Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[Jatiluhung]

Napoli has chances of climbing up if they win consistently till the end of season, seeing there maybe not less than 12matches left to play. Osimhen was on point for them in their last match as they won and if Bologna and the teams withing the top from 5th - 8th position losses or draws further, we might see a rearrangment of the table with Napoli either finishing 4, 5th or 6th possibly. 

Of course yeah, they can achieve one of those three positions that you said above, only if they can try their possible best to win their rest matches. We shouldn't also forget that those clubs ahead of Napoli, apart from Lazio and Fiorentina, it will be hard for Napoli to take over from Roma and Bolonga. We can see that since De Rossi took over from Mourinho, the club has been coming up with good performance by winning matches, which make it difficult for Napoli.

Napoli can finally be on the 7th position, because it will be easy for them to be ahead of Lazio and Fiorentina. However, Napoli's performance this season has been very poor compare to what I expected from them as the defending champions, which make me to still be in doubt if Napoli will be able to play and win more games than the ones that they will lose and draw in total. The new coach this season is not that competent for the job.

Honestly, I would say that Napoli will actually have difficulty even getting close to ranking 4. Just look at the difference in points that Napoli has, which is currently ranked 9th, which only has 37 points and compare it with Bologna who is ranked 4th, which has 48 points. And we can calculate that the difference in points between these two teams is 11 points. And I don't think it's easy for Napoli. So their current focus may only be on improving their performance and not thinking too much about their ranking in the standings. The most important thing is that they can remain in the top 10. And maybe next season they can try even better.

The new coach that Napoli has this season has not been able to match Spalletti's achievements, who succeeded in bringing big changes to Napoli's performance. And yes, this is quite normal. Because all coaches definitely need time to really understand a team.

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[hahay]

Fiorentina vs Lazio.  Fiorentina team scored 2 goals in today's match. Lazio team scored 1 goal. In the match between the two teams that happened today, I supported Lazio team but Lazio team did not play well. Both teams were almost at the same position in the points table. Fiorentina team is in 7th position and Lazio team is in 7th position.  In the 8th position. If Lazio team could have scored 2 goals in the season match, it would have been a draw but Lazio team could not do that.

even though Lazio was the first to score a goal in this match. But we have to admit that Fiorentina did play much better than Lazio. Fiorentina even managed to create many good opportunities. And unfortunately they don't use it well. Meanwhile, Lazio had quite a difficult time building attacks in this match. Because I think the defense built by Fiorentina looks much better than the defense built by Lazio. So Lazio's defeat was not that surprising. However, this result could also be a sign that Lazio might also lose in the second leg of the UCL last 16 when they visit Bayern's headquarters.

At least, Fiorentina managed to avenge the defeat in their first meeting this season because after all, in the head to head record also at least Lazio had good dominance against Fiorentina . Also,at least Lazio still managed to scorefirst in this match, so basically Lazio still has a chance not to lose by Fiorentina. But ya, because maybe Lazio also still needs to make better preparations for the match in the Champion League then ya, maybe that factor makes Lazio unable to maintain the 1-0 score they got in the first half . Because anyway, after Lazio took the lead with a score of 1-0, the fact is that Fiorentina can dominate the match very well, until finally Fiorentina managed to turn things around and managed to beat Lazio after five meetings in Serie A always failed.

[ndutndut]

That's true, but regarding the opportunity to enter the top 4 of the standings, these three teams still have the same chance.
There are 12 games left this season so with only a small point difference anything is still possible.
Bologna, Atalanta and As Roma have equal strength so the question is which team can maintain its consistency until the end of the season to ensure a ticket to the Champions League next season.

These three teams still have the opportunity to get 1 remaining ticket to the Champions League next season after the other 3 tickets are confirmed to belong to the big teams in Serie A. Bologna is the team that has the biggest opportunity because they are currently in fourth place in the standings. But they suffered defeat against Cagliari in January. This means they can still underperform for several matches. AS Roma will have to fight hard if they want to get a ticket to the Champions League. I think As Roma have a little chance here. I predict they will return to playing in the European league next season. AS Roma will compete with Atalanta for the European league and Atalanta will compete with Bologna for the champions league. I see that is the exact situation that is happening for now.

