Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[cande86]

Among the three teams that are relegated, I don't feel anything bad for Empoli because last season they narrowly escape the relegation which I expected for them to see that as a lesson which means they should improve more but unfortunately, they went and entered 18th place. As for Venezia they came from Serie B to Serie A, but it seems they're still assumed they are still playing Serie B. I think by now their Eyes should have been open, I applause to the remaining two teams that came to Serie A this season and still continue to avoid relegations, unlike English Premier League the three that we are promoted still went back, it looks so funny. MONZA's relegation really surprised me because last season they finished in 12th place which I was expecting them to improve to even make it to the Europa League or Conference League but they choose to relegate, I feel so disappointed in them.

Yes true, in fact Monza has had a really important decline. In my opinion this year they have not invested anything, that in my opinion is the main reason.
They deliberately made sure to go to Serie B practically. Probably the financial effort is too high

[Agbe]

Among the three teams that are relegated, I don't feel anything bad for Empoli because last season they narrowly escape the relegation which I expected for them to see that as a lesson which means they should improve more but unfortunately, they went and entered 18th place. As for Venezia they came from Serie B to Serie A, but it seems they're still assumed they are still playing Serie B. I think by now their Eyes should have been open, I applause to the remaining two teams that came to Serie A this season and still continue to avoid relegations, unlike English Premier League the three that we are promoted still went back, it looks so funny. MONZA's relegation really surprised me because last season they finished in 12th place which I was expecting them to improve to even make it to the Europa League or Conference League but they choose to relegate, I feel so disappointed in them.

Yes true, in fact Monza has had a really important decline. In my opinion this year they have not invested anything, that in my opinion is the main reason.
They deliberately made sure to go to Serie B practically. Probably the financial effort is too high

Most clubs like Monza is only concerned about making money from player sale without looking at the implementation of what it will cost the team every team that wants to do well in any league should make sure that they do a proper player recruitment process which will see quality players coming to the team and this is what monza failed to do

[Adbitco]

Yep. Juventus qualified for UCL next season but this is a poor fourth place. One more thing, they celebrated fourth place as if they had won the world championship. lol
Well, At least the Champions League will bring a lot of money, and the budget will be regular. Juventus needs to strengthen this team in the market if they don't want to risk in the league next season.
Igor Tudor must free Juventus from mediocrity, otherwise they will go nowhere. This is Juve and the only goal of this club is the Scudetto. So let's see next season...

Were you expecting them not to celebrate? They qualified for an important competition and you didn't expect them to celebrate! I know the angle you're driving at, yeah Juventus was once a terror to other Serie A teams few seasons ago yeah, but one thing is certain, eras come and go, teams rise and fall and that's why there's always room to rebuild because of you don't fall how then will you rise! Again, it's shows that a league is growing, no champions forever. If Juventus had kept on winning then it would have been boring, there would be no competition between the teams.

[Black Mbaye]

Yep. Juventus qualified for UCL next season but this is a poor fourth place. One more thing, they celebrated fourth place as if they had won the world championship. lol
Well, At least the Champions League will bring a lot of money, and the budget will be regular. Juventus needs to strengthen this team in the market if they don't want to risk in the league next season.
Igor Tudor must free Juventus from mediocrity, otherwise they will go nowhere. This is Juve and the only goal of this club is the Scudetto. So let's see next season...

Exaggerated but indeed their target is to get a ticket to play in the Champion League next season after the Juventus team started this season inconsistently and even changed coaches when the competition was already underway so I think the celebration carried out by Juventus players is quite reasonable for them because they have achieved their target.

Regardless of anything, Juventus' success in playing in the Champion League next season will certainly change everything and what needs to be remembered is that Juventus is a team that is rising from its slump so everything still needs time for them to be able to do it.

Igor Tudor has been quite successful in making changes so far, now we just have to wait for how Juventus management supports him to build the Juventus team next season, if they do that then I am quite optimistic that Igor Tudor can make Juventus better next season and it is not impossible for Juventus to compete fiercely in the Champion League competition.

