Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[Jody.Drummer]

Week 14 will be a difficult week for Inter Milan after they also went through something difficult last week because they had to deal with Juventus. Yes week 14 they will travel to Napoli headquarters. Although Napoli are not as good as last season, but still does not mean they can be defeated easily this season, especially they will play a home match.
Inter Milan must be careful, because if they lose this match, then they will be very able to be shifted by Juventus, who this week will face an easier club, namely dealing with Monza.

[hahay]

Week 14 will be a difficult week for Inter Milan after they also went through something difficult last week because they had to deal with Juventus. Yes week 14 they will travel to Napoli headquarters. Although Napoli are not as good as last season, but still does not mean they can be defeated easily this season, especially they will play a home match.
Inter Milan must be careful, because if they lose this match, then they will be very able to be shifted by Juventus, who this week will face an easier club, namely dealing with Monza.

In the previous match in Serie A, the fact that Napoli who had changed coaches managed to win away for the match against Atalanta. I think that's a good thing of course, because basically Atalanta is also not a weak team at all. So yes, playing at home against Inter in the next match in Serie A, I think it could be that Napoli will still manage to be able to play well. But yes, at least if we consider about the results they get or they have so far this season for home and away matches. Then I think it is clear, that Inter still have good results for away matches but unfortunately, Napoli do not have good results for home matches so far this season. But maybe, Walter Mazzarri can improve Napoli's performance for home matches to be even better in this match.

[Tony116]

At the same time, I think the performance of Inter is actually looking good right now. Better compared to Napoli at this moment.

Napoli is not as great as last season, this season Inter Milan is performing very well and it seems they will not be able to relax as long as Juventus is in second place because of course these two clubs will fight for the title this season, that is why there is a lot of speculation that Inter Milan will win the title This season, if at the end of the season Juventus doesn't look consistent, the fact is that Juventus is playing very consistently.

It seems that Juventus will also have the target of winning the Italian league this season, because they are very consistent in every match on the winning track and drew once against Inter Milan last week, making the competition even tighter for the title this season. but I am more confident that Juventus will win the title this season than Inter Milan.

We may not know who will be the champion until the last weeks, the strength of the two teams is so close to each other and the conflict between them seems to continue. Of course, they will make mistakes and lose points, but it doesn't seem like there will be a serious difference for now.
It would be nice if Juventus becomes champion this year, they have had many problems over the years and it is nice to see them as leaders

I understand that Napoli is not performing as well as the should as the title defender. But I think we have to keep in mind that they are still the title defenders. And they are going to try to defend their title. That's why I don't think any team should actually take them lightly. Every team should take them as the champion of the league and play against them accordingly. Otherwise, a lot of teams are going to find out that they are not as easy as it seems. But anyway, I agree that in this season they are not performing as well as they should. And that is definitely something Napoli will have to improve on.

[shinratensei_]

So far Napoli isn't doing bad under the leadership of mazzarri, I had taught earlier that they would have issues trying to get along with his style and for awhile they would need sometime to get used to his coaching tactics but it seems they are getting along already and their performance so far is fair.

Mazzarri needs to further prove him self playing against inter Milan a d Juventus to show how well he is capable to lead the team in the spirit of the defending champions of the league title, I think he will have a tougher time with inter Milan than he would with Juventus, although both teams are at the top of the table but inter Milan seems to have a good defensive mechanism which he will need to penetrate if he must win them.

The change of coach has not shown promising quality of play for Napoli and even though in his first match Mazzarri managed to win the match. There are many things that need to be fixed by the coach and the players also have to adapt to the new style of play implemented by Mazzarri. Napoli will have a difficult season in my opinion because a change of coach can have a big effect on the team and in fact I am starting to doubt that they will be able to finish the season in the top five at the end of the season.

Defending the Scudetto will be much more difficult and if Mazzarri does not make big changes in the next few games then Napoli's condition will be much worse. Watching Napoli's match in the Champions League against Real Madrid and I think Rudi Garcia's abilities are a little better than Mazzarri because last night's defeat was really embarrassing for Napoli.

