Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[fullhdpixel]

What's going on today with high scoring results in top leagues lol, Lazio delivering 6 goals to Spezia, Bayern 5 goals vs Hertha and City 5 vs Arsenal!
Atalanta failed to get 3 points vs Bologna but the most surprising part is to see Juve 1 goal behind Empoli at least in this first half

I'm not surprised with Arsenal and Juventus's results. Juventus has been poor in the past two seasons and it was just Ronaldo that was aiding the team to win games. Now that he's gone, they don't have anyone that would be willing to go out of their way to help the team come out of difficult situations like they were after going 1-0 down against empoli. Before Juventus will adjust to not having Ronaldo in their team, it might be Milan's title already. Great games today.

Juventus is definitely not doing the best they could do and that is why it is a big challenge for them this year. However at the end of the day it is still juventus and I think they could find a way to get better in the long run. It is just a whole season of games vs few games so far and I am sure that there is going to be something that is better in the long run, they will do a lot better and finally start to feel something.

I do not know what it will be like but I know that we are going to end up being a lot better. What we could however expect from them is a look for another player, they do not have Ronaldo anymore and I am sure they will get another player to replace him, will he be better or worse than Ronaldo? I do not know but there will be some new player for sure and that could change things.

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[BuNga_cute]

In the first match Milan managed to beat Sampdoria, although without being strengthened by Zlatan Ibrahimovic. So I believe Milan can win
the game against Cagliari even without Ibrahimovic. Cagliari is in terms of player quality is still below Milan, but that does not mean Milan
can underestimate Cagliari. If we look at Cagliari when they faced Spezia, they fell behind by 2 goals first, but surprisingly Cagliari scored
two goals and the game ended in a draw. Moreover, surprisingly Juventus were defeated by Empoli, meaning Milan cannot underestimate
weaker opponents.

AC Milan still need more time to prepare for a team without Ibra but they have to do so because Ibra will retire next 2 or 3 seasons. That last match of Cagliari shows that they are very strong mentally and don't give up too easily. So AC Milan will have to play this match very carefully and if they are careless, Cagliari will punish Milan mistakes.

In this season, it's interesting to see how AC Milan defense system will work without Gigi Donnarumma.

AC Milan finally won very convincingly against Cagliari without Ibrahimovic, it looks like Giroud has succeeded in replacing Ibrahimovic's role so far.
Even from the 4 goals scored by AC Milan, Giroud managed to score two goals. Hopefully the next match Giroud can contribute again. And what is
amazing is that AC Milan's defense is quite solid, even from two games conceded only one goal, this proves without Donnarumma AC Milan
proved successful in keeping the defense solid. Indeed, AC Milan so far have not met a strong team, so we still have to see how when AC Milan face
a strong team.

[blue Snow]

AC Milan finally won very convincingly against Cagliari without Ibrahimovic, it looks like Giroud has succeeded in replacing Ibrahimovic's role so far.
Even from the 4 goals scored by AC Milan, Giroud managed to score two goals. Hopefully the next match Giroud can contribute again. And what is
amazing is that AC Milan's defense is quite solid, even from two games conceded only one goal, this proves without Donnarumma AC Milan
proved successful in keeping the defense solid. Indeed, AC Milan so far have not met a strong team, so we still have to see how when AC Milan face
a strong team.

I was happy when looking at his performance, Giroud was according to his expectations, I had a few doubts when he joined Milan but that game shows me he has still confidence as a strong forward that is equal with Milan's formation which gives him a real forward and another support from Diaz. About defense, they use 4 defenders which are effective when having support from a central midfielder also.

[masulum]

I was quite surprised by the result of the match between AC Milan and Cagliari, my previous prediction, AC Milan might not be able to score more than 3 goals in this match. Milan turned out to be able to score 4 goals. Giroud is still showing that he is a striker who has not lost his goal-scoring instinct. Milan's consistency is important to maintain a chance for top 3 position this season.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

I was quite surprised by the result of the match between AC Milan and Cagliari, my previous prediction, AC Milan might not be able to score more than 3 goals in this match. Milan turned out to be able to score 4 goals. Giroud is still showing that he is a striker who has not lost his goal-scoring instinct. Milan's consistency is important to maintain a chance for top 3 position this season.

