Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[Ayers]

Juventus' goal productivity level this season is not very good. But the good thing is that Juventus can always win even with a small goal difference. Juventus actually often wins several matches quite dramatically. As if luck was always on their side. But one thing that is certain is that it is all thanks to the intelligence of the coach they have, Allegri.
Juventus, which actually almost experienced bad results in the match against Salernitana, was then able to turn things around thanks to Salernitana who only played with 10 players, which was also like luck. But still, it was all thanks to the good use of opportunities by the Juventus squad.

Yes, there are many clubs that start the season well but slump at the end. But there are also clubs that are having an ordinary season but they can continue to maintain their performance until the end. And I hope Juventus is a club that can maintain their performance until the end. Even though this squad has limited players, so far Allegri has been able to make very good player rotations.

To be fair, their defense is so rock solid that, they do not really feel the need to score a lot, Inter is doing better on that front to be fair, but I think Juventus is close to them for a reason and I think that should be an important case. I believe that there are a few things that Juventus does better, but defense is definitely one of them and should be an important deal.

I think it would not be all that simple to handle the workload the team has this season, they are focusing way too much on the league and they will try to win it no matter what happens. This creates a bit more stress for the players, because every single game matters, it feels as if every game is a finals of something and they need to win it.

You know, Juventus currently has the second best defense in the Serie A if we compare how many goals they have conceded so far. They have only conceded 12. But the problem is the team that is ahead of them which is Inter, has been able to defend better. Inter has conceded three goals less compared to Juventus. And the biggest worry for Juventus should be that they were able to score 15 goals more compared to Juventus.

So either Juventus will have to defend far better. Or they will have to start scoring more goals. Otherwise, it is going to be a problem for them when they go up against Inter in my opinion. Well not only when they go up against Inter, but if they do not improve further, they will not be able to get ahead of Inter. And that is the biggest problem for them. Because whatever they are saying, I know that they want to win the title.

[SUPERSAIAN]

Napoli's performance recently is very abysmal. Who would have said that they are the defending champions right now after losing to Torino with that margin and drawing with Monza? They are currently in 9th position and the way things are looking right now, they are not even going to play in the Uefa Conference League.

I actually don't think they will be winning the game between them and Barcelona either. I know Barcelona themselves are struggling but Napoli's current situation is very dire. Maybe they can do something about their bad performance in the January transfer market.

poor Napoli fans, a year ago they were happy, now Napoli also risks being left out of the serious cups
What a fate, how the wheel of a team can change in a very short time, really crazy
recovery is far away now..

A championship that comes years later is a legendary season, I'm sure that the collapse that comes after is hard for the fans. In fact, it seems interesting what could be the reason why the chemistry of the team, which still has very productive players, suddenly deteriorated so much.

It is not normal for them to have such difficulty in defending, Min Jae-Kim leaving the team was very difficult for the team, maybe even the club managers would not have expected this much.

[puloweh555]

They have been on a break in the champions league, and I expected them to perform well in Serie A and try to accumulate plenty of points before the champions league resumed, but their poor form has continued, and their hopes of qualifying for the champions league next season are fading. This is bad for them and they need to get back to winning as soon as possible.

I think Napoli's chances are closed to compete for Champions League tickets next season from Serie A tickets. The only way is maybe they have to win the Champions League, which I think is very difficult with their current performance.
Last season's Serie A champions finally had to struggle to defend their title. This season's Serie A competition will belong to Inter and Juventus. and there will be no other teams to interfere.

Napoli's performance recently is very abysmal. Who would have said that they are the defending champions right now after losing to Torino with that margin and drawing with Monza? They are currently in 9th position and the way things are looking right now, they are not even going to play in the Uefa Conference League.

I actually don't think they will be winning the game between them and Barcelona either. I know Barcelona themselves are struggling but Napoli's current situation is very dire. Maybe they can do something about their bad performance in the January transfer market.

Looking at Napoli's condition, it is difficult to imagine why last season they fell so quickly, their game was very strong and they managed to win Serie A. This season for Napoli, even competing in the top four is difficult, let alone defending the title, it feels very impossible.

Napoli's decline is very clear, without Spalleti it's like a chick losing its mother, Napoli's game is not solid and without a vision and mission. Napoli's next mistake was being too quick to fire Rudi Garcia as Spalleti's replacement at that time. Even though the match results were quite good, even though they were less consistent. Still able to compete in the top 4, now Napoli with a new coach is even worse for Napoli, star players are important but the chemistry between players and coach is more important. In fact, in the last three matches, Napoli recorded 3 red cards, against Roma, Monza and Torino.

