Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[RealMalatesta]

Since the start of the season, Napoli have played extraordinary, but this is a different situation. After a long break, it is believed that changes will occur, especially after a friendly match where Napoli played less than optimally.
Betting on Napoli in this match is quite risky but anything is still very possible to happen.
this is a match that will be very fierce, I think it is difficult to choose a bet on one of the teams, but after I have considered it, I think it is more appropriate to bet on this match, is to take a goal over, seeing that both teams have great potential to score goals against each other.

after the world cup break, most teams played friendly matches to restore the squad mentality. Napoli did, despite the disappointing result. but in the Serie A match, now Napoli is the leader in the standings.
facing Inter is not an easy match for Napoli. but they can hold Inter. Inter just had a trial run with Sassuolo. with Inter winning 0-1.
what Inter has shown hasn't looked very good. but their chances of winning this match are bigger than Napoli's. A fight like this is hard to place a bet on. maybe I'll miss it.

I feel like friendly games to get back into match shape, and considering not that many players were in the world cup from serie A as a result, all comes down to realizing that they are not really doing anything big at the moment.

I personally would love to have a situation where teams would play against only their opponents during friendly, like Napoli vs Inter and Milan vs Juventus type of friendly during that period so that people would realize it is not really a big deal. In any case, I feel like Serie A is basically Napolis playground for this season, and I do not see them giving up the leadership at any moment of the season and will get the title by the end for sure.

[BitcoinAccepted]

Friendly matches in themselves are not bad. I think it's better than not playing games at all. Those games are only meant to keep the rhythm. Training alone won't get you a match rhythm of course. Competition in Italy starts in a few days, on January 04. A nice date, then people can still recover from old and new for a few days. There are countries in which they decided to hold football matches even on December 31. And matches on January 1st, what should we think of that? I think that's very badly managed. And for Inter it already seems to be the last chance to find the connection with Napoli.

[Lillominato89]

I don't feel the situation has changed or is different, a friendly match is so different from a competitive one, even if Napoli lost to Lille in a friendly match, it does not mean anything much to them and they will carry on in the seria a as they did before the world cup. The world cup break was not a long one, it was just for one month, so i don't feel there will be too many changes, as long as players aren't injured they will perform as they did before the world cup. I know Napoli have been too good this season, and seria a fans are waiting for a period that they will lose games, i don't think that period is now, it may probably be when they have won the league with some matches remaining to play.

A friendly match will not have any effect; in fact, when playing a friendly match, you must be careful because your opponent,Maybe the enemy has the potential to know the strategy used or maybe he also has the potential to injure the main players, which will cause losses; therefore, friendly matches should not be taken seriously.

Friendly matches are usually used to test and try some of the new tactics they will run so that some differences will be seen in the data later. regardless of losing or not actually this doesn't really matter but on the other hand this can also backfire I think when they keep trying to create new tactics of course there will be a number of things that maybe this will become data for other teams that they have weaknesses. there are actually pluses and minuses but it depends on the club and the coach too later because their goal is not to completely win but whether the new scheme is successful or not.

The world championship was played in a period in which all the European and non-European championships were active, many teams found themselves with many players not involved in the world championship! this is a big problem because it makes you lose your physical condition, so playing friendlies only serves to maintain physical rhythm and not to lose physical condition. Winning or losing them counts for little but obviously a defeat can weigh on the team's mood, but it's not long before we start again with Serie A and a key match between Inter and Naples! I'm really curious to see if both will restart with the physical condition they had before the world championship

[EdenHazard]

I was just reading some stuff about Juventus and it seems they want to go all in for Europa League this season and first game with Nantes seems pretty great for them during the fact that Nantes are clearly not having a great season in Ligue 1 with only 1 place between them and relegation spots.

It's also been a very long time since Juventus got an international trophy right ? This year seems to have the best chance to win a trophy as UCL is still a far away dream for them in current state of the club.