Tudor will be there for the Club World Cup, so the trust has been renewed, he will certainly not stay for next season at Juventus even if with a team completely in disarray he still managed to finish fourth in the championship, everything that Motta did, that is a total disaster, has been recovered by this man who certainly deserves to stay

If I remember correctly, Juventus under Motta's management lost only one match in the league. In fact, Thiago Motta had made Juventus strong in terms of defense, but they were very lacking in terms of attack. They could not score goals and due to this problem they fell to the bottom. Tudor has somewhat recovered the team. The position they are in is not bad at all. We will all see what will happen after the World Cup. I think there will be an exciting transfer promise for Juventus in the summer. I expect them to make some transfers, especially in terms of offense.

[slapper]

Since yesterday after the Serie A game, I have not really been myself maybe that's why I have been unable to post in this Serie A group since then because of what Lazio did, I'm still feeling the heartbreak. Yesterday was the last game of the season in this league as well all know of it. I decided to pick games that I feel will come through because of the urgency of the teams that needs the win. I picked the six games scheduled for yesterday and it was Lazio that decided to do me dirty.

I thought i was the only one disappointed with Lazio's performance against Lecce yesterday. I was even hoping for a draw so that they can qualify for the conference League but they failed and now they won't appear in any European competitions next season. I included Lazio to score in my bet yesterday and they were the only game that made my bet to lost. At least i didn't lose alone, i have seen someone who also lost bet because of Lazio's match lol. The most annoying thing about the match yesterday was that Lecce got red card in first half which could have given Lazio more confidence of equalizing and winning in the second half but all their shots on target was saved by Lecce goalkeeper, he literally frustrated the efforts of Lazio strikers. I actually knew that Lazio won't win Lecce that was why i used the option of Lazio to score but in the end they couldn't even score a single goal. Though the most annoying game yesterday was Atalanta against Parma, it was surprising to see Parma come from 2 goals behind and won Atalanta, it didn't surprise me much because Atalanta has already qualified for the Champions League so the match meant nothing to them again.

If you ever needed proof that football stats and real life don't match up, this game was it. There have been 26 goals, 72% of the ball, 14 corners, and a whole half with 10 men, but there is still no goal. People who bet on "Lazio to score" will never forget what Falcone did in Rome. Eight saves, some right at the goalie. He played like Buffon at the Olimpico, and that is not even exaggerating. Although Castellanos and Pedro have taken ten shots between them, none of them have led to a goal. How many times do you see a team being that good and still blank?

And yeah, the Atalanta meltdown. The boss of Parma did a Chivu with his subs, and Atalanta's defense looked like they were already at the beach. The lesson of the weekend is that you should never trust a team that only needs inspiration on the final day. Bookies must have loved it

[W Jr.]

Can you imagine being a Inter fan and knowing you are not champion of this SerieA thanks to Lazio and now you see the same team losing in his home against a weak Lecce who was fighting for relegation, just incredible to understand and for sure is gonna make a rage in every Inter fan.

Inter is a great team, as they’ve proven. This season, Napoli showed dominance, even though Inter was right on their heels. Lazio deservedly took points against Inter, but it’s unbelievable that they missed out on Europe after losing to Lecce. I think next season Lazio will have to strengthen and fight their way back into the top 5.

I still can't understand how they lost against Lecce? It was such an important match for them that I thought they would definitely win this match, but I think we learned after the match that we shouldn't have thought like that. Although it was an important match for Lazio, football is a game played on the pitch. Lazio was bad on the pitch and lost, so they fell short of going to the European cups in the last match.

[Lannakosa]

If I remember correctly, Juventus under Motta's management lost only one match in the league. In fact, Thiago Motta had made Juventus strong in terms of defense, but they were very lacking in terms of attack. They could not score goals and due to this problem they fell to the bottom. Tudor has somewhat recovered the team. The position they are in is not bad at all. We will all see what will happen after the World Cup. I think there will be an exciting transfer promise for Juventus in the summer. I expect them to make some transfers, especially in terms of offense.

Motta just got such a Juventus from Alegre, a team with a good defense and a bad attack. Alegre wanted to strengthen the attack, but for this he needed to sell Vlahovic, nothing came of it and he had to play as is. Motta played too many games in a draw, hence the conclusion that only a good defense is not enough, although on the other hand, Napoli's attack scored one goal more than Juventus, but they still managed to become champions, so maybe we shouldn't blame everything on a bad attack.

