Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[Raflesia]

Actually I don't see anything that can be linked between Pogba's absence and Juventus' defeat because AFAIK Pogba only made a difference when they met Guadalajara and they without Pogba had succeeded in holding Barcelona before so when they lost to Madrid I don't see any logical reason to be associated with it. Pogba.

Their formation against Madrid is a little different, usually their tactics put forward midfielders to explore further but when they meet Madrid they don't do that because their 3 midfielders have been locked by 3 Madrid midfielders so their strategy doesn't work.
When this happens I still feel they have to make a more suitable formation with 4 or even 5 midfielders like they did before.

I don't know what would happen if Pogba was able to play in this match and I don't care about it much too actually. Because it was just a friendly and the more important thing now is that the league is beginning in two weeks. Being deprived of him after the season starts would affect Juventus negatively surely. Because we have seen this for a long time when it comes to their midfield. Adding Pogba to the team was going to be like a medicine for it but he has got an unfortunate injury now.

Now Juventus must be in high hopes I think, because I actually believe they want Pogba to have surgery but on the other hand they don't want to force it and Pogba is now choosing to rehab so he can play in the world cup.
This clearly has an effect in the long term for Pogba because with this it is certain that he will be vulnerable in his knee and there could be something that he does not want to happen later.

[Altryist]

If you consider the results from head to head, then you will find where Udinese have always managed to hold Milan to a 1-1 draw in their last three matches. Therefore, the opening match for the two will be an exciting match because Milan this season, which is the reigning champion, will at least be the favorite team. But considering the poor head to head, then it becomes a prediction that may be a little complicated because both of them are also in the transfer window so active in recruiting players.

The results of past matches should be taken into account, but this cannot be a determining factor for the upcoming match. Even the theory of probability tells us that teams cannot constantly play a draw with each other. And if so, I think that Milan has much more chances to win than Udinese, so the start for the champions should be successful. In friendly matches, Udinese also looks weak.

[Bonenx14]

Udinese is not a strong team. But AC Milan is always unlucky against Udinese. They don't play well against Udinese. Milan has drawn their last 3 matches against Udinese. And each match was drawn 1-1. And so I doubt if Milan can win the opening match of the season. Considering the results of the previous matches, the match is likely to be a draw.

AC Milan will play at home in their first game next season. So I'm sure Giroud and origi will be able to present the first win for AC Milan. if you look at their matches in the previous 3 matches, the final result always ends in a draw. but seeing the performance of ac milan as winners of the Scudetto last season I'm sure they will easily beat udinese in their first match. for udinese against ac milan in the early match is quite a difficulty for them because ac milan is an opponent that is difficult to beat by them.

[herurist]

Paul Pogba's injury is a big blow to Juventus. This is one of the consequences of over depending on a particular player. Now the club has to look for an emergency substitute. He is desperate to feature in this world cup because this might be his last shot, hence he is willing to take any risk. He promised to make Manchester United regret letting him go.   

In the short term maybe he can't immediately play in a series A match, but I don't think it's a big loss. Juventus have plenty of stock midfielders with the same position as Pogba.
Their losses may not yet be able to get Pogba to play together and adapt in the pattern of the game. I heard he would heal a month or two. So the hope of playing in the world cup is still open. Hopefully, he will recover quickly and be able to join the French.

He will probably recover but he has to be more careful in playing because indeed he is only doing rehabilitation and not surgery so the chances of him recovering permanently and being able to play without worrying this cannot happen.
He should be able to play well with his current foot condition which is quite vulnerable I think it's a bit risky but when the desire to play in the title once every 4 years is clearly unbearable.

[KTChampions]

Hehe, exactly as I predicted. Let's see what it will lead to in the end. I wouldn't be surprised if there is a recurrence of the injury and Pogba ends up missing the World Cup, then undergoing surgery and therefore missing the rest of the season. I don't think the club is happy with this decision. If I were the bookmakers, I would now lower Juventus' chances of winning the championship.

The doctor has given him two options for recovery from his injury, surgery and therapy, I think his choice now may be quite risky but this will be a better option for the team and the country, because if Pogba has surgery then Pogba will have a long recovery so that makes him absent from the world cup and also the club, but with therapy, he will most likely be able to play in the world cup and defend juventus in the fifth week, it is true that without surgery it is possible that the injury will come back later but I think pogba and juventus know what is best for them to do now.

