Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[OcTradism]

Good opportunity for Juventus.
If they end winning tomorrow evening the game vs Verona, it is not an easy game at all, they can even enter in the title race.

Keep in mind they are very variable team, they can win or losing against anyone but it will be comical if they can re-enter in the fight.

They have 2 games to do so even if they win tomorrow the answer will be know the next week when they will face Atalanta.

Title race that sounds a big surprise for Juventus but with latest bad weeks of top three clubs, many things change quickly and Atalanta suddenly were given good opportunity to chase the title again with only 3 points less than Inter Milan at a first position now. Juventus still have many things to improve to take this surprising golden chance, not only winning this match against Verona but many matches after that.

Inter Milan had no other choice in the second half but to play defensively, especially when they were leading by 1 goal, of course it would be very risky to play aggressively, but on the other hand we must also admit that Napoli played quite aggressively so that they managed to equalize and overall this draw was quite fair for both teams and also made the competition for the Serie A title this season even fiercer for Napoli and Inter Milan.

This disappointed draw of Inter Milan and a strong fight of Napoli to rescue one point from Inter Milan, passes a ball of chance to Atalanta and Juventus. Perhaps from 3 clubs, the Scudetto competition will be among four clubs after this weekend with participation of Juventus. It's interesting if the Old Lady appears in Scudetto race after many critics against them in this season.

[Arenga pinnata]

This disappointed draw of Inter Milan and a strong fight of Napoli to rescue one point from Inter Milan, passes a ball of chance to Atalanta and Juventus. Perhaps from 3 clubs, the Scudetto competition will be among four clubs after this weekend with participation of Juventus. It's interesting if the Old Lady appears in Scudetto race after many critics against them in this season.

The draw obtained by the two top teams currently in Serie A, namely Inter Milan and Napoli, will really provide an opportunity for the teams currently ranked 3rd and 4th, namely Atalanta and Juventus. Although there are still points between Atalanta and Napoli and Inter Milan. But if Atalanta continues to win in the next matches and Inter Milan and Napoli lose points again. then rankings can change quickly. Juventus, which is ranked 4th, currently only has 49 points. But with quite a lot of matches remaining at the moment, there should still be a chance for Juventus, even though it is very, very slim and of course we also have to expect a lot of defeats from Napoli and Inter Milan, which will actually be difficult to happen. So in my opinion the competition will probably only be between Inter Milan, Napoli and Atalanta again.

[Lillominato89]

Good opportunity for Juventus.
If they end winning tomorrow evening the game vs Verona, it is not an easy game at all, they can even enter in the title race.

Keep in mind they are very variable team, they can win or losing against anyone but it will be comical if they can re-enter in the fight.

They have 2 games to do so even if they win tomorrow the answer will be know the next week when they will face Atalanta.

this evening if Juventus were to win, and it is possible, they would automatically re-enter the race for the scudetto, even if 6 points from the top is still quite tough to recover, but everything is possible, you just have to believe in it

[hyudien]

This disappointed draw of Inter Milan and a strong fight of Napoli to rescue one point from Inter Milan, passes a ball of chance to Atalanta and Juventus. Perhaps from 3 clubs, the Scudetto competition will be among four clubs after this weekend with participation of Juventus. It's interesting if the Old Lady appears in Scudetto race after many critics against them in this season.

The draw obtained by the two top teams currently in Serie A, namely Inter Milan and Napoli, will really provide an opportunity for the teams currently ranked 3rd and 4th, namely Atalanta and Juventus. Although there are still points between Atalanta and Napoli and Inter Milan. But if Atalanta continues to win in the next matches and Inter Milan and Napoli lose points again. then rankings can change quickly. Juventus, which is ranked 4th, currently only has 49 points. But with quite a lot of matches remaining at the moment, there should still be a chance for Juventus, even though it is very, very slim and of course we also have to expect a lot of defeats from Napoli and Inter Milan, which will actually be difficult to happen. So in my opinion the competition will probably only be between Inter Milan, Napoli and Atalanta again.