Since winning the Serie A title and Spalletti leaving for Garcia, the team's condition has started to look unstable and I even doubt that Napoli will be able to compete at the top again instead of wanting to defend the Scudetto. Now that coaching has returned to Mazzari, there is a glimmer of hope placed on him, but it seems very difficult for him to restore glory to the Partenopei. But I won't judge him because he still needs time to polish the team, but Mazzari must be able to bring Napoli to at least finish in the top four and I think that's good enough.

There are so many differences between spalletti and garcia. You may never able to get another spalletti again. Garcia is not having same vision as spalletti. Spalletti being chosen to be a new coach for italy and yeah he brings italy to the euro.
Napoli was not able to playing as good as last season when spalletti was still there. I think that napoli is finished without spalletti. Rudi garcia will not able to give what the club wanted from him. Napoli has been linked to the some coaches that potentially to be a new coach for the club.
Im thinking that napoli shall try to get a new coach asap to make sure it will able to have better performance than this time. Napoli was losing against real madrid again. It proves that rudi was not learning from the previous match.
Some names like conte has been linked to the napoli but he rejects it.

[slapper]

Juventus without doubt stands a better chance among other top Italian teams that are trying to overtake Inter Milan in the league standings because of the fact that they're currently not playing in any European competition but that doesn't automatically mean that Inter can't hold on as the league leaders till the end of the season if they truly want to achieve that feat despite their involvement in the UEFA Champions League competition.

In 2010, a Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan won the UEFA Champions League title, the Italian Serie title as well as the Italian Cup and the current Simone Inzaghi's squad can still replicate the same result this season if they work very hard for it.

Maybe Inter can take Serie A and the Italian Cup, but it’s hard for me to imagine what kind of draw should be in the playoffs for Inter to reach the Champions League final again. Maybe this year the line-up of contenders is a little weaker than last year (there are no Liverpool and Chelsea), but it’s hard to believe that Inter will be as lucky as last year, and with any strong opponent from the big three, Inter will be an underdog. Even now in the lightweight group they are in second place and all their victories are with a minimum score.

They're not simply benefiting from good fortune; they've made impressive plays in the Champions League and Serie A. Always keep in mind that they play opponents like league leaders Salzburg and Benfica. That's no easy task. The fact that Inter is able to compete in this group at all says a lot about their ability. They really have a chance to advance in the Champions League, in my opinion. They have fierce competition, to be sure, but that only makes a win more satisfying. They've demonstrated competence and resiliency, and I'm interested to see how they use these in their next games. They could surprise us all, so don't write them off just yet.

[sana54210]

Inter's fixture is quite challenging recently. After facing Juventus in the league previously and having a really tiring game against Benfica in the Champions League their next opponent is Napoli. It is a league game I mean. Inter got 2 draws in the games I mentioned. This Napoli game is an away one as well so I'm curious about whether this streak will continue.

Inter can't win against Napoli in away games for a while at the same time. Considering all of these it is quite difficult for me to believe in Inter to win this game. Instead I think both teams to score is one of the best options for this game.

The match against Inter Milan will be the next match to prove that replacing Rudi Garcia was the right decision because at least they got good results against Atlanta even though in the Champions League they lost badly to Real Madrid but that is quite acceptable because their opponents in the Champions League have very good quality this season.
Against Inter Milan, Napoli's advantage is as a home team, it's just that this season Napoli's home game is not good enough because they have suffered several defeats at home so this is a match that is quite difficult to predict, and the betting market gives odds that are not much different for the two teams so no one can far superior, but of course Napoli don't want to lose the momentum to climb to the top and reduce the point difference with the teams above them.

To be fair the Real Madrid game was a normal result, it's obvious that they would lose to them, Real is probably either the greatest team in the world right now, or at least in the top three, they are literally huge. They bought Jude Bellingham for 100+ million euro this summer, when was the last time Napoli spent 100 million on transfers, not just a single player, I mean like as a whole. Lets be realistic and see that no matter how much you try, you can't beat teams with that deep pockets, hell Real spent more on their stadium than Napoli spent on the whole club.

