Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[darewaller]

Juventus finished the round of matches before the world cup very well, i feel they had to show something after being eliminated from the champions league, their manager's job was in danger, the players had to react and they did, their impressive performance took them as high as third position, and back in the competition for the title. The only problem is that Napoli have been too good, they still have a 10 point advantage on Juventus, and i do not see what will affect Napoli's form after the world cup, they would remain strong and will surely win the league with a big gap.

It's also true that Juventus had a lot of injuries and that they were practically playing in an emergency. Not to mention that he had no money to spend on buying or changing coaches (to make the fans happy). The calm and patience in keeping Allegri (who is a good coach) finally paid off once the injured players returned.
An Inter mentality, which changes coaches as soon as the wind blows a little, leads nowhere.

I would guess that it wouldn't make sense to fire Allegri because there were no coaches that they could afford. Even if we stopped looking at the ones that are free agent (the other ones would have to be bought out basically) would mean maybe Tuchel was free to be hired, and I am sure between paying Allegri to leave and hiring Tuchel to come, that would have been easily 10 million gone very quickly, and they couldn't afford that.

So, it wasn't really a voluntary decision but more about the financial situation they are in. If they didn't have to fire Allegri and he freely left, they would be gladly getting someone better but that wasn't an option.

[Furious 7]

Allegri did an amazing job if truth be told. He fought really hard to maintain a good record for Juventus even with the injuries recorded in the early rounds of the season. It is sad that out of the five players still on injury four are uncertain of their return. Their exit from the champions league is quit understandable the still have hope in the Europa league and i hope more players recover before the heat of the Europa sets in.

But indeed, in this case, not everyone looks further, and not a few even criticize the way it works, even though in this case we know that Allegri's condition is not very good because he has lost a lot of his core players.
I think this could be a moment of awakening again for Allegri. He is now getting back injured players and Juventus' condition has also started to improve indirectly this silences oblique remarks about him.

[ilovealtcoins]

Allegri did an amazing job if truth be told. He fought really hard to maintain a good record for Juventus even with the injuries recorded in the early rounds of the season. It is sad that out of the five players still on injury four are uncertain of their return. Their exit from the champions league is quit understandable the still have hope in the Europa league and i hope more players recover before the heat of the Europa sets in.

But indeed, in this case, not everyone looks further, and not a few even criticize the way it works, even though in this case we know that Allegri's condition is not very good because he has lost a lot of his core players.
I think this could be a moment of awakening again for Allegri. He is now getting back injured players and Juventus' condition has also started to improve indirectly this silences oblique remarks about him.

Even if Allegri gets his injured players back, I don't think their performance will change much. Because this season Allegri has brought in Pogba and Di Maria to strengthen his squad. But we don't know yet if these two players can adapt to the Juventus team. However, Juventus' performance is now quite consistent. Although their squad is not very strong, their performance is quite stable now.

[alpamar99]

I would guess that it wouldn't make sense to fire Allegri because there were no coaches that they could afford. Even if we stopped looking at the ones that are free agent (the other ones would have to be bought out basically) would mean maybe Tuchel was free to be hired, and I am sure between paying Allegri to leave and hiring Tuchel to come, that would have been easily 10 million gone very quickly, and they couldn't afford that.

So, it wasn't really a voluntary decision but more about the financial situation they are in. If they didn't have to fire Allegri and he freely left, they would be gladly getting someone better but that wasn't an option.

For now it may be true, but when you see the reaction of most of the fans a few weeks ago when they saw Juventus' slump, it is clear that this has become a hot topic and is always in the media discussion.
At the moment Juventus are in much better condition and indeed with several players returning from injury makes Allegri breathe a sigh of relief especially since I was one of those who doubted he would stay before.

