Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[Hvdv]

Bologna after all good performances in this season so far, they really deserve to be eligible for Champions League next season. Nevertheless, in general, it will be better for Serie A if Roma will be their representative in Champions League, not Bologna. I am very doubtful on ability of Bologna to play well in Champions League if they can be there.

Bologna has been very surprising this season, no one thought before that they could be in the top 4. If they can maintain this position, Bologna will have the opportunity to play in the UCL next season and this will provide a new experience for the Bologna players. Of course they won't set any targets. Participating in the UCL has been a valuable experience for the Bologna players.

There are eight weeks left in the league and they are five points ahead of Rome. This is a huge advantage for Bologna. Roma is a strong team, but with full concentration this year, Bologna can finish the season in fourth place, ahead of Roma. I would like this to happen because it would be great for a new team from the Italian league to take part in the giants stage. Good luck Bologna.

[jaberwock]

Apart from the draw against Lecce, at least Roma has made great progress after De Rossi became coach of this team because they have only lost once so far, but Roma did waste the opportunity to keep their chances of sticking with Bologna to reach a position in the top four.

You can say that De Rossi helped Roma to play more attacking and beautiful football but to say he helped Roma make great progress in top four race, it is not true.

Mourinho and Roma were 5 points less than top four before Mourinho was sacked and De Rossi came. Now, after a draw with Lecce, Roma are 5 points less than a fourth position again. It's the same gap like months ago with Mourinho.

I do agree that Roma has a harder time now after this result, they should have won this game without a doubt. However, with the way it is looking right now, there are 8 more games, meaning 24 more points to collect, and Roma is only 5 points behind, in a situation they do better, they could take that fourth spot and they would deserve it as well.

If they had De Rossi since the start of the season then I would guess that they could have been fourth easily, or if Bologna didn't go on that amazing winning streak that nobody expected, Roma would have still be fourth. In any case, if they go to europa, that is still not a terrible deal and they could do well there as we have seen so far, I believe they will be able to do fine.

[Sebas.tian]

Juventus managed to beat Lazio 2-0.

the second half was dominated, they even risked scoring the third goal.
Allegri has saved his place for now but the league standing considering the missing games is still at high risk.

It's inexplicable how they took away the penalty awarded to Juventus in the first half, but we already know VAR is a joke.

Juventus won the match comfortable without any challenges from the match, because many people thought that Lazio will continue with the strength they where using in the first half to block Juventus till the end of the match. It was a great moved seen Juventus to scored the first goal at 50 minutes to reduced the strength of Lazio because that is the only thing that will make Lazio to stop defending game from the match, and the moment they try to struggle to equalize the goal, Juventus  still gain another opportunity to scored the second goal at 64 minutes to defeated Lazio 2-0 to qualified for COPPA Italian final, and it will give them more strength to perform well to win the title.

[Strongkored]

By the way, todays Coppa Italia semi final match ended just now
Result: Juventus 2 - 0 Lazio, perfectly took the revenge  

It seems that Juventus understands which is more important in their two meetings because in Serie A it could be said that there is no longer any chance for Juventus other than remain in the top four, and the Coppa Italia is important to maintain their chances of getting the title this season.
I don't think that Juventus would be able to score two goals but they did it and Lazio didn't score a single goal giving an advantage to the home team, Lazio didn't even have a single shot on target so it could be said that Juventus' goal was relatively safe from Lazio's attacks this time.
With a two-goal advantage, Juventus has the opportunity to go to the Coppa Italia final, because Lazio has to score three goals and in my opinion, that is quite difficult if we look at Lazio's poor attack this season with only having an average of 1.xx goals.

[Rampagoe004]

Yes, it was a suffocating defeat, Inter had several challenges that they really missed. And in the end, he failed in the penalty shootouts. And it makes for a great lesson for them. And at least, they have 1 title which is definitely the most prestigious in the Italian league, because they will definitely take the Schudetto this season. It's just a matter of time, the points are so far away from the other clubs, and there are only a few more matches left this season. So, it is certain that Inter will take over the Serie A trophy from Napoli, the champion last season.

The level of competition in the UCL is different from Serie A. Even though Serie A is one of Europe's top leagues, the teams in the Champions League are elite teams from other top European leagues. Inter Milan has an advantage because they can focus on the UCL. But Inter Milan was unlucky because they lost on penalties to Athletico. Winning 14 points has secured their position in first place. I think Milanese can throw a championship party for Inter Milan. 99% they will be champions. No doubt.