This means that if Napoli ends up winning against Inter, they are going to prove that their decision was right, but also we still know that if they didn't fire last years manager, they would have been better.

[giammangiato]

Juventus absence in European football this season is without doubt an added advantage for them to overtake Inter Milan in the Italian Serie A standings but at the moment, it doesn't look like Inter Milan's involvement in the European scene is gonna stop them from having a great domestic season.

Judging by their general performance this season abd their current form, Simone Inzaghi's men have proven that they have all it takes takes to repeat the club's achievement during the 2009/10 season where they won a treble. Juventus who hasn't won the league in any of the last three seasons initially winning it for nine consecutive seasons are strong contenders to win the scudetto again but they'll have to stop outperform Inter Milan to do that. A difficult task I think

obviously not having to play in the cup also leaves the players fresher and therefore they can give their best in home games
I expected this, but not playing cups is so sad
I have to watch other peoples games and not my favorite team
very sad

[shogun47]

Yes, Juventus really benefits from only having a schedule for domestic competitions. The player's fitness level is greater when compared to other teams competing in Europe. Massimo Allegri certainly has to maximize his squad to continue to maintain its position at the top so that the target of winning the Scudetto is also more open. I believe the Old Lady's chances are greater if you look at their schedule, other competitors like Inter might find a busy period where they will lose control in Serie A.

If you look at the match schedule between Juventus and Inter Milan, Juventus has the advantage of having a smaller schedule compared to Inter Milan who have to share their concentration in the Champions League and Serie A. But make no mistake, Inter Milan can handle a busy schedule and for them this is not a problem. problem because coach Simone Inzaghi has many ways to avoid problems with player injuries and player fitness by carrying out various kinds of rotations.

For Juventus itself, so far its development has progressed, but it could be said that it is not yet completely stable, its goal productivity has not specifically increased. Even though we know they have focused on Serie A from the start, they should be able to do more than that.

Juventus absence in European football this season is without doubt an added advantage for them to overtake Inter Milan in the Italian Serie A standings but at the moment, it doesn't look like Inter Milan's involvement in the European scene is gonna stop them from having a great domestic season.

Judging by their general performance this season abd their current form, Simone Inzaghi's men have proven that they have all it takes takes to repeat the club's achievement during the 2009/10 season where they won a treble. Juventus who hasn't won the league in any of the last three seasons initially winning it for nine consecutive seasons are strong contenders to win the scudetto again but they'll have to stop outperform Inter Milan to do that. A difficult task I think

I am trying to understand why you think that it is an advantage for Juventus Turin to not play in the European tournaments. I said this before and some people think like you, but I think that a top team like Manchester City would suffer more from not playing the Champions League. These competitions raise the awareness and the focus within any team. The only thing you can be referring to is injuries, but other than that I believe the level of play is almost always higher for teams that also play in the Champions League. See the comeback Inter Milan now had in the Champions League against Benfica, do you think it will help them or hurt them?

[Ndabagi01]

Napoli had bad times with Rudi Gacia but they are using a new coach to have a better performance and I think that's why these two games against Inter Milan and Juventus are both two important games for Mazzarri the new coach of Napoli to prove himself and if he shows a good performance in both games, Mazzarri will have a high chance to even extend his contract with his team and stay there for a longer time.

Testing Napoli's new coach's managerial abilities with these two clubs will not be enough to determine the type of coach he is and whether he is a good fit for the team. They must give him plenty of time, say until the end of the season, before deciding whether to keep him or extend his contract. So, if he performs poorly against Juventus and Inter Milan but performs satisfactorily in  the remaining matches, will he be a bad manager for the team? That, I suppose, will not be the case. Mazzarri should be a good coach or perform better because he knows what is at stake if he does not manage the team well.

[hahay]

Napoli had bad times with Rudi Gacia but they are using a new coach to have a better performance and I think that's why these two games against Inter Milan and Juventus are both two important games for Mazzarri the new coach of Napoli to prove himself and if he shows a good performance in both games, Mazzarri will have a high chance to even extend his contract with his team and stay there for a longer time.