[TopT3ns]

Juventus are on a winning streak recently, in fact Juventus have not lost at all in their more than 5 Serie A matches. This is a big challenge for coach Luciano Spalletti with Napoli's main squad because this is part of the challenge that will hinder Napoli's consistency in winning the Serie A title this season.
Even though the meet between the two clubs will still take place in a few months, Spalletti needs to prepare Napoli to the maximum

With this achievement, Juventus managed to get back up and get five wins in a row, this shows that Juventus still has the potential to win in the Serie A League.
In January next year Juventus will meet Napoli, and they are a tough opponent for Juventus, so Juventus must prepare various strategies and players who are healthy and have full stamina to try their best to win.

[snipie]

With this achievement, Juventus managed to get back up and get five wins in a row, this shows that Juventus still has the potential to win in the Serie A League.
In January next year Juventus will meet Napoli, and they are a tough opponent for Juventus, so Juventus must prepare various strategies and players who are healthy and have full stamina to try their best to win.

Juve dropped in performance, that's a sure thing, what made it worse is the number of injured players they have especially their best players.
in January, there is Napoli but also Atalanta games that are challenging and requires the full team to be present, ready and concentrated.
In February they have Europa League games so better to try to win it since one of the best teams there, Barcelona and ManU, will be kicked making things a bit easier.

[OcTradism]

Juve dropped in performance, that's a sure thing, what made it worse is the number of injured players they have especially their best players.
in January, there is Napoli but also Atalanta games that are challenging and requires the full team to be present, ready and concentrated.

After winning 9 titles in a streak from 2011 - 2012 season to 2019 - 2020 season, their drop is reasonable. Do you think they can win Scudetto in another 9 seasons in another streak?

A realistic target for Juventus in next two seasons is a position in top four to play in Champions League. It is important to help their club maintains a good finance income and their attractiveness to star players. After spending two more seasons to buy some more star players and improve their internal quality, they can begin to think of winning Serie A again and even can go further in Champions League.

In February they have Europa League games so better to try to win it since one of the best teams there, Barcelona and ManU, will be kicked making things a bit easier.

It is about Europa League but let me use Barcelona, Manchester United and Arsenal as examples. They are all big clubs and have dominating times after that they have been in rebuilding period that takes a few years or even one decade. Juventus can not expect to get much faster rebuilding process.

[imamusma]

Juventus improved performance in the last five games has led them to third place in the standings with 31 points. Juventus are still 10 away from Napoli, it takes a lot of concentration for Juventus to catch up with the point deficit from Napoli. Spalletti is not too worried about the improvement experienced by Juventus because so far Napoli has always been able to give the best game. Juventus will need to prove their quality in the next few matches to give competition to Napoli, Allegri needs to add strength to his squad in order to maintain his performance.

Precisely if Napoli underestimate other teams just because they have a high point difference in the standings will bring them closer to failure this season. Napoli are still worried about missing their best chance of the season if they underestimate many other teams in the second half of the season, so there is no reason for the coach to let their point gap get even closer due to bad results.

I believe that Napoli can maintain its good trend in the second half of the season, but I also believe that the competition between the teams will be even tougher because every point is very important. Milan, Juventus and all of other teams is a threat for Napoli, so there is no reason to underestimate any team in the league.

[Bobrox]

Juventus consistency performance with 6 consecutive wins and returning to 3rd position is currently becoming interesting in the race for the Scudetto title this season. Until week 15th Juventus is only 10 points behind Napoli who are in first place, I think with injured factor and several main player have returning back from injured make Juventus more stronger than started season begin.

But the winning record achievement by Juventus have stop awhile with international and postponed match until one match later, I don't think with one months postponed match Juventus get back chemistry performance after 6 winning in a row because have build at the early and several player not participants at World Cup have different physical I think.

[Fara Chan]

>snipe

There is no certainty about this, a lot of players are available in the summer transfer market, because football will always bring surprises when it comes to player transfers, even though there are not many great players available.
What is worrying is when Napoli are not able to secure full points against AC Milan, Juventus and Inter Milan in the follow-up matches going forward, but I don't think there is certainty about the results of these matches either, because if you look at Napoli's dominance before the World Cup break, it is still quite consistent.

