Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[Mustang Shelby]

consistently it seems that Napoli always play well in every game, but sometimes a football club doesn't always win always, in this half of the season Napoli must maintain their playing style in order to remain consistent to win the Italian league this season, Napoli's next match will play against Sampdoria and can make up for yesterday's defeat

Napoli seems lost mentally champion from Inter. We know they will face tough challenges from a big club that have mentally champion like Inter, Juve and Milan. This is not easy to keep them on 1st top, I agree if they play consistently, Napoli will get what have they dream, but we know Napoli last scudetto about 32 years ago most likely they have forget how to defend it as a champion this season, slip will happen on the last week if lost and can't play consistently.

There is a 32-year longing.  They should see this as their biggest motivation to become a champion.  Napoli is a team that has the power to do that.  They may not have been able to give themselves to the game in the Inter match, they may have lost.  They have to recover quickly.  Morale is very important on the road to championship.

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[Alanaz]

Sassuolo messed up terribly in their last game against Sampdoria and lost a good opportunity to earn 3 points, playing against Fiorentina away from home will not be an easy task for the players of Sassuolo as Fiorentina are a tough team to beat whenever they are playing at their home stadium. I guess there is a high chance for Sassuolo to suffer another defeat in this upcoming match against Fiorentina.

5 matches without a win is a bad result that Sassuolo got, and now they have to have a match with a tougher team who in the last 5 matches can get 3 wins. Even though in the previous 2 matches Fiorentina failed to get full points, in this match they have the opportunity to regain the points they lost in the previous game. I will bet on Fiorentina in this match.

[bering]

One of the most interesting match on week 17 is Milan vs Roma and Milan definitely will be so confident to faced this match this because they never been lose from Roma 5 times in a row but Roma also will not be easily to beat especially Roma away matches records was quite impressive with gets 4 wins from 5 matches and my prediction this match will be so tight because i am sure both of teams don't want to conceded goals first but indeed i can see the bookie placed Milan as the favourite with odds @1.88 but whoever the winner of this match i think it will be ended with slim score

[swogerino]

So Inter is trying to make the Serie A interesting again by beating Napoli which came into that game without losing from I don't remember when.Now all the other teams who will win they will close somewhat the gap with Napoli.I know Napoli is still the favorite to win the Serie A but the fact that they lost a game after such a long time without losing and having only consecutive victories it shows that they are not as strong as they want us to believe they are.

Dzeko scored the 20th goal for Inter this season being one of the greatest buys of Inter and showing that this guy looks like does not age at all.

[hd49728]

One of the most interesting match on week 17 is Milan vs Roma and Milan definitely will be so confident to faced this match this because they never been lose from Roma 5 times in a row but Roma also will not be easily to beat especially Roma away matches records was quite impressive with gets 4 wins from 5 matches and my prediction this match will be so tight because i am sure both of teams don't want to conceded goals first but indeed i can see the bookie placed Milan as the favourite with odds @1.88 but whoever the winner of this match i think it will be ended with slim score

Roma ended their bad streak and back to winning. AS Roma have 6 points less than AC Milan and if they win it, they will see chance to join top four and farther take over the second position from AC Milan.

AC Milan have 2 and 3 points more than Juventus and Inter Milan so the match with AS Roma will be important for them to hold a second position. They must get one point from AS Roma because a defeat will put them to a fourth position if both Juventus and Inter Milan win their matches.

AS Roma won their first match after many weeks and Dybala was back but again their attacking system did not work well. After 16 matches, they scored only 19 goals that are very little for a club in top six of Serie A. They will have to score more goals because their defense is not too good and to win matches, scoring more goals is mandatory.