A draw that is not surprising for me in the Napoli vs Inter match considering that they are two teams that are competing for the top position tightly, but one of my disappointments in their match is that Inter did not appear aggressive. Furthermore, it was quite surprising that Atalanta was held to a draw by Venice even though from the start I had that feeling but I didn't have enough courage to place a draw bet. The results of these 3 top teams open up opportunities for Juventus, if we look at Juventus, they have collected more points from the last 5 weeks, assuming Juventus gets 3 points from Verona today then they are only 6 points behind Inter, I think with the remaining matches Juventus can surprise us.

[Hirose UK]

I too was surprised by this decision by the coach... In the second half Inter didn't make a single counter attack when Napoli had almost the whole team on Inter's half of the pitch... I think Inter could have scored more than one goal if they played open and attacking football... But Napoli managed to equalise and both clubs remained in the same place in the standings... But on the other hand, any mistake could have been costly for either team... Perhaps a draw is a good result for both Napoli and Inter...

Inter Milan had no other choice in the second half but to play defensively, especially when they were leading by 1 goal, of course it would be very risky to play aggressively, but on the other hand we must also admit that Napoli played quite aggressively so that they managed to equalize and overall this draw was quite fair for both teams and also made the competition for the Serie A title this season even fiercer for Napoli and Inter Milan.

Napoli really took advantage of their at home, Napoli game was very dominant even if judging by Inter Milan, Napoli was much more aggressive in terms of attack, repeated attacking efforts were made even though in the end Napoli could only reply with 1 goal which was also an equalizer.
Inter Milan if they are not careful and do not prioritize defensive play, Napoli might get more than 1 goal and win the match because there are so many wasted opportunities, I can't predict who the winner will be in this match and in betting only take Over 1.5 and also BTTS.

[3meek]

As a result, neither Inter nor Napoli lost points in the standings, which is very important for both clubs... But Inter have UCL games ahead of them, which will be difficult to play in two championships... So it was probably important for them to take three points yesterday... Probably for Napoli now it will be comfortable to play only in Serie A and continue to fight for the first place...

[Futurexxx]

As a result, neither Inter nor Napoli lost points in the standings, which is very important for both clubs... But Inter have UCL games ahead of them, which will be difficult to play in two championships... So it was probably important for them to take three points yesterday... Probably for Napoli now it will be comfortable to play only in Serie A and continue to fight for the first place...

No, I disagree with your sentiment here because inter Milan is a top side, they are already used to playing so many competitions apart from the Italian Seria A, so they can still compete on all fronts, since they have a larger and quality squad, look at the like of Barcelona, real madrid, Bayern Munich, Liverpool and so on, they are used to playing three or two games a week, so their is nothing new about it, if inter Milan are actually good as they are now and they can still maintain consistency, nothing is stopping them from not winning the league title this this season, unless they are being struct with serious injuries to their key players, apart from that, if they can maintain consistency in their current performance, they can still win the league wether they are involved in so many competitions or not.

[Lannakosa]

A draw that is not surprising for me in the Napoli vs Inter match considering that they are two teams that are competing for the top position tightly, but one of my disappointments in their match is that Inter did not appear aggressive. Furthermore, it was quite surprising that Atalanta was held to a draw by Venice even though from the start I had that feeling but I didn't have enough courage to place a draw bet. The results of these 3 top teams open up opportunities for Juventus, if we look at Juventus, they have collected more points from the last 5 weeks, assuming Juventus gets 3 points from Verona today then they are only 6 points behind Inter, I think with the remaining matches Juventus can surprise us.

Inter did what they were supposed to do, a draw suited them because that way they would keep first place. The first half was very good from Inter, but the second half was terrible, either Indzghi just wanted to hold on to the winning score and couldn't do it, or Conte motivated the players for the second half so that they didn't leave Inter any chances, but Inter didn't make a single shot on Napoli's goal in the second half, and by the way Napoli barely equalized the score at the end of the match, so this result can be attributed to Inter.