Testing Napoli's new coach's managerial abilities with these two clubs will not be enough to determine the type of coach he is and whether he is a good fit for the team. They must give him plenty of time, say until the end of the season, before deciding whether to keep him or extend his contract. So, if he performs poorly against Juventus and Inter Milan but performs satisfactorily in  the remaining matches, will he be a bad manager for the team? That, I suppose, will not be the case. Mazzarri should be a good coach or perform better because he knows what is at stake if he does not manage the team well.

Although Mazzarri can be said to be a new coach for Napoli at this moment, but at least in the past Mazzarri has also been the head coach of Napoli. Therefore, at least Mazzarri is not new at all at Napoli, because at least Mazzarri has had enough experience also in becoming head coach for Napoli. But yes, regarding this moment I think Inter and Juventus are not the main consideration for Mazzarri, whether or not he deserves to be the head coach of Napoli. Because after all, the most important thing is to improve Napoli's performance to be able to return strongly to compete in the top four positions. So, if for example Napoli failed when playing against Inter and against Juventus but in other matches Napoli managed to get good results. Then yes, I think if the results are like that then of course Mazzarri still deserves to be the head coach of Napoli. After all, the fact is that Mazzarri is also only contracted until the end of this season, and it looks like Napoli will also not be in a hurry to make a long contract for Mazzarri.

[imamusma]

Napoli had bad times with Rudi Gacia but they are using a new coach to have a better performance and I think that's why these two games against Inter Milan and Juventus are both two important games for Mazzarri the new coach of Napoli to prove himself and if he shows a good performance in both games, Mazzarri will have a high chance to even extend his contract with his team and stay there for a longer time.

Testing Napoli's new coach's managerial abilities with these two clubs will not be enough to determine the type of coach he is and whether he is a good fit for the team. They must give him plenty of time, say until the end of the season, before deciding whether to keep him or extend his contract. So, if he performs poorly against Juventus and Inter Milan but performs satisfactorily in  the remaining matches, will he be a bad manager for the team? That, I suppose, will not be the case. Mazzarri should be a good coach or perform better because he knows what is at stake if he does not manage the team well.

Rudi Garcia is not too bad in leading Napoli. However, Garcia was only given a guarantee for 16 matches before he was finally fired, 12 matches in Serie A and 4 matches in the Champions League, with details of 8 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. So the new coach Mazzarri is likely to be assessed in almost the same number of matches, so far under his control Napoli have experienced one win and one defeat. Inter and Juventus are two serious contenders for the Scudetto this season, because of that as defending champions Napoli must be able to thwart steps of the two clubs to take the trophy from their hands, but this is not an easy matter.

We know that changing coaches during the season running is quite risky, everything has to return to its original settings. Mazzarri must make the best use of the time for the strategic adaptation process within the main squad, and if Napoli later lose to Inter and Juventus, he only needs to say that the adaptation has not gone as expected. However, I think Mazzarri really understands the situation of his squad, so what his responsibilities are in the future, everything is within his current range of control, his fate is determined by him alone.

[wmaurik]

Since winning the Serie A title and Spalletti leaving for Garcia, the team's condition has started to look unstable and I even doubt that Napoli will be able to compete at the top again instead of wanting to defend the Scudetto. Now that coaching has returned to Mazzari, there is a glimmer of hope placed on him, but it seems very difficult for him to restore glory to the Partenopei. But I won't judge him because he still needs time to polish the team, but Mazzari must be able to bring Napoli to at least finish in the top four and I think that's good enough.

If Napoli officials and Napoli fans place their hopes on Mazzari by finishing in the top four of the standings, I think it will not be difficult enough for Mazzari to make it happen if Mazzari has very different tactics from the previous coach at Napoli. Only in the near future I also think that Napoli will find it difficult to win at home when facing Inter Milan, but I will really praise Napoli if they are able to prevent Inter Milan from winning when they compete at their home later. Because Napoli itself is currently being overtaken by AS Roma and Bologna.