Yes, Napoli will face a tough challenge after the World Cup. Some teams are likely to improve their squad. But the eight-point advantage allowed Spalletti to settle down a bit and they just needed to keep their form as before. Napoli will face tough matches in January, they will face Juventus and Inter Milan. If they can overcome these two teams, Napoli's chances of winning the Scudetto will be even greater.

Napoli's biggest problem is that they don't have squad depth for substitute players, when several players are injured, automatic rotation will find it difficult to develop and it doesn't go according to the game scheme expected by Spalletti, so they have to buy several players in the transfer market next summer, in order to continue to maintain the chance to embrace the scudetto this season, because the difference of eight points is not too far for Napoli's competitors to chase.

[Hyphen(-)]

Juventus consistency performance with 6 consecutive wins and returning to 3rd position is currently becoming interesting in the race for the Scudetto title this season. Until week 15th Juventus is only 10 points behind Napoli who are in first place, I think with injured factor and several main player have returning back from injured make Juventus more stronger than started season begin.

But the winning record achievement by Juventus have stop awhile with international and postponed match until one match later, I don't think with one months postponed match Juventus get back chemistry performance after 6 winning in a row because have build at the early and several player not participants at World Cup have different physical I think.

It is possible that Juventus has fully recovered because six consecutive wins is an impressive peak for a team that has been struggling since the beginning of the season; however, title contentment will be a very difficult task for them because I have given it all to Napoli due to their very impressive performance so far in the League, which I am confident will continue because they have the squad to compete for the title. All Juventus has to aim for is a return to the Champions League next season.

[keyscore44]

Juventus improved performance in the last five games has led them to third place in the standings with 31 points. Juventus are still 10 away from Napoli, it takes a lot of concentration for Juventus to catch up with the point deficit from Napoli. Spalletti is not too worried about the improvement experienced by Juventus because so far Napoli has always been able to give the best game. Juventus will need to prove their quality in the next few matches to give competition to Napoli, Allegri needs to add strength to his squad in order to maintain his performance.

Precisely if Napoli underestimate other teams just because they have a high point difference in the standings will bring them closer to failure this season. Napoli are still worried about missing their best chance of the season if they underestimate many other teams in the second half of the season, so there is no reason for the coach to let their point gap get even closer due to bad results.

I believe that Napoli can maintain its good trend in the second half of the season, but I also believe that the competition between the teams will be even tougher because every point is very important. Milan, Juventus and all of other teams is a threat for Napoli, so there is no reason to underestimate any team in the league.

Napoli went into the season break with a good performance. They play great football. The way the Napoli team is performing, they will be a good team in the future. After the World Cup, I hope the Napoli team will perform well.

[keyscore44]

Juventus consistency performance with 6 consecutive wins and returning to 3rd position is currently becoming interesting in the race for the Scudetto title this season. Until week 15th Juventus is only 10 points behind Napoli who are in first place, I think with injured factor and several main player have returning back from injured make Juventus more stronger than started season begin.

But the winning record achievement by Juventus have stop awhile with international and postponed match until one match later, I don't think with one months postponed match Juventus get back chemistry performance after 6 winning in a row because have build at the early and several player not participants at World Cup have different physical I think.

Juventus is performing well. They have good players in their team, who play a lot of tactical games. However, some players in their team were probably injured, which had some impact on the team. But when they return to the team, the team will become stronger.

[rozak]

Juventus consistency performance with 6 consecutive wins and returning to 3rd position is currently becoming interesting in the race for the Scudetto title this season. Until week 15th Juventus is only 10 points behind Napoli who are in first place, I think with injured factor and several main player have returning back from injured make Juventus more stronger than started season begin.

But the winning record achievement by Juventus have stop awhile with international and postponed match until one match later, I don't think with one months postponed match Juventus get back chemistry performance after 6 winning in a row because have build at the early and several player not participants at World Cup have different physical I think.

