for the new coach to handle it so the management is just trying the best for their team I'm sure they have considered carefully before giving De Rossi a chance this season because the results are not as they want they don't want to waste a lot of time.

Look, I was truly shocked to hear this news
I could have expected anything other than such a quick dismissal in just a few games played
clearly this really implies negative things for Roma given that they are not stable at all

in my opinion they were wrong, they should have aimed long-term

[ginsan]

Increasing rumors about Milan and Fonseca.
If Milan will lose the derby with Inter, Fonseca will be likely replaced.

The decision to replace Pioli did not have a good impact on Milan at this time because they actually had to give up good conditions at the start of the season because this season was in stark contrast to the previous season where Pioli could always appear consistently.

If in the end there is an option to replace Fonseca later, my hope is that they are not like Napoli last season because taking action too quickly actually makes the wrong choice of coach and it doesn't just happen once that hopes to change the condition of the game must run aground because of the poor performance they have.
But indeed replacing the coach is also a reasonable situation for now for Milan because seeing from the performance carried out and the development of the club which is quite slow this season, it is certain that management will not be satisfied with results like this which makes a quick way to terminate from the start so that in the end it does not become a regret when their performance does not change.

[CageMabok]

If in the end there is an option to replace Fonseca later, my hope is that they are not like Napoli last season because taking action too quickly actually makes the wrong choice of coach and it doesn't just happen once that hopes to change the condition of the game must run aground because of the poor performance they have.
But indeed replacing the coach is also a reasonable situation for now for Milan because seeing from the performance carried out and the development of the club which is quite slow this season, it is certain that management will not be satisfied with results like this which makes a quick way to terminate from the start so that in the end it does not become a regret when their performance does not change.

Fonseca still has time to change Milan's performance for the better and he also has to see how Milan's condition was last season with this season so that there is a slightly clearer comparison for the team he is currently coaching. I also saw that AC Milan at the beginning of this season was very bad in terms of their performance and appearance in several important matches including in the UCL match. So Fonseca must be really serious about making developments so that he is not immediately fired by Milan's management when they are no longer satisfied with the results obtained by the Milan team this season.

[ndutndut]

Increasing rumors about Milan and Fonseca.
If Milan will lose the derby with Inter, Fonseca will be likely replaced.

According to some media they already have on their radar 2 important coaches actually jobless.

Allegri or Sarri could be the coach of Milan next week, bigger chances for Sarri.

Hopefully this is just a rumor and will not happen anytime soon. Indeed, AC Milan under Fonseca did not run smoothly, even Fonseca started the season very badly, losing to the promoted team, Parma, and most recently losing in the Champions League to Liverpool. So with AC Milan's poor performance, Fonseca's position at AC Milan is indirectly threatened, even rumors like you said if he loses to Inter Milan he will be fired, even his replacement is already there.

It is certain that Milan will lose to Inter in the next match because Inter started the season smoothly after being unbeaten in five matches, Inter only drew in the last two matches. So Inter has a great chance to win this match and wants to continue its superiority. But for me personally, AC Milan should not rush into making a decision regarding Fonseca's future, they must be patient because Fonseca has just started a squad revolution to become strong. So giving him time and opportunity might be the right choice. Because if they still want to fire Fonseca, that's a fatal mistake. Because of course a new coach will not make AC Milan strong in a short time.

