Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[Lannakosa]

I am not sure about Erik Ten Hag that he is able to coach AS Roma well and improve AS Roma's performance so that they can compete at the top. Ten Hag once failed to bring success when coaching in the Eradivisie with Ajax, and moved to the English league with Manchester United. This shows that as a coach, Ten Hag is unable to adapt to a different league. Meanwhile, Serie A is a new place for Ten Hag, because he has never had experience coaching a club in Serie A. So in my opinion, Ten Hag is not the right coach for AS Roma.

And if I may recommend, with his wealth of experience coaching in Serie and having won Serie A several times with the clubs he coached, Roberto Mancini should be on the radar of new coaches sought by AS Roma. Some time ago Mancini was fired from the Saudi Arabian national team, because the Saudi national team was unable to perform optimally in the Asian zone World Cup qualifiers, after the dismissal he immediately returned to Italy, and currently Mancini has not returned to coaching any club or national team. So maybe AS Roma could consider Mancini to fill the vacant coaching seat.

La Gazzetta dello Sport commented that ten Hag refused to lead Roma (he cited the chaos that was happening in the team as the reason), in fact, he was one of the possible candidates, and it is not clear how true this information is.

As far as I understand from what is being written now, one of the most likely candidates for the post of head coach now may be Vincenzo Montella. But Montella is currently heading the Turkish national team, and his contract is valid until the summer of 2026, they are ready to let him go if Roma pays him a six-month salary. Roma now looks very weak, only a brave coach will agree to lead such a team.

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I am not sure about Erik Ten Hag that he is able to coach AS Roma well and improve AS Roma's performance so that they can compete at the top. Ten Hag once failed to bring success when coaching in the Eradivisie with Ajax, and moved to the English league with Manchester United. This shows that as a coach, Ten Hag is unable to adapt to a different league. Meanwhile, Serie A is a new place for Ten Hag, because he has never had experience coaching a club in Serie A. So in my opinion, Ten Hag is not the right coach for AS Roma.

And if I may recommend, with his wealth of experience coaching in Serie and having won Serie A several times with the clubs he coached, Roberto Mancini should be on the radar of new coaches sought by AS Roma. Some time ago Mancini was fired from the Saudi Arabian national team, because the Saudi national team was unable to perform optimally in the Asian zone World Cup qualifiers, after the dismissal he immediately returned to Italy, and currently Mancini has not returned to coaching any club or national team. So maybe AS Roma could consider Mancini to fill the vacant coaching seat.

La Gazzetta dello Sport commented that ten Hag refused to lead Roma (he cited the chaos that was happening in the team as the reason), in fact, he was one of the possible candidates, and it is not clear how true this information is.

As far as I understand from what is being written now, one of the most likely candidates for the post of head coach now may be Vincenzo Montella. But Montella is currently heading the Turkish national team, and his contract is valid until the summer of 2026, they are ready to let him go if Roma pays him a six-month salary. Roma now looks very weak, only a brave coach will agree to lead such a team.

I don't think Erik Ten Hag will adapt easily. When things went badly in Manchester, he didn't change the squad or the plan. Managers need to find out what the problem is after a bad game and fix it. Some managers keep making the same mistakes after seeing that the team is failing and the team continues to fail.

Every manager has to improve themselves and try to fix their mistakes after losing a game. Being a manager is not the hardest job in the world and I think it's made out to be a very big job. Big clubs give big budgets to managers but the result is failure and the managers are responsible for this success.

Montella is doing a good job at the helm of the Turkish national team and I don't think he will leave the team unless he receives a high salary before his contract ends.

[Frankolala]

Fiorentina is now winning, can they really fight for a spot in the Champions' League fight?

This season Fiorentina has changed, they have won seven of their twelve league games, drew four, and lost just one. Fiorentina, who are now in third place in the league, the same point as Atalanta and one point behind Napoli, has already secured their place in the Champions League. Although we don't know what will happen before the season ends. I'm sure Fiorentina will finish in the top four and earn a spot in the next Champions League if they can continue to win their games.

