Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[alpamar99]

After losing to Inter milan it looks like this will be a comeback for Napoli against Juventus later. They (Napoli) also just won against Sampdoria, this is also good capital for Napoli when they face Juventus later. Of course these two teams don't want to lose because they are both at the top of the standings and for Juventus if they lose this match it will make the distance with Napoli even further. The goal bets for both are very good, it is likely that these two teams will score goals against each other to achieve victory.

Juventus are not an easy opponent to beat like Sampdoria. Spalletti must mentally prepare his players to face a team that is unbeaten in 8 consecutive matches in Serie A, what's more amazing is that Juventus won 8 of these wins without conceding a goal.
Napoli benefits a little because of its status as a host, support from supporters can add to the sting of the players. Juventus also don't want to drop points, Allegri also wants to get a win to bring his team closer to Napoli.
The 7-point difference between Napoli and Juventus can still be trimmed if Allegri is able to bring home points from Napoli.

Regardless, it's still fifty-fifty and there could be very exciting matches going on in this match and it's not impossible that there will be another surprise in performance later.
What you said is true, Juventus is not a weak team like Sampdoria, especially with their current condition, they are actually very capable of beating Napoli, but on the other hand, Napoli's defeat to Inter is clearly a good lesson because this can indirectly say that they still have problems after a break in the world cup some time ago.

[Zackgeno96]

It's not Atalanta's season. That was already clear, a place in the sub-top seems the most realistic at the moment. Given the roster and players they have, that would also be a normal starting position. Today they play against Bologna and unfortunately they are 1-0 down half way through the first half. Atalanta have had some great years of success, but the magic seems to have faded a bit from this side. In the time of Corona you could still have an excuse, but not now. Verona won the relegation cracker against Cremonese and has therefore moved from last place. the numbers 18,19 and 20 are all 3 still in the battle for relegation. A big club like Samppdoria should never get into relegation problems. The truth is that they are (temporarily) now.

[Lillominato89]

It's not Atalanta's season. That was already clear, a place in the sub-top seems the most realistic at the moment. Given the roster and players they have, that would also be a normal starting position. Today they play against Bologna and unfortunately they are 1-0 down half way through the first half. Atalanta have had some great years of success, but the magic seems to have faded a bit from this side. In the time of Corona you could still have an excuse, but not now. Verona won the relegation cracker against Cremonese and has therefore moved from last place. the numbers 18,19 and 20 are all 3 still in the battle for relegation. A big club like Samppdoria should never get into relegation problems. The truth is that they are (temporarily) now.

Sampdoria is paying for corporate problems, a poor transfer campaign and a nightmare start to the league! I don't know if they will make purchases to improve the number of players they have and in my opinion they should make many purchases to fill some gaps. Atalanta is no longer what it was a couple of years ago and you could already see it last year, they started well at the start of the tournament but now they're already decreasing in performance! who knows if Gasperini will be able to make him regain that brilliance he once had

[mv1986]

It's not Atalanta's season. That was already clear, a place in the sub-top seems the most realistic at the moment. Given the roster and players they have, that would also be a normal starting position. Today they play against Bologna and unfortunately they are 1-0 down half way through the first half. Atalanta have had some great years of success, but the magic seems to have faded a bit from this side. In the time of Corona you could still have an excuse, but not now. Verona won the relegation cracker against Cremonese and has therefore moved from last place. the numbers 18,19 and 20 are all 3 still in the battle for relegation. A big club like Samppdoria should never get into relegation problems. The truth is that they are (temporarily) now.

Sampdoria is paying for corporate problems, a poor transfer campaign and a nightmare start to the league! I don't know if they will make purchases to improve the number of players they have and in my opinion they should make many purchases to fill some gaps. Atalanta is no longer what it was a couple of years ago and you could already see it last year, they started well at the start of the tournament but now they're already decreasing in performance! who knows if Gasperini will be able to make him regain that brilliance he once had

Well Atalanta was alright until recently but they really kind of threw this season away during the last four to five matches. They lost 11 points just out of the last 4 games and right now they are behind with one goal again. Up until then they have been competing pretty well. I think it is a bit too early to tell whether this is just an extraordinarily bad phase for them or whether they are really not on that top level they used to be anymore.