[bastisisca]

Cagliari vs Empoli

Cagliari starting lineup:
Scuffet; Zappa, Mina, Luperto; Zortea, Marin, Deiola, Augello; Gaetano, Luvumbo; Piccoli

Empoli starting lineup:
Vasquez; Goglichidze, Ismajli, Viti; Gyasi, Henderson, Grassi, Pezzella; Maleh, Esposito; Colombo

Compared to last season certainly Empoli performance is very impressive because Empoli still able to managed their unbeated records until week 4 and they also has good progress because Empoli can beat AS Roma and the latest is Empoli can able to playing draw from strong team Juventus so i am sure Empoli players in the good of motivation to facing this match

For Cagliari their performance is not so different just like last season they even still unable to win from 4 latest matches in Serie A so that's why i highly doubt they can able to gets their first winning in Serie A today because just like i said above Empoli condition is more good than them but Cagliari also not too weak because in the last 5 meeting from Empoli they can gets 3 draw and for this match too there is possibility will ended to draw again and the odds for draw is quite high to bets @3.30

From my point of view, as a bettor, it is a very difficult match to predict and bet on given that the teams are really very similar to each other.
I couldn't decide who to give my vote to win, it's really difficult to understand who could win
in fact the share is very high

[Furious 7]

in my opinion they were wrong, they should have aimed long-term

Regardless of whether this choice was a mistake or not I think the situation has gone through careful negotiations from the top brass at Roma and indeed although it is a little unfortunate in this case because De Rosi had to leave very quickly in his new season but it seems that Dan Friedkin was not too patient and was not satisfied with De Rosi leadership at the beginning of this season.

Hopefully this will be the best choice made by Roma because it would be a shame if in the end this decision actually had an impact on their performance in a competition that is still running very long considering this is only a few weeks of Serie A starting.

But even so now there is another interesting news about the coach where it looks like De Rosi will have a friend because Paulo Fonseca is threatened with his current position as coach for not being able to make Milan' performance improve.

[beerlover]

maybe Roma's decision was too hasty in firing De Rossi but I think it was the right decision because this is just the beginning of the season and the new manager will take over to fix Roma's wrong performance rather than waiting too long if the results do not improve Roma will be even more depressed and it will be even more difficult for the new coach to handle it so the management is just trying the best for their team I'm sure they have considered carefully before giving De Rossi a chance this season because the results are not as they want they don't want to waste a lot of time.

I agree that it was too hasty, I mean it hasn't been that many games and yet they are still sure about their decision which makes no sense to me at all and they should have waited a bit more. Like at least have about 10-12 games before you fire the manager, just because he had one loss and three draws doesn't mean that he should be fired, that's not really the most terrible way of starting a season, sure it's also not ideal because they have no wins but it is not the worst way to start neither, we should be seeing this as something that would be fine.

I think they just reacted too harshly to results, they should have kept him going for some more while and I hope that they could do fine in the end. We should be seeing who they get instead of De Rossi, I think they need to get some big name to cover for this, because if they are going to get some ordinary name again then what was the point of getting rid of De Rossi quickly, only way to recover from this would be getting a known name.

[len01]

Cagliari vs Empoli

Cagliari starting lineup:
Scuffet; Zappa, Mina, Luperto; Zortea, Marin, Deiola, Augello; Gaetano, Luvumbo; Piccoli

Empoli starting lineup:
Vasquez; Goglichidze, Ismajli, Viti; Gyasi, Henderson, Grassi, Pezzella; Maleh, Esposito; Colombo

Compared to last season certainly Empoli performance is very impressive because Empoli still able to managed their unbeated records until week 4 and they also has good progress because Empoli can beat AS Roma and the latest is Empoli can able to playing draw from strong team Juventus so i am sure Empoli players in the good of motivation to facing this match

For Cagliari their performance is not so different just like last season they even still unable to win from 4 latest matches in Serie A so that's why i highly doubt they can able to gets their first winning in Serie A today because just like i said above Empoli condition is more good than them but Cagliari also not too weak because in the last 5 meeting from Empoli they can gets 3 draw and for this match too there is possibility will ended to draw again and the odds for draw is quite high to bets @3.30

From my point of view, as a bettor, it is a very difficult match to predict and bet on given that the teams are really very similar to each other.
I couldn't decide who to give my vote to win, it's really difficult to understand who could win
in fact the share is very high

Indeed, seeing both teams have almost similar advantages when viewed from H2H. However, from the perspective of this season's performance, Empoli has a much greater chance of winning than Cagliari.
Looking at Cagliari performance, the strength of the attack line is quite weak, conceding 6 goals from the previous match while Empoli only conceded 2 goals from 4 matches.
Currently entering the second half and Empoli is ahead by 2 scores in the match. I think Empoli has a chance to get 3 points in this match.

