Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[execijutiere]

In the last match of the week played today we watched fiorentina-atalanta.Atalanta led in the first half of the match.In the second half fiorentina scored a goal from a penalty to draw the match.fiorentina was the dominant team in the overall match.Although they had more possession and got into more scoring positions, they didn't score many goals.This resulted in a draw.In fact they could have won the match.

[Sirait]

In the last match of the week played today we watched fiorentina-atalanta.Atalanta led in the first half of the match.In the second half fiorentina scored a goal from a penalty to draw the match.fiorentina was the dominant team in the overall match.Although they had more possession and got into more scoring positions, they didn't score many goals.This resulted in a draw.In fact they could have won the match.

I personally didn't expect the final result of this match to be a draw, especially as Fiorentina had many great opportunities to score goals, apart from that, it was also superior in terms of ball possession and shots on goal, it was clear that Atalanta was very lucky. This result makes Atalanta's position a little threatened, because Juventus continues to stick in 7th position with 44 points and has a great chance to stop in 5th position until the end of the season.

[Docnaster]

If Atalanta manage to win against Fiorentina today then this is going to be really bad for Juventus. Because the gap between in the standings will be 7 points and it will be much more difficult for Juventus to keep up for a spot in the Europa Conference League. I might understand the loss against Lazio a little despite that bad performance but Juventus shouldn't have played that much bad against Sassuolo which led to another loss. They just gave many chances to Atalanta to get away from them more.

However right now Fiorentina look like the better playing side against Atalanta. If they increase the level of pressure in the second half then they can manage to turn the match around. But actually Fiorentina don't have much goal left for this season so I still doubt that possible comeback. But who knows maybe they can do this anyway thanks to their amazing form in the recent times.

It's still halftime for both teams and I think even though Atalanta are already 1 goal ahead, the result is still not safe considering that Fiorentina have also had good performances in several of their matches. Maybe what will be unexpected is the comeback from Fiorentina and I'm pretty sure they can do it in the second half. Even so, the second H2H often ends in narrow wins for each team. But if Fiorentina fail to comeback then they will target a draw in this match.

Atalanta has been one of the best performing club in the Italian league in the past three seasons but their performance this season has been short of their standard because I was expecting them to finish the season in any of the top four positions.
If they had won tonight, they would've been just two points behind the fourth placed club. They still have some more matches play before the end of the season and with determination, a top four finish is still possible

[Dewi Aries]

The first half looked likely to be won by Atalanta even though Fiorentina had the upper hand in terms of possession and their chances were thwarted when Atalanta counterattacked and capitalized on the momentum when Joakim Mæhle scored.
Now time is running out even though at the moment it seems that Fiorentina are increasingly eager to equalize and the match is still very exciting to watch.

Fiorentina managed to equalize the score in the 56th minute through penalty yeah that's not worse than having to lose all the points
Fiorentina made a lot of shots and on target unfortunately only one goal was successful even though they should at least be able to score 2-3 goals based on the shots.

[Velvet78]

Honestly there was a really deserved victory to be obtained by Fiorentina there but they couldn't. The goal expectation was a little over 2 but they couldn't score the winning goal anyway despite all that effort.

Atalanta had better even consider themselves lucky to get this point by 1-1. If they didn't get ahead first then I wouldn't have even waited for them to score a goal in this game. Because they had only one shot on target in the whole game. This was a really poor performance by them. Juventus can still keep their hopes up for taking Atalanta's position but it won't be easy at all. Because Juventus also have a bad form for a couple of weeks in the league.

[snipie]

Fiorentina managed to equalize the score in the 56th minute through penalty yeah that's not worse than having to lose all the points
Fiorentina made a lot of shots and on target unfortunately only one goal was successful even though they should at least be able to score 2-3 goals based on the shots.

It is a positive result for Fiorentina after all to get 1 point from Atalanta. Fiorentina didn't lose any of their 15 games in different competitions while Atalanta could barely win two games before losing again.. Such results made them at risk since Juventus aren't that far from them.

[Google+]

Yes agree. at least Lazio has left Rome, Milan and others with quite a lot of points. Moreover, their performance is getting better so that they might stay in second place until the end of the season.
Different from Lazio, Juventus actually lost points because they lost to Sassuolo. Meanwhile, Atalanta are currently still drawing 1 - 1 against Fiorentina.