Napoli is playing very constant so far but they did that last season as well. The question is whether they can stand the pressure that surprisingly now comes from Juve.

[mendace]

The Roma transfer market continues, with ds Tiago Pinto always working to improve the squad. He therefore had to roll up his sleeves. On the other hand, if his Roma wants to aim for the Champions League zone, we need a dream team. We are not only talking about purchases, so a name could come from England, but also about sales and renewals to have a staff without luxury redundancies. In short, for the Portuguese ds there is a lot of work to do, but going with order here is the striker that the Giallorossi were looking for, coming directly from the Premier League. Ayoze Perez what do you think?

[Velvet78]

Hard days are still continuing for Atalanta. They have been unable to get a win for four weeks in the league first of all. And now things aren't going well for them against Bologna as well.

Bologna are in the lead by 1-0 and they have been more effective so far. Bologna are not a very easy opponent to beat maybe but Atalanta can do better than this normally. They have a good squad in their hands but they just have difficulties in using the players in the best way. The World Cup break wasn't good for them still as it seems and I wonder when they will start recovering.

[3meek]

Atalanta have not been playing well of late... In the last game against Spezia they miraculously managed to equalise at the end of the game... I don't know how the current game against Bologna will end, but judging by the kicking statistics, the hosts will be able to score more... Maybe in the second half Atalanta can start scoring... By the way, bookmakers are giving very high odds for their win - 6.5...

[Prince Malik]

Hard days are still continuing for Atalanta. They have been unable to get a win for four weeks in the league first of all. And now things aren't going well for them against Bologna as well.

Bologna are in the lead by 1-0 and they have been more effective so far. Bologna are not a very easy opponent to beat maybe but Atalanta can do better than this normally. They have a good squad in their hands but they just have difficulties in using the players in the best way. The World Cup break wasn't good for them still as it seems and I wonder when they will start recovering.

They really did a bad first half with just 4 goal attempts all off goal, they really need to find solutions in the second half and find some solutions before it's too late, they need to get at least 1 point to stay close from the 6 European spots and i believe with some changes in the second half they will manage to do something

[Falconer]

Thankfully Mourinho decided to make some changes in the second half which was a big help for the team. Of course it wasn't easy to make a comeback against Milan from a 2-0 disadvantage. But they tried to be more effective in attacking and got efficiency from it finally in the last minutes. Milan players must have been very frustrated after this point loss while three points were in their hands most of the time in the match. This is football of course and you must be ready for any outcome.

Still I hope Mourinho understood some important things from this match. I hope he prefers to start with a more offensive game plan against this kind of big teams from now on. Otherwise they will still continue to have problems on winning against such opponents.

Obviously it is a very disappointing result for all Milan players. They failed to secure the 3 points that they almost got, it was only about how to survive in the last 10 minutes before the game was over. Roma deserve to be grateful for the performance of their players who managed to take advantage of opportunities in the minutes before the end of the match, they were lucky and that was great.

Milan must fight not to lose in the next match, because currently 7 points from Napoli is a very large number to chase. I don't know if Milan are capable of it, but it looks like Napoli won't be easily expected to lose and drop points in matches against teams weaker than them. Because of this, Juventus, who had been inconsistent before, finally managed to take second place after Milan failed to maintain consistency after the World Cup break.

[giammangiato]

I had some big laughs this weekend
if anyone thought that Inter could win the scudetto, I advise them to look at their positions
after the fool remedied with Monza and Inzaghi's tears

he only beat Napoli by luck and that's it, crazy things

indeed the match was like a very strong blow for inter milan, somehow they had to share points when the match ended, even though on paper they were able to win the match if we look at the game against Napoli. but Ac monza was able to bury Inter Milan dream of achieving full results in that match where Dumfries was able to save ac monza from defeat which in the end inter milan and ac monza had to share points. this is inter milan's performance this season they are unstable where easy matches can lose points and it doesn't make sense if they think their opponent is too weak.