Yes it shouldn't be but there are some goals that are called luck free kick, penalty and another unexpected goal due to hitting another player
But after all the process is still a goal and adds to the score, overall Milan managed to control the match from all sides. Next we will see how they play against Lazio there we will see the real game against the leader of the standings.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

I was quite surprised by the result of the match between AC Milan and Cagliari, my previous prediction, AC Milan might not be able to score more than 3 goals in this match. Milan turned out to be able to score 4 goals. Giroud is still showing that he is a striker who has not lost his goal-scoring instinct. Milan's consistency is important to maintain a chance for top 3 position this season.

Serie A, after two matches, are very interesting and the biggest surprise is from AS Roma and Jose Mourinho. They manage to win all matches and take 6 points. Their attacking system operates very well in their first matches in this season, in Serie A and UEFA Conference Cup.

AC Milan seems to keep up their growth in the last season and if they manage to do it, I think the Great AC Milan has finally return after one decade of chaotic fall. They might not win Scudetto this year and AS Roma as well, but they are good at building up their development plan, for next seasons.

Giroud is good at scoring if he is given opportunities from midfielders.

[Luzin]

Giroud is still showing that he is a striker who has not lost his goal-scoring instinct. Milan's consistency is important to maintain a chance for top 3 position this season.

Are they not targeting the Serie A champions? I think they are still able to compete for the championship. Last season's problems should be a valuable lesson. They must be able to appear stable and not lose strength at the end of the season. Especially now that they are filled with senior players. They are not young anymore. Coach and rotation factors will certainly have a very high effect on players' physicality. Especially if they will play more one competition like Coppa Italia, Serie A and UCL.

[Raflesia]

Juventus is very actively looking for a replacement for Ronaldo, the main candidates: the 24-year-old Brazilian striker of Manchester City Gabriel Jesus, and two forwards of London Arsenal - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexander Lacazette, and also returned from loan to PSG Italian striker “Everton” Moise Keene. If Juventus managed to get Jesus and Aubameyang, it would be a great deal for Juventus. Although Ronaldo is a great player, he is not getting younger every year.

After Ronaldo left Juventus going bad is this going to continue? Against Empoli alone, they lost 1-0 to him, maybe because this has little influence because every great player brings together other players.

I haven't even heard about this news whether at the end of this transfer window it will be finished or not because the decision may not be as fast as Ronaldo to Manchester United, so Juventus must still play as much as possible with the existing players, I think this is enough and Allegri just needs to adjust his strategy.

[zuzie]

Juventus is very actively looking for a replacement for Ronaldo, the main candidates: the 24-year-old Brazilian striker of Manchester City Gabriel Jesus, and two forwards of London Arsenal - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexander Lacazette, and also returned from loan to PSG Italian striker “Everton” Moise Keene. If Juventus managed to get Jesus and Aubameyang, it would be a great deal for Juventus. Although Ronaldo is a great player, he is not getting younger every year.

After Ronaldo left Juventus going bad is this going to continue? Against Empoli alone, they lost 1-0 to him, maybe because this has little influence because every great player brings together other players.

I haven't even heard about this news whether at the end of this transfer window it will be finished or not because the decision may not be as fast as Ronaldo to Manchester United, so Juventus must still play as much as possible with the existing players, I think this is enough and Allegri just needs to adjust his strategy.

Tomorrow the transfer window is closed juventus don't have much time so it's certain that juventus is going through the season with the existing squad
I think Juventus' performance will be worse than the previous season maybe even out of the fight for champions league tickets
AC milan and Inter or Lazio will take part in the title race without juventus of course.

[jostorres]

I was quite surprised by the result of the match between AC Milan and Cagliari, my previous prediction, AC Milan might not be able to score more than 3 goals in this match. Milan turned out to be able to score 4 goals. Giroud is still showing that he is a striker who has not lost his goal-scoring instinct. Milan's consistency is important to maintain a chance for top 3 position this season.