[Josefjix]

Napoli's dominance last season was eye-popping. This team has performed well since the beginning of the season. And they managed to secure the title long before the end of the season. The team performed brilliantly throughout the season. And the players were in pretty good rhythm too. But this season their performance is poor. And they don't have the talent to win the title. Napoli's points gap with Inter Milan is 20. No one expected such a decline for Napoli this season. Everyone expected Napoli to fight for the title this season as well as last season.

I don't trust these elite teams because they fold up anytime without proper history. They lack the consistency to continue been in good form and that's really terrible. Napoli decline in performance because the board are not patient enough to deal with their current problems, sacking of coaches have become the orders of the day for Napoli. The current coach, Walter Mazzarri needs to be given more time to construct his own strategy and style of play. Napoli surprises everyone with their terrible performance in matches, not a welcome idea to watch a defending Champs of the scudetto not able to win average teams.

[kawetsriyanto]

Looking at Napoli's condition, it is difficult to imagine why last season they fell so quickly, their game was very strong and they managed to win Serie A. This season for Napoli, even competing in the top four is difficult, let alone defending the title, it feels very impossible.

That's the power of the coach! It simply indicated that Luciano Spalletti is the reason why Napoli performed very strong in the last season. Luciano Spalletti knows well how to build Napoli to be a strong team. After Luciano Spalletti left the club, unfortunately Napoli management failed to hire a proper coach as the successor.

For this season, Napoli may target to finish in UCL zone only. But it seems not easy to return to the top 4. I even doubt Napoli to finish this season at the top 5 if they always performed poorly.

Napoli's decline is very clear, without Spalleti it's like a chick losing its mother, Napoli's game is not solid and without a vision and mission. Napoli's next mistake was being too quick to fire Rudi Garcia as Spalleti's replacement at that time. Even though the match results were quite good, even though they were less consistent. Still able to compete in the top 4, now Napoli with a new coach is even worse for Napoli, star players are important but the chemistry between players and coach is more important.

Indeed. Without Spalletti, Napoli becomes a weak team, they even got some defeats against small teams. The main problem of this team is they failed to hire a proper coach to replace Spalletti. It is a mistake to sign Rudi Garcia as the successor of Spalletti. If Napol management could hire a better coach, Napoli may not experience this bad season.

In fact, in the last three matches, Napoli recorded 3 red cards, against Roma, Monza and Torino.

It is the sign that Napoli players feel frustrated with their current condition. They need some changes, they need a better coach with reputable records. I don't know why Napoli sign random coach.

[Rengga Jati]

Surely, I don't think that Juventus will waste this opportunity. because Juventus' chances of winning against Salernitana are quite high.

Juventus Turin is on a good way back to the top of Italian football after that disappointing last year with the penalty..

Yes, of course because of the penalties they received last season which had a big impact on their number of points and their position, this is the reason why Juventus is trying even harder this season. They are also very focused on making better game progress so that they have managed to be runners up for now. and the goal is to win the Serie A title. However, it won't be easy because Inter is currently still at the top of the standings. That's why Juventus must not be careless and must collect the full 3 points in each match.
And the result of the match Salernitana vs Juventus 1 - 2, Juventus could win it quite satisfayingly, although I think they would be able to create more goals. But, that is enough.

Oh may, what happen to Napoli so far.
they weren't even able to score a single goal. and even they couldn't withstand attacks from Torino well. so that Torino was actually able to score 3 goals in an absolute victory without any reply from Napoli. this is really very disappointing. Napoli's hopes of being much better after changing coaches apparently didn't go well. Because however, since Mazzarri trained them, the results turned out to be the same, in fact I think it was worse.
Next week Napoli will face Salernitana, we will try to see whether Napoli will repeat the mistake again and in the end lose or will receive the full 3 points. Currently it is truly unpredictable regarding the outcome of the Napoli match.

[Pulsar77]

I think Inter will probably win the Serie A title this season. Because I don't see any other team showing a better performance than them recently. Juventus are the closest about that but even they are not as good as them honestly. The match between them in Turin ended up with a draw you know. It is really difficult for Juventus to keep up with them until the final moments as long as they don't get more productive as for scoring goals in the league.

They showed an example of improvement in the Coppa Italia though. That Salernitana match was spectacular.    I would like to see this dedication in the Serie A as well.

