Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[Avirunes]

Atalanta has very good attacking players - Ilicic , Muriel , Zapata, Gomez are the one who have been top class for Atalanta this season. They are always the one mostly to find spaces and shoot some fine shots on the goals. Gomez is very good in playing crucial pass and is perfect. They are the side right now with most goals in Serie A this season. But yeah they are defensively very weak which is a bit worrying. Right now their attack is doing all the job but at one point they have to look for good defense options or maybe make it stronger with bit of changes.

[hd49728]

Atalanta has very good attacking players - Ilicic , Muriel , Zapata, Gomez are the one who have been top class for Atalanta this season. They are always the one mostly to find spaces and shoot some fine shots on the goals. Gomez is very good in playing crucial pass and is perfect.

The yesterday attacking coordination between Gomez and Zapata is truly a good one. The defense system of Juventus was taken down very easily. It is not luck to see Atalanta has the highest scored goals in the Serie A this season. They have very strong attacking system. Last match, Atalanta has some other good shots to score more goals.

[Juggy777]

Juventus made a comeback, but Atalanta won our heart. Those penalties were legit indeed, but the fact that Juventus couldn't scored from open play proves Atalanta had better quality in this match. Well Atalanta deserves 2nd position more than Lazio.

The match shows that Atalanta position for now in Serie A and their achievements in Champions League are not because of luckiness. Indeed, they are very strong team. Excellent in attacking operations.

The total goals scored in Serie A by Atalanta maybe make us surprised but the match is a liveshow that demonstrates how strong Atalanta are.

1st half Atalanta is winning, the goal could be deleted by the VAR for a fault but Atalanta is dominating so far.

Atalanta got a draw because of personal mistakes but they deserve a win match.

Atalanta deserves second place in Serie A, for team play and entertainment on the pitch, too bad for the 2-2. Even though the penalties were legitimate, the penalty rule is so ridiculous.

I agree with you both on the second position for Atalanta this season. Lazio has been in their poor period and I don't see signals that they will come back soon. The season is coming to the end and Atalanta with their fabulous form have due chances to end at 2nd position on the table.

@hd49728 I was impressed by how Atlanta started the match by attacking Juventus, and that showed their intent was to win this match, but Juventus were awarded a late penalty and that meant Atlanta had to settle for a draw. Further I was disappointed with those controversial penalty decisions given against Atlanta, but then again I’m sure that Atlanta will carry this momentum in the new season, and challenge Juventus for the title what do you’ll think of their title credentials for the new season?.

Source:

https://www.skysports.com/football/juventus-vs-atalanta/report/419389

[Shasha80]

Atalanta has very good attacking players - Ilicic , Muriel , Zapata, Gomez are the one who have been top class for Atalanta this season. They are always the one mostly to find spaces and shoot some fine shots on the goals. Gomez is very good in playing crucial pass and is perfect.

The yesterday attacking coordination between Gomez and Zapata is truly a good one. The defense system of Juventus was taken down very easily. It is not luck to see Atalanta has the highest scored goals in the Serie A this season. They have very strong attacking system. Last match, Atalanta has some other good shots to score more goals.

I agree that the Juventus vs Atalanta match is very interesting, especially the Atalanta game which is very compact and deadly in its attack.
Making the Juventus defense overwhelmed. It was an extraordinary game from Gomez and Zapata, unfortunately Atalanta failed to maintain
victory. Last minute Juventus managed to equalize through Cristiano Ronaldo's goal, the final draw 2-2. Atalanta should deserve to win the match,
but luck still hasn't sided with Atalanta.

[casperBGD]

Atalanta has very good attacking players - Ilicic , Muriel , Zapata, Gomez are the one who have been top class for Atalanta this season. They are always the one mostly to find spaces and shoot some fine shots on the goals. Gomez is very good in playing crucial pass and is perfect.

The yesterday attacking coordination between Gomez and Zapata is truly a good one. The defense system of Juventus was taken down very easily. It is not luck to see Atalanta has the highest scored goals in the Serie A this season. They have very strong attacking system. Last match, Atalanta has some other good shots to score more goals.

I agree that the Juventus vs Atalanta match is very interesting, especially the Atalanta game which is very compact and deadly in its attack.
Making the Juventus defense overwhelmed. It was an extraordinary game from Gomez and Zapata, unfortunately Atalanta failed to maintain
victory. Last minute Juventus managed to equalize through Cristiano Ronaldo's goal, the final draw 2-2. Atalanta should deserve to win the match,
but luck still hasn't sided with Atalanta.

yeah, and with a win, Atalanta would be at position two at the moment, although with current form from them and Lazio, that will eventually happen until the end of the season

for today, i will pick Genoa to win over Spal, that is already relegated, Genoa has good chances to avoid relegation, and this win could help a lot, do not think that there will be many goals, 1:0 should do the work for Genoa, and they will play that way, worth to pick it @1.65

[Slow death]

Juventus 2 - 2 Atalanta



I am a fan of juventus but I admit that Atalanta is a team that deserve to be champion for the great performance that they have shown this season, they win the games with many goals and do not do it by luck, they do because they are a team of great quality, But Juventus is just a few steps away from being a champion and has easy games ahead

Brescia 0 - 3 AS Roma



As Roma yesterday was very inspired

Lazio 1 - 2 Sassuolo

I imagined that Lazio would lose in that game and that is why I did not risk betting for this game

[Avirunes]

The defense system of Juventus was taken down very easily.