Honestly Milan is still a very good team, the only problem is that they do not have the fully optimized strategy, which they lacked last year as well. It is like bunch of good players thrown in together and told to play, which is the main problem with the situation. I believe that we should not be shocked when they win like this because they have the talent to win games like this, when players speak their talent then we end up with these results.

However whenever they face an opponent that has a good strategy built in and been playing with it for a long time, they face a challenge, doesn't matter if that is a huge team in UCL or something, or it is a very bad team at the bottom of the table here, their biggest challenge is always facing a team with a deadly specific and used strategy, which cagliari didn't have at all, and hence the score difference.

[Ratash]

Inter Milan is currently the favorite for me this season. The opening game 4:0 against Genoa played great and game 2 was won 3:1 against Hellas Verona. One thing they will miss this season "Romelu Lukaku" 24 goals last season. As a replacement Edin Dzeko, I do not think so. I always thought there comes another star, with the 115 million of lukaku sale and the 60 million of Hakim you can buy someone very good player.

I think that inter are the favorite too but it seems that they are not as strong as last year with their top scorer gone but this year there are lot of good contenders and to be a champion they need to consistency in their performance and not wasting oppurtunites like what weve seen in the first half of the last game.

[ingiltere]

I was expecting Juventus to win the league but latest transfers changed balances. Now it's more complicated and a lot of teams competing and started good. Inter looks stronger and they are confident as title holder. Lazio started crazy, especially Ciro Immobile started with 4 goals in two matches. Roma, Milan and Napoli won their first two games. When these teams meet each other it will be pretty unpredictable for us, any outcome wouldn't be surprising. I don't have a favorite right now, there is not big gap between contender teams.

[Shasha80]

I was expecting Juventus to win the league but latest transfers changed balances. Now it's more complicated and a lot of teams competing and started good. Inter looks stronger and they are confident as title holder. Lazio started crazy, especially Ciro Immobile started with 4 goals in two matches. Roma, Milan and Napoli won their first two games. When these teams meet each other it will be pretty unpredictable for us, any outcome wouldn't be surprising. I don't have a favorite right now, there is not big gap between contender teams.

It's surprising Juventus performance so far, in two matches failed to win. I don't know what caused it, maybe losing Ronaldo had a big effect
on Juventus performance. Meanwhile, other big teams played according to expectations, especially Lazio won two wins with a fairly large score.
Ciro Immobile played very well, especially against Spezia, he scored a hat trick. But Serie A has only been running for two games, so there's still
a lot of possibility going on. I can't wait for the third week to start, especially seeing the Juventus game that will face Napoli, I hope Juventus
can rise from its adversity.

[W Jr.]

This week, Roma and Milan played very successful matches. Roma beat Salernitana 4-0 away. New signing Abraham scored.  Milan beat Cagliari 4-1, while Giroud became a star with 2 goals. The first 2 weeks matches were played in the league. Lazio, Inter, Roma, Milan and Napoli have not lost a match so far. Next week, difficult matches such as Atalanta- Fiorentina, Milan- Lazio, Napoli-Juventus will be played.

[kayiboyu]

I was expecting Juventus to win the league but latest transfers changed balances. Now it's more complicated and a lot of teams competing and started good. Inter looks stronger and they are confident as title holder. Lazio started crazy, especially Ciro Immobile started with 4 goals in two matches. Roma, Milan and Napoli won their first two games. When these teams meet each other it will be pretty unpredictable for us, any outcome wouldn't be surprising. I don't have a favorite right now, there is not big gap between contender teams.

Ronaldo's transfer to Manchester United changed many things for Juventus. Ronaldo was the most important player for Juventus as he was carrying the team most of the time with his goals. Juventus didn't have a good game after Ronaldo left. They were defeated by Empoli 1-0 home. I wonder what kind of a season they will have without Ronaldo. They still haven't filled his place with a top player. They have been after Eden Hazard but there is no positive news yet.

