Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[diderdrogba]

Napoli and Milan's domination in the Serie A is still continuing. Actually both of these teams lost points this week but not much thing changed for them. Because Milan played against Inter and it ended up with a 1-1 result. Both sides were capable of winning taking their efforts into account but it didn't end that way. Napoli drew with Verona with a 1-1 result home too. But Napoli and Milan are still 7 points ahead of their nearest competitor.

Taking into account the fact that the gap from the pursuers has not changed, and the number of matches before the end of the tournament has decreased by one, we can say that Napoli and Milan have strengthened their positions. It is impossible to completely avoid the loss of points, and if they happen according to such a scenario as in the last round, then Napoli and Milan will be extremely happy.

In the last season, Inter and Milan were far better than the rest of their opponents and competed for winning the title for a long period of time. But at some point, Milan started performing really bad and the gap with Inter widened a lot. And Inter became the champions easily by a big gap. For this season, I wonder if we will witness a similar scenario. But I hope to see Napoli and Milan competing till the end.

[AndySt]

Inconsistent matches shown by Juventus in the series a few weeks this season have indeed made Allegri have to be clever to rack his brains to be able to at least bring Juve in the top four in order to secure a Champions League ticket next season, where this season they have to lose to compete with Inter. Milan AC Milan and also Napoli, indeed the game is still going so long but if Juventus still shows an ordinary performance it is not impossible that they will be overwhelmed by the Champions zone next season and we can even predict that they may fail to compete in the blue intercontinental club. This will happen at the end of the season considering how Napoli and AC Milan are performing, which is currently still very difficult for Massimiliano Allegri's troops to pursue.

In principle, the Juventus squad makes it quite possible to fight at least for getting into the Champions League zone in the championship and if this does not happen, it will be Allegri's personal failure and an excuse for the club's management to find another specialist for the post of head coach. All Juventus' problems so far stem from the fact that the team adapts to the requirements of Allegri and a slightly different style of play, not so spectacular in terms of the beauty of the game, but effective in terms of scoring points in the standings. In any case, the club's management will work to strengthen the squad, for example, there is information about unofficial contacts with Pogba's representatives about the return.

[Coyster]

Allegri understand all problems which are having in Juventus right now but main thing is he is taking sometime which is good for them because he is very good manager and have very good record here in this club.

Despite Allegri's record, it was always going to be a difficult job for him returning to Juve when he did, the club was already struggling, had lost their Seria A crown they had held for so many years and didn't win the UCL they so much want, so Allegri has to motivate his players to forget about all that and focus on their present game, this Juve team no longer scares teams in Italy, Allegri now has a job to rebuild that fear factor for his team, and that will only be when they are firing on all cylinders.

[Pulsar77]

Allegri understand all problems which are having in Juventus right now but main thing is he is taking sometime which is good for them because he is very good manager and have very good record here in this club.
Currently, many new and experienced players are under his management, but they are currently having some issues with giving not right results like we have in Manchester United sometime its happen, but mostly they will recover this all soon and able to have some good results in Italian League next month December is very important for few teams because this will decide how this title race is going which team can go to top and which is going down.

Juventus can do much better from their current form which will bring them to some better position for this year's end, even now they are not strong enough for having any chance of win.

Allegri, the team and the fans all need time. They should be very patient if they want to see the usual Juventus as soon as possible. It is doubtful whether this will happen in this season or the next. But I believe in Allegri to carry this team to titles again after they take their time and fix the main problems of the team. They are actually one of the best teams in the CL now. And looking at their current situation in the Serie A, it is really shocking to me. I wanna know why they aren't able to reflect this performance on the Serie A too.

[blue Snow]

Still can't prediction which one will be win between Napoli Vs Inter Milan, national FIFA matchday two weeks later and almost Napoli and Inter Milan player participated for their country will back to the club without injury,

Italy is on the top stand following Switzerland with the same points. they have to fight seriously to make gap points with the 2nd place. they have to win, we can't say anything when coming back to the club with injured when they want to save the country. there are some Napoli players who defend Italy, one of them Insigne, which many rumors about him wouldn't extend the contract in Napoli.

[Bitinity]

Juventus can do much better from their current form which will bring them to some better position for this year's end, even now they are not strong enough for having any chance of win.

Juventus is basically a new team since the end of the first Era of Allegri.

The team now has only 3-4 over 30years old players, Cuadrado Bonucci and Chiellini.
The majority of players have between 22-27 years, they need time and more quality to perform better.

The bigger problem is the midfield.

Absolutely correct, they had Pogba for years and then they had Pjanic for few years but they have no players who can play like Pjanic as a center controller of the game. Now the problem is not only midfielder but also striker. Morata still cant find his best form, Kean and Kaio are young talented players but still need more playing time in all competitions. I think Juventus will be focusing to buy new pure striker in the next transfer market than buying new midfielder because they have so many midfielders in the squad.