After Juventus performed poorly in several matches, the competition for the Serie A title is no longer interesting because Juventus is far behind Inter Milan who are at the top of the standings. Currently what is interesting to follow as you said is the battle for the top four between Bologna, Atalanta and AS Roma.

These three teams still have the same chance, Bologna and Atalanta next week, one of them will have to lose points because the two teams will face each other. Meanwhile, As Roma will face a weak team, namely Monza, so you can be sure that Roma will have the opportunity to overtake Atalanta, even if Atalanta manages to beat Bologna, the difference in points between the three teams will be one. I personally hope AS Roma can penetrate the UCL this season.

[Ayers]

Roma 3 - 2 Torino

In my opinion, Roma's new coach is doing an excellent job, he managed to greatly improve the team's performance, even though he wasn't the one who signed all the team's players, when he became Roma's coach, all the players were already at Roma. , what he is doing is managing to deal with the situation he encountered in the best possible way, something that is not an easy task, but even so he is managing to obtain good results, I think that if Roma's management hire him for the long term and he manages make some changes in defense then roma would become a team capable of fighting for the title. Mourinho was playing the same way as Juventus, he favored defense over attack and this could have meant that the team conceded fewer goals, but they also had difficulties in attacks and certain signings made by Mourinho were also not good.

Yeah, agreed, another thing I have to say it was a great performance from Dybala. 
He got his hat trick and his hat trick was the reason why Roma was able to get three points from this match. 

By the way, not all good they have made some mistakes too, Roma also missed a lot of easy chances.
Towards the start of the match in the 8th minute I believe Roma missed a golden opportunity when they hit the bar.


Whatever, at the end of the day, they got three points and that's what matters.
Actually, they will have to train better to defend corners. They are not doing well to deny aerial threats.

Of course, the defending has to be better from Roma if they want to improve their standing on the table. Still very much possible for Roma to finish in the top four.

[pusaka]

That's true, but regarding the opportunity to enter the top 4 of the standings, these three teams still have the same chance.
There are 12 games left this season so with only a small point difference anything is still possible.
Bologna, Atalanta and As Roma have equal strength so the question is which team can maintain its consistency until the end of the season to ensure a ticket to the Champions League next season.

These three teams still have the opportunity to get 1 remaining ticket to the Champions League next season after the other 3 tickets are confirmed to belong to the big teams in Serie A. Bologna is the team that has the biggest opportunity because they are currently in fourth place in the standings. But they suffered defeat against Cagliari in January. This means they can still underperform for several matches. AS Roma will have to fight hard if they want to get a ticket to the Champions League. I think As Roma have a little chance here. I predict they will return to playing in the European league next season. AS Roma will compete with Atalanta for the European league and Atalanta will compete with Bologna for the champions league. I see that is the exact situation that is happening for now.

Among the 2 teams AS Roma is the least likely to qualify or to be ranked in the top 4 of the standings. That's because they have the lowest points of the other 2 teams. But that does not mean the opportunity is lost from them, they still have a chance with a note that they must be able to maintain their appearance and also further improve it. Now point by point becomes very crucial and it will be very decisive for their position at the end of the standings. De Rossi so far I rate him quite well, although there has been no significant change that he can show. Yes, everything needs a process and I hope he can show a better process in the future.

[marcous]

~ Snip ~

Of course yeah, they can achieve one of those three positions that you said above, only if they can try their possible best to win their rest matches. We shouldn't also forget that those clubs ahead of Napoli, apart from Lazio and Fiorentina, it will be hard for Napoli to take over from Roma and Bolonga. We can see that since De Rossi took over from Mourinho, the club has been coming up with good performance by winning matches, which make it difficult for Napoli.

Napoli can finally be on the 7th position, because it will be easy for them to be ahead of Lazio and Fiorentina. However, Napoli's performance this season has been very poor compare to what I expected from them as the defending champions, which make me to still be in doubt if Napoli will be able to play and win more games than the ones that they will lose and draw in total. The new coach this season is not that competent for the job.

Honestly, I would say that Napoli will actually have difficulty even getting close to ranking 4. Just look at the difference in points that Napoli has, which is currently ranked 9th, which only has 37 points and compare it with Bologna who is ranked 4th, which has 48 points. And we can calculate that the difference in points between these two teams is 11 points. And I don't think it's easy for Napoli. So their current focus may only be on improving their performance and not thinking too much about their ranking in the standings. The most important thing is that they can remain in the top 10. And maybe next season they can try even better.