The match between Fiorentina vs Atalanta ended 1-1 with both teams sharing 1 point in this match. Fiorentina were able to play quite well in this match, they were able to dominate the match which made it difficult for Atalanta to develop their game. With that situation, I think that Florence is still quite stable with 1 point in this match because Atalanta's quality is better than them this season.

a draw must be regretted by Atalanta because they were able to score a goal earlier but they failed to protect it as best they could in this match. an additional 1 point also failed Atalanta to shift Inter Milan ranking which was above them in the standings table.

[Docnaster]

The first half looked likely to be won by Atalanta even though Fiorentina had the upper hand in terms of possession and their chances were thwarted when Atalanta counterattacked and capitalized on the momentum when Joakim Mæhle scored.
Now time is running out even though at the moment it seems that Fiorentina are increasingly eager to equalize and the match is still very exciting to watch.

Fiorentina managed to equalize the score in the 56th minute through penalty yeah that's not worse than having to lose all the points
Fiorentina made a lot of shots and on target unfortunately only one goal was successful even though they should at least be able to score 2-3 goals based on the shots.

I was thinking that Atalanta will be able to widen their space with Juvebtus after the unexpected lose game from Juv at Del tricolore. Atalanta today did not display their best game. They Seemed to have needed a draw in today's game cuz from first half till the end of the second half they only succeeded in making just one on target attempt while Fiorentina kept on pressing them in every angle. I was thinking Fiorentina will be able to net a second goal before the end of the game but it was quite unlucky for them

[G_Besar]

The match between Fiorentina vs Atalanta ended 1-1 with both teams sharing 1 point in this match. Fiorentina were able to play quite well in this match, they were able to dominate the match which made it difficult for Atalanta to develop their game. With that situation, I think that Florence is still quite stable with 1 point in this match because Atalanta's quality is better than them this season.

a draw must be regretted by Atalanta because they were able to score a goal earlier but they failed to protect it as best they could in this match. an additional 1 point also failed Atalanta to shift Inter Milan ranking which was above them in the standings table.

This draw is certainly not a good result for Atalanta because they need points to enter the hunt for a ticket to the Champions League. However, thanks to the additional point, this makes Atalanta's chances even tougher to enter the Champions League or Europa League. Atalanta should have been able to settle in fourth place if they managed to get full points in the last two matches, but what is said is beyond expectations they had to give up on Bologna last week at home. Gasperini certainly has to rack his brains again so that his team can return to winning ways, especially since the opponent that will be faced next week is AS Roma, which has now managed to occupy third place in the standings.

[arimamib]

In my opinion Juventus' chances in the Champions League are small, if you rely on the remaining matches in Serie A, AC Milan and Roma will definitely make the same target as Juventus, their current point advantage is also slightly bigger for Juventus to pursue. So a more realistic opportunity is to secure Europa League tickets and they still have the chance to catch Inter Milan and Atalanta

But the remaining few matches will make things clearer, can Juventus finish in the top five or not? Juventus also have a tough match in the following week after playing in the European league, because they will face Napoli and this match will determine how Juventus can give their best results in this season.

Obviously Juventus has a difficult obstacle to break into the top 4 because they are 9 points adrift of AC Milan who is in 4th place. Actually Juventus had the previous chance but two consecutive defeats made their chances of breaking into the top 4 even more difficult if the other teams were able to appear consistently  and continue to widen the distance from its competitors.

It is possible that Inter Milan can return to the top 4 if they are able to win victory after victory in the upcoming matches, because AC Milan has been less stable this season so Inter Milan can take advantage of this situation.

Roma and lazio are likely to be relatively safe for next week but consistency is needed to maintain the points gap with teams below their ranking.

[Leviathan.007]

I didn't understand that Inter will lose the match in today's Inter vs Monza match of the Italian League. I thought that Inter is ahead in the points table, so maybe Inter will win the match. But the players of Inter team could not score any goals in the match. Monza showed an amazing performance.  Both teams played very well in the early part of the game but Monza took the lead with 1 goal in the 78th minute. After that neither team managed to score another goal. In the end Monza won by 1 goal.

The reason why Monza can beat Inter Milan is not just because Monza had a good performance against this team but the main reason for this result was the poor performance of Inter Milan they had a good time for just a few weeks when they were in the second place of the table but recently they have an unstable situation and even in the games they won they have poor performance.