Napoli last 2 matches are considered very detrimental to losing because they lost 3 points from Atalanta and shared points with Inter making the points difference in the standings thin. If you look at the current status there are 4 clubs that have collected 25 points namely Atalanta, Fiorentina, Inter, and Lazio so that Napoli can be pulled from the top of the standings at any time if they lose 3 more points. Have Napoli's players run out of gas to step on the gas? Lukaku, who was made the main striker, did not score a goal in his last 2 matches.

It seems like the Napoli players have run out of energy at this point. When Napoli was 10 games undefeated, I thought they were ready to take over the league this season. However, after losing their last two games to Atalanta, they are now one point ahead of Atalanta. On the other hand, Lukaku has only scored 5 goals for Napoli in all competitions this season, 4 were in Seria A and the other 1 in Coppa Italian. Since Lukaku is unable to contribute in any of their games as a striker; I don't think that this team will win the league title this season, because of their inconsistent striker.

Initially, during their unbeaten streak, I thought that Napoli is back and better but it seems that is not true, because from the look of their performance recently, it shows that they were playing with mediocre clubs in those nine games. Look at how they performed when they played with Atalanta and Inter, their performance wasn't that impressive as expected. Two teams that I think might continue to be in the title race are Atalanta and Fiorentina, because as the league gets farther, they get stronger.

[bastisisca]

Seria A is challenging league, the best comes with full epic performance. Juventus are gradually dropping out of the race to win the Scudetto this season. Their performance is not encouraging to beat the available slim odds to win the title, watching them struggle is weigh out of balance this season. Thiago Motta not doing a good job at the Allianz stadium because seeing the actual fact of Juventus having 6W 6D 0L this season doesn't motivate anybody, not even the fans. The Old lady's have some competitive oppositions to face in the coming days, they have nothing but to prepare their mind for the purpose to face them.

I have to tell you with a little regret that yes and this season is particularly competitive.
i am making a lot of wrong bets because the matches are really uncertain
In fact, i am evaluating and thinking about betting more in other eassier championships, such as La Liga
currently it's really difficult to understand who wins or not

[AYOBA]

Napoli last 2 matches are considered very detrimental to losing because they lost 3 points from Atalanta and shared points with Inter making the points difference in the standings thin. If you look at the current status there are 4 clubs that have collected 25 points namely Atalanta, Fiorentina, Inter, and Lazio so that Napoli can be pulled from the top of the standings at any time if they lose 3 more points. Have Napoli's players run out of gas to step on the gas? Lukaku, who was made the main striker, did not score a goal in his last 2 matches.

It seems like the Napoli players have run out of energy at this point. When Napoli was 10 games undefeated, I thought they were ready to take over the league this season. However, after losing their last two games to Atalanta, they are now one point ahead of Atalanta. On the other hand, Lukaku has only scored 5 goals for Napoli in all competitions this season, 4 were in Seria A and the other 1 in Coppa Italian. Since Lukaku is unable to contribute in any of their games as a striker; I don't think that this team will win the league title this season, because of their inconsistent striker.

Honestly, I also thought that with the way Napoli's performances are going on currently, if care is not taken, they will fail to take the league this season because a lot of people are starting to lose hope from them after they were defeated in two matches, and as it stands now, Atalanta don't want to give them any single chances they wanted to overtake Napoli from the top of the standings. Since they are only 1 point ahead of the Atalanta, the need to improve if they really want to dominate the league this season is better for them to fill up their energy.

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This season Fiorentina has changed, they have won seven of their twelve league games, drew four, and lost just one. Fiorentina, who are now in third place in the league, the same point as Atalanta and one point behind Napoli, has already secured their place in the Champions League. Although we don't know what will happen before the season ends. I'm sure Fiorentina will finish in the top four and earn a spot in the next Champions League if they can continue to win their games.