[Majestic-milf]

 I also predicted the Napoli v Inter game to end in a draw but when I saw the way Inter were hell bent on defending that goal and Napoli we're seeing their chances not find their mark, I felt that it was over for them but down till the last minute Conte's men kept on fighting and it's quite obvious from their performance that they will put in their all to ensure they get a shot at winning the title this season instead of letting Inzaghi's men succeed.
 Throughout the game, Napoli dominated the game and literally came all out for Inter but the defense of their visitors were equal to the onslaught they received from their counterparts if not i feel the scoreline would have ended rather in the favor of Napoli.

[JeffBrad12]

I don't understand one thing about Simone Inzaghi. Why the hell would you tell your players to play a whole half fully defensive? 

You got the lead by a lovely goal. Okay, of course you would like to keep the score advantage. But it shouldn't be like this. You can't just let your biggest title rival to create dangerous attacks easily.

Napoli played very comfortably in the second half. Maybe they weren't still great at finishing but they scored the equalizer in the final moments. In a moment you would never like to concede...

Simeone lose his sense at the second half. He told his club to fully defensive, yet changing some important players like Bastoni. All of his decisions were killing the club, and bottled the lead.

Intermilan's draw was totally rooting from Simeone's reckless substitutions. He subbed off all of best players just to give them some minutes to rest. It's totally non sense when they are leading the game with the chance to widen the gap. What a non sense decision by Simeone.

Although i know one point from naples is important, they could win it if they did better.

[OcTradism]

Inter did what they were supposed to do, a draw suited them because that way they would keep first place. The first half was very good from Inter, but the second half was terrible, either Indzghi just wanted to hold on to the winning score and couldn't do it, or Conte motivated the players for the second half so that they didn't leave Inter any chances, but Inter didn't make a single shot on Napoli's goal in the second half, and by the way Napoli barely equalized the score at the end of the match, so this result can be attributed to Inter.

Inter Milan themselves feel disappointed with this result because they almost got three points before letting Napoli equalizing and that means Inter Milan lost two points. They still hold a first position after this week but they will have one more near competitor, Atalanta, and perhaps another one Juventus. This will make Scudetto competition more crowded, competitive and more unpredictable. Especially only Inter Milan will have to play in Champions League, and this will be big disadvantage for them. Napoli, Atalanta and Juventus will only play in Serie A and their combined challenge will bring big troubles to Inter Milan.

In this match, Napoli really deserved with one point after all efforts and pressure they made on Inter Milan, and this draw in general makes Serie A more exciting.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Inter did what they were supposed to do, a draw suited them because that way they would keep first place. The first half was very good from Inter, but the second half was terrible, either Indzghi just wanted to hold on to the winning score and couldn't do it, or Conte motivated the players for the second half so that they didn't leave Inter any chances, but Inter didn't make a single shot on Napoli's goal in the second half, and by the way Napoli barely equalized the score at the end of the match, so this result can be attributed to Inter.

Inter Milan themselves feel disappointed with this result because they almost got three points before letting Napoli equalizing and that means Inter Milan lost two points. They still hold a first position after this week but they will have one more near competitor, Atalanta, and perhaps another one Juventus. This will make Scudetto competition more crowded, competitive and more unpredictable. Especially only Inter Milan will have to play in Champions League, and this will be big disadvantage for them. Napoli, Atalanta and Juventus will only play in Serie A and their combined challenge will bring big troubles to Inter Milan.

In this match, Napoli really deserved with one point after all efforts and pressure they made on Inter Milan, and this draw in general makes Serie A more exciting.

What if Inter had pressed further to take the lead and ended up losing some players ahead of the champions league competition ahead of them it wouldn't have been a funny incidence of we know. Sharing points with Napoli in this situation is preferably the best so as to preserve their squad for the next big game.

It was Napoli whom I expected to take good advantage of this to secure all three points but they failed to do so. If not for the late minute goal by Billing who came in from the bench they would have lost to Inter. Inter did the best they should have done.

[Adbitco]

Surprisingly Cagliari is currently winning Bologna at home with one goal to nothing, this goal have moved them 3 - 4 places upwards, it will likely remain like this if they happen to maintain this score line. Bologna in recent days Bologna has been on the headlines for beating AC Milan last week right now they are losing to lower side. Football is indeed funny at times.
Empoli on the other hand has just been lifted off the relegation zone as they are in front against Genoa. Let's see if they can maintain the lead also till Full time.