[Uruhara]

I was thinking that Atalanta will be able to widen their space with Juvebtus after the unexpected lose game from Juv at Del tricolore. Atalanta today did not display their best game. They Seemed to have needed a draw in today's game cuz from first half till the end of the second half they only succeeded in making just one on target attempt while Fiorentina kept on pressing them in every angle. I was thinking Fiorentina will be able to net a second goal before the end of the game but it was quite unlucky for them

This draw is also not too surprising. because the Atalanta vs Fiorentina match is always fierce, in fact, this almost happens in every meeting of these two teams. Even Atalanta almost lost in this match. because Fiorentina played better than Atalanta in this match. And Atalanta looks like it will be even more difficult to get a Champions League ticket if they still can't get a win in the following matches. And currently Juventus are also struggling to catch Atalanta. and the difference in points between the two is also not too much, namely only a difference of 5 points.

[Dewi Aries]

I was thinking that Atalanta will be able to widen their space with Juvebtus after the unexpected lose game from Juv at Del tricolore. Atalanta today did not display their best game. They Seemed to have needed a draw in today's game cuz from first half till the end of the second half they only succeeded in making just one on target attempt while Fiorentina kept on pressing them in every angle. I was thinking Fiorentina will be able to net a second goal before the end of the game but it was quite unlucky for them

So maybe a draw is fair enough for both teams and did not change their position in the standings especially Atalanta who are still struggling
Meanwhile, Juventus and Fiorentina are also still fighting for European league tickets but surely one of them will miss it.

[shogun47]

I was thinking that Atalanta will be able to widen their space with Juvebtus after the unexpected lose game from Juv at Del tricolore. Atalanta today did not display their best game. They Seemed to have needed a draw in today's game cuz from first half till the end of the second half they only succeeded in making just one on target attempt while Fiorentina kept on pressing them in every angle. I was thinking Fiorentina will be able to net a second goal before the end of the game but it was quite unlucky for them

This draw is also not too surprising. because the Atalanta vs Fiorentina match is always fierce, in fact, this almost happens in every meeting of these two teams. Even Atalanta almost lost in this match. because Fiorentina played better than Atalanta in this match. And Atalanta looks like it will be even more difficult to get a Champions League ticket if they still can't get a win in the following matches. And currently Juventus are also struggling to catch Atalanta. and the difference in points between the two is also not too much, namely only a difference of 5 points.

Juventus wasted their big chance in the last two matches and Atalanta is about to waste it as well, which is hard to believe given how bad Inter is playing and even AC Milan won only a single game out of the last five games. If you then don't take the opportunity, what else are you waiting for? Except for Napoli there wasn't really a single team that played an amazing season. Lazio has a win rate of 60% right now. That's not going to make it ever for the title unless all other teams don't play well, but if you lead the table at this stage of the season and you can still win at least 5 games and still become the champion (in Napoli's case), it hasn't really been a hard fight. Juventus would be 16 points behind even if you add the 15 points they lost due to the penalty.

[Prince Malik]

I didn't understand that Inter will lose the match in today's Inter vs Monza match of the Italian League. I thought that Inter is ahead in the points table, so maybe Inter will win the match. But the players of Inter team could not score any goals in the match. Monza showed an amazing performance.  Both teams played very well in the early part of the game but Monza took the lead with 1 goal in the 78th minute. After that neither team managed to score another goal. In the end Monza won by 1 goal.

The reason why Monza can beat Inter Milan is not just because Monza had a good performance against this team but the main reason for this result was the poor performance of Inter Milan they had a good time for just a few weeks when they were in the second place of the table but recently they have an unstable situation and even in the games they won they have poor performance.

That's right, inter Milan team seems unfocused on the serie a after their championship league success but this is surely a big mistake, this team need to focus on the serie A to insure a place in the champoins league next season, the actual situation on the standings not allow them to make lose in such kind of matches

[X-ray]

So maybe a draw is fair enough for both teams and did not change their position in the standings especially Atalanta who are still struggling

It was good enough to see atalanta was not losing against fiorentina. I did see how often fiorentina was attacking atalanta. Atalanta feels so difficult to create an attack against fiorentina caused by fiorentina was always able to dominate the ball. At least atlanta is still making the gap to the juventus even bigger even though that's only 1 point. Atalanta may be losing if its keeper has not been making so many good saves.
I think that if people were aware of how good fiorentina is right now. It was even able beating the big clubs in serie a. Atalanta can be considered lucky enough against fiorentina. Fiorentina may able to win europa conference league.

Meanwhile, Juventus and Fiorentina are also still fighting for European league tickets but surely one of them will miss it.

Juventus had only small aggregates against sporting lisbon while fiorentina is having big aggregates. Sporting lisbon known as a strong team.
It was able kicking arsenal out of the europa league. The next match gonna be away for juventus. Sporting will be doing so crazy in the second leg.
Juventus must be careful cause it was recently losing against sassuolo. If juventus keeps lose more points and the chance to get europe league ticket is very small. Im not sure if juventus can also take the way by winning europa league this season.