I congratulate and appreciate Fiorentina's hard work in 12 Serie A matches this season so that they can perch in an ideal position or maybe become the leader of the standings or vice versa will drop again, who knows the end of the season is still far away, no one can guess the future. For now, let's just enjoy this tight competition. This also applies to Napoli, the leader of the standings or other strong candidate teams that currently have the same points in the top 5 circle.

Since De Gea officially became Fiorentina goalkeeper, his performance has been very different and there is no doubt about Fiorentina current defense.
So Raffaele Palladino as Fiorentina coach has no trouble setting a strategy to maintain his position because Palladino only thinks about how to continue to maintain the performance of the attack line which currently needs to be monitored. The reason Palladino is not too worried about the defense line is because De Gea as a goalkeeper can be relied on.
Fiorentina currently does not need to worry and if they want to survive to get the best position, they just need to maintain the stability of their performance.

[giammangiato]

What you are pointing at regarding Lukaku in an important thing to be considered because a point is not enough for them to sit on the top of the table, among the top fivein the table Napoli are the only one with a less goals, this alone show that they can't hold that place for a long time if they don't have a very strong striker that can give them more goals, I like Lukaku but I think he is not in the right position to lead the team, he's old and they shouldn't depend on him to do all the work, losing against atalanta with almost 3 goals was a total disgrace because it clear that even their defence line are also having issues not only the strikers and if this can't be fix then the will lose the top.

in the end Lukaku, the good Romero, was understood and used well by Antonio Conte
as i was saying, this boy doesn't deserve the treatment he received and Roma could have committed to keeping him, and they lost him
It's no coincidence that Roma really have problems in attack in my opinion
In any case,i am happy for Napoli

[Uruhara]

Napoli last 2 matches are considered very detrimental to losing because they lost 3 points from Atalanta and shared points with Inter making the points difference in the standings thin. If you look at the current status there are 4 clubs that have collected 25 points namely Atalanta, Fiorentina, Inter, and Lazio so that Napoli can be pulled from the top of the standings at any time if they lose 3 more points. Have Napoli's players run out of gas to step on the gas? Lukaku, who was made the main striker, did not score a goal in his last 2 matches.

The Napoli squad seems to have lost its sharpness in their last 2 matches. Because in the last two matches, Napoli was only able to score 1 goal, namely against Inter Milan. Overall, Napoli's performance is still quite good. It's just that they have difficulty scoring goals. And their defense also seems to be weakening. Napoli cannot afford to lose again if they want to maintain first position in Serie A. Because the teams currently ranked 2 to 5 all only have a difference of 1 point with Napoli who are at the top. So next week we won't know which team will ultimately fill first place. Is it still Napoli or one of the top 5 at the moment.

[Z_MBFM]

Napoli last 2 matches are considered very detrimental to losing because they lost 3 points from Atalanta and shared points with Inter making the points difference in the standings thin. If you look at the current status there are 4 clubs that have collected 25 points namely Atalanta, Fiorentina, Inter, and Lazio so that Napoli can be pulled from the top of the standings at any time if they lose 3 more points. Have Napoli's players run out of gas to step on the gas? Lukaku, who was made the main striker, did not score a goal in his last 2 matches.

The Napoli squad seems to have lost its sharpness in their last 2 matches. Because in the last two matches, Napoli was only able to score 1 goal, namely against Inter Milan. Overall, Napoli's performance is still quite good. It's just that they have difficulty scoring goals. And their defense also seems to be weakening. Napoli cannot afford to lose again if they want to maintain first position in Serie A. Because the teams currently ranked 2 to 5 all only have a difference of 1 point with Napoli who are at the top. So next week we won't know which team will ultimately fill first place. Is it still Napoli or one of the top 5 at the moment.