[EarnOnVictor]

Milan are still a big failure. They can't compete for top 4 as long as they continue to make simple point losses. I mean the one they made against Torino previously.

Yeah maybe they are struggling against Torino in away games mostly. But it shouldn't matter at this point. They should play better and get rid of this bad image against them.

Anyways, tomorrow they are playing away against Bologna. The team they beat so many times away in the past. They are in similar conditions recently. I would accept nothing less than a win for Milan if they want to play bigger. 2.60 odds are great to try out. 

Milan are no where close to top 4 currently. They have suffered to maintain consistency this session which has proved difficult to achieve. Can’t believe they lost to Bologna after scoring first and taking the lead in the first half. They have dropped to the 8th position in the league table, too bad you had to accept a loss.

Like it or not Milan deserved to have this bad season according to their quality both players and coaches. So this is proof that Milan will not survive if they do not make changes to their defense. While other teams continue to fight in a harder way plus the competitive mentality in Serie A is able to rival Milan. After failing in the UCL, many thought that Milan mentality would recover and they would focus on domestic matches, but two defeats to Torino and Bologna mean that Milan will find it increasingly difficult to get through this ordeal quickly.

Well, I know that Milan is not performing at its best now, though I wouldn't still so much belittle Sérgio Conceição and the defence the way you emphasised it, they only met a better team lately. Fine, all clubs need a good defence, if not the best. But not only at the defence here but to the defence, middle and attack. Milan was just no match for Bologna if it's the last match you referred to. If you watch the match, you will realise this, Bologna was better all around.

[KTChampions]

Milan is now in chaos and must come out of it. They have had too many negative results after the championship they won against Inter. While everyone was expecting to get better, they have been getting worse. Maybe if they can get the necessary placement for the Champions League this year, they can build a better squad next year. However, they need to be very careful with the transfers they will make at the end of the year. Now there is a fan waiting for scudetto and they must give it to their fans.

8th place after 26 rounds is really not what fans expected. I don't think that with such a gap from 4th place Milan has a chance to get a ticket to the Champions League. Today their chances of winning are also small, Lazio is playing well this season. Bookmakers estimate Milan's chances as 2.10, but even +110% for one bet does not look attractive in this game.

[ancafe]

Yea, Inter defense was solid amd it was difficult for Napoli to get a good chance to find the back of the net. In the last ten minutes of the first half, Napoli was pressuring to Inter's defense but nothing good came out of it.

The second half os about to staft and that's when we would know if Inter is capable of defending this goal till the end of the match or Napoli will equalize the goal. Currently, Inter has a higher chance of winning the game.

But unfortunately Inter Milan was unable to maintain the advantage they had gained in the first half so Napoli managed to equalize in the second half. A draw is indeed the most appropriate result for both teams because statistically there were not many opportunities that could be utilized well by both teams so the match ended in a draw. Napoli controlled the course of the match and they were quite dominant but because Inter Milan's defense was much more solid it was difficult for Napoli players to aim for the second goal.

The draw did not change the standings because so far Inter Milan is still in first place with a one-point advantage over Napoli, so the competition for the Serie-A title will be even more competitive. Both Inter Milan and Napoli will try to do their best in the next match because if they make a mistake it will change the standings.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Milan is now in chaos and must come out of it. They have had too many negative results after the championship they won against Inter. While everyone was expecting to get better, they have been getting worse. Maybe if they can get the necessary placement for the Champions League this year, they can build a better squad next year. However, they need to be very careful with the transfers they will make at the end of the year. Now there is a fan waiting for scudetto and they must give it to their fans.

8th place after 26 rounds is really not what fans expected. I don't think that with such a gap from 4th place Milan has a chance to get a ticket to the Champions League. Today their chances of winning are also small, Lazio is playing well this season. Bookmakers estimate Milan's chances as 2.10, but even +110% for one bet does not look attractive in this game.

Since they are 6 points behind Lazio and today's game is against the same Lazio they have to win the match to start finding a way to get a better position in which they will finish with this season. The Supercoppa Italiana Milan won might be their biggest achievement this season except they are willing to put in every effort as needed to rise in the table.