[Velvet78]

Juventus managed to beat Lazio 2-0.

the second half was dominated, they even risked scoring the third goal.
Allegri has saved his place for now but the league standing considering the missing games is still at high risk.

It's inexplicable how they took away the penalty awarded to Juventus in the first half, but we already know VAR is a joke.

The domination was just huge indeed. Lazio didn't even have a shot on goal. I wasn't expecting a this big domination honestly because Juventus were having really tough days you know. Their recent results were really bad and they lost to Lazio away a short time ago as well. However this is a really important win to motivate them. 

I agree about the penalty topic. The referee called an offside before that incident. Where was that offside? There wasn't in my opinion. Apart from that it was definitely a penalty as there was a kick to the foot. These days referees started to make more mistakes in every league. 

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There are eight weeks left in the league and they are five points ahead of Rome. This is a huge advantage for Bologna. Roma is a strong team, but with full concentration this year, Bologna can finish the season in fourth place, ahead of Roma. I would like this to happen because it would be great for a new team from the Italian league to take part in the giants stage. Good luck Bologna.

Bologna has transformed into a club that is quite strong and surprising today after Thiago Motta took over coaching since 2022, the tactics applied by Thiago Motta are quite impressive especially they do not have star players in their squad, but because of Thiago Motta expertise so far makes Bologna one of the most impressive teams in Serie A,  Bologna's chances of finishing in the Champions League zone are of course wide open after they won over Salernitana and their closest rivals (Roma) failed to win over Lecce in the other match, besides being quite safe from Roma's pressure, Bologna even now have a chance to finish above Juventus who have not been able to return to their best this season.

I also really want to see Bologna can continue their impressive performance in the Champions League next season, although indeed their chances are very small to be able to compete with European teams but at least it will be a very meaningful experience for Bologna, next season it looks like it will be very interesting for us to see competition in the Champions League, because besides Bologna we will also see teams that were not previously considered will play like Leverkusen, Brest, Girona and also maybe Aston Villa.

[topbitcoin]

Juventus managed to beat Lazio 2-0.

the second half was dominated, they even risked scoring the third goal.
Allegri has saved his place for now but the league standing considering the missing games is still at high risk.

It's inexplicable how they took away the penalty awarded to Juventus in the first half, but we already know VAR is a joke.

The domination was just huge indeed. Lazio didn't even have a shot on goal. I wasn't expecting a this big domination honestly because Juventus were having really tough days you know. Their recent results were really bad and they lost to Lazio away a short time ago as well. However this is a really important win to motivate them. 

I agree about the penalty topic. The referee called an offside before that incident. Where was that offside? There wasn't in my opinion. Apart from that it was definitely a penalty as there was a kick to the foot. These days referees started to make more mistakes in every league. 

In terms of dominance they only excel in the utilization of momentum for opportunities only I think because seeing from what happened in this match Juventus did play the same as usual because seeing from what they did I think the performance did not change too much.
But indeed the utilization of Juventus momentum is better, especially for the second half where the opportunities they have are successfully converted and 2 goals I think it is a good situation for Juventus.

At least this can make them take one step to ensure themselves in the final even though there is still leg 2 but at least this match with an aggregate of 2 goals it can already be a good benchmark for Juventus. In addition, this is also a reply because previously they had to lose to Lazio in Serie A and the victory in Leg 1 this time is certainly a revenge that is like waiting for what they will do in Leg 2 later.

[Arenga pinnata]

The domination was just huge indeed. Lazio didn't even have a shot on goal. I wasn't expecting a this big domination honestly because Juventus were having really tough days you know. Their recent results were really bad and they lost to Lazio away a short time ago as well. However this is a really important win to motivate them. 

I agree about the penalty topic. The referee called an offside before that incident. Where was that offside? There wasn't in my opinion. Apart from that it was definitely a penalty as there was a kick to the foot. These days referees started to make more mistakes in every league. 

I don't know how but VAR sometimes seems useless. Because sometimes there is no clarity in the decisions taken by the referee. But the most important thing is that Juventus continues to prove that they can win this match and yes, this can be new fuel to raise their enthusiasm again. And in the second leg Juventus also have to prove that they can win again. But the most important thing is that Juventus must also pay attention to their position in Serie A, which is increasingly approaching Bologna. Now Bologna only has a 2 point difference with Juventus and this could be dangerous for Juventus. And in the next match in Serie A, Juventus also has another difficult match, namely against Fiorentina, I hope they can win. because that was enough for Juventus who experienced bad luck last season. I hope their luck improves this season.

