Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[Strongkored]

I've been saying this since the start of the season when Mourinho didn't have the chance to build his dream squad but fortunately several seasons ago Mourinho managed to give AS Roma a conference league title. This season Mourinho's performance is no better and Roma have fired him then bring in a new coach, previously many of them thought that the new coach could give Roma 3 consecutive wins but I think it's because they are playing against a weak team and when facing a strong team Roma was defeated.

This is what I mentioned before when Danielle De Rossi became Roma coach, many would think he would make Roma better but actually the opponent factor they faced was one of the reasons why Roma managed to get 9 points, but it still has to be appreciated because it has made a position Roma is approaching the European zone, and if they can maximize every game against weak teams then they can get into a good position this season.

Milan winning Napoli was within my expectations because I actually anticipated Napoli loosing even though it will look like a fair win that they didn't have to concede too many goals loosing but if the had conceded more goals as they lost the it could be considered a poor or bad result for Napoli.

I have always mentioned it that the absence of victor has in a way affected their performance and they will not be able to easily win games especially against top teams but for mediocre team they could possibly loose but not as much or as often as it is with mediocre teams, luckily for Napoli the AFCON has just been concluded and their star player will be back to join them in a matter of weeks and once again then will hope to play better then they have done all along while he was absent due to the AFCON.

If we look at the match statistics, we can say that one of Napoli's problems is that their front line is not very good, so even though they managed to control possession of the ball, their attacks did not really threaten the home team's goal, and Milan could be said to be quite lucky because the only goal scored in the match Napoli could not respond to this even though they still had a long time to organize their strategy so that they could produce even just one point.
Napoli may be happy with the return of their mainstay player, and in the next three matches, they should be able to perform better and win the match because the teams they are playing against are relatively weak.

[Velvet78]

Theo Hernandez's only goal came in the first half was enough for Milan to win. I would have expected to see more goals from Milan honestly because of their scoring productivity and Napoli's not being very good at defending this season. But at the end of the day getting three points is the most important point of course. 

For now Milan have managed to drop the gap with Juventus to only one point after the recent results Juventus got. However Juventus haven't played their game on this week yet. Probably they would put an end to their bad streak by beating Udinese home.

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I think almost all the coaches who have handled AS Roma have sufficient experience but is not able to provide optimal results, but I know there are other reasons why they are having difficulty building strength within the Roma squad the reason is that management cannot bring in the players the coach wants because of financial problems so they just play with the existing squad. If the coach has a budget to bring in the player I think the results will be different  because experience will not be able to compete without the support of the right players.

We need to realize that victory and defeat are basic and quite common in this case so even though the defeat was felt by Roma in the match against Inter and it was enough to make the situation a little shaky because De Rosi failed to maintain their good condition after several previous matches but indeed it is a natural thing and indeed cannot be used as an excuse that he is a failed coach.

At the moment De Rosi just has to give his best performance especially for the play offs next week because after all in terms of conditions, Inter's chances in the match last week and until now are much greater than Roma so the defeat that occurred was a natural thing but they have worked hard with it and I think it deserves to be appreciated.   

[Roseline492]

Milan used their opportunity well in the first half to make sure they embrace the early goal that will bring them victory, and they did to defeated Napoli 1-0 to embraced three points from the match.

AC Milan has been very consistent this season by leading the third position of the league table, however with there current performance it's even expected of them to score more than 3 goals against Napoli because there performance is far better than Napoli because Napoli is still struggling to break out from there current position they are now but there chances are very low because there performance this season is not encouraging at all, however they seem to have given AC Milan a hard time on that match because after AC Milan score on the first half they were unable to score another goal till the end of the match, perhaps AC Milan was very lucky to have utilize the opportunity they had during the first half and score there goal if not it would have been very difficult for them to win the match.