To what extent this decision is correct, we will know only later. And then if Pogba recovers without problems, everyone will say that it was the right decision, but if he aggravates his injury, then everyone will say the opposite.
In my opinion, this is a selfish decision, since I have not heard that the French team is having problems with the squad, but Juventus definitely needs a healthy player. Pogba made this decision based on his ambition and nothing more.

[Ayers]

I heard he would heal a month or two. So the hope of playing in the world cup is still open. Hopefully, he will recover quickly and be able to join the French.

He will recover, yes but many argue that the conservative therapy method he has chosen is a short-term solution to a long-term problem because even after recovering, there is no guarantee that the knee problem will not return maybe after a while. The permanent solution would have been surgery but surgery will take him out of play till the new year and that will mean that he will miss the world cup, something he doesn't want. At this point i hope that he recovers quickly for club and country sake, and that his challenge doesn't reoccur before the world cup.

Not going for that surgery is a good decision, because he won't be happy on himself for missing a world cup because of his decision, juventus would have prefer a surgery because they will need him on a long run, France needs him just same way his fans want to see him at the world cup and another thing if he didn't perform well for club and prove his fitness,I doubt if the France team national coach will call him for the world cup, because France has lot of good players in  that same position of his.

there are a lot of opinions out there about what he chooses to do, but I believe that a player should always put his health before everything

he is not likely to be able to play later if he does not receive the proper treatment right now, i am not about to put another opinion out there, i am just writing to say that if this treatment works for him and does not pose any risk to his health in the long term, i am absolutely okay with that

however, if this is actually a short-term solution that doesn't look favorable for his health in the long run, i would advise him to move ahead with the surgery, it doesn't matter even if he has to miss the world cup

[DanWalker]

Udinese is not a strong team. But AC Milan is always unlucky against Udinese. They don't play well against Udinese. Milan has drawn their last 3 matches against Udinese. And each match was drawn 1-1. And so I doubt if Milan can win the opening match of the season. Considering the results of the previous matches, the match is likely to be a draw.

It's true, Milan has always struggled against Udinese, and I noticed this not only in the last 3 matches, but since the last few seasons, Udinese have always performed very well against Rossoneri. This is no longer a coincidence. However, Udinese seems understand what to do so AC Milan failed to get 3 points against them. Likewise, at the beginning of the 2022/2023 season, Milan had to think better to be able to penetrate the Udinese defense and bring 3 points.

If I remember correctly Milan did not win against Udinese the last three times that they met. It was a 1-1 draw every time in the last three times.

So, I think it is going to be interesting to see the match. Obviously, Udinese is not a strong team. So on paper, Milan should be able to beat them.

And even though this looks really bad if we just look at the last three matches, if we look at the last 10 matches we will say that Milan have won 4 of them and 5 of them were draws.

I still strongly believe that Milan will be able to win. Additionally, they should not lose these matches and should not even draw them. This is because they will need to bring 3 points from these types of matches if they want to keep the title.

[sana54210]

Udinese are one of the teams that Milan have had problems on winning against in the recent years. Their last three head-to-heads even ended up with draws with the same score indeed. Actually there is a huge strength difference between these teams normally but Udinese are like Milan's counter now. Starting the season with this game might be annoying for Milan but maybe they can put an end to this bad form against them by this game. I wonder what Origi will do at his new team. He has a big opportunity ahead to be one of the stars of the season.

AC Milan have to solve problems every time they meet Udinese. A record that is not too good in their meeting record proves that they can still be overcome by Udinese. But now that their squad has changed, it will definitely change the conditions of the game as well. It is a job for AC Milan to set foot in Serie A smoothly.

Even though starting the season is very important because it gives you a relax time during the middle and the end, you do not have to worry about just the first game, that is not really that big of a deal. Loo kat Arsenal last year, they were last team in the league after a few weeks, and then finished around the top, which shows you that it is not that important on what you do within the first weeks, it is important to go on a roll eventually.

If you do play badly for a long time (like koeman and Barcelona, or ole and united) then manager will be fired and that will be a trouble, but if it is just 3-4 games and then you go on a roll then you will be doing fine and nobody would mind.

[Google+]

If I remember correctly Milan did not win against Udinese the last three times that they met. It was a 1-1 draw every time in the last three times.