[piebeyb]

One of the most interesting match on week 17 is Milan vs Roma and Milan definitely will be so confident to faced this match this because they never been lose from Roma 5 times in a row but Roma also will not be easily to beat especially Roma away matches records was quite impressive with gets 4 wins from 5 matches and my prediction this match will be so tight because i am sure both of teams don't want to conceded goals first but indeed i can see the bookie placed Milan as the favourite with odds @1.88 but whoever the winner of this match i think it will be ended with slim score

there are some roma players who have minor injuries maybe that will be a weak factor for roma in the match later, of course milan has the upper hand to win the match later because milan seems to be fully focused on catching up with Napoli at the top of the standings, so maybe milan will play well and win narrowly in the match later

[LUCKMCFLY]

I'm still negative about Roma and will continue to be as well. Because as long as Mourinho continues to use the same old boring strategies there is no way this team are having a much better season than the last one. Currently it is like there is nothing changed for this team comparing to the previous season. They are still losing so many points and staying behind many big teams in the standings.

Obviously Roma need a substantial change in their game plan. They need to have a more attacking focused game rather than a cautious one.

I will not talk about Roma Serie A games before the break nor about their friendlies where they can test or play less seriously, but I will talk about their upcoming games in January, Roma will face Bologna, Milan, Fiorentina and Napoli. No one of these games should be underestimated. Milan and Napoli are the hardest one obviously but Fiorentina and Bologna are respectable teams that could surprise bigger ones.
Dunno how Mourinho prepared his team to face them but having bad results in all of them will make the whole situation very weird..

Well, to be honest, I don't see Mou as a bad technical director, I see him as the opposite, it should be noted that some games or the last games did not have Dybala, who is undoubtedly one of the players who makes the difference among all, his great injury affected him a lot, perhaps that is why Roma did not shine, however, he could say that Mou has something prepared for them, this tenuous director may seem from the old school and his methods may be orthodox, but he is very good, I consider him one of the best in the world, what happens is that his players have to follow everything he directs them very well.

In the match between Inter vs Napoli, Napoli did not score any goals after playing very well. However, Napoli played very well from the beginning to the end of the game. Neither team could score any goals before the halftime of the game. But after the halftime, Inter scored 1 goal and won the match.  Inter did not perform very well in the match. I expected Napoli to win this match. But Napoli did not score any goals in this match so they lost the match.

Napoli Played very well, they also dominated the match, The opportunities that the Napoli players got were not put to good use, no goals were scored by the Napoli players throughout the match. Inter instead took advantage of the Napoli players stalemate, one goal from Inter was enough to stop Napoli winning streak of 15 matches.
This victory further strengthens Inter position in fourth place, now Simone Inzhagi team is three points ahead of Lazio who is in fifth place. The top four positions are back in the hands of the top teams, the competition will still continue because Lazio and Roma are still trying to get into the top four, especially since the difference in points with Inter and Juventus is not too far.

Well this is something as I have always said, it is useless to play very well and in the end lose, sometimes soccer is not about playing well or better than the rival, because if you win it is because you did something or everything better than him. rival or if in any case you win by luck it is because you were still better than the rival, sometimes we see football as deserved, and it is not like that, in football the one who scores the most goals wins or the goal necessary to win the victory these are the main premises, because that is what remains in the story, the score and not who played better and almost won.

Napoli cannot be neglected anymore, I understand that Inter is a great team, one of the best in Italy and they demonstrated their supremacy, but they can no longer afford to lose, because losing the advantage they have in Serie A would be a total loss pity.

Here is an important summary:

Inter Milan 1-0 Napoli: Match Recap

Is this thing on? After a long break for the World Cup and the holidays, Inter Milan have taken the pitch to resume the 2022-23 Serie A season. In line with the bizarreness of this season, the first set of fixtures post-World Cup fell on a cold Wednesday afternoon in the city of Milano. Despite the cold, Edin Dzeko kept his hot Serie A form going as he headed home the only goal of the match, propelling Inter into the top four.