The new coach that Napoli has this season has not been able to match Spalletti's achievements, who succeeded in bringing big changes to Napoli's performance. And yes, this is quite normal. Because all coaches definitely need time to really understand a team.

De Laurentiis demands that every coach can always bring Napoli to victory in every match they play, a reason why he lost Spalletti, Rudi Garacia, Walter Mazzarri. It is possible that Francesco Calzona will also be fired before the season ends, it seems that the Napoli president cannot tolerate defeat at all.

There is no longer any talk of defending the trophy, Osimhen star aura is slowly fading, Napoli is sinking and turning into an average club after winning the Scudetto last season. The European zone seems increasingly difficult to achieve, if they fail to get full points again in the postponed match against Sassuolo, then Torino and Monza will kick them out of the top 10 of the standings.

Napoli next five matches in Serie A, Calzona fleet will face Sassuolo, Juventus, Torino, Inter and Atalanta. I think Napoli will lose points again when facing other big clubs, that is the most difficult period towards the end of the season. Meanwhile, in the Champions League, Napoli chances of winning at home to Barcelona are very low, Calzona cannot bring Napoli back up as De Laurentiis hopes.

[Lillominato89]

Team	Point
Inter	66
Juve	57
Milan	53
Bologna	48
Atalanta	46
Roma	41
Lazio	40
Fiorentina	38
Napoli	37
Torino	36
Monza	36
Genoa	33
Empoli	25
Lecce	24
Udinese	23
Frosinone	23
Sassuolo	20
Verona	20
Cagliari	20
Salernitana	13

Nothing change but Bologna is in 4th position! wow

Napoli has chances of climbing up if they win consistently till the end of season, seeing there maybe not less than 12matches left to play. Osimhen was on point for them in their last match as they won and if Bologna and the teams withing the top from 5th - 8th position losses or draws further, we might see a rearrangment of the table with Napoli either finishing 4, 5th or 6th possibly. 

For Napoli it will already be a great feat to reach sixth position this season, considering that they still have 13 matches to play but still have to face Juventus, Inter, Atalanta, Roma, Fiorentina and Bologna, so to achieve what you think, Napoli should first everything to win against these teams who are in better positions than Napoli and not lose against Sassuolo, Torino, Monza, Frosinone, Udinese, Lecce, Empoli

[Fiatless]

For Napoli it will already be a great feat to reach sixth position this season, considering that they still have 13 matches to play but still have to face Juventus, Inter, Atalanta, Roma, Fiorentina and Bologna, so to achieve what you think, Napoli should first everything to win against these teams who are in better positions than Napoli and not lose against Sassuolo, Torino, Monza, Frosinone, Udinese, Lecce, Empoli

It was some careless defending that made Napoli conceive that late equalizer. Angolan winger Zito Luvumbo was been marked by two Napoli defenders who were not well-coordinated which made him grab that late goal. Napoli still has the opportunity to get a Champions League slot if they can improve under coach Francesco Calzona. The club should do more in the defense and the midfield is becoming less creative which has led to a reduction of goal-scoring opportunities. The club will be more focused on the Champions League because it is more important based on prestige and financial benefits.

[Arenga pinnata]

For Napoli it will already be a great feat to reach sixth position this season, considering that they still have 13 matches to play but still have to face Juventus, Inter, Atalanta, Roma, Fiorentina and Bologna, so to achieve what you think, Napoli should first everything to win against these teams who are in better positions than Napoli and not lose against Sassuolo, Torino, Monza, Frosinone, Udinese, Lecce, Empoli

It was some careless defending that made Napoli conceive that late equalizer. Angolan winger Zito Luvumbo was been marked by two Napoli defenders who were not well-coordinated which made him grab that late goal. Napoli still has the opportunity to get a Champions League slot if they can improve under coach Francesco Calzona. The club should do more in the defense and the midfield is becoming less creative which has led to a reduction of goal-scoring opportunities. The club will be more focused on the Champions League because it is more important based on prestige and financial benefits.