[Palakka]

I don't trust these elite teams because they fold up anytime without proper history. They lack the consistency to continue been in good form and that's really terrible. Napoli decline in performance because the board are not patient enough to deal with their current problems, sacking of coaches have become the orders of the day for Napoli. The current coach, Walter Mazzarri needs to be given more time to construct his own strategy and style of play. Napoli surprises everyone with their terrible performance in matches, not a welcome idea to watch a defending Champs of the scudetto not able to win average teams.

A bad blunder made by the napoli owner has had an impact on their performance this season. Napoli have lost their strength as the strongest team in serie A this season because they were unable to maintain their status as defending champions this season. Napoli have suffered many defeats this season and even bad situations have also hit their players, Such as lack of enthusiasm and the players mentality has also been greatly affected by the bad results they have received. If management wants to see bigger changes, Of course they have to give Walter mazzarri a lot of time.

Well, Rudi garcia dismissal was also considered hasty, But that's what happened, under mazzarri coaching, Napoli also didn't go as expected. For this reason, mazzarri must of course be given time to develop the quality of his players, Especially osimhen. This season, Napoli may find it difficult to make it to the top 4 if they don't manage to get out of the downturn they are currently experiencing.

[Mayor of ogba]

I agree about Napoli's condition. There is really no way they are getting back into the title competition from here. They must be wishing they didn't lose so many points at the beginning of the season. They just can't find the right manager for themselves after Spalletti parted ways with them. This is their main problem why they can't play like the previous season.

Mazzarri also doesn't look like the right manager for now as long as he doesn't surprise us in the coming days. I wouldn't be surprised if he also gets sacked at the end of the season at worst. It would still be nice at least if Mazzarri manages to carry the team into top four but we will see.

Napoli's performance was truly disappointing. They lost 3 times, drew once and only won once from the last five matches. Currently they are ranked 9th in the league. This is a really bad result for the defending champions. I think they will have no chance of qualifying for the champions league next season. They are also 4 points behind Bologna in fifth place in the standings and I think it will also be difficult for them to qualify for the European league next season. I think those who bet that Napoli will win the title this season should give up their money to the bookie.

I agree with you that Napoli could not qualify for the next season's UEFA Champions League with the way they are performing now. I don't know what went wrong for Napoli this season, everyone was expecting Napoli to defend their title this season, but they failed to do so, and Napoli is not even certain of making it to the top four of Serie A this season.

[execijutiere]

Fiorentina will host Bologna in the quarterfinal of the cup.Both teams are doing well in the league this season.They will try to show it here and honestly I see it as a match that both teams can win.Bologna is a team that likes to score goals and can score goals, no matter away or home. Fiorentina are the same way, but the football they played against Sassuolo 3 days ago was not very encouraging.In return Bologna will have a day more rest than Fiorentina.When I try to evaluate all these things I think Bologna will not lose.

[mamesso]

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Yes I agree with you, Romero Lukaku has proven to be a very valid player and a valid professional
Without him Roma wouldn`t be so far ahead, clearly a big question mark opens up for next year: if I remember correctly the loan is for 1 year only. Big question for next year.

Romelu Lukaku has entered a new chapter in his career, he has developed rapidly since coming under Jose Mourinho. His status as a season long loan player means that his time with Roma will not last long unless Chelsea agree to extend his loan period or Roma buy him permanently from Chelsea. Roma was very lucky to be able to get the services of Romelu Lukaku, he immediately received praise from the Olimpico public in his first season because of the goals he produced for Roma.
Roma needs to maintain consistent performance to improve its position in the standings. Roma attack line has started to improve since Lukaku arrival, Mourinho needs to make the back line stronger with the discipline of his players in maintaining the defensive area.

[Hirose UK]

Fiorentina will host Bologna in the quarterfinal of the cup.Both teams are doing well in the league this season.They will try to show it here and honestly I see it as a match that both teams can win.Bologna is a team that likes to score goals and can score goals, no matter away or home. Fiorentina are the same way, but the football they played against Sassuolo 3 days ago was not very encouraging.In return Bologna will have a day more rest than Fiorentina.When I try to evaluate all these things I think Bologna will not lose.