[dezoel]

Atalanta wasn't expected to even have a draw, let alone miss a chance to win the whole thing as well, they were so close to getting a win and I think it should be clear that we are going to get something decent out of this as well. I think the best way to move forward would be just making sure that we are dealing with something that is getting bigger results for Atalanta and they are looking like a serious team as well.

I mean it looks like they are a smaller team and nobody gives them a chance but then they end up shocking the world and they have been doing this for a while. Gasperini built a team that is definitely looking super strong right now, the whole team knows each other very well and they are doing good right now, I think it is clear that Arsenal got away with a draw there, normally Atalanta could have won this game if they hit that penalty too, so it is definitely clear that we are seeing Atalanta having a chance to go beyond the group stages.

[junder]

From my point of view, as a bettor, it is a very difficult match to predict and bet on given that the teams are really very similar to each other.
I couldn't decide who to give my vote to win, it's really difficult to understand who could win
in fact the share is very high

The match has started and entered the second half so far Empoli is ahead with a score of 2-0 scored by Lorenzo Colombo in the 33rd minute, and Esposito in the second half in the 49th minute referring to this, it is certain that Empoli will win this match but in the first half the match was less interesting, I hope in the second half the tempo of the match will be higher. Even so, I am the same as you avoiding betting on this match because previously I still doubted both teams and it is indeed difficult to predict.

[Jossque]

Cagliari host Empoli at home.Empoli are a team in form lately and they needed Cagliari to pick up points.They were the favorites but Empoli found the goals.
About half an hour later Hellas Verona host Torino at home.If we look at the meetings between the 2 teams, we see that Torino have not lost to their opponents for a long time.Torino have 4 wins in the last matches and the other matches have ended in a draw.

[Ayers]

From my point of view, as a bettor, it is a very difficult match to predict and bet on given that the teams are really very similar to each other.
I couldn't decide who to give my vote to win, it's really difficult to understand who could win
in fact the share is very high

The match has started and entered the second half so far Empoli is ahead with a score of 2-0 scored by Lorenzo Colombo in the 33rd minute, and Esposito in the second half in the 49th minute referring to this, it is certain that Empoli will win this match but in the first half the match was less interesting, I hope in the second half the tempo of the match will be higher. Even so, I am the same as you avoiding betting on this match because previously I still doubted both teams and it is indeed difficult to predict.

Empoli is a team we usually see at the bottom of the table. Staying away from the relegation zone is challenging for this team. But the team is undefeated so far this season. The Empoli team has not faced defeat in a single match. Empoli shares points with big teams like Juventus. EMpoli team even won 2-1 against Roma.

So in today's match against Cagliari I consider Empoli as the favorite. And Empoli players played very well today. Empoli lead 2-0 after 80 minutes. After taking a 2-0 lead in the first half, Empoli's players kept their defense strong in the second half.

[Pokapoka124]

Source: Atalanta’s Matteo Retegui apologises for penalty miss against Arsenal

Oh yes, from the 5 Serie A representative clubs, 1 lost (AC Milan), 1 won (Juventus), and 3 drew. And the latest is Atalanta's quite good in holding Arsenal , a top club from EPL, to a draw. But, a fact, Atalanta had at least 2 crucial conditions to score a goal, but it failed. especially when Matteo Retegui missed the penalty kick.

Atalanta were impressive in the game. Holding Arsenal down to a draw wasn’t an easy task. I loved how they defended as well as attacked Arsenal especially when Cuadrado came on and gave them a major boost in their attack, causing problems for the Arsenal defense and goal keeper. Atalanta did well against Arsenal maybe if they converted the penalty kick it would have given them an edge on the game. Matteo Retegui should not beat himself up for missing the penalty, the best players in the world have missed crucial penalty kicks.