Napoli playing cool. there regular performance is still good but others strong teams also playing great. Inter Milan and also three more teams are in same point 25 and Napoli collect 26 point only 1 point deference from there. so napoli are not passing relax time they are in huge pressure because if once they loss any single upcoming match then Inter will take this advantage and take place on the 1st position on point table. so Napoli have to take focus on every upcoming match.

[Uruhara]

The Napoli squad seems to have lost its sharpness in their last 2 matches. Because in the last two matches, Napoli was only able to score 1 goal, namely against Inter Milan. Overall, Napoli's performance is still quite good. It's just that they have difficulty scoring goals. And their defense also seems to be weakening. Napoli cannot afford to lose again if they want to maintain first position in Serie A. Because the teams currently ranked 2 to 5 all only have a difference of 1 point with Napoli who are at the top. So next week we won't know which team will ultimately fill first place. Is it still Napoli or one of the top 5 at the moment.

Napoli playing cool. there regular performance is still good but others strong teams also playing great. Inter Milan and also three more teams are in same point 25 and Napoli collect 26 point only 1 point deference from there. so napoli are not passing relax time they are in huge pressure because if once they loss any single upcoming match then Inter will take this advantage and take place on the 1st position on point table. so Napoli have to take focus on every upcoming match.

Quick changes could occur in the Serie A standings this time. especially in the next match after the international break. And Napoli will really be under very heavy pressure. Because they really can't lose points again if they want to maintain their top ranking. But all teams now have the opportunity to evaluate in the international break. The only concern at the moment is players returning injured after the international break. Hopefully that doesn't happen.

Serie A this season is much more interesting than the following seasons. It's just that this excitement also makes it more difficult for us to predict the results of each match. Because even a strong team can lose points to an ordinary team. Everything becomes more unpredictable.

[hahay]

Seria A is challenging league, the best comes with full epic performance. Juventus are gradually dropping out of the race to win the Scudetto this season. Their performance is not encouraging to beat the available slim odds to win the title, watching them struggle is weigh out of balance this season. Thiago Motta not doing a good job at the Allianz stadium because seeing the actual fact of Juventus having 6W 6D 0L this season doesn't motivate anybody, not even the fans. The Old lady's have some competitive oppositions to face in the coming days, they have nothing but to prepare their mind for the purpose to face them.

I have to tell you with a little regret that yes and this season is particularly competitive.
i am making a lot of wrong bets because the matches are really uncertain
In fact, i am evaluating and thinking about betting more in other eassier championships, such as La Liga
currently it's really difficult to understand who wins or not

If you assume Juventus are out of the running for the Scudetto, you'd be wrong. Are you not paying attention to the current points tally? Although Juventus are currently in sixth place but in reality Juventus and Napoli only have a two-point gap. Thus, Juventus are still in the race  for the Scudetto this season, don't just fixate on their position in the standings but try to pay attention to their points acquisition too, because the reality is that they still have  a  very close points gap.

Also, Juventus is still the only team in Serie A so far that is unbeaten and also, Juventus is still the only team that has conceded the fewest goals so far in Serie A. Thus, Juventus are still doing well although I am also disappointed Juventus are not at the top of the table,  but it doesn't matter because Juventus still have a very big chance to return to the top of the table, the season is still long.

[Arenga pinnata]

in the end Lukaku, the good Romero, was understood and used well by Antonio Conte
as i was saying, this boy doesn't deserve the treatment he received and Roma could have committed to keeping him, and they lost him
It's no coincidence that Roma really have problems in attack in my opinion
In any case,i am happy for Napoli

Lukaku has actually always proven that he is a very great player in the attack line at Italian clubs. He is always able to give the best for the team that brings him. At Inter Milan and at Roma he has succeeded in bringing positive changes to the team on the front lines. But unfortunately Inter Milan and Roma did not make him a permanent player in their team. Especially Roma last season were more interested in bringing in another striker who apparently has not contributed optimally to date. But Lukaku at Napoli has now proven that he is still a reliable player. And thanks to Conte he can also play more optimally. It's just that in the last few matches it seems that Lukaku hasn't scored another goal. But I'm sure in the next matches he will score again. And I think Roma now regrets not bringing him in permanently after borrowing this player for one season last season.