[MAAManda]

Lazio and Milan both finished the season ahead of Bologna in the standings technically. But none of them has managed to qualify for a European tournament while Bologna are going to the Europa League. 

It's a funny thing, where other teams who are ranked higher won't even play in European competitions. I can also say that Bologna was lucky, because they should not have won the Coppa, before the final match, AC Milan managed to beat them with a big score. It was completely AC Milan's fault in the final match because they underestimated their opponent. There have been so many surprises happening in Italy this season, it's really confusing with all of them .

[jems]

Lazio and Milan both finished the season ahead of Bologna in the standings technically. But none of them has managed to qualify for a European tournament while Bologna are going to the Europa League. 

It's a funny thing, where other teams who are ranked higher won't even play in European competitions. I can also say that Bologna was lucky, because they should not have won the Coppa, before the final match, AC Milan managed to beat them with a big score. It was completely AC Milan's fault in the final match because they underestimated their opponent. There have been so many surprises happening in Italy this season, it's really confusing with all of them .

It's not because AC Milan underestimated Bologna but indeed AC Milan's performance was very inconsistent this season so they had to experience defeat from Bologna in the Coppa Italy final.
I think this season's Serie A is much more interesting because several teams have quite even strength and even Napoli who just rose this season managed to win the Scudetto, this is a good season from Serie A and if all teams continue to develop for next season it is possible that next season there will be much fiercer competition and of course that will have a positive impact on the Serie A competition.

[snipie]

It's not because AC Milan underestimated Bologna but indeed AC Milan's performance was very inconsistent this season so they had to experience defeat from Bologna in the Coppa Italy final.

AC Milan were realising how bad they were all along this season but they didn't have much to do to avoid having a very negative season. Not qualifying even to Conference League is a big blow.
Right now, I find only news about Igli Tare becoming the manager but I don't see any talks about bringing new players to consolidate the team. This change is useless if the team fail to bring new and harmonious squad. Their fans are waiting to see a better season next year.

[bastisisca]

Lazio was very unlucky.

I think Wladimiro Falcone's adrenaline is really high which make him become man of the match in two match. Actually, if Lecce lose this match, they will still survive because they have higher points difference.

Props to Como as new rising star who can finish at rank 10.

It doesn't surprise me at all, Lazio is a team that is absolutely not consistent, it has no consistency. It can maybe win against Inter and Napoli and then draw and lose against weaker teams. This is why i never bet on Lazio matches.
It always makes me lose bets

[bitzizzix]

Lazio and Milan both finished the season ahead of Bologna in the standings technically. But none of them has managed to qualify for a European tournament while Bologna are going to the Europa League. 

It's a funny thing, where other teams who are ranked higher won't even play in European competitions. I can also say that Bologna was lucky, because they should not have won the Coppa, before the final match, AC Milan managed to beat them with a big score. It was completely AC Milan's fault in the final match because they underestimated their opponent. There have been so many surprises happening in Italy this season, it's really confusing with all of them .

Yes, because it can be said that Milan's performance throughout this season has been very disappointing because they failed to compete at the top and had to be satisfied with eighth place, besides that they also failed to secure a place in the Europa League competition or even a ticket to the Champions League and this is a bad result for Milan. And this season Milan only managed to win one trophy, namely the 2024-2025 Italian Super Cup, and that can give a little pride to Rossoneri fans and this season Serie A has many surprises.

[bastisisca]

Among the three teams that are relegated, I don't feel anything bad for Empoli because last season they narrowly escape the relegation which I expected for them to see that as a lesson which means they should improve more but unfortunately, they went and entered 18th place. As for Venezia they came from Serie B to Serie A, but it seems they're still assumed they are still playing Serie B. I think by now their Eyes should have been open, I applause to the remaining two teams that came to Serie A this season and still continue to avoid relegations, unlike English Premier League the three that we are promoted still went back, it looks so funny. MONZA's relegation really surprised me because last season they finished in 12th place which I was expecting them to improve to even make it to the Europa League or Conference League but they choose to relegate, I feel so disappointed in them.