[Joca97]

I was expecting Juventus to win the league but latest transfers changed balances. Now it's more complicated and a lot of teams competing and started good. Inter looks stronger and they are confident as title holder. Lazio started crazy, especially Ciro Immobile started with 4 goals in two matches. Roma, Milan and Napoli won their first two games. When these teams meet each other it will be pretty unpredictable for us, any outcome wouldn't be surprising. I don't have a favorite right now, there is not big gap between contender teams.

Ronaldo's transfer to Manchester United changed many things for Juventus. Ronaldo was the most important player for Juventus as he was carrying the team most of the time with his goals. Juventus didn't have a good game after Ronaldo left. They were defeated by Empoli 1-0 home. I wonder what kind of a season they will have without Ronaldo. They still haven't filled his place with a top player. They have been after Eden Hazard but there is no positive news yet.

After Ronaldo left things arent really in good shape at Juventus,losing the title last season after so many won in a row is a shock for them.They wanted to get rid of Ronaldo for over a year and they did and now they are even losing to Empoli at home. Eden Hazard also is getting injured every few weeks so bringing him from my point of view isnt a good idea honestly.

[Turbolinea]

It was really nice to see Milan destroying Cagliari yesterday. After this 4-1 result, I liked especially Giroud. He is the new transfer and people have expectations from him of course. In the absence of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, he had a big responsibility. But he played really great in this match by scoring 2 goals. Zlatan has bounced back and he will most probably be back in the next game. Still, Giroud can play for a decent time as long as he contributes to the team well.

[Rabi3]

Juventus is very actively looking for a replacement for Ronaldo, the main candidates: the 24-year-old Brazilian striker of Manchester City Gabriel Jesus, and two forwards of London Arsenal - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexander Lacazette, and also returned from loan to PSG Italian striker “Everton” Moise Keene. If Juventus managed to get Jesus and Aubameyang, it would be a great deal for Juventus. Although Ronaldo is a great player, he is not getting younger every year.

After Ronaldo left Juventus going bad is this going to continue? Against Empoli alone, they lost 1-0 to him, maybe because this has little influence because every great player brings together other players.

a good player for sure can add a lot to a team, but I don't think Ronaldo affected juventus that much, losing to Empoli is quite bad but I think it's not because Ronaldo is absent, Juventus did really good without Ronaldo joining them so they will do just fine.

[ziyaaa]

Now, we are in a break for two weeks as we are going to have national matches. Nearly all of the favourite teams of the season started to this season really superbly except Juventus. They have been playing really unbalanced. After Ronaldo's departure, Juventus played their first match and lost 1-0 to Empoli and it was in their home stadium. Juventus were really unlucky that they found so many chances but missed all of them. A problematic season might be waiting for them but it is still early to make a prediction.

[blue Snow]

I was expecting Juventus to win the league but latest transfers changed balances. Now it's more complicated and a lot of teams competing and started good. Inter looks stronger and they are confident as title holder. Lazio started crazy, especially Ciro Immobile started with 4 goals in two matches. Roma, Milan and Napoli won their first two games. When these teams meet each other it will be pretty unpredictable for us, any outcome wouldn't be surprising. I don't have a favorite right now, there is not big gap between contender teams.

Ronaldo's transfer to Manchester United changed many things for Juventus. Ronaldo was the most important player for Juventus as he was carrying the team most of the time with his goals. Juventus didn't have a good game after Ronaldo left. They were defeated by Empoli 1-0 home. I wonder what kind of a season they will have without Ronaldo. They still haven't filled his place with a top player. They have been after Eden Hazard but there is no positive news yet.

After Ronaldo left things arent really in good shape at Juventus,losing the title last season after so many won in a row is a shock for them.They wanted to get rid of Ronaldo for over a year and they did and now they are even losing to Empoli at home. Eden Hazard also is getting injured every few weeks so bringing him from my point of view isnt a good idea honestly.

2 games, 1 loss, and 1 draw are bad for starting. Juventus have to fix it by getting a new forward, and Agree, Hazard, is not a good idea. I don't know how Pjanic progress, maybe still possible to get him back to Turin as a playmaker. It should be the best option right now, Pjanic is good to support Mohamed Ihattaren on a front, of course when the deal happens.