Source: https://www.serpentsofmadonnina.com/2023/1/5/23539830/inter-milan-1-0-napoli-match-recap

[shinratensei_]

Sassuolo messed up terribly in their last game against Sampdoria and lost a good opportunity to earn 3 points, playing against Fiorentina away from home will not be an easy task for the players of Sassuolo as Fiorentina are a tough team to beat whenever they are playing at their home stadium. I guess there is a high chance for Sassuolo to suffer another defeat in this upcoming match against Fiorentina.

5 matches without a win is a bad result that Sassuolo got, and now they have to have a match with a tougher team who in the last 5 matches can get 3 wins. Even though in the previous 2 matches Fiorentina failed to get full points, in this match they have the opportunity to regain the points they lost in the previous game. I will bet on Fiorentina in this match.

That's worst result for sassuolo. Lost 5 games in a row was so bad. Fiorentina will be able to destroy sassuolo easily. I think that it can be seen from how fiorentina was able to winning a few matches from last five matches in total. I think that people can see that the result from the match is so easy to be predicted. Fiorentina is having more chance to win against sassuolo but if sassuolo was lucky enough and then fiorentina will not able to defeat it or even sassuolo will be defeating fiorentina.
Sassuolo was in the very bad performance. I think that fiorentina can take the advantage from sassuolo. I will pick fiorentina as it has proven from last 5 matches

[nara1892]

One of the most interesting match on week 17 is Milan vs Roma and Milan definitely will be so confident to faced this match this because they never been lose from Roma 5 times in a row but Roma also will not be easily to beat especially Roma away matches records was quite impressive with gets 4 wins from 5 matches and my prediction this match will be so tight because i am sure both of teams don't want to conceded goals first but indeed i can see the bookie placed Milan as the favourite with odds @1.88 but whoever the winner of this match i think it will be ended with slim score

there are some roma players who have minor injuries maybe that will be a weak factor for roma in the match later, of course milan has the upper hand to win the match later because milan seems to be fully focused on catching up with Napoli at the top of the standings, so maybe milan will play well and win narrowly in the match later

Jose Mourinho had made AS Roma play well, but it didn't last long and then AS Roma again found problems from match to match. With the opponent who will be faced with the status of the defending champion who is in second place in the standings, this will be a very difficult job for Jose Mourinho so that his team play very well in this match. AC Milan is also trying to catch Napoli, who is currently in the top position, so they will play their best to achieve maximum results and close their points tally with Napoli. AS Roma are also at a disadvantage because their attack line is not that sharp in scoring goals.

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Jose Mourinho had made AS Roma play well, but it didn't last long and then AS Roma again found problems from match to match. With the opponent who will be faced with the status of the defending champion who is in second place in the standings, this will be a very difficult job for Jose Mourinho so that his team play very well in this match. AC Milan is also trying to catch Napoli, who is currently in the top position, so they will play their best to achieve maximum results and close their points tally with Napoli. AS Roma are also at a disadvantage because their attack line is not that sharp in scoring goals.

There was a lot of hope when Mourinho arrived in Rome, but Roma have not been a stable team so far. It seems that Mourinho has lost his touch. He is no longer a guarantee for a club to win in a competition, as he did at several previous clubs, such as when he was at Chelsea, Real Madrid or Inter Milan, or he still needs more time before he can finally build a solid team and can be more competitive in the League and Europe competitions.

[Fakhrulenclix]

One of the most interesting match on week 17 is Milan vs Roma and Milan definitely will be so confident to faced this match this because they never been lose from Roma 5 times in a row but Roma also will not be easily to beat especially Roma away matches records was quite impressive with gets 4 wins from 5 matches and my prediction this match will be so tight because i am sure both of teams don't want to conceded goals first but indeed i can see the bookie placed Milan as the favourite with odds @1.88 but whoever the winner of this match i think it will be ended with slim score

there are some roma players who have minor injuries maybe that will be a weak factor for roma in the match later, of course milan has the upper hand to win the match later because milan seems to be fully focused on catching up with Napoli at the top of the standings, so maybe milan will play well and win narrowly in the match later

AC Milan's performance is very good at the moment and the big motivation to reduce the points gap with Napoli at the top of the standings makes AC Milan very favorite in the match against AS Roma.
but that doesn't mean surprises can't happen, as we know since last season Roma have improved much stronger and also this season they are continuing even better than last season it's just that until now they haven't been consistent but regarding the quality and performance of their team they are very good.
so this is an interesting match, even though AC Milan's chances of winning are greater but a fierce match will not be avoided in this top Serie A team match.