[bering]

Juventus have to forget their loses and focus for upcoming match and today they will attempts to beat Udinese and want to collect 3 points again especially after Inter Milan won from Roma yesterday so win result is mandatory for Juventus if they want to keep up Inter Milan for race title and today if Juventus failed to win again then they have to give up for the title and actually Udinese performance is compeletely messed up because they only collect 2 wins from 23 matches but with 13 draws during this season proven Udinese sometimes can able to stole points from their opponents and the latest is Fiorentina and Atalanta was failed to win from them so Juventus should be aware to these records because Udinese potentially can makes Juventus slipped

Dusan Vlahovic has light injured and he will be doubtful to played but Allegri still waiting Vlahovic recent condition and hopefully he will be available today because Vlahovic is important player for Juventus especially Vlahovic was very sharp recently because he can scores 5 goals in the last 4 matches in Serie A with Juventus so if he absense i think it would be big lost for Juventus however Juventus obviously the favourite especially the bookmakers only provided low odds for them @1.45 and about the final scores probably 1-0 or 2-0 for Juventus

[Hanadawa]

In terms of strength, the AS Roma team is actually still the same as when it was coached by Mourinho, but for now Roma is only getting an injection of new direction from their new coach who hopefully can get some wins to make Roma's position no worse in Serie A and can return competing fiercely in the European League this season. Because if Roma is able to play better with a greater level of consistency than before, Roma can definitely compete for the top four in Serie A and also compete for several rounds in the Europa League this season.

I think the club management hopes that De Rossi can make the Roma squad play better. You are right that AS Roma today is the same as AS Roma under Mourinho. There is no difference in their strengths because they are still playing with the same line-up. What makes the difference is that the new coach can find new game tactics and directions that are more suited to the current composition of the squad so that they can play better. I think this is a normal thing when club management fires their coach and replaces him with a new one. Because they want the new coach to be able to find a formation and gameplay that suits the current squad.

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Actually Daniele De Rossi as new manager need more longer time for building squad and he was arrived when winter transfer window have been close so doesn't chance to sign players based on his scheme. I don't have too high expectations for AS Roma this season for qualifying on top fourth position standing although 3 won of 4 matches had played by De Rossi as manager. Upcoming matches, AS Roma will face an easier teams for several matches later and opportunity for Daniele De Rossi secure three points on every matches.

AS Roma have playoff round match in this middle week and Daniele De Rossi need motivate his team forget bad result in domestic league, although keep important match between domestic league and playoff round match seems realistic if Roma focus on Europe League become the winner get automatically place in Champion League group round next season.

This should be the case, it is not easy for a new coach to handle a team especially when the season is already underway to be able to improve performance, everyone has a process and time to put chemistry together so this is indeed a difficult job for Daniele De Rossi but what he has shown so far I think this is better than many people's expectations, so far I think Daniele De Rossi is quite successful.

For matches on the European stage, it might be a little more difficult because Daniele De Rossi is not a coach who has good experience on the European stage.

[len01]

It seems that Atalanta and Bologna know that after Roma has a new coach who has slightly improved their performance, these two teams are trying to take advantage of the match to secure their position and continue to provide a bigger point difference so that Roma cannot get a top 5 position in the standings.
it clear that Atalanta easily beat Genoa with a big score and managed to embarrass the hosts with a score of 1-4 for Atalanta and I see that Genoa's goalkeeper and defense are having problems so they will not be able to withstand every attack from Atalanta, it is even very impossible to be able to withstand draw.

and on the one hand, the Bologna vs Lecce match and from this match Bologna also managed to win with a big score, the same as Atalanta 4-0, making Lecce feel frustrated because they failed to withstand every attack and I think Lecce often made mistakes so it was difficult to put up resistance and on the one hand, Bologna side competed as hosts so it was natural that Bologna easily beat Lecce.
currently the difference in points between Atalanta and Bologna is only 3 points, while Roma will have difficulty catching up in points with Bologna and Atalanta because the difference of 4 with Atalanta definitely very difficult.

[udidrone]

This should be the case, it is not easy for a new coach to handle a team especially when the season is already underway to be able to improve performance, everyone has a process and time to put chemistry together so this is indeed a difficult job for Daniele De Rossi but what he has shown so far I think this is better than many people's expectations, so far I think Daniele De Rossi is quite successful.

For matches on the European stage, it might be a little more difficult because Daniele De Rossi is not a coach who has good experience on the European stage.

We understand that the owner of AS Roma might give De Rossi's target to bring Roma in the 5th position and Roma still has the opportunity to get it but for the European League we don't know at least we have to give him one chance to see his abilities. This week Roma will play in the European League against Feyenoord and Feyenoord is not an easy opponent especially Roma playing away, previously Feyenoord played in the Champions League but were eliminated earlier so actually they are at a different level.

