Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[QueenVera]

I had predicted this in another series A thread and it was right according to my prediction that Napoli after losing at home when hosting Lazio failed to secure a win even on the contrary Napoli was defeated by Lazio and from Napoli defeat I had doubts about betting on the underdog because even though Napoli last season were the holders Scudetto title but I will not easily believe in this season and prefer to fight on both teams scoring because Genoa has the advantage at home on the one hand. Napoli has a decline in performance in its flagship player Osimhen who did not score in yesterday match.
It is a little doubtful whether Napoli can win the title again this season because up to now Napoli have not shown any improvement or in fact it is time for Inter to be at the top of the standings. a draw does look bad for a top team.

I was surprised to see Napoli struggling to win against Genoa who are not really performing well this season and had only won a match out of the four matches they've played this season, it shocked me to see Genoa score the opener and leading Napoli who're the defending champions in the first and second half they made the game very tough for the visiting team and at a point I felt it was the end of the road for Rudi Garcia because I don't think the club owners would be patient enough to give him time to improve since they've a title to defend and are also in the Champions League competition.
 
 I'm not really impressed with the scoreline because Napoli as the defending champions are supposed to be closing in on other top contenders but they keep dropping points since they lost to Lazio and a draw against Genoa is not impressive since it would only secure them a point,  well they played well and were more dominant but found it difficult get a good finishing at the early stages of the match.

[Arenga pinnata]

Napoli was able to draw in the end and it finished 2-2. Genoa wasnt able to hold on even with a huge lead and its a huge shame that they werent able to hold the lead. Napoli saved themselfs and in the end got a huge point. Last season this would be an easy win but this season nothing comes easy to Napoli.

What a thrilling match it was, Genoa early lead undoubtedly caught everyone off guard and Napoli nability to capitalize on its opportunities kept spectators on the edge of their seats. Genoa Martinez had outstanding goalkeeping abilities stopping Napoli at every opportunity. I Think Raspadori and Politano stepped up when it counted most, securing the crucial draw as a result of Napoli perseverance. The fact that Napoli refuses to give up easy speaks much about their fighting spirit. In my opinion a 2-2 draw was a fair outcome for this exciting match, despite the suspenseful final few minutes of extra time.

Normally I would probably be annoyed when I saw Napoli not winning the match they faced against a less favored opponent. But for this match, Genoa showed their quality so well that I personally feel that this draw was the best. And I didn't expect Genoa to score 2 goals against Napoli. And both goals were very classy goals.

But Napoli itself did have more opportunities that were not able to be maximized properly. And in the end Napoli was able to balance the position very dramatically. I liked seeing how G. Raspadori kicked the ball so hard into the Genoa goal that Genoa goalkeeper J. Martínez couldn't do much. And Napoli's second goal scored by M. Politano was another quality goal. The fast ball pass that he immediately received into a goal shot that hit the target was the best in this match.

[marcous]

This is proof that Inter Milan is really very strong this season, this Derby match at Gadang Gadang will be very fierce because the performance of both teams at the start of this season was quite good but Inter Milan did a pretty good job so they managed to win with a convincing score.
However, behind Inter Milan's good performance in this match, the AC Milan team did the opposite, Stefano Pioli's team seemed to play quite frantically in the second half so they conceded a lot of goals and AC Milan's game could not develop well in this match.

The AC Milan squad was shocked by a quick goal from Mkhitaryan in the fifth minute, after which Milan seemed at a loss to meet Inter movements. The good performance shown in the previous three matches did not produce results in this derby, Cristian Pulisic, Theo Hernandez and M. Thiaw performed poorly. On the other hand, the counter-attack scheme implemented by Inzaghi went smoothly, the result was that even though they did not win in possession of the ball, Inter were able to score many goals.

This defeat continues a bad trend for AC Milan when they meet their eternal rival, Milan has never won in five meetings. I think Inter are also very tough, having only conceded one goal so far. Inter deserves to be a Scudetto contender this season, if they can maintain their consistency in getting points.

[Awaklara]

This season both teams started quite well and in terms of quality there is no significant difference between the two, this will be a match that is quite difficult to predict.
No one doubts that this match will be quite fierce, despite the injuries to several of their main players, but I am quite sure that these two teams have quite the same backing.
I have watched the performance of Inter Milan and AC Milan this season and I think both have almost the same strength and in the Milan derby this weekend maybe a draw is fair enough for both.