[indah rezqi]

Roma ended their bad streak and back to winning. AS Roma have 6 points less than AC Milan and if they win it, they will see chance to join top four and farther take over the second position from AC Milan.

AC Milan have 2 and 3 points more than Juventus and Inter Milan so the match with AS Roma will be important for them to hold a second position. They must get one point from AS Roma because a defeat will put them to a fourth position if both Juventus and Inter Milan win their matches.

AS Roma won their first match after many weeks and Dybala was back but again their attacking system did not work well. After 16 matches, they scored only 19 goals that are very little for a club in top six of Serie A. They will have to score more goals because their defense is not too good and to win matches, scoring more goals is mandatory.

No, I don't think Roma have been able to beat Milan even though recently Roma managed to get 3 points from Bologna. Roma have suffered 4 defeats and 1 draw in their last 5 matches against Milan, so I think I know who should be expected to win this weekend's match.

Besides that, I have no doubts about Milan's performance so far where they have been quite good with only losing 2 and draw 3 in 16 matches. Besides, I'm sure Milan will definitely fight to win their home match because they have to try their best to reduce the points gap with Napoli. So it's the same as you would expect, if you expect Roma to beat Milan and get 3 points then of course Milan will also be expected to win their home match for 3 points.

[wmaurik]

there are some roma players who have minor injuries maybe that will be a weak factor for roma in the match later, of course milan has the upper hand to win the match later because milan seems to be fully focused on catching up with Napoli at the top of the standings, so maybe milan will play well and win narrowly in the match later

AC Milan will definitely play well against AS Roma, because AC Milan also doesn't want to be humiliated at home by the AS Roma team. After all, as you said, AC Milan is trying to shorten the distance from Napoli, who was beaten by Inter Milan yesterday, so any match will be a very good opportunity for AC Milan to realize its goals. Even though AC Milan will not immediately win easily because every game always requires struggle.

[swogerino]

there are some roma players who have minor injuries maybe that will be a weak factor for roma in the match later, of course milan has the upper hand to win the match later because milan seems to be fully focused on catching up with Napoli at the top of the standings, so maybe milan will play well and win narrowly in the match later

AC Milan will definitely play well against AS Roma, because AC Milan also doesn't want to be humiliated at home by the AS Roma team. After all, as you said, AC Milan is trying to shorten the distance from Napoli, who was beaten by Inter Milan yesterday, so any match will be a very good opportunity for AC Milan to realize its goals. Even though AC Milan will not immediately win easily because every game always requires struggle.

Roma is not in the best of their form and Milan when playing at home usually plays well,now more than ever they would want to win this game to try and shorten the distance with Napoli.They are just 5 points between each other and if they win the game they go 2 points behind Napoli with Napoli having one more game to play.

Milan by winning this game does two things at once,first they shorten the distance and second they put a lot of pressure on Napoli to win the game they have more at all cost and this does not translates always well.

[Ratash]

Napoli team suffered the first loss of the season in the serie A and the gap was closed to five points but still a big difference to overcome especially since milan performance does not look that great i consider juventus a more threatning team, they won a great number of games without conceiding goals which is an impressive feat in the serie A, things will heat up in the next rounds we might see some changes in the top spots of the table.

[Davidvictorson]

Milan by winning this game does two things at once,first they shorten the distance and second they put a lot of pressure on Napoli to win the game they have more at all cost and this does not translates always well.

AC Milan will pay to win because they know that Napoli lost to Inter. They will fight hard to close the gap so that they can retain the title. In their forth coming match, they will fight hard against an experienced AS Roma team which is being managed BY the legendary Jose Mourinho. My thought is that AS Roma will ride on the victory of their last win against Bologna.