[rendravolt]

I understand that Napoli is not performing as well as the should as the title defender. But I think we have to keep in mind that they are still the title defenders. And they are going to try to defend their title. That's why I don't think any team should actually take them lightly. Every team should take them as the champion of the league and play against them accordingly. Otherwise, a lot of teams are going to find out that they are not as easy as it seems. But anyway, I agree that in this season they are not performing as well as they should. And that is definitely something Napoli will have to improve on.

I think Napoli are just resting and even if they can defend the title, of course they have to win it with all their heart. The situation they have faced so far is not easy because they were suddenly abandoned by Spalletti and that has certainly made them quite frustrated. Just being in the top 4 is still the best achievement this season and at least they haven't been knocked down to the middle of the standings.

Now is not the right time to describe what Napoli are experiencing and they have to prove to the Serie A public that they can still be a real threat in fighting for the Scudetto even though they are 8 points away from Inter.

[Belarge]

If Napoli officials and Napoli fans place their hopes on Mazzari by finishing in the top four of the standings, I think it will not be difficult enough for Mazzari to make it happen if Mazzari has very different tactics from the previous coach at Napoli. Only in the near future I also think that Napoli will find it difficult to win at home when facing Inter Milan, but I will really praise Napoli if they are able to prevent Inter Milan from winning when they compete at their home later. Because Napoli itself is currently being overtaken by AS Roma and Bologna.

There's nothing anyone will tell me about how tough Serie A matches are because I've witnessed these matches. We know how difficult it is for elite teams to win matches in Seria A especially when it comes facing their fellow strong opponents, not every club can survived that space. Napoli will either do better or become worse if the president, Aurelio De Laurentiis doesn't buckle up and fixed the necessary things that an elite team like Napoli are suppose to be in possession of. Walter Mazzarri is the new headcoach, there are instances he wouldn't rush into filling the vacant position of Luciano Spalleti, it's a gradual process and will he fit in due time.

[Oluwa-btc]

Juventus absence in European football this season is without doubt an added advantage for them to overtake Inter Milan in the Italian Serie A standings but at the moment, it doesn't look like Inter Milan's involvement in the European scene is gonna stop them from having a great domestic season.

Judging by their general performance this season abd their current form, Simone Inzaghi's men have proven that they have all it takes takes to repeat the club's achievement during the 2009/10 season where they won a treble. Juventus who hasn't won the league in any of the last three seasons initially winning it for nine consecutive seasons are strong contenders to win the scudetto again but they'll have to stop outperform Inter Milan to do that. A difficult task I think

obviously not having to play in the cup also leaves the players fresher and therefore they can give their best in home games
I expected this, but not playing cups is so sad
I have to watch other peoples games and not my favorite team
very sad

The Juventus current team reminds me of the Chelsea team that won the Premier League with Antonio Conte just with the same absence from any of the European Competitions. Antonio Conte had a great squad which he utilized very well. Whoever Chelsea faced that season was well dealt with and drilled hard.

With this Juventus, they ain't got no good attacking options. They have a competent defense but not attacking players to help them  score and win games. They should try to remain in the top four clubs, Antonio Conte will be definitely Coach next season, I'm sure he'll win the Seria A and Copa Italia.

[kawetsriyanto]

In It was a prestigious match that we saw in yesterday match and indeed the result was quite fair for both team considering that they played carefully enough to get points from that match. But I was a little disappointed with juventus because they had bigger hopes if they could increase the tempo of their game after winning 1-0.

Yep. They played very carefully, they know it is a very important match for them. But it leads them to play no offensively and less of shot attempts. Especially for Juventus, they set a very defensive formation by put 5 defenders. Juventus probably gets more shot opportunities if they tried to play more offensively. But it is not easy to play offensively against a strong team like Inter Milan. Playing more offensively means more fragile defense.

For Juventus, they have a lot of problems in their team, such as player bans, but that doesn't have a negative impact on their game at all.