Well it won't really be easy ... there is barcelona awaits as well , so it's not only juventus being so serious facing the europa league this season gonna be really something to watch. Juventus still have a wide open cometition as well in the domestic league despite they are 10 points behind the leader napoli , it takes only a couple matches for them to get the situation in 180 degree.

5 days to go before the serie A restarted and juventus going to play cremonese which should be a 3 points clear tho.

[Rabi3]

I don't feel the situation has changed or is different, a friendly match is so different from a competitive one, even if Napoli lost to Lille in a friendly match, it does not mean anything much to them and they will carry on in the seria a as they did before the world cup. The world cup break was not a long one, it was just for one month, so i don't feel there will be too many changes, as long as players aren't injured they will perform as they did before the world cup. I know Napoli have been too good this season, and seria a fans are waiting for a period that they will lose games, i don't think that period is now, it may probably be when they have won the league with some matches remaining to play.

A friendly match will not have any effect; in fact, when playing a friendly match, you must be careful because your opponent,Maybe the enemy has the potential to know the strategy used or maybe he also has the potential to injure the main players, which will cause losses; therefore, friendly matches should not be taken seriously.

that's a good point, no manager will risk anything in a friendly match, just tries some new stuff, put some players together, try out young ones and players who didn't have a chance to play a lot in official matches...etc thats why sometimes we see good teams lose against unknown teams in random European leagues, so if i see Napoli losing 4-0 in a friendly i would probably still bet on them to win the league.

[bounceback]

I don't feel the situation has changed or is different, a friendly match is so different from a competitive one, even if Napoli lost to Lille in a friendly match, it does not mean anything much to them and they will carry on in the seria a as they did before the world cup. The world cup break was not a long one, it was just for one month, so i don't feel there will be too many changes, as long as players aren't injured they will perform as they did before the world cup. I know Napoli have been too good this season, and seria a fans are waiting for a period that they will lose games, i don't think that period is now, it may probably be when they have won the league with some matches remaining to play.

A friendly match will not have any effect; in fact, when playing a friendly match, you must be careful because your opponent,Maybe the enemy has the potential to know the strategy used or maybe he also has the potential to injure the main players, which will cause losses; therefore, friendly matches should not be taken seriously.

that's a good point, no manager will risk anything in a friendly match, just tries some new stuff, put some players together, try out young ones and players who didn't have a chance to play a lot in official matches...etc thats why sometimes we see good teams lose against unknown teams in random European leagues, so if i see Napoli losing 4-0 in a friendly i would probably still bet on them to win the league.

Yes it's true in a friendly match, it seems that the Napoli coach doesn't force his players to appear at full strength and usually in a friendly match, many teams just want to try to implement a new strategy and see if the strategy is suitable if implemented when they return to the series A match, Napoli is one of the strongest candidates in Serie A so I don't really believe if they played with an actual strategy in that friendly match because so far we have often seen how Napoli's performers play when competing for the Scudetto title.

[makishart]

I don't feel the situation has changed or is different, a friendly match is so different from a competitive one, even if Napoli lost to Lille in a friendly match, it does not mean anything much to them and they will carry on in the seria a as they did before the world cup. The world cup break was not a long one, it was just for one month, so i don't feel there will be too many changes, as long as players aren't injured they will perform as they did before the world cup. I know Napoli have been too good this season, and seria a fans are waiting for a period that they will lose games, i don't think that period is now, it may probably be when they have won the league with some matches remaining to play.

A friendly match will not have any effect; in fact, when playing a friendly match, you must be careful because your opponent,Maybe the enemy has the potential to know the strategy used or maybe he also has the potential to injure the main players, which will cause losses; therefore, friendly matches should not be taken seriously.

I don't think so, maybe for you it can't be a good measurement to determine the peformance from
the club. in my belief once a team can't even did well during the friendly match and that meant there was something wrong with the team. A good team will not consider the friendly match as something that's unimportant. Winning any match shall be a must to make sure that if the performance from the club will be stable wothout any problem that was affecting it. i kinda feel that if napoli has been using all of its strength against losc.