If you look at the difference in points that Napoli currently has from the top 4-6, it feels quite heavy. Because the teams currently ranked 4-6 are much more consistent than Napoli. Especially Roma, who are increasingly consistently under De Rossi's training. Fortunately, Napoli has 1 postponed match against Sassuolo which they can use to get full points and reduce the difference in points with the team ranked above Napoli at the moment. Maybe getting tickets to the Champions League will be very difficult for Napoli. But it is possible for Napoli to get a ticket to the European League if they improve again in the remaining matches this season.

[Mame89]

Team	Point
Inter	66
Juve	57
Milan	53
Bologna	48
Atalanta	46
Roma	41
Lazio	40
Fiorentina	38
Napoli	37
Torino	36
Monza	36
Genoa	33
Empoli	25
Lecce	24
Udinese	23
Frosinone	23
Sassuolo	20
Verona	20
Cagliari	20
Salernitana	13

Nothing change but Bologna is in 4th position! wow

Napoli has chances of climbing up if they win consistently till the end of season, seeing there maybe not less than 12matches left to play. Osimhen was on point for them in their last match as they won and if Bologna and the teams withing the top from 5th - 8th position losses or draws further, we might see a rearrangment of the table with Napoli either finishing 4, 5th or 6th possibly. 

For Napoli it will already be a great feat to reach sixth position this season, considering that they still have 13 matches to play but still have to face Juventus, Inter, Atalanta, Roma, Fiorentina and Bologna, so to achieve what you think, Napoli should first everything to win against these teams who are in better positions than Napoli and not lose against Sassuolo, Torino, Monza, Frosinone, Udinese, Lecce, Empoli

Yes that's right. Being able to reach sixth position by the end of the season is an extraordinary achievement for Napoli because currently Napoli have changed coaches many times. Of course, in the remaining matches until the end of this season, not much can be expected from Napoli. In fact, if you look at Napoli's game last season, they could even win Serie A, they don't deserve to finish in sixth place this season, at least they can enter the top four. But the reality is not like that, they failed miserably this season. Napoli players do not play to win as a team but rather play for individual glory.

If you look at Napoli's future schedule, they still have many challenges, especially when facing Juventus, Inter, Atalanta, Roma, Fiorentina and Bologna. I am pessimistic that they can finish in sixth position, because Napoli only got a draw against Cagliari. So don't expect too much from Napoli this season.

[QueenVera]

Inyer Milan still unstoppable that after succeded to beat Lecce with final scores 4-0 Inter Milan can extended their winning streak besides that Inter Milan now can recognized as the team with the most goals in Serie A this season with 63 goals from 25 matches and i think they more likely will be able to surpassing their records from last season because Inter Milan only able to scores 71 goals from 38 matches last season and their defense also very strong because this season Inter Milan only conceded 12 goals

Tomorrow Inter Milan will fight against tough team Atalanta and i think this could be a hard match for Inter Milan because recently Atalanta progress is very fantastic and from 14 matches in all competitions Atalanta only lost once and Atalanta also can able to gets 11 wins and the latest is Atalanta can able to overcomes Sassuolo with final scores 3-0 so this is the real test for Inter Milan whether they can able to beat Atalanta or not and if i am not mistaken this is postponed match for both teams and if Inter Milan can collect 3 points from this match then they will have 69 points which mean their points gap with Juventus will became to 12 points so i am sure Inter Milan will very focus to this match because if they win it will makes them will be very near to the Scudetto and about the meetings records Inter Milan can able to gets 4 winning streak from Atalanta and these results too makes them as the favourite with odds @1.65 and Atalanta as the underdog

The Italian league seems to get tougher and teams are rapidly growing into high worth, quality and class. The growth is evident and enviable too. This makes for the widespread fun in the league race too. It's not so easy to predict the outcome of the games too. Juventus are good, so is Milan, Napoli and even Frosinone too. Inter Milan too are in good form and these teams are lasting threats. The race for the trophy is tough and all teams are determined and unwavering at their goal.

 The strongest teams of the league are Juventus and Inter and the odds for the trophy for these teams are very very much alike. Inter are faced with the European contest and for Juventus, they've still got extra time to prepare ahead for the league games. Well to talk about trophies fo be lifted this season by Juventus, they still have two options to take one or all from. At thesame time, it'll not be hard to stay in shape to earn a ticket to next season's European contests.