Defense line Juventus has totally gone shit. These last few weeks really don't know what is going on in Sarri's head. Cuadrado in defense (as someone pointe here)? that's a really bad managing out there. They have lot of players or he can just change formation a bit. Lucky for them that Lazio also are dropping points otherwise they would have been close around like 2-3 points.

[Lordhermes]

Lazio 1 - 2 Sassuolo
I imagined that Lazio would lose in that game and that is why I did not risk betting for this game

I was deeply surprised too but actually I knew the guest Sassuolo had a goal but not even thought of winning the game. Sassoulo attackers are pretty good and have a good skill of scoring a goal. They never played without a goal scored in there last four matches, obviously I never expect them to win but to score at least a goal. 

[qomariah95]

The defense system of Juventus was taken down very easily.

Defense line Juventus has totally gone shit. These last few weeks really don't know what is going on in Sarri's head. Cuadrado in defense (as someone pointe here)? that's a really bad managing out there. They have lot of players or he can just change formation a bit. Lucky for them that Lazio also are dropping points otherwise they would have been close around like 2-3 points.

I also think so, the last 2 juventus matches I always bet in that match. And in the end, all those bets suffered a loss. Are they playing casually, because the difference in points is far from second place (Lazio) so their defense is not so great anymore as before.

[dwminer1]

I am looking forward to meeting Napoli-AC Milan. The team from Milan has been in surprisingly good form lately. In their last 4 matches they beat AS Roma, Lazio and Juventus. This is really an impressive achievement. Will they also beat the Naples team? Napoli is also in quite good form and plays at home. Additional emotion is added by the fact that these teams are fighting each other for European cups. I look forward to an exciting match and several goals. I bet +2,5 goals @1.75

[jayce]

The defense system of Juventus was taken down very easily.

Defense line Juventus has totally gone shit. These last few weeks really don't know what is going on in Sarri's head. Cuadrado in defense (as someone pointe here)? that's a really bad managing out there. They have lot of players or he can just change formation a bit. Lucky for them that Lazio also are dropping points otherwise they would have been close around like 2-3 points.

We cant blame Sarri for this decision though. Cuadrado has been a right back player since Allegri's era. Allegri even put Mandzukic as the left winger and sometimes left back. And currently, Alex Sandro just recovered from injury, which if you watch their game against Milan, when Sandro subbed on, he made a mistake and caused the 4th goal for Milan. So, Sarri doesn't have any option except putting Danilo on to left back position from his original role as right back player.

[Pmalek]

Juventus is just a few steps away from being a champion and has easy games ahead

I agree that Juventus is close to the title, but their next couple of fixtures aren't that easy.
 
Next up is Sassuolo who just won against Lazio away and are on a run of 4 straight victories.

After that they are playing against Lazio. Lazio isn't really in great form, but looking at the Milan and Atalanta matches neither is Juventus. And they are still 2nd in the league and lets not forget that they won against Juventus in the Super Cup a few months ago, and beat them in the 1st league fixture.   

[buwaytress]

@Pmalek, just a couple of games ago, I'd have said Lazio had every chance and every right to be in there. But it all went to hell with the last few games. I won a Milan bet against Juve, but then Lazio couldn't hold their own against Lecce. And then again last night, losing to Sassuolo when you see Penaldo happen (yes, yes, legitimate I agree but come on, these handball rules are stupendous. I miss the days when ref would see handball and just ignore it, I mean bloody hell you can't cut your hands off can you?), then you know it's just impossible.

Lucas Leiva really did a lot for that Lazio team and him being out injured to me is a big reason they're faltering near the end.

But Atalanta were robbed. If they had won, it's be 6 points difference, Juventus slipping and losing. But they're just too far ahead now with 6 games left. I mean, sure, still in there with a small shout but so frustrating to see that happen really.

[TheGreatPython]

I would have understood if Juventus won their game and Lazio won too and Juventus was going ahead thanks to that and Ronaldo getting his penalty every game would have been annoying. However when Juventus got a draw thanks to the draw (and yes the penalty was justified) Lazio still lost their game, they could have won and got 2 more points closer, not that it matters anymore.