Lazio too will want to climb in the table. Even if it is just for few days before Juventus play their next game. This will mean more threats to Milan who lost their last two games to Bologna and Torino. Lazio will be a big catch for them and it might result to three losses in a row for Milan if they don't take precaution.

[hahay]

Surprisingly Cagliari is currently winning Bologna at home with one goal to nothing, this goal have moved them 3 - 4 places upwards, it will likely remain like this if they happen to maintain this score line. Bologna in recent days Bologna has been on the headlines for beating AC Milan last week right now they are losing to lower side. Football is indeed funny at times.
Empoli on the other hand has just been lifted off the relegation zone as they are in front against Genoa. Let's see if they can maintain the lead also till Full time.

You better wait until the game is over if you want to say something like that, because Cagliari only won at half time with a score of 0-1. But even so, in fact Bologna had good statistics since the first half, and in the second half Bologna managed to turn things around by making 2 goals in the 48th minute and in the 56th minute. Thus, the final score in the match between Bologna vs Cagliari was 2-1 in favor of Bologna who basically had a good winning record  too when playing against Cagliari.

Also about Empoli, they also won at half time with a score of 0-1 but unfortunately, Empoli did not manage to maintain that score advantage until the end of the match. Because anyway, Genoa playing at home also not be easy to give up, so Genoa managed to score a goal in the 81st minute and make the match  end in a 1-1 draw. With the draw, then ofcourse Empoli is still in the relegation zone, and it will still be difficult for Empoli to avoid the relegation zone  even though Empoli basically has a chance to be free.

[Dailyscript]

Milan are still a big failure. They can't compete for top 4 as long as they continue to make simple point losses. I mean the one they made against Torino previously.

Yeah maybe they are struggling against Torino in away games mostly. But it shouldn't matter at this point. They should play better and get rid of this bad image against them.

Anyways, tomorrow they are playing away against Bologna. The team they beat so many times away in the past. They are in similar conditions recently. I would accept nothing less than a win for Milan if they want to play bigger. 2.60 odds are great to try out. 

Milan are no where close to top 4 currently. They have suffered to maintain consistency this session which has proved difficult to achieve. Can’t believe they lost to Bologna after scoring first and taking the lead in the first half. They have dropped to the 8th position in the league table, too bad you had to accept a loss.

Like it or not Milan deserved to have this bad season according to their quality both players and coaches. So this is proof that Milan will not survive if they do not make changes to their defense. While other teams continue to fight in a harder way plus the competitive mentality in Serie A is able to rival Milan. After failing in the UCL, many thought that Milan mentality would recover and they would focus on domestic matches, but two defeats to Torino and Bologna mean that Milan will find it increasingly difficult to get through this ordeal quickly.

Yes, i can see Millan is no more near the 1 to 4 position on table but that does not mean they are having an entire bad season. This is not the worst season they have encounter although it is a difficult one for them. From the beginning of this season i have never watch any day they have a superb performance. Its either they struggle to win some games, draw and some that seems more difficult for them to score they lose. Millan is not the only team in the Serie A that have defence issues. What are the forward doing as well, since they cant score more goals. 

[junder]

Surprisingly Cagliari is currently winning Bologna at home with one goal to nothing, this goal have moved them 3 - 4 places upwards, it will likely remain like this if they happen to maintain this score line. Bologna in recent days Bologna has been on the headlines for beating AC Milan last week right now they are losing to lower side. Football is indeed funny at times.
Empoli on the other hand has just been lifted off the relegation zone as they are in front against Genoa. Let's see if they can maintain the lead also till Full time.

Cagliari advantage only lasted in the first half and maybe I call the goal they scored just luck because after that Cagliari could not do anything. On the other hand Bologna continued to press and finally entered the second half they were more aggressive. Riccardo Orsolini became the player who led Bologna to get full points with his 2 goals.

Meanwhile for the Empoli match against Genoa they only managed to get one point but considering they played at Genoa home ground it was a good result, their position in the standings is still quite vulnerable from the word away from the relegation zone because Venice could take their position considering the points difference can still be caught up.