[len01]

In terms of dominance they only excel in the utilization of momentum for opportunities only I think because seeing from what happened in this match Juventus did play the same as usual because seeing from what they did I think the performance did not change too much.
But indeed the utilization of Juventus momentum is better, especially for the second half where the opportunities they have are successfully converted and 2 goals I think it is a good situation for Juventus.

At least this can make them take one step to ensure themselves in the final even though there is still leg 2 but at least this match with an aggregate of 2 goals it can already be a good benchmark for Juventus. In addition, this is also a reply because previously they had to lose to Lazio in Serie A and the victory in Leg 1 this time is certainly a revenge that is like waiting for what they will do in Leg 2 later.

maybe the factor of competing at home is one of Juventus advantages in being able to take advantage of this momentum.
and I'm not the only one who would say this in fact several people would say the same thing when they saw the more confident performance from most of the Juventus players.
If you say that Juventus performance is still the same as usual, maybe that's true, but the confidence that Juventus players have is very clear, like Chiesa, who previously played against Lazio when they played away in Serie A yesterday, looked less focused and when shooting the ball seemed to lack confidence, whereas in the competition who is different and playing at home, Chiesa looks more confident in shooting the ball and scoring 1 score.
this might be a step closer to qualifying for the final round but away matches always give Juventus fans tension and worry because previously Lazio was able to beat Juventus by a narrow score and all Allegri has to do now is provide a defensive strategy to not concede more than the aggregate score owned Juventus.

[Oneandpure]

I don't know how but VAR sometimes seems useless. Because sometimes there is no clarity in the decisions taken by the referee. But the most important thing is that Juventus continues to prove that they can win this match and yes, this can be new fuel to raise their enthusiasm again. And in the second leg Juventus also have to prove that they can win again. But the most important thing is that Juventus must also pay attention to their position in Serie A, which is increasingly approaching Bologna. Now Bologna only has a 2 point difference with Juventus and this could be dangerous for Juventus. And in the next match in Serie A, Juventus also has another difficult match, namely against Fiorentina, I hope they can win. because that was enough for Juventus who experienced bad luck last season. I hope their luck improves this season.

Juventus successfully took revenge after being defeated by Lazio in Serie A and beating Lazio in the Copa Italia first leg match last night over 2-0 seems more enough capital for facing second leg match. Its great opportunity for Juventus win Copa Italia trophy in this season after losing opportunity with Scudetto and still has difficult match for securing top fourth standings position.
Currently, Bologna's points almost close with Juventus behind 2 points left and if loss point upcoming match will be crucial for Juventus with opportunity loss their top fourth standings place.
Juventus has many difficult on 8 matches Serie A left from facing Milan, Roma and Bologna are three teams fight for qualifying to Champion League next season, but AS Roma remaining 7 points from Juventus but can't guarantee yet with Juventus easily get Champion League spot standings place.

[rendravolt]

Juventus managed to beat Lazio 2-0.

the second half was dominated, they even risked scoring the third goal.
Allegri has saved his place for now but the league standing considering the missing games is still at high risk.

It's inexplicable how they took away the penalty awarded to Juventus in the first half, but we already know VAR is a joke.

The domination was just huge indeed. Lazio didn't even have a shot on goal. I wasn't expecting a this big domination honestly because Juventus were having really tough days you know. Their recent results were really bad and they lost to Lazio away a short time ago as well. However this is a really important win to motivate them. 

I agree about the penalty topic. The referee called an offside before that incident. Where was that offside? There wasn't in my opinion. Apart from that it was definitely a penalty as there was a kick to the foot. These days referees started to make more mistakes in every league. 

This was like a retest match for Juventus and this time they managed to avenge their previous defeat in Serie A. It seemed like Juventus didn't want to be embarrassed by Lazio twice and this time they really did it well. The important thing is that Juventus is willing to learn from previous mistakes and at least this is a good result that they have been waiting for for several weeks.

Regarding penalty speculation, perhaps we are often confused by the referee's decision and it is only natural that he tries to turn a blind eye to it. Maybe Juventus was at a slight disadvantage but that has all passed and the most important thing is that Juventus didn't lose again against Lazio. The Coppa Italia is the only hope for Juventus this season and if they can win this title then it can at least reduce the bad sentiment towards La Vechia Signora.