[ginsan]

Napoli seems lost mentally champion from Inter. We know they will face tough challenges from a big club that have mentally champion like Inter, Juve and Milan. This is not easy to keep them on 1st top, I agree if they play consistently, Napoli will get what have they dream, but we know Napoli last scudetto about 32 years ago most likely they have forget how to defend it as a champion this season, slip will happen on the last week if lost and can't play consistently.

This month Napoli have gotten tougher opponents to test their consistency in Serie A. Especially after the defeat to Inter Milan which made Napoli have to be careful in the upcoming matches. Napoli will face Sampdoria before they face Juventus. one mistake will make their point distance closer to the rival team below. Napoli have indeed been fasting for the Scudetto title for a long time so they may lose balance a little when they have to fight with big teams like when they were defeated by Inter Milan.

Ac milan has found its best form after winning a dramatic win against selernitana, Ac milan I think will continue to stick to Napoli at the top of the standings in the upcoming matches.

[lizarder]

Sassuolo messed up terribly in their last game against Sampdoria and lost a good opportunity to earn 3 points, playing against Fiorentina away from home will not be an easy task for the players of Sassuolo as Fiorentina are a tough team to beat whenever they are playing at their home stadium. I guess there is a high chance for Sassuolo to suffer another defeat in this upcoming match against Fiorentina.

Fiorentina are very superior in this match, because they are playing at home in Week 17, while Sassuolo travels to Fiorentina's headquarters in less promising conditions, after suffering two consecutive defeats against Sampdoria and Bologna. So that the chances of getting full points when they travel to Fiorentina headquarters are very small, especially now that Fiorentina is chasing full points to improve the standings.

While Fiorentina were also less impressive in the previous two matches, they drew against Monza and lost against AC Milan, but I think they will get a win against Sassuolo in week 17, because they are superior playing at home.

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Sassuolo messed up terribly in their last game against Sampdoria and lost a good opportunity to earn 3 points, playing against Fiorentina away from home will not be an easy task for the players of Sassuolo as Fiorentina are a tough team to beat whenever they are playing at their home stadium. I guess there is a high chance for Sassuolo to suffer another defeat in this upcoming match against Fiorentina.

Fiorentina are very superior in this match, because they are playing at home in Week 17, while Sassuolo travels to Fiorentina's headquarters in less promising conditions, after suffering two consecutive defeats against Sampdoria and Bologna. So that the chances of getting full points when they travel to Fiorentina headquarters are very small, especially now that Fiorentina is chasing full points to improve the standings.

While Fiorentina were also less impressive in the previous two matches, they drew against Monza and lost against AC Milan, but I think they will get a win against Sassuolo in week 17, because they are superior playing at home.

At the start of the season now Sassuolo is still not in good shape and they only have 4 wins and more defeats with 8x so indeed this situation is difficult for Sassuolo to get points at home Fiorentina which is slightly better than the away team I don't expect anything bad more so for Sassuolo as they have been on a losing streak over the last few weeks.

Bookies also offer great odds for Sassuolo, it's just that it will be a risk if taken, but I quite believe that Fiorentina will win, even if you say the game is not impressive, but when facing teams below that, at least the hosts have a little ambition to win.

[aylabadia05]

Many football fans would have predicted that Napoli will maintain their unblemished record, but football games are unpredictable until the last whistle. Now, Napoli's prospects of clinching the championship this season may be in jeopardy if they lose their upcoming game.

At least we can only hope that the defeat against Inter Milan does not spread to the following matches in Serie A because after all Napoli still need points to be able to realise the dream of winning the Scudetto.
Luciano Spaletti must motivate his players to forget the defeat to Inter Milan and evaluate where Napoli's shortcomings lie in order to focus on the next match because Sampdoria will be waiting for them and Napoli will also be welcomed by Juventus in match 18.