[BALIK]

Juventus can do much better from their current form which will bring them to some better position for this year's end, even now they are not strong enough for having any chance of win.

Juventus is basically a new team since the end of the first Era of Allegri.

The team now has only 3-4 over 30years old players, Cuadrado Bonucci and Chiellini.
The majority of players have between 22-27 years, they need time and more quality to perform better.

The bigger problem is the midfield.

Absolutely correct, they had Pogba for years and then they had Pjanic for few years but they have no players who can play like Pjanic as a center controller of the game. Now the problem is not only midfielder but also striker. Morata still cant find his best form, Kean and Kaio are young talented players but still need more playing time in all competitions. I think Juventus will be focusing to buy new pure striker in the next transfer market than buying new midfielder because they have so many midfielders in the squad.

Juventus' entire team needs reform now. After Ronaldo was included in the team, they became Ronaldo centric. They used to make match strategy based on him. And so after he left the team became completely unstable. Now not only their midfield, but the defense is also very weak. Has conceded 15 goals in 12 matches. The title-seeking team does not concede so many goals. The defender also needs to change.

[hahay]

Well, this is a common occurrence which will certainly make it difficult for the team to be consistent. But about Milan, with so much pressure at the moment with a tough schedule, but Milan can still give good results even though they only get one point, but that is good enough for Milan at the moment. I hope Milan will continue like this and get the title again after a long period of difficult times.

Only in UCL they haven't performed well, haven't won in 4 matches while in the league they are quite good, it's difficult to be able to perform equally well in all competitions, only a few clubs can do that and that is supported by a good selection of players. Bad results in UCL should make Milan more focus on league.

This is the best decision I think because AC Milan currently has no hope even to be in 3rd position.
The last 2 matches in the group phase they had to play Athletico and Liverpool and in this match a draw should be the best because it is very difficult to win a match against 2 very big clubs.
On the other hand, instead of dividing the focus of the players, I think it would be wise for them to prioritize Serie A at the moment because their potential and performance is good enough to win the title this season.

Yes, that's how it should be, Milan no longer has to target for a win or a draw in the UCL match because it will only endanger players for injury. There is nothing else that should be prioritized for Milan other than Serie A, because this season Milan is very likely to get the Serie A title. Considering the current title contenders are both in an unstable condition and maybe only Napoli will be the toughest competitor when this, but even so I still have high hopes for Milan even though I'm not a fan of them.

[OcTradism]

Milan no longer has to target for a win or a draw in the UCL match because it will only endanger players for injury. There is nothing else that should be prioritized for Milan other than Serie A, because this season Milan is very likely to get the Serie A title. Considering the current title contenders are both in an unstable condition and maybe only Napoli will be the toughest competitor when this, but even so I still have high hopes for Milan even though I'm not a fan of them.

Milan are realistic in Champions League because they see a very minor chance to go next. Moreover, even if they go next, they will not have too good chance to win next rounds.

Rather than wasting their resource for Champions League with vague hope, they should concentrate resource for Serie A where they are in the top standings and are fighting with Napoli, Inter Milan for Scudetto. Win the Scudetto this season and return stronger in Champions League next year. It's a good plan.

[flyer88]

Milan no longer has to target for a win or a draw in the UCL match because it will only endanger players for injury. There is nothing else that should be prioritized for Milan other than Serie A, because this season Milan is very likely to get the Serie A title. Considering the current title contenders are both in an unstable condition and maybe only Napoli will be the toughest competitor when this, but even so I still have high hopes for Milan even though I'm not a fan of them.

Milan are realistic in Champions League because they see a very minor chance to go next. Moreover, even if they go next, they will not have too good chance to win next rounds.

Rather than wasting their resource for Champions League with vague hope, they should concentrate resource for Serie A where they are in the top standings and are fighting with Napoli, Inter Milan for Scudetto. Win the Scudetto this season and return stronger in Champions League next year. It's a good plan.

hopes of advancing further in the Champions League competition for AC Milan may have been closed considering they had to lose to compete with Liverpool and also Atletico Madrid, but in the domestic competition pregnancy is worth considering this season where they are currently in second place in the standings with points. which is the same as Napoli, only different goal difference maybe this will continue to be intended by AC Milan to be able to get the scudetto title this season considering they have long been fasting for the Serie A title, the only step to win the scudetto this season they must always appear consistent every week they will do

[poldanmig]

Juventus can do much better from their current form which will bring them to some better position for this year's end, even now they are not strong enough for having any chance of win.

Juventus is basically a new team since the end of the first Era of Allegri.

The team now has only 3-4 over 30years old players, Cuadrado Bonucci and Chiellini.
The majority of players have between 22-27 years, they need time and more quality to perform better.

The bigger problem is the midfield.