[Obari]

in the end Lukaku, the good Romero, was understood and used well by Antonio Conte
as i was saying, this boy doesn't deserve the treatment he received and Roma could have committed to keeping him, and they lost him
It's no coincidence that Roma really have problems in attack in my opinion
In any case,i am happy for Napoli

How can a well build attacker like Lukaku is unable to measure the top measures with the current situation at AS Roma? He parted ways with the club because his terms were not reached by the club's board and this have become one of the best decision made by the Belgium international, he had a move to join an elite side in Seria A. He grabbed such opportunity with boldness and he's now positioned to be one of the best players. Romelu Lukaku was recruited by Conte because he's promising attacker and capable of handling the top ranking board when it comes to high goal scorer. Antonio Conte did a great job by securing an essential spot for Napoli this season, we know they've been in some upside down momentum but in all, Napoli will thrive for promising season ahead.

[Jatiluhung]

Lukaku has actually always proven that he is a very great player in the attack line at Italian clubs. He is always able to give the best for the team that brings him. At Inter Milan and at Roma he has succeeded in bringing positive changes to the team on the front lines. But unfortunately Inter Milan and Roma did not make him a permanent player in their team. Especially Roma last season were more interested in bringing in another striker who apparently has not contributed optimally to date. But Lukaku at Napoli has now proven that he is still a reliable player. And thanks to Conte he can also play more optimally. It's just that in the last few matches it seems that Lukaku hasn't scored another goal. But I'm sure in the next matches he will score again. And I think Roma now regrets not bringing him in permanently after borrowing this player for one season last season.

Lukaku is indeed a player who really understands the game in Serie A. So he always adapts easily to any team in Serie A. we know Lukaku had 3 seasons with 3 different Serie A clubs. 2022-23 at Inter Milan, 2023-24 at AS Roma and now in 2024-25 at Napoli. And in all his previous clubs in Serie A we have really never been disappointed with Lukaku. And even at Napoli he was able to adapt quickly. Maybe because this team has a coach who really understands Lukaku because they have worked together before. And it could be said that Lukaku and Conte already understand each other. So the combination of the two brings good results.

But there is one interesting fact that I think is quite unique. Namely, Lukaku is always unable to contribute well enough when he plays with his own national team. Maybe this is just my opinion but from what I have noticed it is like that.

[Webetcoins]

With the way things are going, Gasperini literally built a team from ground up to make them win the league if that happens. I am pretty sure that the yare going to end up with a lot more money with this way, and he knows how to get players that fits his system perfectly. It took him nearly a decade to make this work, but he got better and better and better. Management is aware of how great gasperini is and how lucky they are to keep him, actually the weirder part is how no other bigger team poached him yet.

For example United was looking for a manager, gasperini would have been perfect for them. In the end, Atalanta is looking like they have a chance to win this whole thing and I believe we are going to see this change long term. I bet that we are going to see greater returns, but that is not going to be easy, we need to make sure that we are dealing with a greater return whenever we can, and that's the most important part, profit and results come together.

[Silence Scream]

Napoli last 2 matches are considered very detrimental to losing because they lost 3 points from Atalanta and shared points with Inter making the points difference in the standings thin. If you look at the current status there are 4 clubs that have collected 25 points namely Atalanta, Fiorentina, Inter, and Lazio so that Napoli can be pulled from the top of the standings at any time if they lose 3 more points. Have Napoli's players run out of gas to step on the gas? Lukaku, who was made the main striker, did not score a goal in his last 2 matches.