 They've been able to play resiliently and the results so far is fit to help them earn this ticket but the difficulty they may face this season is the trophy of the Serie A, the top contenders won't let it slip away from them, they're in their own way and end putting streanous efforts to ensure that they get the maximum number of points to keep the gaps and help them win the trophy. There's still time to make a difference but they themselves know it's not going to be as easy as it ought to be considering the intensity in games this season. I just would advise that they focus enough strength on Copa Italia as it seems feasible enough to attain than the Serie A trophy.

[karabiber]

Inter vs Atalanta
Inter had a very comfortable win away to Lecce. Inter are going step by step to the championship and they are very comfortable. Atalanta, on the other hand, are on a five game winning streak and traveled to Milan. They left with a victory and a message that they are strong. Inter will be very difficult to stop, but Atalanta, with the atmosphere of victory, will make it very difficult for Inter.
Hakan Calhanoğlu, who has been performing at the top of his game this season, is admired by everyone and is indispensable for Inter fans, will not be available for this match due to injury. A loss that could affect Inter's game plan, but they have a very large squad. Both teams are in good shape and it should be an enjoyable match. Inter will be the victors, even if it will be difficult.

[hahay]

Inter vs Atalanta
Inter had a very comfortable win away to Lecce. Inter are going step by step to the championship and they are very comfortable. Atalanta, on the other hand, are on a five game winning streak and traveled to Milan. They left with a victory and a message that they are strong. Inter will be very difficult to stop, but Atalanta, with the atmosphere of victory, will make it very difficult for Inter.
Hakan Calhanoğlu, who has been performing at the top of his game this season, is admired by everyone and is indispensable for Inter fans, will not be available for this match due to injury. A loss that could affect Inter's game plan, but they have a very large squad. Both teams are in good shape and it should be an enjoyable match. Inter will be the victors, even if it will be difficult.

In fact, in the match against Lecce, Hakan Calhanoglu also did not play, but was on the bench and that means Hakan Calhanoglu does not have a serious injury. Therefore, Hakan Calhanoglu will surely be able to play when the team needs him. But about the next Serie A match between Inter v Atalanta, I think Inter will still not lose this match because after all, Inter will also play at home. Because yes, at least Atalanta will also be better when playing at home, because for Atalanta's away match also does not seem to be too promising a victory.

What's more, Inter are a difficult opponent for Atalanta, as evidenced by the existing head to head record that it has been a very long time because Atalanta have always lost by Inter and Atalanta have not been able to reply until the first meeting this season Atalanta still lost by Inter. So yes, with existing records like that, then I am still very confident that Inter will still get points in this match, whether it's with 3 points or only 1 point but the point is I'm sure Inter will not lose.

[Weawant]

If you look at the difference in points that Napoli currently has from the top 4-6, it feels quite heavy. Because the teams currently ranked 4-6 are much more consistent than Napoli. Especially Roma, who are increasingly consistently under De Rossi's training. Fortunately, Napoli has 1 postponed match against Sassuolo which they can use to get full points and reduce the difference in points with the team ranked above Napoli at the moment. Maybe getting tickets to the Champions League will be very difficult for Napoli. But it is possible for Napoli to get a ticket to the European League if they improve again in the remaining matches this season.

The improvement been noticed around Roma in recent times is really interesting and it's beginning to look like they were right having a change of Coach because since after the incident they became better with their performance and they have gotten far better in their position on the table much more than they have been on the table earlier, they had literally been struggling climbing the table earlier this season but now they are far much more better and I think Rossi is beginning to prove himself worth been a perfect replacement for Mourinho because he seem to be achieving that which Mourinho couldn't achieve with the same team when he was their head coach earlier this season . Napoli doesn't seem like they will be able to defend their title again this season as supposed they should because they really had a brilliant start up this season but then they seem to be dragging their foot and are not amongst the top four on the table currently.

Napoli may not be able to secure a champions league ticket next season but they may be able to secure an Europa league ticket if they are able to add some more efforts and improve their current  form, which I see as very much achievable by the coach and players if they get it on their mind to achieve it before the season ends.

[snipie]

Inter vs Atalanta
Inter had a very comfortable win away to Lecce. Inter are going step by step to the championship and they are very comfortable. Atalanta, on the other hand, are on a five game winning streak and traveled to Milan

Atalanta ended their game with a draw against AC Milan although playing away and I don't expect them to stand away against Inter Milan which is more powerful than AC Milan.
Hopefully Inter will not underestimate them, otherwise a victory for Inter is expected.
I am not actually worried about Inter comparing to Napoli and whether they could win against Sassuolo or not. Napoli performance wasn't good in the latest games nor this season in general..