[Oluwa-btc]

Theo Hernandez's only goal came in the first half was enough for Milan to win. I would have expected to see more goals from Milan honestly because of their scoring productivity and Napoli's not being very good at defending this season. But at the end of the day getting three points is the most important point of course. 

For now Milan have managed to drop the gap with Juventus to only one point after the recent results Juventus got. However Juventus haven't played their game on this week yet. Probably they would put an end to their bad streak by beating Udinese home.

Defending Champions are now twenty five points behind league leaders, I do not think they have the slightest hopes of qualifying for the Champions League Competition next season. They're far from good not even better, they should be out of the Champions League Competition soon only if Barcelona can make a good use if the opportunity they have  to knock them out finally.
Milan also are not consistent, they're aren't in a bad position at least getting a better manager to completely reset them up would be great to achieve.

Juventus host Udinese tonight, they have a chance of winning at home but will this coke easy for them today. Losing last weekend wasn't good thing to see.

[Xcode7]

Juventus have to forget their loses and focus for upcoming match and today they will attempts to beat Udinese and want to collect 3 points again especially after Inter Milan won from Roma yesterday so win result is mandatory for Juventus if they want to keep up Inter Milan for race title and today if Juventus failed to win again then they have to give up for the title and actually Udinese performance is compeletely messed up because they only collect 2 wins from 23 matches but with 13 draws during this season proven Udinese sometimes can able to stole points from their opponents and the latest is Fiorentina and Atalanta was failed to win from them so Juventus should be aware to these records because Udinese potentially can makes Juventus slipped

In 2 consecutive matches, Juventus have failed to win and they are increasingly behind on points from Inter Milan at the top of the standings, of course this bothers them a little.
Indeed, Juventus should be able to get up quickly so as not to fall further behind Inter Milan in the race for the Scudetto this season, but I think that will be a little difficult.

The match against Udinese could possibly be a turning point for Juventus to win and make the team's confidence increase again. Juventus will be playing at home and Udinese is also not at its best so this should be utilized well by Juventus.

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We understand that the owner of AS Roma might give De Rossi's target to bring Roma in the 5th position and Roma still has the opportunity to get it but for the European League we don't know at least we have to give him one chance to see his abilities. This week Roma will play in the European League against Feyenoord and Feyenoord is not an easy opponent especially Roma playing away, previously Feyenoord played in the Champions League but were eliminated earlier so actually they are at a different level.

This season the remaining matches for Roma to play are 14 more matches so it is not realistic for Roma management to target ranking 5th because I think their target is to close the season in the top 4 rankings. Indeed, if you look at the points scored, of course Roma is far behind the top 4 teams, but they still have a chance to reduce the gap if they can return to winning ways in the upcoming matches. Roma wanted to target the Champions League, so Roma management fired Mourinho because Mourinho failed to bring Roma to finish in the top 4.

Atalanta, who is ranked in the top 4, is also not in a safe enough position because their points are so close to the teams below them. Maybe fourth place will be a struggle for 3 teams at the end of this season because Bologna, Atalanta and Roma will compete to get a ticket to compete in the Champions League next season. Apart from that, the top 3 ranks already belong to AC Milan because they have been able to widen the point difference with Atalanta who are in 4th place.

[MusaMohamed]

This season the remaining matches for Roma to play are 14 more matches so it is not realistic for Roma management to target ranking 5th because I think their target is to close the season in the top 4 rankings. Indeed, if you look at the points scored, of course Roma is far behind the top 4 teams, but they still have a chance to reduce the gap if they can return to winning ways in the upcoming matches. Roma wanted to target the Champions League, so Roma management fired Mourinho because Mourinho failed to bring Roma to finish in the top 4.

If Mourinho fails to bring Roma to finish within top four in last two seasons, it's unrealistic to ask a young coach like De Rossi to make it done. Roma still have chance to complete this season in top four but they have to try a lot and above clubs like Atalanta, Bologna will have worse performances in future. AS Roma are racing not only with these two clubs but also with Fiorentina, Lazio, Atalanta and even Torino.

Atalanta, who is ranked in the top 4, is also not in a safe enough position because their points are so close to the teams below them. Maybe fourth place will be a struggle for 3 teams at the end of this season because Bologna, Atalanta and Roma will compete to get a ticket to compete in the Champions League next season. Apart from that, the top 3 ranks already belong to AC Milan because they have been able to widen the point difference with Atalanta who are in 4th place.