So, I think it is going to be interesting to see the match. Obviously, Udinese is not a strong team. So on paper, Milan should be able to beat them.

And even though this looks really bad if we just look at the last three matches, if we look at the last 10 matches we will say that Milan have won 4 of them and 5 of them were draws.

I still strongly believe that Milan will be able to win. Additionally, they should not lose these matches and should not even draw them. This is because they will need to bring 3 points from these types of matches if they want to keep the title.

one of the ways that AC milan has to do in their first match of the season is to play more aggressively in the first half and be able to press udinese from every angle so that their chances of getting 3 points I think will come true. udinese are a center team and their game tends to be unstable if they get tough resistance from their opponents so this can be a good point for ac milan to press them with attack after attack. Victory must be obtained in the early game because it can trigger their enthusiasm to be able to defend the Scudetto. but for big scores i think this is difficult to happen at least ac milan should score 2 goals in their first game.

[ShowOff]

there are a lot of opinions out there about what he chooses to do, but I believe that a player should always put his health before everything

he is not likely to be able to play later if he does not receive the proper treatment right now, i am not about to put another opinion out there, i am just writing to say that if this treatment works for him and does not pose any risk to his health in the long term, i am absolutely okay with that

however, if this is actually a short-term solution that doesn't look favorable for his health in the long run, i would advise him to move ahead with the surgery, it doesn't matter even if he has to miss the world cup

Juventus lost because of Pogba's injury, that's for sure. But every player will surely experience the same thing and his team must accept the consequences wisely. Pogba may be able to recover faster than expected, but of course health is important for a player where it is more likely for him to rest longer in order to minimize the risk of relapse in the future.

If his recovery lasts long, then Juventus may soon find a replacement. In addition, France also will not take a big risk to call him into the World Cup squad if his condition has not fully recovered. There are many good players to replace him in the France squad, but maybe not many at Juventus.

[coinlocket$]

Saturday 13th August
AC Milan 17:30 Udinese
Sampdoria 17:30 Atalanta
Lecce 19:45 Inter Milan
Monza 19:45 Torino
Sunday 14th August
Fiorentina 17:30 Cremonese
Lazio 17:30 Bologna
Salernitana 19:45 Roma
Spezia 19:45 Empoli
Monday 15th August
Verona 17:30 Napoli
Juventus 19:45 Sassuolo


9 days at the start of the season,


Are you ready?

Source https://www.skysports.com/serie-a-fixtures

[alpamar99]

It looks like it will be, but I don't see their tempo going to change. Perhaps what is increasing is the increasingly balanced competition. That will make the match even more interesting. Perhaps at the moment I see Rome to move up the fold better.  They are very active in the transfer market. It's possible that they can get into the top 5 at the end of the season. But to guess the champion will still be difficult.

Hope that can happen because Roma seem to be more active in making moves in the transfer window this time and this is a good thing because it shows that they are more intent on making a breakthrough now.
Actually, in this case I want to see Atalanta's Underdogs again to rise because last season they were not like the previous seasons which always troubled the opponent.

Right now, things are very interested in Italian League as Juventus is having some trouble after Paul Pogba injury even it's not going to have big impact because they have few good replacements but still an issue for them with few more changes are in progress but still they are strong enough for challenging inter and AC Milan for staying at the top with now race is open for later positions.

Roma is doing some good in transfer window, and they are in strong position with hoping for having good changes in fortune as well Napoli and Atlanta both are in not good shape but still can give them challenge for fourth spot which is interesting because Atlanta was good in last season start but sadly in last few rounds they choke and lost their position now we have to wait for their performance can they give challenge, or they are down and out.

Currently Milan have problems that can not be solved easily due to carelessness in managing their finances.
I might be a little doubtful of Milan now even for the fight for 1st and 2nd place because they apart from having financial problems they are also faced with Zlatan's injury there which must have an impact on several things because we know last season Zlatan was one of the protectors for their young players and he is a good motivator.

[bekti3]

I think Leandro Paredes is determined in this regard because indeed he realized when he stayed even though he had another year on his contract he would only be on the bench for one season because of the intense competition there. It would be better if he left as soon as possible.

As for Pogba, he is taking a big risk because with this his knee will become more vulnerable and this will actually affect his performance. But he has already decided to take the world cup and it is a big and risky decision.