In the end, someone has to go to Serie B, unfortunately. i am happy that Sassuolo, who i really appreciated last year, is returning to Serie A. In fact, last year for me it was a sad surprise to see the only team that managed to beat Inter twice, go to Serie B.
Very sad

[tsaroz]

Among the three teams that are relegated, I don't feel anything bad for Empoli because last season they narrowly escape the relegation which I expected for them to see that as a lesson which means they should improve more but unfortunately, they went and entered 18th place. As for Venezia they came from Serie B to Serie A, but it seems they're still assumed they are still playing Serie B. I think by now their Eyes should have been open, I applause to the remaining two teams that came to Serie A this season and still continue to avoid relegations, unlike English Premier League the three that we are promoted still went back, it looks so funny. MONZA's relegation really surprised me because last season they finished in 12th place which I was expecting them to improve to even make it to the Europa League or Conference League but they choose to relegate, I feel so disappointed in them.

In the end, someone has to go to Serie B, unfortunately. i am happy that Sassuolo, who i really appreciated last year, is returning to Serie A. In fact, last year for me it was a sad surprise to see the only team that managed to beat Inter twice, go to Serie B.
Very sad

Promoting and relegating are yearly events for some teams. But what refreshing on Serie A as compared to some other leagues this time is two of the promoted teams this year remained in the A league for next year. Como even got to the 10th position.
As of relegating team, Monza had two great seasons on Serie A but now got demoted again to B after third season. Empoli was here a year longer but they were always just being saved from relegation but not this time. While Venezia came from playoff and were the weakest promotion from Serie B.
Next year Sassuolo, Pisa and Spezia would join serie A.

[TastyChillySauce00]

I still can't understand how they lost against Lecce? It was such an important match for them that I thought they would definitely win this match, but I think we learned after the match that we shouldn't have thought like that. Although it was an important match for Lazio, football is a game played on the pitch. Lazio was bad on the pitch and lost, so they fell short of going to the European cups in the last match.

It's disgusting performance ever i have seen from Lazio. I wonder why they so underperform against Lecce. Even after they made 26 shoots, and 7 goal attempts but zero goals. The most embarassing thing is that they lost against 10 players of Lecce at home.
They looked so unmotivated to win the game, and cached europa spot. Baroni has to go now after they sent his club fan base to the Jupiter by losing against Lecce at home.

It's such a disgraceful performance. If they still keep him, they're crazy.

[Hyphen(-)]

It's not because AC Milan underestimated Bologna but indeed AC Milan's performance was very inconsistent this season so they had to experience defeat from Bologna in the Coppa Italy final.

AC Milan were realising how bad they were all along this season but they didn't have much to do to avoid having a very negative season. Not qualifying even to Conference League is a big blow.
Right now, I find only news about Igli Tare becoming the manager but I don't see any talks about bringing new players to consolidate the team. This change is useless if the team fail to bring new and harmonious squad. Their fans are waiting to see a better season next year.

Do you think AC Milan did not qualify to be lay even the Europa Conference League?

I just noticed it now when I check the Serie A table now, they had a very bad season I must say, I wasn’t given them much attention because they didn’t deserve it this season, they need to do better next season by signing more players to strengthen their squad.

A win against Bologna in the Copa Italia final might be a way to Europa League or Conference League which would have been better for them against next season because they will have the opportunity to sign more quality players, but as it stands now, I don’t think they can convince any quality player to join them because they will not play in the Champions League next season.

[dezoel]

If I remember correctly, Juventus under Motta's management lost only one match in the league. In fact, Thiago Motta had made Juventus strong in terms of defense, but they were very lacking in terms of attack. They could not score goals and due to this problem they fell to the bottom. Tudor has somewhat recovered the team. The position they are in is not bad at all. We will all see what will happen after the World Cup. I think there will be an exciting transfer promise for Juventus in the summer. I expect them to make some transfers, especially in terms of offense.

His very last two games were a loss too, so he definitely lost more than 1 game at the league. He did had a lot of ties though, which he was famous for, and that is the most important part, his ties, because if he won some of them then we would have something to talk about. I am sure that we are going to see them do a lot better.