[entertheabyss]

Inter vs Atalanta
Inter had a very comfortable win away to Lecce. Inter are going step by step to the championship and they are very comfortable. Atalanta, on the other hand, are on a five game winning streak and traveled to Milan

Lecce was not even a threat for Inter Milan so the humiliating score was not necessary but it proofs the Nerazzurri are unstoppable this season. Inter Milan manager, Simeone Inzaghi is prominent enough to handle any tough situation he found himself, he try as much as possible to avoid the unnecessary errors, instead he focused on the main winnings. Inter Milan are stepping in for the big winnings in next game. They did an excellent job in their previous games and the ones upfront doesn't bring on any substantial changes for them.

[el kaka22]

Inter has been steamrolling over the opponents and that does look like a bit of difficult situation to me, because nobody could catch up to them that is for sure but they are also tiring themselves at the league way too much as well.

I do not think that it would be too hard for them to recover from this, of course they are going to do better, but that doesn't mean that we are going to see them change anything anytime soon neither. We should consider them as a team who can afford to lose a few games and that should be the most important part. I believe that we need to do something a bit better, and that should be the most important thing, they can give it a bit of break and then they could focus on UCL a lot more that way.

[kamvreto]

Inter has been steamrolling over the opponents and that does look like a bit of difficult situation to me, because nobody could catch up to them that is for sure but they are also tiring themselves at the league way too much as well.~snip~

Inter shot far above the standings with 66 points and Juventus could only get 57 points. After yesterday we played against Lecce with Inter winning 4-0 and this was quite a good victory. The defeat against Inter Milan made Lecce extend its bad streak. In the last five matches, Lecce was only able to achieve one win and four defeats. These results put them in 14th place with 24 points.
Tomorrow Inter must also continue to fight to maintain its position against Atalanta.

[kawetsriyanto]

Napoli has chances of climbing up if they win consistently till the end of season, seeing there maybe not less than 12matches left to play. Osimhen was on point for them in their last match as they won and if Bologna and the teams withing the top from 5th - 8th position losses or draws further, we might see a rearrangment of the table with Napoli either finishing 4, 5th or 6th possibly.

Indeed. If Napoli can win the next few matches, they may return to the top 5 of Serie A standings. But it is really doubtful if Napoli can win the next few matches. After Napoli hired a new coach, they never won a single match. Even they only got a draw against Cagliari, we know Cagliari is a weak team and they are in relegation zone. Since Napoli can't win against Cagliari, I'm not confident about the next matches against stronger teams. Napoli still have the matches against Juventus, Inter Milan, Atalanta, Roma, Bologna, and Fiorentina. If Napoli can't improve their game, I think they will lose points in these matches. So, honestly I doubt if Napoli can keep winning until the end of this season although Osimhen and all the key players of Napoli are available in every match.

It is unlikely for Napoli to finish in the top 4, 5, or 6. 

[ginsan]

Inter has been steamrolling over the opponents and that does look like a bit of difficult situation to me, because nobody could catch up to them that is for sure but they are also tiring themselves at the league way too much as well.

I do not think that it would be too hard for them to recover from this, of course they are going to do better, but that doesn't mean that we are going to see them change anything anytime soon neither. We should consider them as a team who can afford to lose a few games and that should be the most important part. I believe that we need to do something a bit better, and that should be the most important thing, they can give it a bit of break and then they could focus on UCL a lot more that way.

Inter milan is so focused on achieving victory in every match they play. They are very hungry for the title and that is possible because the last time they won the Scudetto was in the 2020/2021 season and of course this season they want to win the Scudetto again and their opportunity is in sight. If you think their energy is very exhausted, but I don't think so because every victory they achieve is an encouragement for them. Tomorrow Inter milan will face Atalanta at the San Siro stadium where perhaps Inter milan will try to get 3 points.

Indeed, Inter milan points tally is far ahead of its closest rivals, but there are still many games left in the season so it is not safe enough for them. Even though their performance is quite good, I hope they continue to be consistent and achieve their target of becoming champions this season.