Atalanta are holding the fourth position and they can make their difference against Roma to even 7 points. But it is in theory because they must win their match to increase the point difference. Atalanta are not more stable than Roma or Bologna and other competitors, they are all very unstable and can have mix of good and bad matches.

[Warkop]

This should be the case, it is not easy for a new coach to handle a team especially when the season is already underway to be able to improve performance, everyone has a process and time to put chemistry together so this is indeed a difficult job for Daniele De Rossi but what he has shown so far I think this is better than many people's expectations, so far I think Daniele De Rossi is quite successful.

For matches on the European stage, it might be a little more difficult because Daniele De Rossi is not a coach who has good experience on the European stage.

You are right about this, it is not easy for a new coach to restore stability to his squad in matches under the current conditions, because this cannot happen in a very short time to be successful in every match. However, I really applaud De Rossi, even though De Rossi has just become Roma coach, he was able to provide a very good strategy to Roma so that Roma's performance and stability seemed to have improved rapidly in the previous few matches. In my opinion, what everyone says about De Rossi is probably wrong, because De Rossi was able to prove that he won several matches and Roma's performance was very different compared to before.

It is true, in European matches it is very difficult for Roma to compete considering the situation and conditions like this, because the teams in the European League are performing very well. However, if De Rossi can overcome this bad situation, maybe he can compete in Europe.

[babo]

Theo Hernandez's only goal came in the first half was enough for Milan to win. I would have expected to see more goals from Milan honestly because of their scoring productivity and Napoli's not being very good at defending this season. But at the end of the day getting three points is the most important point of course. 

For now Milan have managed to drop the gap with Juventus to only one point after the recent results Juventus got. However Juventus haven't played their game on this week yet. Probably they would put an end to their bad streak by beating Udinese home.

Milan is timidly emerging from its crisis, and Pioli is saving his face, not the bench which now seems compromised to me.
Napoli slides even further, at this rate they will be out of all the cups and given that the competition is ruthless ..
I really think that others deserve more than playing in the cup
Example my beloved Atalanta

[piebeyb]

The match against Udinese could possibly be a turning point for Juventus to win and make the team's confidence increase again. Juventus will be playing at home and Udinese is also not at its best so this should be utilized well by Juventus.

I think maybe it just takes a little luck for Juventus to win the title this season, namely by waiting for Inter Milan to make mistakes and many of their key players get injured so they have to be absent which will make Inter Milan play not optimally, so that Juventus can overtake them at the top standings, but that may be difficult at the moment because it seems that Inter Milan is playing very aggressively and is very determined to achieve the Italian Serie A title race this season.

Udinese is actually not a difficult opponent for Juventus if only they play a little aggressively and optimally they will not waste this match by sharing points with Udinese, Juventus must be able to get full points in this match so that they can continue to be below Inter Milan and maintain the difference so that there are not too many points, Allegri must be able to emphasize his players to play optimally to maintain consistency and maintain the point difference, when Inter Milan makes mistakes in several matches at the end of the season, Juventus can get rid of them at the same time.

[hd49728]

I think maybe it just takes a little luck for Juventus to win the title this season, namely by waiting for Inter Milan to make mistakes and many of their key players get injured so they have to be absent which will make Inter Milan play not optimally, so that Juventus can overtake them at the top standings, but that may be difficult at the moment because it seems that Inter Milan is playing very aggressively and is very determined to achieve the Italian Serie A title race this season.

Luckiness can help Juventus to win a single match but to win a battle (a league competition which lasts long enough), Juventus need more than luckiness. They will need to play well enough to convert luckiness in one or some matches to big advantage for winning Scudetto.

In this season, they need to have outstanding performances in rest months to beat Inter Milan that have been playing very impressively and are leading Juventus with good point difference. They just won over AS Roma even at Olimpico, a home stadium of Roma, and after were led 2-1 by Roma in a first half. They came bac strongly in a second half and won Roma 4 - 2 eventually.

[Jatiluhung]

Don't forget, friends, today we have a match that will be very exciting. Namely the Milan vs Napoli match. Maybe now we will no longer get excited when Napoli plays with other strong teams. Because seeing Napoli's quality this season is very different from their quality last season. But still I still hope Napoli recovers like last season. And make Serie A again have more strong teams. And I'm still looking forward to today's Milan vs Napoli match. Because I want to know how bad Napoli will be this season when they meet Milan. Will Napoli lose by a lot of scores or will they create a miracle by beating Milan? yeah this will be very interesting. Although I like the Napoli club but I will not bet on them.