Both started the season well. but in my opinion, Inter has a better defense than Milan. and it will be a challenge for Milan to be able to dismantle Inter's defense to create gaps to create opportunities.
both of them have sharp front lines. It is possible that in the next match, there will be a fight in the middle of the field where both of them will make a strategy to find a gap in one of the players who might lose concentration.

A draw might be the best chance, but I'm willing to bet Inter will win by a slim goal difference.

Real rivalry always displays tension, the ambition carried by both clubs is interesting to digest. Inter defense line, which has not conceded a goal, will face a test when facing Milan, Lautaro Martinez is also no less sharp on Inter front line and has already scored 5 goals. AC Milan has the ambition to break the series of bad results when they meet Inter, with the depth of the current squad being the right moment to make it happen. Talking about opportunities, Inter has a better percentage than Milan, a draw is difficult because both want the difference in points at the top of the standings.

The tactical battle between Stefano Pioli and Filippo Inzaghi to be the best this season is really worth waiting for, this match will also be a parameter for the success of both sides as a result of movements in the transfer market. The overall results of this week's matches will change the Serie A standings again.

Milan really succeeded in breaking into Inter's goal. and that was the first in 4 Serie A matches. Inter is still unbeaten but unfortunately, Milan still has to recognize Inter's strength I thought we would win narrowly but it turns out they won by a very large number of goals 5-1.

Milan really had difficulty penetrating Inter's defense. In fact, throughout the match, they could only make 2 shots on target and one of them was a goal for Milan.
I really don't think Inter destroyed Milan. and this is a good result for Inter before the Champions League match against Real Sociedad in a few days.

[piebeyb]

This defeat continues a bad trend for AC Milan when they meet their eternal rival, Milan has never won in five meetings. I think Inter are also very tough, having only conceded one goal so far. Inter deserves to be a Scudetto contender this season, if they can maintain their consistency in getting points.

I was sure that Inter Milan would win last night's match with Acmilan and didn't think that Intermilan would embarrass Acmilan with a score of 5 - 1, it looks sad, because I think Inzaghi knows how to organize his players to be able to win this match, this derby meeting went very well. It was interesting so I watched this until the end of the match. With the painful defeat, Ac Milan had to evaluate this to improve their way of playing so they could become Intermilan's competitors for the title this season.


Acmilan's defeat made Juventus move up to second place in the standings, I think Juventus and Acmilan will be the clubs that will compete for the title this season, while Napoli only got a draw and that's not good, it seems they forgot how to play like last season and It is true that Spalletti's departure also had a bad effect on Napoli.

[makishart]

Napoli was able to draw in the end and it finished 2-2. Genoa wasnt able to hold on even with a huge lead and its a huge shame that they werent able to hold the lead. Napoli saved themselfs and in the end got a huge point. Last season this would be an easy win but this season nothing comes easy to Napoli.

What a thrilling match it was, Genoa early lead undoubtedly caught everyone off guard and Napoli nability to capitalize on its opportunities kept spectators on the edge of their seats. Genoa Martinez had outstanding goalkeeping abilities stopping Napoli at every opportunity. I Think Raspadori and Politano stepped up when it counted most, securing the crucial draw as a result of Napoli perseverance. The fact that Napoli refuses to give up easy speaks much about their fighting spirit. In my opinion a 2-2 draw was a fair outcome for this exciting match, despite the suspenseful final few minutes of extra time.

Napoli was just getting factory reset after spalletti was leaving from the club. Napoli might lose against genoa if Guðmundsson was not being so selfish. Guðmundsson got so many chances to pass the ball to his team mates.
It's amazing to see rategui performed so amazing in genoa. Napoli has a sloppy defence without kim min jae. The new guy was not able to replace his position as one of best defender owned by napoli.
It's such a disgrace to sign rudi garcia as a new appointment for napoli instead of world class coach that can handle team properly than him.
Napoli has just weakened its club by signin garbage coach after garcia fired by nassr. It's hard to accept the truth, but napoli loses its key figures last season like spalletti.
The replacements for those guys{spalletti and minjae) are not able showing the same performance as them.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Napoli played out a 2-2 draw and is never a surprise to me and this has to do with what exactly? Fatigue or because they have the champions league at hand?
In football there's no excuse for failure and they were lucky to get that last goal to level the game up. I don't think I'd see the champions to be in this state of getting a draw at this early stage of the season, that's if they get to play against Inter Milan that's not taking it easy with any opponent at the moment is this kind of play we're going to expect?
I expected the Napoli side to never drop point or get to share point against smaller teams because at this point the competition is getting hotter and if they can't keep up then I don't see them defending the title.