[Strongkored]

Yes it's true in a friendly match, it seems that the Napoli coach doesn't force his players to appear at full strength and usually in a friendly match, many teams just want to try to implement a new strategy and see if the strategy is suitable if implemented when they return to the series A match, Napoli is one of the strongest candidates in Serie A so I don't really believe if they played with an actual strategy in that friendly match because so far we have often seen how Napoli's performers play when competing for the Scudetto title.

Friendly matches can also be used by teams to train their team cohesiveness because a break of about a month can make them have to start over from the beginning or also to see the fitness of the players because not all players have the discipline to keep practicing during breaks, but whatever it is a friendly match cannot be used as a reference about the strength of a team

[rendravolt]

Yes it's true in a friendly match, it seems that the Napoli coach doesn't force his players to appear at full strength and usually in a friendly match, many teams just want to try to implement a new strategy and see if the strategy is suitable if implemented when they return to the series A match, Napoli is one of the strongest candidates in Serie A so I don't really believe if they played with an actual strategy in that friendly match because so far we have often seen how Napoli's performers play when competing for the Scudetto title.

Friendly matches can also be used by teams to train their team cohesiveness because a break of about a month can make them have to start over from the beginning or also to see the fitness of the players because not all players have the discipline to keep practicing during breaks, but whatever it is a friendly match cannot be used as a reference about the strength of a team

In fact, friendly matches can also be used as training to try new strategies or to harmonize new players that they rarely featured in the main lineup in each regular competition. So there are so many benefits from friendly matches in terms of the team, the coach and the players. So winning or losing is just a result that doesn't really matter to both teams.

[Lillominato89]

In the second half it seemed that Juventus had changed their game pattern and now Juventus have managed to equalize through a penalty goal, hoping that both teams will continue to give a good performance, buying and selling attacks and pressing will be interesting to watch.

yes, Juventus finally played better. Both teams showed an interesting game. the fight is almost over, but it looks like the result will still be the same 1-1.
hopefully, this will be an important capital for both teams to continue competing in the League. Juve after this will face a fairly weak team, Cremonese. until now Cremonese has not won. it would be bad for them if the situation didn't change. Juventus, of course, will certainly get an easy win.

well easy that plays well
now he doesn't have many injured people, now he doesn't have the crippled team

I laugh at those who were against Allegri hoping they'd kick him out, last minute and ignorant fans

Juventus have a very strong team on paper, perhaps the strongest formation in Serie A, the problem is that the players argue with Allegri, I have always labeled the Juventus fans as occasional, when Allegri took them to the Champions League final everyone said that he was the best, now that the team doesn't follow him, everyone says #allegriout

[Iranus]

Since the start of the season, Napoli have played extraordinary, but this is a different situation. After a long break, it is believed that changes will occur, especially after a friendly match where Napoli played less than optimally.
Betting on Napoli in this match is quite risky but anything is still very possible to happen.
this is a match that will be very fierce, I think it is difficult to choose a bet on one of the teams, but after I have considered it, I think it is more appropriate to bet on this match, is to take a goal over, seeing that both teams have great potential to score goals against each other.

after the world cup break, most teams played friendly matches to restore the squad mentality. Napoli did, despite the disappointing result. but in the Serie A match, now Napoli is the leader in the standings.
facing Inter is not an easy match for Napoli. but they can hold Inter. Inter just had a trial run with Sassuolo. with Inter winning 0-1.
what Inter has shown hasn't looked very good. but their chances of winning this match are bigger than Napoli's. A fight like this is hard to place a bet on. maybe I'll miss it.

I feel like friendly games to get back into match shape, and considering not that many players were in the world cup from serie A as a result, all comes down to realizing that they are not really doing anything big at the moment.
I personally would love to have a situation where teams would play against only their opponents during friendly, like Napoli vs Inter and Milan vs Juventus type of friendly during that period so that people would realize it is not really a big deal. In any case, I feel like Serie A is basically Napolis playground for this season, and I do not see them giving up the leadership at any moment of the season and will get the title by the end for sure.