Apart from the midfield, juventus also has a pretty bad defense so far, just imagine they have conceded 15 goals from 12 matches in the league and 2 goals in the champions league, in my opinion, if juventus still wants to get back on a positive track and be able to compete in the big four Serie A standings this season, they must really be able to take advantage of the summer transfer market to improve their squad and one of the things Juventus must focus on is their defense which looks quite fragile.

[rozak]

Apart from the midfield, juventus also has a pretty bad defense so far, just imagine they have conceded 15 goals from 12 matches in the league and 2 goals in the champions league, in my opinion, if juventus still wants to get back on a positive track and be able to compete in the big four Serie A standings this season, they must really be able to take advantage of the summer transfer market to improve their squad and one of the things Juventus must focus on is their defense which looks quite fragile.

if Juventus does have a good interest in improving the squad in the current team, the momentum of the next transfer market is a good move.
15 conceded, 16 goals, only 5 wins from 12 matches is a bad achievement for Juventus. there should be an improvement in Juve's performance to get to the top 4 of the Serie A standings.
you are right, the main focus that must be addressed is their defense. they must be stronger in defense because they see Juve's forwards are also quite productive.
the next match is against Lazio, and it could be quite a difficult match for Juve if they don't improve immediately.

[Spack17]

Juventus' next opponent is going to be Lazio and the match is in Stadio Olimpico. After some weeks, Juventus finally managed to win the last time. But their inconsistency is very alarming now. And Lazio is one of the very tough opponents to defeat in the Serie A. Because they defeated Inter (3-1) and Roma (3-2) both here. And the next potential victim is Juventus if they don't improve their performance. I'd like to see Juventus making us surprised but I'm still favoring Lazio not to lose this match in their own stadium. And Juventus couldn't even beat Lazio away in their last two meetings too.

[RondoAnyar]

Well, this is a common occurrence which will certainly make it difficult for the team to be consistent. But about Milan, with so much pressure at the moment with a tough schedule, but Milan can still give good results even though they only get one point, but that is good enough for Milan at the moment. I hope Milan will continue like this and get the title again after a long period of difficult times.

Only in UCL they haven't performed well, haven't won in 4 matches while in the league they are quite good, it's difficult to be able to perform equally well in all competitions, only a few clubs can do that and that is supported by a good selection of players. Bad results in UCL should make Milan more focus on league.

This is the best decision I think because AC Milan currently has no hope even to be in 3rd position.
The last 2 matches in the group phase they had to play Athletico and Liverpool and in this match a draw should be the best because it is very difficult to win a match against 2 very big clubs.
On the other hand, instead of dividing the focus of the players, I think it would be wise for them to prioritize Serie A at the moment because their potential and performance is good enough to win the title this season.

Yes, that's how it should be, Milan no longer has to target for a win or a draw in the UCL match because it will only endanger players for injury. There is nothing else that should be prioritized for Milan other than Serie A, because this season Milan is very likely to get the Serie A title. Considering the current title contenders are both in an unstable condition and maybe only Napoli will be the toughest competitor when this, but even so I still have high hopes for Milan even though I'm not a fan of them.

very wise if they do that.
but on the other hand maybe they now want to prove that a club from serie a can also survive in the ucl but now there is no hope for that.
on the other hand this is a pretty good opportunity for them to bring the title at Sansiro because indeed their opportunity is still open for now.
Besides that, currently their competitors are not too many and perhaps the most dangerous at this time are Inter and Napoli, which are quite tight in the standings.
as long as they maintain their performance I think the chance will be even greater.

[condoras]

Juventus' next opponent is going to be Lazio and the match is in Stadio Olimpico. After some weeks, Juventus finally managed to win the last time. But their inconsistency is very alarming now. And Lazio is one of the very tough opponents to defeat in the Serie A. Because they defeated Inter (3-1) and Roma (3-2) both here. And the next potential victim is Juventus if they don't improve their performance. I'd like to see Juventus making us surprised but I'm still favoring Lazio not to lose this match in their own stadium. And Juventus couldn't even beat Lazio away in their last two meetings too.

Lazio will always be a team that can defeat Juventus and any match between them will be defined by small details. This season both teams have weaknesses but this game is a derby. As you said, I will also give some extra credit to Lazio since they will play in front of their fans, and Juventus struggling to keep zero at their end.
Still, Juve is Juve and will definitely enter the game as "favorites". So hopefully, this will be a very entertaining game even if it's a risky game to bet on.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

Lazio will always be a team that can defeat Juventus and any match between them will be defined by small details. This season both teams have weaknesses but this game is a derby. As you said, I will also give some extra credit to Lazio since they will play in front of their fans, and Juventus struggling to keep zero at their end.
Still, Juve is Juve and will definitely enter the game as "favorites". So hopefully, this will be a very entertaining game even if it's a risky game to bet on.