[Baki202]

After Milan scored an early goal they decided that the best solution would be to try to hold on to the score, but Liverpool started to apply pressure and Milan couldn't even get away from their goal for long. Liverpool's superiority was too significant, and I don't want to rush to conclusions, but Milan's next match will be with Inter, in which they may well end up without points again, and their next match in the Champions League will be away from Bayer, if these matches turn out to be similarly disastrous for them, then everything may end badly for Fonseca.

Milan first goal was as if they have won the game game because they were so eager to win Liverpool and when you are to early you opponent might just be observing they might just use every information gathered during the game will be used against you, that is what Liverpool did and the pressure that was given to Milan was strong enough for them to actually be able to win them, the situation of Milan is nothing to write home about so at some point I was already see Milan loosing. I understand during a match you can not jump into conclusions but the way Liverpool started was enough to convince me that they won't loose to Milan and that is exactly what happened. And ac Milan will be facing inter in their next match and that will even be more bloody than that of Liverpool. Because inter is even better than ac Milan but anything can still happen and that is why we can not jump into conclusions now concerning this game. Seria A is not even q problem but champions league will be the problem because their is no way that they won't be disqualified.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

Indeed, seeing both teams have almost similar advantages when viewed from H2H. However, from the perspective of this season's performance, Empoli has a much greater chance of winning than Cagliari.
Looking at Cagliari performance, the strength of the attack line is quite weak, conceding 6 goals from the previous match while Empoli only conceded 2 goals from 4 matches.
Currently entering the second half and Empoli is ahead by 2 scores in the match. I think Empoli has a chance to get 3 points in this match.

Yeah Empoli still continues the positive trend with an unbeaten record until they managed to secure 3rd place for this 5th week, no one expected Empoli to experience significant improvement because last season Empoli only finished in 17th position or 1 level above the relegation zone then compare it to this season we will see something different. If we check Empoli's transfer list we won't see them spending anything because all new players are brought in for free, free transfer/loan transfer. On the other hand, Empoli made 10 million after releasing several players.

By the way, there are other teams like Empoli yeah they are Torino who is playing the 5th match today, it seems like luck is on Torino's side after Verona played with 10 players due to a red card incident. Although Torino led in the first half but there is no guarantee they will win because there are still 45+ minutes left well, something surprising could happen if Torino underestimates their opponent, who knows Torino might also play with 10 players in the second half.

[SOKO-DEKE]

Before the start of the season, we all thought that Inter Milan would be at the top of the points table from the beginning, but the team that was not discussed is occupying the number one position of the points table at the beginning of the season.  

We haven't seen Udinese perform very well all other seasons so naturally we don't have much room to discuss this team. It is easy to hold on to the top position of the points table by performing well in a few matches at the beginning of the season but it is very difficult to maintain the consistency of this performance. In the end it looks like Inter Milan will be champions of the Italian league again this season like last season.

It is always clear that people discuss much teams that have better squads. They often focus on teams that have performed well in previous seasons. Udinese is not a bad team, but the truth is that their performances last season did not attract people's attention, and that is why they are often overlooked in discussions. Now that Udinese is performing well, people will start focusing on discussions about the team, especially as they are currently topping the table.

Let’s see what will happen, but I am not completely satisfied that Udinese will continue to perform well this season and possibly make it into the top four by the end of the season. I just feel this is an opportunity for Udinese for now, as other teams with stronger squads are facing one or two challenges. The season has just started, and I don't want to say too much about their performances, but from the matches I have watched so far, they are not really performing as a team that could challenge clubs like Inter Milan, Juventus, and others.But let’s see; maybe they will surprise us, just as Girona did with their performance in La Liga last season, despite with their average players.