I had predicted this in another series A thread and it was right according to my prediction that Napoli after losing at home when hosting Lazio failed to secure a win even on the contrary Napoli was defeated by Lazio and from Napoli defeat I had doubts about betting on the underdog because even though Napoli last season were the holders Scudetto title but I will not easily believe in this season and prefer to fight on both teams scoring because Genoa has the advantage at home on the one hand. Napoli has a decline in performance in its flagship player Osimhen who did not score in yesterday match.
It is a little doubtful whether Napoli can win the title again this season because up to now Napoli have not shown any improvement or in fact it is time for Inter to be at the top of the standings. a draw does look bad for a top team.

Is it that they're losing form? Because if you check from last season's performance they're not in this kind of situation where they lose and draw the next game.
To me I still find it difficult to understand why Napoli are feeling relaxed like they've won the title already, at this point have come to a conclusion that Napoli won't finish 2nd or 3rd on the log this season.

[klidex]

It doesn't matter about the bad record in the head to head, because if for example Milan won the scudetto then the conclusion is Milan is still better. But yes, related to this ongoing match, in fact Milan does not have a chance to be able to turn things around. But maybe, if Milan are able to make goals also at least to minimize the defeat it is still good too, if compared to Inter managed to win with clean sheets. But indeed, if we look at the statistics in this match, it seems that it is still quite difficult for Milan to be able to make goals.

As I predicted, AC Milan couldn't score 2 goals. Instead they lost 5 - 1 to their rivals. This is a very bad result. Because the city of Milan no longer belongs to AC Milan. Pioli seems to have no way to beat Inter Milan. Milan players were less prepared to anticipate counter attacks. Meanwhile, Inter Milan was more productive in attack and Milan's defense often made mistakes so they could beat Milan easily.

Inter Milan is still unbeaten because in the match against AC Milan yesterday, Inter Milan was able to appear stunning at home.
The fierce battle between these two camps looked interesting. Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored his first goal for Inter in the 5th minute which made Inter Milan excited to win this match. but after that Rafael Leao scored his first goal for AC Milan in the 57th minute and equalized with Inter but Inter didn't just give up because not long after that Henrikh scored his second goal in the 69th minute. Inter Milan looked so enthusiastic that it made AC Milan unable to move and can only score 1 goal.

[Xcode7]

This defeat continues a bad trend for AC Milan when they meet their eternal rival, Milan has never won in five meetings. I think Inter are also very tough, having only conceded one goal so far. Inter deserves to be a Scudetto contender this season, if they can maintain their consistency in getting points.

I was sure that Inter Milan would win last night's match with Acmilan and didn't think that Intermilan would embarrass Acmilan with a score of 5 - 1, it looks sad, because I think Inzaghi knows how to organize his players to be able to win this match, this derby meeting went very well. It was interesting so I watched this until the end of the match. With the painful defeat, Ac Milan had to evaluate this to improve their way of playing so they could become Intermilan's competitors for the title this season.


Acmilan's defeat made Juventus move up to second place in the standings, I think Juventus and Acmilan will be the clubs that will compete for the title this season, while Napoli only got a draw and that's not good, it seems they forgot how to play like last season and It is true that Spalletti's departure also had a bad effect on Napoli.

I didn't expect Inter Milan to win with a big enough score, I thought this Milan Derby match would be fierce because both teams this season are in pretty good form.
Indeed, if you look at the quality of the two teams, I think it is quite feasible for Inter Milan to win the match because the quality of their team this season is better than their city rivals AC Milan.

And in the competition for the Scudetto, Juventus and AC Milan should be wary of because they both have good quality, it's just that these teams need to be consistent.