[onecall123]

Juventus managed to beat Lazio 2-0.

the second half was dominated, they even risked scoring the third goal.
Allegri has saved his place for now but the league standing considering the missing games is still at high risk.

It's inexplicable how they took away the penalty awarded to Juventus in the first half, but we already know VAR is a joke.

The domination was just huge indeed. Lazio didn't even have a shot on goal. I wasn't expecting a this big domination honestly because Juventus were having really tough days you know. Their recent results were really bad and they lost to Lazio away a short time ago as well. However this is a really important win to motivate them.  

I agree about the penalty topic. The referee called an offside before that incident. Where was that offside? There wasn't in my opinion. Apart from that it was definitely a penalty as there was a kick to the foot. These days referees started to make more mistakes in every league.  

Juventus takes the lead in the first leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final. Finally, a positive outcome after some disappointments. however, It's still early to be overly confident as they have to face Lazio in the second leg. Lazio could make a comeback, so it's uncertain how it'll unfold. Nevertheless, Juventus is now seen as the favorites. Juventus doesn't seem to show their attacking side much, often opting for a defensive approach, but their victory against Lazio should boost their morale.

There might be debates and speculations, but we must accept the referee's decisions. Arguing about it won't change anything. After all it's nice to experience Juventus is back to winning ways and performing well in the Coppa Italia.

[Awaklara]

Juventus takes the lead in the first leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final. Finally, a positive outcome after some disappointments. however, It's still early to be overly confident as they have to face Lazio in the second leg. Lazio could make a comeback, so it's uncertain how it'll unfold. Nevertheless, Juventus is now seen as the favorites. Juventus doesn't seem to show their attacking side much, often opting for a defensive approach, but their victory against Lazio should boost their morale.

There might be debates and speculations, but we must accept the referee's decisions. Arguing about it won't change anything. After all it's nice to experience Juventus is back to winning ways and performing well in the Coppa Italia.

Even though Lazio will have a chance to beat Juventus in the second leg, Juventus' 2-goal lead will be difficult to overcome if Juventus uses the right game strategy to reduce Lazio's aggressiveness.
I just hope that in the second leg, Lazio can show better front-line quality. they experienced problems with the final solution. and if that can't be handled then they may have to give in to Juventus.
and on the other hand, Juventus will do their best for their only hope this season. after Serie A they won't be able to catch up either. although they may be targeting tickets for the UCL next season. Juventus will try hard for the Coppa Italia.

[bastisisca]

Juventus managed to beat Lazio 2-0.

the second half was dominated, they even risked scoring the third goal.
Allegri has saved his place for now but the league standing considering the missing games is still at high risk.

It's inexplicable how they took away the penalty awarded to Juventus in the first half, but we already know VAR is a joke.

they are inexplicable things, they are trying to shore up a wall that is falling ruinously..
Honestly, I don`t feel sorry for a team that performed practically terribly in a very easy season, with no turnover given that they were playing in the championship, they weren` even able to keep up with AC Milan`s pace, who struggled a lot.

what are we talking about? Coach at home! Now

[topbitcoin]

In terms of dominance they only excel in the utilization of momentum for opportunities only I think because seeing from what happened in this match Juventus did play the same as usual because seeing from what they did I think the performance did not change too much.
But indeed the utilization of Juventus momentum is better, especially for the second half where the opportunities they have are successfully converted and 2 goals I think it is a good situation for Juventus.

At least this can make them take one step to ensure themselves in the final even though there is still leg 2 but at least this match with an aggregate of 2 goals it can already be a good benchmark for Juventus. In addition, this is also a reply because previously they had to lose to Lazio in Serie A and the victory in Leg 1 this time is certainly a revenge that is like waiting for what they will do in Leg 2 later.

maybe the factor of competing at home is one of Juventus advantages in being able to take advantage of this momentum.
and I'm not the only one who would say this in fact several people would say the same thing when they saw the more confident performance from most of the Juventus players.
If you say that Juventus performance is still the same as usual, maybe that's true, but the confidence that Juventus players have is very clear, like Chiesa, who previously played against Lazio when they played away in Serie A yesterday, looked less focused and when shooting the ball seemed to lack confidence, whereas in the competition who is different and playing at home, Chiesa looks more confident in shooting the ball and scoring 1 score.
this might be a step closer to qualifying for the final round but away matches always give Juventus fans tension and worry because previously Lazio was able to beat Juventus by a narrow score and all Allegri has to do now is provide a defensive strategy to not concede more than the aggregate score owned Juventus.