In Serie A, Fiorentina lost to Sassuolo with score of 1 - 0, but based on the quality of play, Sassuolo is much different team below Fiorentina, but perhaps Fiorentina would prefer to optimize their performance in the Italian Cup against Bologna in the quarter-finals.
Fiorentina itself has so far been superior in getting wins but they have lost far more, in contrast to Bologna who can minimize losses so that they get more draws, from this it can be judged that Bologna will be more optimal in the Italian Cup match later.
I sure Bologna has pretty big chance of winning the match, but Fiorentina has home advantage in this match and of course Bologna will definitely be under more difficult pressure to win.
It quite interesting because Fiorentina is superior in home games and Bologna is superior in terms of quality of play.
From this it can be concluded that their competition is really quite fierce and of course there will be an optimized defensive game from both team.

[rendravolt]

Fiorentina will host Bologna in the quarterfinal of the cup.Both teams are doing well in the league this season.They will try to show it here and honestly I see it as a match that both teams can win.Bologna is a team that likes to score goals and can score goals, no matter away or home. Fiorentina are the same way, but the football they played against Sassuolo 3 days ago was not very encouraging.In return Bologna will have a day more rest than Fiorentina.When I try to evaluate all these things I think Bologna will not lose.

Both teams have adopted an attacking style of play so they both really deserve to win. But still in every match there is only one winner and it is a difficult job to predict the outcome. We know that both teams are equal this season and even though this is a Coppa Italia match, this will not reduce the tempo of the game at all and both teams will still try to get the lead first.

Now the Fiorentina squad is feeling quite the loss because they have just suffered an unexpected defeat against Sassuolo on the Serie A stage and it is feared that their game will get worse again in the Coppa Italia against Bologna. I don't think I would take any further risks in betting and prefer the BTTS option which is clearly what will happen in a match like this.

[klidex]

I think Inter will probably win the Serie A title this season. Because I don't see any other team showing a better performance than them recently. Juventus are the closest about that but even they are not as good as them honestly. The match between them in Turin ended up with a draw you know. It is really difficult for Juventus to keep up with them until the final moments as long as they don't get more productive as for scoring goals in the league.

They showed an example of improvement in the Coppa Italia though. That Salernitana match was spectacular.    I would like to see this dedication in the Serie A as well.

Yes, I agree that Inter Milan will probably win the Italian Serie A league title this season because Juventus doesn't look as strong as Inter Milan in goal productivity, but still Juventus is still chasing Inter Milan at the top of the standings. If Inter Milan hasn't widened the gap with Juventus then Juventus still has the opportunity to win the title even though Juventus' goal productivity is not as good as Inter Milan's because the most important thing in winning the title is the number of points while the two clubs only have a very small difference in points.

As I said before, in the match between Juventus and Salernitana in this second meeting, Juventus certainly did not create as many goal opportunities as before in the Italian Cup because Salernitana tried to maintain a tight defense so that Juventus could not penetrate their defense easily, but at least the narrow victory still brought Juventus won the full 3 points and continues to chase Inter Milan at the top of the standings.

[Leviathan.007]

The dramatic comeback made by Juventus shows that their winning mentality is getting stronger, the never give up attitude of the Juventus players has led them to won. The recent won over Salernitana means that Juventus has now recorded no defeat in 15 consecutive matches in all competitions, a good achievement for Juventus who are chasing the Scudetto this season.

Even though winning with a small score is still on the winning path, many people even think that Inter Milan always wins with a big score so it would be better if they competed with a goal difference of the same number of points, in my opinion that will not happen as long as Juventus remains consistent, they will win the title this season just waiting for Inter Milan to make many mistakes at the end of the season.

There are lots of clubs that are good at the start of the season to the middle of the season but after the end of the season they are inconsistent, that's why Juventus' victory today is very important even though they won narrowly and ended dramatically, they deserve the full three points and solidify their consistency on the winning path without unbeaten in the 15 matches they have faced.

Juventus still doesn't want to lose the race they have with Inter Milan and they are lucky to win the game they had against Salernitana. Juventus was close to losing two important points and taking a draw in this match but in the end, they scored the second goal in the last moment of the match and won the game with a 2-1 result.
Dušan Vlahović the player of Juventos couldn't have a good performance in this match but he scored the second goal and saved his team.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

Napoli was only lucky enough last season caused by so many clubs were still preparing themselves for the long rung. This proves that if napolis is still a garbage club and i hope that napoli fans will not talk about scudetto again caused by it's too good to be true.

Napoli will be out from the UCL as well soon. Im not even doubting it caused by the horrible performance by the club. The new coach was unable to bring back napoli to the top.

Last season they had a coach who could implement a coaching system well and last season's coach also knew how to utilize the potential of the players he had, so that Napoli managed to win the Scudetto which they had not been able to get for a long time Now that the previous coach has left, Napoli's condition is so bad that they have lost their best playing performance and are even unable to keep up with their game when facing a much more balanced team.