It is possible that Juventus has fully recovered because six consecutive wins is an impressive peak for a team that has been struggling since the beginning of the season; however, title contentment will be a very difficult task for them because I have given it all to Napoli due to their very impressive performance so far in the League, which I am confident will continue because they have the squad to compete for the title. All Juventus has to aim for is a return to the Champions League next season.

Napoli currently has a big lead in the standings. but I still have confidence that Milan can still catch up on points in the remaining half of the season. Milan and Juventus could become a threat to Napoli if they don't play it safe to keep getting winning points. because now some strong ticks have started to improve unlike when the start of the season seemed to be playing badly.

[babo]

Juventus consistency performance with 6 consecutive wins and returning to 3rd position is currently becoming interesting in the race for the Scudetto title this season. Until week 15th Juventus is only 10 points behind Napoli who are in first place, I think with injured factor and several main player have returning back from injured make Juventus more stronger than started season begin.

But the winning record achievement by Juventus have stop awhile with international and postponed match until one match later, I don't think with one months postponed match Juventus get back chemistry performance after 6 winning in a row because have build at the early and several player not participants at World Cup have different physical I think.

It is possible that Juventus has fully recovered because six consecutive wins is an impressive peak for a team that has been struggling since the beginning of the season; however, title contentment will be a very difficult task for them because I have given it all to Napoli due to their very impressive performance so far in the League, which I am confident will continue because they have the squad to compete for the title. All Juventus has to aim for is a return to the Champions League next season.

they simply had a very small squad of players due to injuries
not having carried out a shopping campaign (they have no money) they had to manage the emergency without panicking, and you have to be honest, Max Allegri was very good at managing this thorny situation, without complaining (as Antonio Conte would have done) but working tirelessly

[mvdheuvel1983]

Napoli currently has a big lead in the standings. but I still have confidence that Milan can still catch up on points in the remaining half of the season. Milan and Juventus could become a threat to Napoli if they don't play it safe to keep getting winning points. because now some strong ticks have started to improve unlike when the start of the season seemed to be playing badly.

Neither Milan nor Juventus have the tactical strategy to fight for the league this season. It is obvious that Napoli has the edge over every other team. This is due to the crop of players they have and the ones that have been in the team. In addition, with Victor Osimhen in the team, staying in form and with the rest of the players, I think Napoli is going win the cup. They have a good team, a good midfield, a good defense and a good attack which consist of Simeoni, Zelensky and others. I have no doubt whatso ever in their ability.

[arimamib]

Juventus consistency performance with 6 consecutive wins and returning to 3rd position is currently becoming interesting in the race for the Scudetto title this season. Until week 15th Juventus is only 10 points behind Napoli who are in first place, I think with injured factor and several main player have returning back from injured make Juventus more stronger than started season begin.

But the winning record achievement by Juventus have stop awhile with international and postponed match until one match later, I don't think with one months postponed match Juventus get back chemistry performance after 6 winning in a row because have build at the early and several player not participants at World Cup have different physical I think.

It is possible that Juventus has fully recovered because six consecutive wins is an impressive peak for a team that has been struggling since the beginning of the season; however, title contentment will be a very difficult task for them because I have given it all to Napoli due to their very impressive performance so far in the League, which I am confident will continue because they have the squad to compete for the title. All Juventus has to aim for is a return to the Champions League next season.

Juventus have begun to recover from the chronic illness he has suffered since the start of the season, winning six consecutive matches indicates that Juventus have been able to provide competition in the top four positions. Talking about the Scudetto this season, it's still very far from Juventus. Napoli who managed to put in a very impressive performance has made a big gap in the standings. Napoli have collected 41 points, while Milan have managed to get 33 points and Juventus, who are in third place, have only got 31 points. The difference in points so far makes Juventus chances of winning the Scudetto very small.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Napoli are going to play three big games before their Champions League game against Frankfurt. They have five league games before this one and three of them are against Inter, Juventus and Roma. As usual, Napoli's target will be to win all of these games. If they leave these games with 9 points they will most probably be more ahead of their closest competitor in the league table also. Because Milan also have big games waiting for them in the meantime and I'm not confident if they can be as successful as Napoli.