Hehehehe, good choice on not betting on Napoli to win the game because of the two of them, Milan has a better chance of winning the game and even though there will be enough show of dominance, Milan has got good records in winning home games and in their last five games, they've managed to win 3. Bookies put AC Milan as the favorites for winning the game but stats has it that they have only won Napoli once in their last five home games; maybe they could make this their second one?
 Walter Mazzari has a lot on his plate today, he managed a narrow win against Verona in their last game and we could see how they struggled against a weak side like that, I wonder how it will be for them today when they meet third place and in form AC Milan.
 Napoli could win the game if they keep their heads down and avoid playing under pressure because Milan knows how to take advantage of these little openings and capitalize on it. I'm not pitting anyone to win but it's going to be an ov 2.5 game.

And it turns out that it was in accordance with what was predicted that Napoli would not be able to win this match. And it's true that Milan ultimately won the match, even though it was only by a narrow score of 1-0. I regret not betting more
But I think in that match Napoli were really a little better than before. Even though they lost, they gave Milan quite fierce resistance. So I was not disappointed with Napoli's performance in that match. Although I think the midfield and front line still need to be improved. Because of that, their performance is still not what it should be.

[pusaka]

Theo Hernandez's only goal came in the first half was enough for Milan to win. I would have expected to see more goals from Milan honestly because of their scoring productivity and Napoli's not being very good at defending this season. But at the end of the day getting three points is the most important point of course. 

For now Milan have managed to drop the gap with Juventus to only one point after the recent results Juventus got. However Juventus haven't played their game on this week yet. Probably they would put an end to their bad streak by beating Udinese home.

Milan is timidly emerging from its crisis, and Pioli is saving his face, not the bench which now seems compromised to me.
Napoli slides even further, at this rate they will be out of all the cups and given that the competition is ruthless ..
I really think that others deserve more than playing in the cup
Example my beloved Atalanta

1 goal was enough to allow AC Milan to secure 3 points. But overall Napoli can actually provide meaningful resistance, even in possession of the ball, especialy towards the end of the match they are quite good. But with the problems experienced by Napoli at this time, they could not say much in this match and had to swallow the bitter pill with a narrow defeat.
AC Milan is not without weaknesses this season, in some matches they also often make mistakes that ultimately make them unable to win matches. They must fix this, even though their position is quite safe, but they must not let their guard down with their comfort.

[slapper]

Not sure what you mean about De Rossi and Mourinho because yes, I think Mourinho is an experienced coach and De Rossi is not. Therefore, at least AS Roma also only made De Rossi a temporary coach for AS Roma until the end of this season, as evidenced by the contract that has been agreed upon. So yes, I think appointing De Rossi to replace Mourinho was definitely a gamble that AS Roma made. Because after all, De Rossi is a coach who has no experience and yes, although De Rossi has previously been the head coach of the SPAL team but in fact De Rossi also failed there. Therefore, due to the lack of experience, of course there is still no good result guarantee about De Rossi becoming the head coach of AS Roma.

Experience is really needed to train a team as big as AS Roma because you need a coach who can determine the strategy to use in each match and can bring AS Roma to victory. So far, De Rossi doesn't have good experience, and this will be very dangerous for AS Roma because its position is in the top 6 at the top of the standings. Hopefully, AS Roma will not make fatal mistakes that could make it difficult for AS Roma to win in the next match.

I think almost all the coaches who have handled AS Roma have sufficient experience but is not able to provide optimal results, but I know there are other reasons why they are having difficulty building strength within the Roma squad the reason is that management cannot bring in the players the coach wants because of financial problems so they just play with the existing squad. If the coach has a budget to bring in the player I think the results will be different  because experience will not be able to compete without the support of the right players.

I understand your AS Roma concerns. Indeed, they've had many experienced coaches who have failed to make an impact. You're fighting with one hand tied behind your back without the necessary players to accomplish a coach's vision, in my opinion. Financial restraints are horrible, and it's frustrating to watch a coach's talent wasted because they can't get players. De Rossi's recent term gives us hope, though, doesn't it? He's achieved amazing accomplishments despite his inexperience. In sports, passion and a fresh vision may go far