What you are pointing at regarding Lukaku in an important thing to be considered because a point is not enough for them to sit on the top of the table, among the top fivein the table Napoli are the only one with a less goals, this alone show that they can't hold that place for a long time if they don't have a very strong striker that can give them more goals, I like Lukaku but I think he is not in the right position to lead the team, he's old and they shouldn't depend on him to do all the work, losing against atalanta with almost 3 goals was a total disgrace because it clear that even their defence line are also having issues not only the strikers and if this can't be fix then the will lose the top.

Yes, one of the few problems for Napoli this year is that the defense is bad. The defense makes more mistakes than necessary. Also, although Lukaku is a very good striker, he is a little less strong physically because he is older. Lukaku was an indispensable transfer for Napoli at the beginning of the year, but the expected performance from Lukaku did not come later in the year.

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Ranieri is not rumored to be in the top list for Roma new coach.
According on how fast rumors are going, it can be announced soon today or tommorow.

In the time Juventus got another ACL injuriy in the defence, not looking good for them.

Maybe they will go for ramos as free agent? lol

[TelolettOm]

Anyway, matchday 12 is over and if you look at some of the results from the top clubs, it's quite disappointing, except Napoli vs Inter, they were very even with their 1 - 1 draw, because they are both that strong. but for other top clubs like AC Milan and AS Roma?

This wasn't some achievement for Bologna, it was something that is consistent with Roma, who keeps losing games and they need to fix it somehow I don't know what they are going to do, Mancini may help, but they certainly need help.

Well, last season, Bologna was really great enough and managed to enter the UCL. but this season, they are almost similar to what happened to AS Roma, fortunately in the last match, they won from Roma. so their position could securely rise to 8th position. it's just that the number of points of several clubs is exactly the same or the distance is not too far, so this will also be very competitive for Bologna and also Roma with other clubs to take over each other. But at least, Bologna's performance is not as bad as Roma, they have only lost once, it's just that the level of draw matches is very high, this is that's actually too bad for this club, so much times missed chances happened to this club matches.


Meanwhile, Roma, in 5 matches, only had 1 win and 4 losses. This is more than bad, they are too consistent of losing.
Finally AS Roma decided to fire Ivan Juric because of his failure to Roma so far. and They have chosen Claudio Ranieri as the head coach. The finalized is being talked about.
Source: Claudio Ranieri - AS Roma

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The Juventus team is not a weak team. But in the last few seasons we have not seen the expected results from Juventus. Juventus have failed to dominate Serie A. Juventus have a strong defense this season. But there is no strong attack. If Juventus had an experienced striker in their squad, maybe Juventus' overall gameplay would have been stronger.

Juventus have not lost a single match this season. Won 6 matches and drew 6 matches. If Juventus' target is to win the title this season, they will definitely need to play better. Especially the winning streak should continue. If Juventus draw most of the matches, it will not be possible for Juventus to occupy the top spot in Serie A.

I think Napoli and Inter Milan will compete for the Serie A title until the end. But Atalanta and Fiorentina are in great form at the moment. If these two teams can continue this trend, the battle for the Serie A title will be more intense this season.

That is correct and you could see that Juventus Turin saw some decline in their quality while other teams like Napoli and Inter Milan gained in strength. They literally closed the gap by a lot and now it makes Serie A one of the most competitive leagues as there are so many teams that are so close to each other in terms of quality. I think this season could become one of the most interesting Serie A seasons in a long time. Now there is also Lazio and some other teams that could well have a chance to compete for the title.

[Hanadawa]

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I agree with you. Looking at the current position Juventus is not in the top 3 but every team in 2-5 has 25 points and Juventus has 24 points where Napoli is in first place with 26 points. This shows that anything can still happen. The ranking will change in every match. I think Juventus still has a chance to be champions. I think even all the teams in the top 7 currently still have a chance to be champions. This season Napoli has been impressive but Inter Milan and Juventus are still solid like last season. AC Milan is quite bad with 3 defeats but as you said, the season is still long. I think we have to wait until half of the season to see who has the biggest chance to get the scudetto.