And it is quite unfortunate for what Napoli experienced at the start of this season, Napoli's new coach is now really under pressure because he has failed to continue Napoli's performance like last season when coached by Spalletti.
2 matches without a win and poor team play means that Napoli is now increasingly behind its competitors at the top of the standings.

[bots1]

It doesn't matter about the bad record in the head to head, because if for example Milan won the scudetto then the conclusion is Milan is still better. But yes, related to this ongoing match, in fact Milan does not have a chance to be able to turn things around. But maybe, if Milan are able to make goals also at least to minimize the defeat it is still good too, if compared to Inter managed to win with clean sheets. But indeed, if we look at the statistics in this match, it seems that it is still quite difficult for Milan to be able to make goals.

As I predicted, AC Milan couldn't score 2 goals. Instead they lost 5 - 1 to their rivals. This is a very bad result. Because the city of Milan no longer belongs to AC Milan. Pioli seems to have no way to beat Inter Milan. Milan players were less prepared to anticipate counter attacks. Meanwhile, Inter Milan was more productive in attack and Milan's defense often made mistakes so they could beat Milan easily.

If you look at it from a game perspective, it is clear that Inter Milan has a winning mentality when compared to AC Milan. AC Milan wasted too many opportunities to score goals even though in the first half AC Milan had lots of chances but the finishing was poor. Pioli must immediately improve his front and back lines if he wants to compete for the Scudetto. Moreover, AC Milan's next match will be playing in the Champions League which is in a very tough group.

[Docnaster]

Napoli played out a 2-2 draw and is never a surprise to me and this has to do with what exactly? Fatigue or because they have the champions league at hand?
In football there's no excuse for failure and they were lucky to get that last goal to level the game up. I don't think I'd see the champions to be in this state of getting a draw at this early stage of the season, that's if they get to play against Inter Milan that's not taking it easy with any opponent at the moment is this kind of play we're going to expect?
I expected the Napoli side to never drop point or get to share point against smaller teams because at this point the competition is getting hotter and if they can't keep up then I don't see them defending the title.

After every international break, most players always does suffer fatigue because of the stress that comes with the very distant travels and and playing football under some weather conditions that aren't common to them and that's why they tend to underperform for their clubs after international breaks.
Napoli's draw in their game against Genoa yesterday wasn't the result many had expected of that match but Genoa who were determined to take all three points from that match did put out a good performance that left the Napoli players looking for a draw.

[rendravolt]

Napoli was able to draw in the end and it finished 2-2. Genoa wasnt able to hold on even with a huge lead and its a huge shame that they werent able to hold the lead. Napoli saved themselfs and in the end got a huge point. Last season this would be an easy win but this season nothing comes easy to Napoli.

What a thrilling match it was, Genoa early lead undoubtedly caught everyone off guard and Napoli nability to capitalize on its opportunities kept spectators on the edge of their seats. Genoa Martinez had outstanding goalkeeping abilities stopping Napoli at every opportunity. I Think Raspadori and Politano stepped up when it counted most, securing the crucial draw as a result of Napoli perseverance. The fact that Napoli refuses to give up easy speaks much about their fighting spirit. In my opinion a 2-2 draw was a fair outcome for this exciting match, despite the suspenseful final few minutes of extra time.

Unexpectedly, Genoa was able to suppress Napoli and Genoa's 2 goal lead suggested that Napoli would not be able to catch up. But the mentality of last season's Scudetto champions cannot be underestimated and Napoli managed to equalize in a dramatic minute. We cannot underestimate Genoa because after all they beat Lazio and when facing stronger opponents they performed very well. Both teams share one point and at least that is better than not getting anything at all.

[Humblevirus]

Napoli was able to draw in the end and it finished 2-2. Genoa wasnt able to hold on even with a huge lead and its a huge shame that they werent able to hold the lead. Napoli saved themselfs and in the end got a huge point. Last season this would be an easy win but this season nothing comes easy to Napoli.

The fact that Napoli managed to draw with Genoa yesterday despite falling behind by two goals was encouraging. Nopoli played seriously, and they were fortunate to equalize the two goals. I never thought they would be able to draw the game. It's accurate, as you said. Like last year, I don't think Genoa will make things difficult for Napoli before they win the game but yesterday Napoli was the team that struggled to draw the game. Honestly Napoli have not get their perfect squad like last season,napoli are not currently in great shape as fans expected from them.