If anyone is worried about the break in play, causing Napoli some problems, I want to say I am not sure that they will not face any problems. But at the same time I will say that even if they do perform badly from this point, they cannot blame it on the break in place. Because they have a good enough lead. This type of breathing space is hard to get. Especially with how competitive the Italian league has become. So, I don’t see them giving up the first position to any other team. Not with how they have been performing before the World Cup.

[zuzie]

If anyone is worried about the break in play, causing Napoli some problems, I want to say I am not sure that they will not face any problems. But at the same time I will say that even if they do perform badly from this point, they cannot blame it on the break in place. Because they have a good enough lead. This type of breathing space is hard to get. Especially with how competitive the Italian league has become. So, I don’t see them giving up the first position to any other team. Not with how they have been performing before the World Cup.

I understand why they think Napoli's performance has dropped after competition break that's because Napoli lost the last 2 friendly matches
In fact, the defeat cannot be used as the basis for their performance in the next match because friendly matches are not important matches so sometimes they don't use strategy and the main players.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Lazio are one of the most consistent teams in the recent seasons of the Serie A. By saying consistent, I mean that their place in the standings hasn't changed much in these seasons.

They have generally been finishing the league around the 5th place. However they can't qualify for the Champions League since the 2019/20 season. They finished that season at the 4th place and made it there. But they have been able to join the Europa League the most since then. While they are able to maintain a consistent performance the board must be hoping to see Lazio qualifying for the Champions League finally by this season. Their job is pretty hard though among the tough competitors. However Lazio have also impressed people so far. They just need to drop the loss of points in especially smaller games to minimum.

[OcTradism]

Lazio are one of the most consistent teams in the recent seasons of the Serie A. By saying consistent, I mean that their place in the standings hasn't changed much in these seasons.

They have generally been finishing the league around the 5th place. However they can't qualify for the Champions League since the 2019/20 season. They finished that season at the 4th place and made it there. But they have been able to join the Europa League the most since then.

You are right about stable performance and ranking of Lazio in latest season but do you know who is a player with great contribution for their success?

He is Ciro Immobile. It is shock for somebody if they know Immobile scored 23, 29, 15, 36, 20 and 27 goals since 2016 - 2017 seasons. In this season, he has scored 6 goals for Lazio. He is not a star player like Totti, Vieri, Del Piero in the past but he is similar to Daniele Di Natale of Udinese.

Another shock stats about Immobile, he has scored 267 goals in his career.

While they are able to maintain a consistent performance the board must be hoping to see Lazio qualifying for the Champions League finally by this season. Their job is pretty hard though among the tough competitors. However Lazio have also impressed people so far. They just need to drop the loss of points in especially smaller games to minimum.

Serie A has many teams with similar quality, Roma, Lazio, Juventus, Atalanta, AC Milan, Inter Milan and Napoli. It's very difficult for all clubs to end in top four with 7 or 8 clubs are ready to compete for only four positions.

[sana54210]

Juventus have a very strong team on paper, perhaps the strongest formation in Serie A, the problem is that the players argue with Allegri, I have always labeled the Juventus fans as occasional, when Allegri took them to the Champions League final everyone said that he was the best, now that the team doesn't follow him, everyone says #allegriout

I think it's not just about arguing but more about injuries. I mean allegri could handle this team as well as he possibly could, but that doesn't mean that he is going to end up with letting them get away with it. He is the one who build the formation and he is the one that will tell them where to stand and what to do and the players will have to follow that.

However, the injuries really hurt them a lot, they really need all the players they could get so that they would be actually good on paper. Right now they are good if they had no injuries, but from start of the season when they got so many losses and draws, it was due to them missing even more players.

[piebeyb]

Lazio are one of the most consistent teams in the recent seasons of the Serie A. By saying consistent, I mean that their place in the standings hasn't changed much in these seasons.