We have to accept the fact that there is no team that could rival Juventus just yet, sure maybe in the future there could be, I mean juventus is not made of super stars full of it, they have Ronaldo which is a world star player and Dybala who has a chance to be a super star level player, but all other players are just "great role players" in my book. So, I would say there will be time when Juventus will start to be bad and at that point some other team could make an attack and get the championship finally.

[Slow death]

I am looking forward to meeting Napoli-AC Milan. The team from Milan has been in surprisingly good form lately. In their last 4 matches they beat AS Roma, Lazio and Juventus. This is really an impressive achievement. Will they also beat the Naples team? Napoli is also in quite good form and plays at home. Additional emotion is added by the fact that these teams are fighting each other for European cups. I look forward to an exciting match and several goals. I bet +2,5 goals @1.75

for this game I had a lot of doubts if it would be a good option to bet that napoli would win the game, but after I analyze it, I changed my mind and bet Both Teams To Score which I think is safer for this game

I would have understood if Juventus won their game and Lazio won too and Juventus was going ahead thanks to that and Ronaldo getting his penalty every game would have been annoying. However when Juventus got a draw thanks to the draw (and yes the penalty was justified) Lazio still lost their game, they could have won and got 2 more points closer, not that it matters anymore.

We have to accept the fact that there is no team that could rival Juventus just yet, sure maybe in the future there could be, I mean juventus is not made of super stars full of it, they have Ronaldo which is a world star player and Dybala who has a chance to be a super star level player, but all other players are just "great role players" in my book. So, I would say there will be time when Juventus will start to be bad and at that point some other team could make an attack and get the championship finally.

I agree with what you said and even being a Juventus fan I believe that atalanta if have this same performance next season you may have chances to be a champion

[boltz]

It seems that Fiorentina need to change their coach as they have a strong team but they cannot score goals and this is because of the coach as he don't know how to manage a strong squad and especially when to change Riberry as he has an age and his pace is no longer viable for a full game of 90 minutes.

[Crypto22265]

Juventus is just a few steps away from being a champion and has easy games ahead

I agree that Juventus is close to the title, but their next couple of fixtures aren't that easy.
 
Next up is Sassuolo who just won against Lazio away and are on a run of 4 straight victories.

After that they are playing against Lazio. Lazio isn't really in great form, but looking at the Milan and Atalanta matches neither is Juventus. And they are still 2nd in the league and lets not forget that they won against Juventus in the Super Cup a few months ago, and beat them in the 1st league fixture.   

There's an 8 point difference between Lazio and Juventus. Considering the fact that Lazio will have one match against Juventus, they might still have a small chance. Let's say for example Juventus loses against Lazio, the difference is 5 points. Then Juventus loses again the last match against Rome(they are fighting for 5th place), the difference is 2 points. Juventus woulf have to also draw another match in order for Lazio to tie the points(considering Lazio wins all remaining match, 2 of which against Juventus and Napoli) and then still Juventus would be on top because of the statistics. So Juventus would have to lose like 3 matches or lose 2 matches and 2 draws in order for Lazio to have a chance in case they win all matches. Of course anything is possible but i don't see how all of this could happen.

[tomahawk9]

for this game I had a lot of doubts if it would be a good option to bet that napoli would win the game, but after I analyze it, I changed my mind and bet Both Teams To Score which I think is safer for this game

i'm going with BTTS too at 1.61 odds in a small stake multi. Backline from both teams is awful, especially Napoli's (when was the last time they had a clean sheet at home?), but both teams have been pretty solid in front of goal after the restart, scoring goals pretty much in every game. GL!

It seems that Fiorentina need to change their coach as they have a strong team <...>

Define "strong team" cos I see their squad and then I see them play and i'm like "yeah, this team is totally deserves to be on the bottom half". Iachini's been there for like 6 months, too early to criticize him, he needs time to adapt.

[Crypto22265]

It seems that Fiorentina need to change their coach as they have a strong team <...>

Define "strong team" cos I see their squad and then I see them play and i'm like "yeah, this team is totally deserves to be on the bottom half". Iachini's been there for like 6 months, too early to criticize him, he needs time to adapt.

That's right. Fiorentina has just a couple of good players in their team and it seems like they might be a bit better, maybe somewhere in the 9-10th place. But that's probably all they can accomplish with this squad at the moment.

[Slow death]

It seems that Fiorentina need to change their coach as they have a strong team but they cannot score goals and this is because of the coach as he don't know how to manage a strong squad and especially when to change Riberry as he has an age and his pace is no longer viable for a full game of 90 minutes.

and in today's match against Verona they would almost lose if they didn't score late, I did very well not having placed any bets for this game

Napoli 1 - 1 AC Milan



Halftime

I did very well bet on Both Teams To Score. curiously Napoli made 6 shots at goal while Roma only made 1 shot at goal