[shinratensei_]

It doesn't matter about the bad record in the head to head, because if for example Milan won the scudetto then the conclusion is Milan is still better. But yes, related to this ongoing match, in fact Milan does not have a chance to be able to turn things around. But maybe, if Milan are able to make goals also at least to minimize the defeat it is still good too, if compared to Inter managed to win with clean sheets. But indeed, if we look at the statistics in this match, it seems that it is still quite difficult for Milan to be able to make goals.

As I predicted, AC Milan couldn't score 2 goals. Instead they lost 5 - 1 to their rivals. This is a very bad result. Because the city of Milan no longer belongs to AC Milan. Pioli seems to have no way to beat Inter Milan. Milan players were less prepared to anticipate counter attacks. Meanwhile, Inter Milan was more productive in attack and Milan's defense often made mistakes so they could beat Milan easily.

As a neutral fan and i was always seeing many interfans were mocking acmilan fans in the live chat. Acmilan likes lose its identity compared with the previous match. The quality owned by intermilan is far above compared with acmilan at this moment.
Picking the winner was very hard in this match. That's why i'd prefer to take BTTS and it's working. My bet was still safe after i thought that if intermilan would be winning with cleansheet against acmilan.
Awful performance from acmilan. Intermilanis too strong for acmilan at this moment. Pioli needs to rebuild the mentality from its players again.

[Polkeins]

Napoli was able to draw in the end and it finished 2-2. Genoa wasnt able to hold on even with a huge lead and its a huge shame that they werent able to hold the lead. Napoli saved themselfs and in the end got a huge point. Last season this would be an easy win but this season nothing comes easy to Napoli.

The fact that Napoli managed to draw with Genoa yesterday despite falling behind by two goals was encouraging. Nopoli played seriously, and they were fortunate to equalize the two goals. I never thought they would be able to draw the game. It's accurate, as you said. Like last year, I don't think Genoa will make things difficult for Napoli before they win the game but yesterday Napoli was the team that struggled to draw the game. Honestly Napoli have not get their perfect squad like last season,napoli are not currently in great shape as fans expected from them.

Well, for a team like Napoli to have players like Kvaratskhelia and Osimhen is already a great success and in general the main squad of the team remained unchanged from last season, but the appointment of Rudi Garcia as head coach is a very controversial decision. His character is complicated and he often quarreled with the players, and in a team like Napoli a lot is based on the atmosphere in the team, so initially the choice of Garcia as head coach seemed strange. It's good that they got back on track this time, but I think the season will be extremely difficult for Napoli. 

[Tony116]

Napoli played out a 2-2 draw and is never a surprise to me and this has to do with what exactly? Fatigue or because they have the champions league at hand?
In football there's no excuse for failure and they were lucky to get that last goal to level the game up. I don't think I'd see the champions to be in this state of getting a draw at this early stage of the season, that's if they get to play against Inter Milan that's not taking it easy with any opponent at the moment is this kind of play we're going to expect?
I expected the Napoli side to never drop point or get to share point against smaller teams because at this point the competition is getting hotter and if they can't keep up then I don't see them defending the title.

After every international break, most players always does suffer fatigue because of the stress that comes with the very distant travels and and playing football under some weather conditions that aren't common to them and that's why they tend to underperform for their clubs after international breaks.
Napoli's draw in their game against Genoa yesterday wasn't the result many had expected of that match but Genoa who were determined to take all three points from that match did put out a good performance that left the Napoli players looking for a draw.

Genoa was actually performing really well in this match. At one point, I thought they might actually get three points from this match. But in the end, it was actually a good comeback by Napoli to make this a draw. And I have to say both the goals that Napoli scored were really good finishes. The performance from Napoli has definitely not been up to the mark considering the fact that they are the defending champion of the Serie A title. I hope they will be able to improve their performance going forward in the season. It has only been four matches for them so far. So they definitely have a lot of time to improve.

[X-ray]

Napoli was able to draw in the end and it finished 2-2. Genoa wasnt able to hold on even with a huge lead and its a huge shame that they werent able to hold the lead. Napoli saved themselfs and in the end got a huge point. Last season this would be an easy win but this season nothing comes easy to Napoli.