I agree with you
but I wanted to make a clarification, ALL seasons have unstable performance, not just this one
with all the coaches, not just with Inzaghi
so.. the fault is not of the coaches, it is not of the players.. therefore it is of the club, there is no escaping this verdict

[püsür]

Thankfully Mourinho decided to make some changes in the second half which was a big help for the team. Of course it wasn't easy to make a comeback against Milan from a 2-0 disadvantage. But they tried to be more effective in attacking and got efficiency from it finally in the last minutes. Milan players must have been very frustrated after this point loss while three points were in their hands most of the time in the match. This is football of course and you must be ready for any outcome.

Still I hope Mourinho understood some important things from this match. I hope he prefers to start with a more offensive game plan against this kind of big teams from now on. Otherwise they will still continue to have problems on winning against such opponents.

Obviously it is a very disappointing result for all Milan players. They failed to secure the 3 points that they almost got, it was only about how to survive in the last 10 minutes before the game was over. Roma deserve to be grateful for the performance of their players who managed to take advantage of opportunities in the minutes before the end of the match, they were lucky and that was great.

Milan must fight not to lose in the next match, because currently 7 points from Napoli is a very large number to chase. I don't know if Milan are capable of it, but it looks like Napoli won't be easily expected to lose and drop points in matches against teams weaker than them. Because of this, Juventus, who had been inconsistent before, finally managed to take second place after Milan failed to maintain consistency after the World Cup break.

Napoli is a team that starts well in the league every year and can't make it to the end. A similar situation may occur. So, no matter how many points Napoli might be ahead, there is still chance for Milan to catch up. It is not impossible. With Sarri, Napoli were ahead by 4-5 points in the last weeks (if I'm not mistaken) and lost the championship to Juve. Likewise, they started well last year, but they could not make it to the end. Against Roma, Milan was clearly the better side, but Mourinho teams save at least 1 point with a great clamping psychology in the matches where they lack in terms of game quality. All the substitutions were stupid. Especially taking 3 stoppers against the opponent that you dominate, who never come upon you, who do not pose the slightest danger, meant come and take care of me. So, Napoli might lose points until the end but Milan also have to shape up to catch up with them.

[snipie]

To be honest, I didn't watch Serie A games after World Cup, but how on earth could Juventus be on 2nd currently? I'm very sure that they were on 6th or 7th before the World Cup lmao. Even their fans kept singing Allegri Out in every match

Juventus won everything after the World Cup, while other teams like Milan, Inter, Lazio and Roma made mistakes that ended up dropping points. So Juventus managed to take every opportunity to be in second place at the moment where they have won in 2 matches since Serie A started on 4 January.

It is too early to judge about the consistency of each team after few games from the restart after the World Cup.
Juve victories are important for the team psychology but it was vs teams that were failing in their latest games.. while Roma and Milan faced each others so a draw between them remains a positive result.
Lazio is the real one that dropped and Inter is fluctuating. Meanwhile, Napoli is still in a safe position.

[Ratash]

What a crazy beginning of the seconc half between atalanta and bologna, after being behind and poorly performing in the first half, atalanta team has managed to maje a comeback and they are leading now 2 to 1 but there is more than 20 minutes until the end of the match either team can score which make it an exciting game.

[Prince Malik]

As i expected Atlanta turned the table and score two goals in 10 minutes to make the score 1-2, now they need to ne carful because the match still have around 25 minutes without counting the extra time and they need to at least keep the score to get this prisious 3 points after 4 matches without any win

[Minecache]

As i expected Atlanta turned the table and score two goals in 10 minutes to make the score 1-2, now they need to ne carful because the match still have around 25 minutes without counting the extra time and they need to at least keep the score to get this prisious 3 points after 4 matches without any win

I'm betting on Atalanta to win though. But I am not sure if Atalanta will win this match. Atalanta's performance is not good enough now. Atalanta's players have not been in good form for a long time. Even in the last match, they drew 2-2 with Spezia. Bologna though is a relatively weak opponent. Still, 3 points are very difficult for Atalanta.