They have generally been finishing the league around the 5th place. However they can't qualify for the Champions League since the 2019/20 season. They finished that season at the 4th place and made it there. But they have been able to join the Europa League the most since then. While they are able to maintain a consistent performance the board must be hoping to see Lazio qualifying for the Champions League finally by this season. Their job is pretty hard though among the tough competitors. However Lazio have also impressed people so far. They just need to drop the loss of points in especially smaller games to minimum.

Lazio are reportedly threatened without their mainstay midfielder, Danilo Cataldi in the first Serie A match after the World Cup break against Lecce which will take place on January 4, 2023. Lazio midfielder, Danilo Cataldi is reportedly able to miss his team's match against Lecce after being forced to miss the training session which took place on Wednesday local time, I think lazio must get points in the match against Lecce to secure their position in 4th place

[sovie]

Juventus have a very strong team on paper, perhaps the strongest formation in Serie A, the problem is that the players argue with Allegri, I have always labeled the Juventus fans as occasional, when Allegri took them to the Champions League final everyone said that he was the best, now that the team doesn't follow him, everyone says #allegriout

I think it's not just about arguing but more about injuries. I mean allegri could handle this team as well as he possibly could, but that doesn't mean that he is going to end up with letting them get away with it. He is the one who build the formation and he is the one that will tell them where to stand and what to do and the players will have to follow that.

However, the injuries really hurt them a lot, they really need all the players they could get so that they would be actually good on paper. Right now they are good if they had no injuries, but from start of the season when they got so many losses and draws, it was due to them missing even more players.

In fact you are right, on every good team when an injury hits a player the swing is severely affected. Juventus have to perform well in the next matches if they want to do well. But they have some injured players in their team which will cause some problems for the team.

[Jatiluhung]

Friendly matches can also be used by teams to train their team cohesiveness because a break of about a month can make them have to start over from the beginning or also to see the fitness of the players because not all players have the discipline to keep practicing during breaks, but whatever it is a friendly match cannot be used as a reference about the strength of a team

And it's a fact that Napoli in this friendly match did implement several new strategies and formations. but it seems that the trial strategy is not going so well. and I think Napoli's initial formation is still the best. and yes i agree. that friendly matches cannot be used as a benchmark for a team's ability.

[Juggy777]

Juventus have a very strong team on paper, perhaps the strongest formation in Serie A, the problem is that the players argue with Allegri, I have always labeled the Juventus fans as occasional, when Allegri took them to the Champions League final everyone said that he was the best, now that the team doesn't follow him, everyone says #allegriout

I think it's not just about arguing but more about injuries. I mean allegri could handle this team as well as he possibly could, but that doesn't mean that he is going to end up with letting them get away with it. He is the one who build the formation and he is the one that will tell them where to stand and what to do and the players will have to follow that.

However, the injuries really hurt them a lot, they really need all the players they could get so that they would be actually good on paper. Right now they are good if they had no injuries, but from start of the season when they got so many losses and draws, it was due to them missing even more players.

In fact you are right, on every good team when an injury hits a player the swing is severely affected. Juventus have to perform well in the next matches if they want to do well. But they have some injured players in their team which will cause some problems for the team.

@sovie Juventus also had bad luck when Pogba got injured, because he was a top player when he used to play for Juventus and he could probably have transformed them but unfortunately he wasn’t able to be injury free this year. Furthermore Allegri is to be blamed for failing to inspire this Juventus squad, and honestly he needs to leave now so a new coach can rebuild this team and help bring back the club’s lost glory.

[Fara Chan]

Friendly matches can also be used by teams to train their team cohesiveness because a break of about a month can make them have to start over from the beginning or also to see the fitness of the players because not all players have the discipline to keep practicing during breaks, but whatever it is a friendly match cannot be used as a reference about the strength of a team

In this friendly match, Napoli changed their formation a bit and I think they wanted to test it on this new formation, and yes and agreed that this friendly match cannot be used as a benchmark for how strong the team is.
Maybe if Napoli kept using the initial formation, I think the performance would be better. In yesterday's match the Napoli coach just wanted to test a strategy or a new formation would be suitable or not suitable to be implemented.