If we can get a lot better results then we are going to see him still be a manager but we didn't so he was fired. Last straw was losing twice in a row, which saw them lower. Tudor did a better job, Tudor got 2.00 results on average, so 2 points per game isn't that bad, Motta got 1.67 instead and that means a lot more. If we could have anything to do with this then we could probably see it do a lot better.

[Sexylizzy2813]

I can't praise Inter at all because they kept their heads up high, making everybody especially me to believe that they can win the Serie A title but at the end they trade the Champions league title for the league title which they are now regretting now. I was expecting them to defend the title this season then prepare for the UCL game later on at least they have one title to themselves but wanted to use one stone to kill 2 birds, so disappointing. I don't even think Inter Milan will be as strong as they are this season and talking about Napoli I don't see them as a team to get this close to winning the title, all thanks to Inter and if care is not taken they might lose the champions league title to PSG.

Do you think they intentionally allowed Napoli to win the Scudetto? Inter Milan had the intention of winning treble this season but they lost some important games that made them lose points. Napoli was chasing just a single trophy but Inter was fighting for more than one with limited players. Injuries,  fatigue, and other factors affected the players' productivity. The sadness was all over the players because they fought till the last game of the season. Many of the players might suffer from depression if they lose to PSG in the finals.  I will keep repeating that Napoli was just lucky because they don't have an outstanding side.

I never said they intentionally handed over the trophy to Napoli, just the had it in mind that they could win both the champions league and the league title, their confidence was too high and I'd say they underrated Napoli. If they saw the champions league as the last trophy to fight for and go go the league title for I believe they would have gotten the scudetto, fine they got a busy season more than Napoli but they didn't use their head in making decision on which trophy to secure first, is better to get hold of the one that is close to you than going for the one that is far. That's what I'm saying Napoli was operating on luck and it paid out for them, if they were the ones playing multiple competitions I don't think they could survive this season, hope Inter win the champions league.

[KTChampions]

Losing Osimhen and Kvaratskhelia is about as bad as it can get and I agree, I thought Inter Milan has this.

What won the title was the consistency in bringing home small advantage, one goal advantages. You can see that from their statistics. 59 goals and you wouldn't think they can be the champion in a league with a few very good teams, not least Inter Milan.

82 points is well played, but seeing how Inter Milan did in the CL and beat many teams that were considered favorite against them, I thought this is their season.

It began to turn when they lost against AC Milan at home in the Coppa Italia. Now what seemed to be a perfect season for them, could become a horrible ending. No Serie A, no Coppa Italia and thinking about how good PSG is, it could certainly end without the CL title.

Imagine to lose 2 LC finals in three years 
Inter is currently balancing on the edge between a good season and a terrible season. If they win the Champions League, it will be Italy's first title since Mourinho, but if they lose, it will be a titleless season. Plus there is another point that if they lose to PSG on the 30th, it will not be perceived as “losing to the clear favorite”, but will be perceived as missing a clear opportunity to win the coveted title. All this must be putting pressure on the Inter players now.

[ITExpert]

Can you imagine being a Inter fan and knowing you are not champion of this SerieA thanks to Lazio and now you see the same team losing in his home against a weak Lecce who was fighting for relegation, just incredible to understand and for sure is gonna make a rage in every Inter fan.

Inter is a great team, as they’ve proven. This season, Napoli showed dominance, even though Inter was right on their heels. Lazio deservedly took points against Inter, but it’s unbelievable that they missed out on Europe after losing to Lecce. I think next season Lazio will have to strengthen and fight their way back into the top 5.

This moment is a little bit worrying and sad for the Inter Milan team because they are no longer a part of the Serie A, but the Inter Milan is a team full of capable players. Their vision is also very good. I think they need to learn from their mistakes or the things that could not support them in this league and they were not part of it, so they need to overcome these things and control them so that they can avoid this loss in the next season. But because when we put hope in, that moment is a little bit more worrying. Like the Inter Milan team, the fans thought that they would definitely win this, but it did not happen. So I think when we set expectations high, that thing also upsets the fans a little bit. But we should hope that they will be able to perform well in the next season.