Atalanta conceded a goal in the 6th minute of the match. Atalanta's defenders should have performed carefully. They lost points in the last few matches due to bad defense. However, Atalanta took the lead early in the second half with two goals. Now Atalanta is playing defensive tactics. It is expected that they will get 3 points in this match.

[Distraction]

Bologna are still having a good performance in the second half also. Atalanta are lucky also at the same time because both of their goal attempts in this half ended up with goals. Even if they win this match somehow this performance level is still unacceptable for them. Hopefully the players and manager are also aware of this. Bologna are in a better condition about ball possession in this half. We are in the last ten minutes now and Atalanta defense need to be tougher than ever.

Atalanta need to win this at all costs because only a win can help them pull themselves together. This win will help them stay only three points away from Inter which are the fourth-placed team in the standings. Top four is very important for any big team around the area and the competition is fiercer this season.

[minime0105]

Match between bologna and Atlanta we all know that Atlanta is good in scoring goals and the conceive goals too but the have  tried in their last games the equalize their last match with spezia that was already 2:0 in favour of spezia in the first half of the game before their today game with bologna, despite that it was a surprising draw I will say it wasn't a good result for a team like atlanta, Atlanta is known for their attacking football that helps them to bang more goals in several matches.

[indah rezqi]

Atalanta have not been playing well of late... In the last game against Spezia they miraculously managed to equalise at the end of the game... I don't know how the current game against Bologna will end, but judging by the kicking statistics, the hosts will be able to score more... Maybe in the second half Atalanta can start scoring... By the way, bookmakers are giving very high odds for their win - 6.5...

Just about a few minutes before the end of the match, I think Atalanta will secure this match with a win. After all, Atalanta had to break the chain of bad results in their last few matches, so this victory will be very important for them today. Yes, so these are 3 points for Atalanta which shouldn't be a draw in the last minutes of a match like Milan vs Roma.

[nurilham]

Juventus won everything after the World Cup, while other teams like Milan, Inter, Lazio and Roma made mistakes that ended up dropping points. So Juventus managed to take every opportunity to be in second place at the moment where they have won in 2 matches since Serie A started on 4 January.

In the last 5 matches, Juventus always won and get full points. There is a big improvement in Juventus performance, they look stronger and more solid now. Juventus wins not only after World Cup, they already won consistently every match before the World Cup. I guess Juventus finally find the best strategy that fits their current players, and it improves the players' morale.

Now they are in 2nd place, but they have a big match on January 14 (against Napoli). If they want to maintain the position at 2nd place, they must defeat Napoli. We know Napoli is a very surprising team this season, they only got 1 lose. So, it is time to show people whether Juventus has been stronger or not. Juventus will get a big challenge to play at Napoli home. Do you think Juventus will win the match, bro?

[Prince Malik]

Bologna are still having a good performance in the second half also. Atalanta are lucky also at the same time because both of their goal attempts in this half ended up with goals. Even if they win this match somehow this performance level is still unacceptable for them. Hopefully the players and manager are also aware of this. Bologna are in a better condition about ball possession in this half. We are in the last ten minutes now and Atalanta defense need to be tougher than ever.

Atalanta need to win this at all costs because only a win can help them pull themselves together. This win will help them stay only three points away from Inter which are the fourth-placed team in the standings. Top four is very important for any big team around the area and the competition is fiercer this season.

That's true, Atlanta did just 3 goal attempts in the second half and they scored twice, bologna played well but unfortunately they wasn't able to score the equalizer, a very important win for Atlanta that make them behind inter by just 4 points, if they want a champoins league spot they definitely need to get the maximum number of points in the second part of the season