Paul Pogba, who suffered a serious injury, seemed to have made Juventus a little confused, especially since the Serie A competition was about
to start. So most likely Juventus will not be able to play Paul Pogba in the first few games in Serie A. This makes Juventus have to move quickly
to find a solution, then the name Leandro Paredes appeared as a player who was ready to replace Pogba. Moreover, Paredes game with Pogba is
not much different and it also seems that Leandro Paredes is no longer needed by PSG.

I think it's the right decision if Juventus buys Paredes from PSG, moreover it's still unclear how long Pogba needs to rest. There are even rumors
that there is a possibility that Pogba will not be able to play in the 2022 World Cup, but I'm sure Pogba will try to heal his injury as soon as
possible, because Pogba would love to play in the World Cup, although the risks involved are quite large. I wish Paul Pogba a speedy recovery,
because I want to see Pogba immediately play at Juventus and for the time being the best solution for Juventus is to bring in Leandro Paredes.

Right now Pogba's condition will probably heal faster because he decided not to have surgery on his knee but this doesn't stop Juventus in the hunt because if we look at some time ago there were some news saying that Juventus and Paredes have agreed on personal terms and now it's just a matter of waiting. how they approach PSG in this case because indeed when talking about PSG money is not everything for them so Juventus need to make something interesting to bring Paredes.

[blue Snow]

Right now Pogba's condition will probably heal faster because he decided not to have surgery on his knee but this doesn't stop Juventus in the hunt because if we look at some time ago there were some news saying that Juventus and Paredes have agreed on personal terms and now it's just a matter of waiting. how they approach PSG in this case because indeed when talking about PSG money is not everything for them so Juventus need to make something interesting to bring Paredes.

Juventus is very active in transfer mart to redeem the mistake on the previous session, so I think they will bring a new player until the windows closed. the latest news, Juventus is also interesting to bring Kostic, a player who created 15 assists on 40 matches in Eintracht Frankfurt. Kostic is shining enough to bring Frankfurt to be champion of the Europa League, so is nothing wrong if Juventus is very interesting to get his signing contract to Delle Alpi and build the club like the past.

[Oneandpure]

Juventus is very active in transfer mart to redeem the mistake on the previous session, so I think they will bring a new player until the windows closed. the latest news, Juventus is also interesting to bring Kostic, a player who created 15 assists on 40 matches in Eintracht Frankfurt. Kostic is shining enough to bring Frankfurt to be champion of the Europa League, so is nothing wrong if Juventus is very interesting to get his signing contract to Delle Alpi and build the club like the past.

Impressive statistic from Filip Kostić with created 15 assist on 40 matches, I think Serbian Midfielder player is good option for Allegri after losing Paul Pogba for long time. Juventus still need to find new midfielder because their priority player Paul Pogba have been recovery from his injury more than three until four months. I think will not find difficulty for Juventus get Filip Kostić from Frankfurt depending with transfer values offering by Juventus, but he will need time adapt with Serie A than Bundesliga have different culture. With transfer window still opening in long time have many possibility for Juventus get new player on several position.

[Davidvictorson]

Impressive statistic from Filip Kostić with created 15 assist on 40 matches, I think Serbian Midfielder player is good option for Allegri after losing Paul Pogba for long time. Juventus still need to find new midfielder because their priority player Paul Pogba have been recovery from his injury more than three until four months.

If Juventus gets kostic and Morata, then what do will they do with kean? If they get Paredes what will they do with Rovella? Meanwhile Sandro and Pellegrini are chilling and Udogie going to Tottenham. As you may already know Tottenham and  Udinese have now reached a verbal agreement for the transfer of Destiny Udogie £20m + bonuses but he will be loaned back for a season. Well, I do not blame them though one thing I have come to understand is  that Pogba, Chiesa & McKennie may get injured again during the season. Therefore, back up is mandatory.

[Lordhermes]

Impressive statistic from Filip Kostić with created 15 assist on 40 matches, I think Serbian Midfielder player is good option for Allegri after losing Paul Pogba for long time. Juventus still need to find new midfielder because their priority player Paul Pogba have been recovery from his injury more than three until four months.

If Juventus gets kostic and Morata, then what do will they do with kean? If they get Paredes what will they do with Rovella? Meanwhile Sandro and Pellegrini are chilling and Udogie going to Tottenham. As you may already know Tottenham and  Udinese have now reached a verbal agreement for the transfer of Destiny Udogie £20m + bonuses but he will be loaned back for a season. Well, I do not blame them though one thing I have come to understand is  that Pogba, Chiesa & McKennie may get injured again during the season. Therefore, back up is mandatory.