If we talk about the Champions League, Napoli's chances of advancing to the next round will be much more difficult and I don't expect much from Napoli this season in the Champions League. Because they are not really ready to face crucial matches, especially when facing teams that are much stronger than them.

[Strongkored]

Next week's match which is expected to be very tight is AC Milan vs Roma.
In the last five meetings in Serie A, AC Milan has a better record than Roma because Milan managed to win 3 times and the rest ended in a draw, and also if we judge from the odds in the match where AC Milan is around @2.20 and Roma is around @3.40 then the chance Milan as the home team is good enough to be able to get 3 points and Roma looks like it will only be possible to get 1 point in this match because their performance is not good enough this season even compared to last season they are not better, but Roma must try to get the best results because their position will be further away from the European zone because currently they only occupy eighth position behind Atlanta and Lazio and are also closely followed by Napoli, and if we compare the teams that Napoli will face, it is very possible that Roma will drop to ninth position because it will be difficult to achieve points in the match against Milan later, Mourinho will probably play more defensively and rely on counter attacks to get even one point in the match.

[deathcode]

Mourinho will probably play more defensively and rely on counter attacks to get even one point in the match.

I also believe Mourinho will play a defensive strategy to deal with pressure from Milan players. Mourinho usually does that and if it is executed well by the players, the strategy can be successful. Roma has Lukaku and Dybala in attack. Mourinho might be able to use this to implement a quick counterattack strategy.
and the result depends on Milan's situation on the field. If they attack too openly, it could have bad consequences if Roma succeeds in counterattacking. Lukaku is still sharp enough to score goals.

[wakier]

The dramatic comeback made by Juventus shows that their winning mentality is getting stronger, the never give up attitude of the Juventus players has led them to won. The recent won over Salernitana means that Juventus has now recorded no defeat in 15 consecutive matches in all competitions, a good achievement for Juventus who are chasing the Scudetto this season.

Even though winning with a small score is still on the winning path, many people even think that Inter Milan always wins with a big score so it would be better if they competed with a goal difference of the same number of points, in my opinion that will not happen as long as Juventus remains consistent, they will win the title this season just waiting for Inter Milan to make many mistakes at the end of the season.

There are lots of clubs that are good at the start of the season to the middle of the season but after the end of the season they are inconsistent, that's why Juventus' victory today is very important even though they won narrowly and ended dramatically, they deserve the full three points and solidify their consistency on the winning path without unbeaten in the 15 matches they have faced.

Juventus still doesn't want to lose the race they have with Inter Milan and they are lucky to win the game they had against Salernitana. Juventus was close to losing two important points and taking a draw in this match but in the end, they scored the second goal in the last moment of the match and won the game with a 2-1 result.
Dušan Vlahović the player of Juventos couldn't have a good performance in this match but he scored the second goal and saved his team.

Juventus is still trying hard to continue to catch up with Inter in the title race and it is true that Juventus almost lost 2 points in this match but it turns out that Juventus was able to make a good comeback in the last minute through Dušan Vlahović's kick which resulted in a goal and became a hero for Juventus in this match. I didn't expect that Juventus seemed to have a little difficulty in this match because in the Italian Cup match, Juventus was able to beat Salernitana with an amazing score, but unfortunately Juventus couldn't repeat this opportunity to increase Juventus' goal productivity in Serie A.
In my opinion, Dušan Vlahović played well in this match because he provided 1 goal and 1 assist if it weren't for him, Juventus might have gone home with only 1 points.

[Salahmu]

I think Inter will probably win the Serie A title this season. Because I don't see any other team showing a better performance than them recently. Juventus are the closest about that but even they are not as good as them honestly. The match between them in Turin ended up with a draw you know. It is really difficult for Juventus to keep up with them until the final moments as long as they don't get more productive as for scoring goals in the league.

Yeah Inter Milan is actually the right candidate for the league champion this season because there performance is been exceptional compare to there performance last season they were having some difficulties performing well but however this season has been a game changer for Inter Milan because I never believe they could win most of the matches they did which gave them the privilege of becoming the league strongest and also becoming the first position of the league.

However is quite surprising to Juventus to see how a club they were far better than, has become the league strongest team that's occupying the major position of the league while Juventus is on the second position, perhaps considering there little points different Juventus will be wishing for Inter Milan to lose a match so that they can take over the first position of the league but however I don't think Inter Milan will be able to draw any of there matches let alone lose any match.