That could be one reason that makes sense because after all, when playing at home there must be a situation that does make a club more confident because they play in front of their own supporters which makes confidence a little more increased but overall it doesn't have much impact because looking at this match their midfield is still very chaotic and we can see that in this match they played a little safe especially after scoring a goal which made Lazio more trying to get momentum and control the ball in the match that took place.

This situation seems to have to be changed especially if they really want to aim for the one trophy that is still possible for them to get for this Italian Cup.
As for the second leg later, as long as they don't concede more than two goals then everything can still be fine and I think with an aggregate of 2 goals at this time Juventus should be even more motivated to make a breakthrough so that they can get good results and secure the final position for this season.

[Dzwaafu11]

No Empoli don't have the strength of scoring back. Empoli have never scored any goal in their last four consecutive matches. Perhaps, I was also thinking that Inter will be able to score more goals, but after the early goal scored by DiMarco, it became somehow hard for them to score again.

Yes. Emboli's strength is not up to where we should think they will score a back goal against Inter Milan because they have been deformed previously. They have been unable to bring out good results from their last four matches, which made me think that they are deformed, so they don't have the strength to be a challenge for Inter Milan. I’m that match, and we all know how good Inter Milan is this season. Even I was one of the people who expected more goals from Inter Milan, which they failed to do.

Nevertheless, they still manage to be the winner of the match, and that is another achievement for them, so I don’t know, but I think Empoli may start experiencing some tough times given how their performance is moving. I think they will start dropping points, although it has already started since they lost their four matches, so for them to still get their recognitions well in the league, I think they should do anything possible to get their performance back. 

[boltz]

Such a bad season for Lazio in both Serie A but also in Coppa Italia where Juventus beat them a quick 2-0 and eliminated them.

Today we do have Fiorentina vs Atalanta and I think Fiorentina will qualify further and they should also win a trophy right ? it's been way to much since this club was won anything and this year they have a really good team who could achieve a trophy.

[giammangiato]

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By the way, Juventus lost to Lazio, and now it becomes quite possible for Bologna to bypass Juventus, which is currently in decline.

But I really have a feeling that this might be a draw between Juventus and Lazio.

I remember calling this result about juventus. I said that juventus is not in a good form and there is a very good chance that lazio will actually win this match or drawn. And thats exactly what happened.

In this match juventus actually didnt play well at all in my opinion. They did have some chances but the Lazio goalkeeper has to be given credit. He made some very important saves. If it was not for him, i think it could be very different outcome. And credit goes to Lazio for actually believing in themselves and also be able to win the match at the end. I thought juventus could have marked Marusic better at that moment. This is the 4th match on a row for juventus without a win. Things doesnt look good for them at this moment and i think if they do not improve, it is going to be a problem for them to stay in the top 4 positions even though at this moment it looks like they are safe.

By the way, todays Coppa Italia semi final match ended just now
Result: Juventus 2 - 0 Lazio, perfectly took the revenge  

Look, I wrote this in other places too, I am truly speechless
how you do it? I say?
ok I am a fan who loves his team and supports it, but this result makes me angry, because honestly I think the championship is more important than the Italian Cup. I see a lack of commitment from everyone.. from coach to players

[bering]

Fiorentina and Atalanta both teams has tight schedules because within a week they have to playing at 3 different competitions and compared to their recent performance Atalanta is slightly better because they had just beat Napoli with final scores 3-0 but don't mean Fiorentina is weak because previously Fiorentina can able to beat Atalanta on September with narrow scores and today they have to met again for semifinal of Coppa Italy and the odds between them is not so different so it showing both teams has equal strength

Fiorentina @2.75
Atalanta @2.60

Talking about this match this is home match for Fiorentina and i am sure they want to maximized this match to gets the winning result from Atalanta and about team condition i can see the squad conditions from Fiorentina is quite good because all of their players in the good fitness and ready to play but Fiorentina should beware of Teun Koopmeiners because with Atalanta he is on fire and in the last 3 matches in all competitions Koopmeiners was scores 3 goals and about the outcomes of this match i think Fiorentina has slightly chances to beat Atalanta but probably with narrow scores but for safe bets instead of Fiorentina win i think both teams to scores could be good pick