You're right. There were some key players unavailable for the match, specifically for the midfielders. Pogba and Timothy Weah were absent due to their own problems. This is very unfortunate because these players are the key players in the midfield line of Juventus. Without them, we can see that Juventus looks quite difficult to get the ball possessions and control the match.

[lalabotax]

The Juventus current team reminds me of the Chelsea team that won the Premier League with Antonio Conte just with the same absence from any of the European Competitions. Antonio Conte had a great squad which he utilized very well. Whoever Chelsea faced that season was well dealt with and drilled hard.

I once read the news regarding the Juventus coach's statement that he could instead focus on this season because of their failure last season. So their target this time is to really want to hold the Scudetto title. If Juventus can consistently optimize all opportunities, then this actually does not rule out the possibility. Because for now, their closest rival is Inter. However, sometimes Juventus still makes unnecessary mistakes, so they can't be that optimal. Let's see how Juve can maintain and improve their performance at any time.

[KTChampions]

0-3 after the first 45 minutes against Benfica (which scored exactly zero points before this game) and it looks like first place will go to Sociedad, and Inter risks getting to the top team right away in the 1/8. Despite local successes, Inter is still far from the European top clubs, and although theoretically they can win the Champions League, the likelihood of this is very small.

Inter comeback with 3 goals back in the second half but indeed for the position of Group winner is still owned by Sociedad in this case although there is still a chance to reclaim in the last match where they will face each other.
Inter did not do well in the first half because Joao Mario looked very easy to put a goal to Inter in the first half even it was hatrick in this match.
Fortunately the second half they made some buzz which in the end was profitable with 3 goals in return but this is not very good for Benfica because with a draw in this match the chances of being in the europa league are difficult for them because if they want to be there they have to win by 4 goals or more against Salzburg.

For Inter I am still pretty sure they are in the group in the last game because even though Sociedad are strong but Inter will try to win in their home game.

Yes, Inter was able to come back, but losing 0-3 after the first half is a little too much for a serious team. And if it had been like with City - Leipzig 0-2 then 3-2, but here Inter could only earn a point. Now in the last game Inter will only need to win to take first place (and avoid a potential meeting with one of the favorites of the tournament right away in the 1/8) so Sociedad will play in comfortable conditions.

[Weawant]

The Juventus current team reminds me of the Chelsea team that won the Premier League with Antonio Conte just with the same absence from any of the European Competitions. Antonio Conte had a great squad which he utilized very well. Whoever Chelsea faced that season was well dealt with and drilled hard.

With this Juventus, they ain't got no good attacking options. They have a competent defense but not attacking players to help them  score and win games. They should try to remain in the top four clubs, Antonio Conte will be definitely Coach next season, I'm sure he'll win the Seria A and Copa Italia.

This has to be Juventus biggest flex this season as this has given them more focus than they ever had in subsequent season, I don't think there have ever been a season where Juventus played in the serie A alone except in this season, I stand to be corrected if I'm wrong.

Juventus has almost no excuse as to why they should be winning this season league title, although they did started on a poor note with some weak performance, they are currently way better and I suppose are performing well enough to get a chance at the league title but there they have got inter Milan who is looking like their biggest contender which may give them a hard time winning the league title but then they have still got the advantage over them.

[puloweh555]

I once read the news regarding the Juventus coach's statement that he could instead focus on this season because of their failure last season. So their target this time is to really want to hold the Scudetto title. If Juventus can consistently optimize all opportunities, then this actually does not rule out the possibility. Because for now, their closest rival is Inter. However, sometimes Juventus still makes unnecessary mistakes, so they can't be that optimal. Let's see how Juve can maintain and improve their performance at any time.

Having a target of winning the Scudetto title, I think all teams want it. However, this season Juventus has quite an open opportunity to win the Scudetto title this time if they really take advantage of this opportunity well this season. The reason is that Juventus this season is only focused on Serie A, not competing in the UCL League or UEL League. So the opportunity to win the Serie A trophy is getting closer for Juventus because their schedule is shorter than their competitors, which means they can concentrate well and of course the players' fitness is maintained. This will prevent the players from injury problems.