[asriloni]

That's right, inter Milan team seems unfocused on the serie a after their championship league success but this is surely a big mistake, this team need to focus on the serie A to insure a place in the champoins league next season, the actual situation on the standings not allow them to make lose in such kind of matches

Intermilan is declining so hard after UCL. It was still consistently losing the match. Intermilan is having a problem with the attacking line. Intermilan's attackers have no ability to create proper finishing. Lukaku is nothing right now. This gonna be a problem for intermilan.
The problem is there's no guarantee if intermilan will be winning UCL. That being said if the position of intermilan in serie a became even so bad. It's going down even further than before.

Intermilan may have good aggregates compared with benfica but if intermilan keeps performing like when it was getting lose streak and im sure that benfica will able to change the situation again. Intermilan is not so safe this time.
Inter had no choice other than winning the rest of matches to take 1 ticket to the UCL next season.

I don't favor in italian club winning UCL this season. It seems like that EPL and spanish clubs are leading the way right now.

[W Jr.]

The first half looked likely to be won by Atalanta even though Fiorentina had the upper hand in terms of possession and their chances were thwarted when Atalanta counterattacked and capitalized on the momentum when Joakim Mæhle scored.
Now time is running out even though at the moment it seems that Fiorentina are increasingly eager to equalize and the match is still very exciting to watch.

Fiorentina managed to equalize the score in the 56th minute through penalty yeah that's not worse than having to lose all the points
Fiorentina made a lot of shots and on target unfortunately only one goal was successful even though they should at least be able to score 2-3 goals based on the shots.

I was thinking that Atalanta will be able to widen their space with Juvebtus after the unexpected lose game from Juv at Del tricolore. Atalanta today did not display their best game. They Seemed to have needed a draw in today's game cuz from first half till the end of the second half they only succeeded in making just one on target attempt while Fiorentina kept on pressing them in every angle. I was thinking Fiorentina will be able to net a second goal before the end of the game but it was quite unlucky for them

Atalanta played very badly. I'm afraid they will lose their place to Juventus. They have to be in the top 6 to go to the European cups and they don't seem to be aware of it. They could not show any presence against Fiorentina. They did not draw a team image that deserved one of the top 6 places. Fiorentina deserved the win but had to leave the field with only a draw.

[giammangiato]

Team	Point
Napoli	75
Lazio	61
Roma	56
Milan	53
Inter	51
Atalanta	48
Juve	44
Bologna	44
Fiorentina	41
Sassuolo	40
Torino	39
Udinese	39
Monza	38
Empoli	32
Salernitana	30
Lecce	28
Spezia	26
Verona	23
Cremonese	19
Sampdoria	16

[swogerino]

The first half looked likely to be won by Atalanta even though Fiorentina had the upper hand in terms of possession and their chances were thwarted when Atalanta counterattacked and capitalized on the momentum when Joakim Mæhle scored.
Now time is running out even though at the moment it seems that Fiorentina are increasingly eager to equalize and the match is still very exciting to watch.

Fiorentina managed to equalize the score in the 56th minute through penalty yeah that's not worse than having to lose all the points
Fiorentina made a lot of shots and on target unfortunately only one goal was successful even though they should at least be able to score 2-3 goals based on the shots.

I was thinking that Atalanta will be able to widen their space with Juvebtus after the unexpected lose game from Juv at Del tricolore. Atalanta today did not display their best game. They Seemed to have needed a draw in today's game cuz from first half till the end of the second half they only succeeded in making just one on target attempt while Fiorentina kept on pressing them in every angle. I was thinking Fiorentina will be able to net a second goal before the end of the game but it was quite unlucky for them

Atalanta played very badly. I'm afraid they will lose their place to Juventus. They have to be in the top 6 to go to the European cups and they don't seem to be aware of it. They could not show any presence against Fiorentina. They did not draw a team image that deserved one of the top 6 places. Fiorentina deserved the win but had to leave the field with only a draw.

Atalanta has been playing like this from quite some games now and their recent results suggest that they really will lose the ability to take part in an European competition for next year with such performances.Yesterday I must say they were very lucky as Fiorentina hit 21 times on target and this shows how weak Atalanta recently is,they have been losing also on home soil to Bologna in the game before this so I think they should be happy with the point they got from yesterday night.

Fiorentina on the other hand is in a really good form and they will most likely be in the final in Europa Conference League against West Ham most probably as it stands now there so I would love for them to win such a cup.