This is not a derby match. Do I miss something?

Lazio are one of biggest teams in Serie A and have good records against top clubs. However, most of times Juventus are stronger than Lazio and they are stronger to many clubs in Serie A. This season, Juventus are in a rebuilding season after the departure of Ronaldo. Their strength is unstable and they are more vulnerable to be beaten and lost points. Lazio can take advantage of this time to win against Juventus.

In other seasons, I don't think Lazio have too good opportunity to beat Juventus.

[diderdrogba]

Lazio will always be a team that can defeat Juventus and any match between them will be defined by small details. This season both teams have weaknesses but this game is a derby. As you said, I will also give some extra credit to Lazio since they will play in front of their fans, and Juventus struggling to keep zero at their end.
Still, Juve is Juve and will definitely enter the game as "favorites". So hopefully, this will be a very entertaining game even if it's a risky game to bet on.

This is not a derby match. Do I miss something?

Lazio are one of biggest teams in Serie A and have good records against top clubs. However, most of times Juventus are stronger than Lazio and they are stronger to many clubs in Serie A. This season, Juventus are in a rebuilding season after the departure of Ronaldo. Their strength is unstable and they are more vulnerable to be beaten and lost points. Lazio can take advantage of this time to win against Juventus.

In other seasons, I don't think Lazio have too good opportunity to beat Juventus.

Yes, it is not a derby game indeed. It is just one of the big rivalries in the Serie A. Lazio are much better than Juventus lately and they are even better in their home games. They have beaten two big teams home in the league in this season as far as I know. And Juventus can be the next target. Juventus are having a bad period of time as they are in the recovery phase. Maybe they are good in the CL but I can't say the same thing for this league. I think each team will score and Lazio will draw with Juventus at worst.

[Pmalek]

Apart from the midfield, juventus also has a pretty bad defense so far, just imagine they have conceded 15 goals from 12 matches in the league and 2 goals in the champions league,

Those defensive problems are also connected to the weak midfield. Mistakes made with passing the ball around, lost balls 30 meters from your own goal, and things like that. With a stronger and more compact midfield, few balls would go through for the defenders to deal with. 

in my opinion, if juventus still wants to get back on a positive track and be able to compete in the big four Serie A standings this season, they must really be able to take advantage of the summer transfer market to improve their squad and one of the things Juventus must focus on is their defense which looks quite fragile.

You probably meant that they have to take advantage of the winter transfer market. It will already be late to wait until summer, and that's the end of this season.

One possible addition that was mentioned in the past is Rudiger from Chelsea. His contract is expiring at the end of the season and he already featured in Serie A for Roma. He knows his way around. Chiellini has unfortunately gotten old and injury prone. Rugani is useless for a team of this caliber. They are basically relying on the duo Bonucci and de Ligt alone. That simply can't work.

[Alanaz]

Juventus can do much better from their current form which will bring them to some better position for this year's end, even now they are not strong enough for having any chance of win.

Juventus is basically a new team since the end of the first Era of Allegri.

The team now has only 3-4 over 30years old players, Cuadrado Bonucci and Chiellini.
The majority of players have between 22-27 years, they need time and more quality to perform better.

The bigger problem is the midfield.

Apart from the midfield, juventus also has a pretty bad defense so far, just imagine they have conceded 15 goals from 12 matches in the league and 2 goals in the champions league, in my opinion, if juventus still wants to get back on a positive track and be able to compete in the big four Serie A standings this season, they must really be able to take advantage of the summer transfer market to improve their squad and one of the things Juventus must focus on is their defense which looks quite fragile.

at least in this case they should be able to maximize the midfield and make a little overhaul at the back.
They conceded 16 opposing goals but conceded 15 goals against their own. Of course this is not a pretty good thing with club juventus which was once the king's club in Serie A.
but on the other hand they also have to be able to secure their players, especially Federico Chiesa who is currently in demand by many clubs

[Altryist]

You probably meant that they have to take advantage of the winter transfer market. It will already be late to wait until summer, and that's the end of this season.

One possible addition that was mentioned in the past is Rudiger from Chelsea. His contract is expiring at the end of the season and he already featured in Serie A for Roma. He knows his way around. Chiellini has unfortunately gotten old and injury prone. Rugani is useless for a team of this caliber. They are basically relying on the duo Bonucci and de Ligt alone. That simply can't work.

Apart from all the defensive problems the team has faced this season, keep in mind that the team still doesn't have a good forward in the attacking line. Experiments with Chiesa in attack, and the uncertain play of Morata and Dybala is not what Juventus needs. I assumed that when Ronaldo left the team, the club received very good finances, which would be enough for him to strengthen the team. But perhaps Alegre simply decided not to make hasty decisions and is now working on these issues. In any case, Juventus definitely needs a reinforcement by new players in the winter transfer market.