Because there is a visible difference in Milan's performance compared to last season. They need to do an extra job this season while there is an extraordinary performance by Napoli now. They need to drop the loss of points in comfortable games to minimum for example. Their losing 5 points on last five weeks caused the gap with Napoli to get quite big in the first place.

[Minecache]

This will become increasingly clear next winter, AC Milan, Lazio and Juventus will enter the transfer market to increase the strength of their team, because the Scudetto hunt is still open for four clubs, AC Milan is only eight points adrift of Napoli.
If Napoli make three mistakes, then their closest competitor will offset the points. There will be many surprises when the matches take place next winter, those who were previously unbeaten will experience defeat or vice versa. Napoli must anticipate the possibility that will occur, in order to maintain the Scudetto opportunity.

And if AC Milan is able to match points with Napoli in the second half of the season or rather after the world cup is over, it also still opens up opportunities for Napoli to fight for the Scudetto. Because when Napoli start to make mistakes and lose some matches, the Napoli team will definitely evaluate their strategy and how to play well so that their competitors do not take the top position in an easy way.

There is no doubt race is still on because we all know nature of Serie A here any big change can happen with unpredictable way of play for few clubs and Italian soccer is also having some problems in last few years which is giving not clear things until end of the season even Napoli is clearly at the top, and they have enough firepower to keep their place but as we are going to have changes in winter transfer window then surely they can feel pressure for keeping their momentum and not allow their opponents to cut the points gape.
Defending champions AC Milan is surely going to have some changes for the best results with Juventus which was having big trouble through injuries will also jump into transfer window because now they are on recovery, and they want to have few better replacements for better results with Lazio and Inter are also giving them some pressure for improvement.

Serie A is currently led by Napoli. But I really do not feel that this is going to be permanent. I just simply cannot think that a team that has made mistakes in the past and eventually did not finish in a position which they should have, is likely to play really well throughout the whole season. I think they are almost certain to make mistakes and the other teams will punish them for it.

The performance of AC Milan, the defending champion seems to be questionable. Currently, they are in second place. But they are also eight points behind. They have not been very consistent as well. Inter aren't the favorite to win the league title. They are 11 points behind. They will have to improve significantly after the World Cup if they want to have a chance at the league title.

The competition is certainly going to be very tough towards the end of the season. But I think Napoli has the best advantage right now.

[boltz]

Juventus consistency performance with 6 consecutive wins and returning to 3rd position is currently becoming interesting in the race for the Scudetto title this season. Until week 15th Juventus is only 10 points behind Napoli who are in first place, I think with injured factor and several main player have returning back from injured make Juventus more stronger than started season begin.

But the winning record achievement by Juventus have stop awhile with international and postponed match until one match later, I don't think with one months postponed match Juventus get back chemistry performance after 6 winning in a row because have build at the early and several player not participants at World Cup have different physical I think.

It is possible that Juventus has fully recovered because six consecutive wins is an impressive peak for a team that has been struggling since the beginning of the season; however, title contentment will be a very difficult task for them because I have given it all to Napoli due to their very impressive performance so far in the League, which I am confident will continue because they have the squad to compete for the title. All Juventus has to aim for is a return to the Champions League next season.

Will they tho ? So far at Wolrd Cup , I don't see any Juventus player having a great run...or at least score. I've also saw that Vlahovic played last night against Brasil and only had the ball on his foot twice...so I'm super skeptical about Juventus and what they can achieve further in Seria A after World Cup break.

I'm still favoring Napoli to win it all and they know for sure that this is one in a lifetime moments , to be this close to take Seria A with Napoli.