Juventus are a very strong side now.They have brought in some key players who will definitely affect the Juventus squad positively in a way that other teams will find it very difficult to defeat.They brought in Paul Pogba from Manchester United to be their rock of ages,but the only issue they will have is that Pogba seems to be injury prone as of lately.He is somebody that was very strong physically and has that combative spirit while on the ball.I am very happy that leagues will start as soon as possible where we will see our favourites teams perform.

[Juggy777]

I think Leandro Paredes is determined in this regard because indeed he realized when he stayed even though he had another year on his contract he would only be on the bench for one season because of the intense competition there. It would be better if he left as soon as possible.

As for Pogba, he is taking a big risk because with this his knee will become more vulnerable and this will actually affect his performance. But he has already decided to take the world cup and it is a big and risky decision.

Paul Pogba, who suffered a serious injury, seemed to have made Juventus a little confused, especially since the Serie A competition was about
to start. So most likely Juventus will not be able to play Paul Pogba in the first few games in Serie A. This makes Juventus have to move quickly
to find a solution, then the name Leandro Paredes appeared as a player who was ready to replace Pogba. Moreover, Paredes game with Pogba is
not much different and it also seems that Leandro Paredes is no longer needed by PSG.

I think it's the right decision if Juventus buys Paredes from PSG, moreover it's still unclear how long Pogba needs to rest. There are even rumors
that there is a possibility that Pogba will not be able to play in the 2022 World Cup, but I'm sure Pogba will try to heal his injury as soon as
possible, because Pogba would love to play in the World Cup, although the risks involved are quite large. I wish Paul Pogba a speedy recovery,
because I want to see Pogba immediately play at Juventus and for the time being the best solution for Juventus is to bring in Leandro Paredes.

Right now Pogba's condition will probably heal faster because he decided not to have surgery on his knee but this doesn't stop Juventus in the hunt because if we look at some time ago there were some news saying that Juventus and Paredes have agreed on personal terms and now it's just a matter of waiting. how they approach PSG in this case because indeed when talking about PSG money is not everything for them so Juventus need to make something interesting to bring Paredes.

I feel that who ever comes for Pogba should knows that he’ll only be warming the bench if Pogba recovers quickly, and with the World Cup coming the player could miss out from his team’s World Cup squad due to lack of game time. Lastly for now we’re being led to believe that Pogba will be back soon, but there’s no guarantee that he’ll be 100% fit or play the classy football he used to play in his first stint at Juventus post his recovery.

[Sebas.tian]

In this Serie A encounter this season we will see if their AC Milan players can perform better against Udinese or they will continue to play like the previous season's encounter, but if from my personal point of view, they will most likely be able to show a better performance, moreover now there is a slight change in the line-up after bringing in several players such as Ketelaere and Origi who will make the AC Milan squad even stronger.

AC Milan will still be seeded. in terms of the squad, they are still better than Udinese. and it will not change anything even if there is a change in their formation or lineup.
Udinese did not do much to improve their squad. I think they will perform like last season. and Milan will get the win.

Yes, Milan squads are very more active than Udinese in this season because Milan coach is seriously working to ensure his players get it right to embrace this season title and still remain the strong team in this Italian league competition. It will be difficult for Udinese to take first position in this season competition, because Milan has different strategies they used to defeat any strong teams in this Italian league competition like the way they did to eliminated many teams in last season to remain the best team in the season which they will definitely apply those strategies in this season to win the title.

[CryptoBuds]

I feel that who ever comes for Pogba should knows that he’ll only be warming the bench if Pogba recovers quickly, and with the World Cup coming the player could miss out from his team’s World Cup squad due to lack of game time. Lastly for now we’re being led to believe that Pogba will be back soon, but there’s no guarantee that he’ll be 100% fit or play the classy football he used to play in his first stint at Juventus post his recovery.

Pogba will look to integrate into the squad very soon. He won't do that for Juventus. He wants to play in the World Cup. So he will try his best to join the squad even if he is not fully fit. So I don't think Juventus will get the expected performance from Pogba. Even so, Pogba's performances have been good in the last few seasons. The next season will not be pleasant for Pogba either due to injury at the beginning of the season.