The fact that Napoli managed to draw with Genoa yesterday despite falling behind by two goals was encouraging. Nopoli played seriously, and they were fortunate to equalize the two goals. I never thought they would be able to draw the game. It's accurate, as you said. Like last year, I don't think Genoa will make things difficult for Napoli before they win the game but yesterday Napoli was the team that struggled to draw the game. Honestly Napoli have not get their perfect squad like last season,napoli are not currently in great shape as fans expected from them.

That's better than losing against genoa but im sure that if many people were feeling so mad with this result. It's caused by most of them have already bet on napoli. The most difficult thing to accept their bets to collapse caused by the draw against genoa which was unacceptable result since napoli was owning the ball possession against genoa. Im doubting that napoli will able to defend its title this season. It's likely intermilan will take it off from napoli.
The result from the current season is far worst compared with last season when napoli was always getting win streak till the end of season.

[OcTradism]

Well, for a team like Napoli to have players like Kvaratskhelia and Osimhen is already a great success and in general the main squad of the team remained unchanged from last season, but the appointment of Rudi Garcia as head coach is a very controversial decision. His character is complicated and he often quarreled with the players, and in a team like Napoli a lot is based on the atmosphere in the team, so initially the choice of Garcia as head coach seemed strange. It's good that they got back on track this time, but I think the season will be extremely difficult for Napoli.  

Napoli lost one of their most important players, Kim Min-Jae to Bayern Munich and it makes their defense clearly weaker. Napoli did not start this season well, won 2, lost 1 to Lazio and a draw with Genoa is a latest disappointed result from Napoli. It is their continuation of bad result after a defeat under Lazio two weeks ago.

Napoli attacking system is still good as we see how many goals they have scored but their defense affected the team performance a lot. I see Rudi Garcia is a good coach for Napoli but he must work with his midfielders and defenders to improve defense to get better results in coming matches. Napoli are weaker than the last season and they also have pressure to defend their Scudetto.

That's better than losing against genoa but im sure that if many people were feeling so mad with this result. It's caused by most of them have already bet on napoli. The most difficult thing to accept their bets to collapse caused by the draw against genoa which was unacceptable result since napoli was owning the ball possession against genoa.

Napoli have good attacking and even in the defeat against Lazio, they still had good ball possession and created many opportunities. Genoa are weaker than Lazio and I am not surprised how Napoli dominated the match but again they did not convert it to a winning.

Im doubting that napoli will able to defend its title this season. It's likely intermilan will take it off from napoli.
The result from the current season is far worst compared with last season when napoli was always getting win streak till the end of season.

Napoli will struggle to defend their Scudetto but I think it's too soon to say Inter Milan will take it over from Napoli. AC Milan and Juventus are other competitors can do this too.

[bots1]

Napoli will struggle to defend their Scudetto but I think it's too soon to say Inter Milan will take it over from Napoli. AC Milan and Juventus are other competitors can do this too.

I agree with you that it is too early to talk about who will win the Scudetto title because the Italian league has only been running for 4 matches. Indeed, so far Inter Milan is at the top of the standings having earned 12 points from the 4 matches they have played and have never experienced defeat and have only conceded 1 goal. So, the real competitive map will be seen after the second half of this season, whether Inter Milan will be able to maintain its current performance to win the title or whether Juventus or AC Milan will become champions at the end of the season. So far only Inter Milan, Juventus and Lecce have not tasted defeat.

[Strongkored]

Napoli will struggle to defend their Scudetto but I think it's too soon to say Inter Milan will take it over from Napoli. AC Milan and Juventus are other competitors can do this too.

Many things are still possible, such as Inter Milan experiencing a decline and Napoli finally finding a way to return to their best performance, but we can see that the teams that can ultimately become Serie A champions are those who have been impressive since the start of the season and We saw Napoli do this last season, unless their competitors also experienced the same bad luck as the team that was leading.
Seeing how Inter Milan can win with a landslide score in a big match is impressive and Juventus stuck to them after being able to win over Lazio who had another bad result after the previous match was surprising by beating Napoli.
And seeing Lecce still in the top four is quite surprising and facing Monza today will be a fairly even match for them even though this is an away match and the home team is more favored, but they can achieve a draw or win.