Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[BALIK]

My guess is Atalanta will be fifth in the table. Roma is now playing against Genoa. Neither team could score a goal in the first half. So I don't think Roma have a chance to win by a big margin.

Against Genoa I thought we would see Roma win. But Roma team is not able to perform well today as in the last three matches. In the last three matches, Roma have shared points with Juventus and Napoli and lost against Atalanta. However, my guess was that since Genoa is not a strong team, maybe Roma will win this match easily. But I am not satisfied with Roma's performance today.

Even in 80 minutes, Roma could not score a single goal. We don't see any strong attacks from Roma players either. And after Roma midfielder Paredes received a red card in the 72nd minute, Roma's performance is slower. It doesn't look like Roma will be able to score any goals in this match.

[marcous]

~ Snip ~

Roma has gone through ups and downs this season. But they managed to put themselves together after the sack of Jose Mourinho and are now fighting for a Champions League slot. A UCL position is not impossible but it is difficult since it is not totally in the hands of Roma. They will have to win all their games while hoping that Atalanta lose by a large margin. Roma has not won any game in five matches which shows the level of inconsistency in the squad.

I doubt if they can beat Genoa and Empoli. Atalanta is not a club that will lose against Torino and Fiorentina. Atalanta will indeed be focusing on the game against Bayer Leverkusen which might bring some distraction. But I don't see them losing two Seria A games in a row. I just think that Daniele De Rossi boys should be comfortable with a Europa spot.  

Roma will most likely finish in the Europa League zone, where the chance for De Rossi fleet to overtake Atalanta is impossible, because the two teams are now 6 points apart. If Roma finishes in 6th place in the standings, then De Rossi will not be able to make Roma better than the previous season, but considering that this is his first season coaching the club, De Rossi performance can still be understood.

Meanwhile, Atalanta looks like they will be able to sweep all the remaining matches in Serie A, even though in the European League Atalanta is not the favorite. Atalanta even has the opportunity to finish in the top four of the standings, because Juventus will face Bologna directly, of course this will be a good momentum for Atalanta to move up the rankings.

On the other hand, currently Roma managed to lead the match with a score of 1-0 against Genoa, De Rossi fleet was very lucky to score a goal because they had to play with 10 people. The match will soon end, with Roma looking like they will be able to maintain their lead until the match is over.

[Marvell1]

and now it's official, Sassuolo returns to Serie B after 11 years.

They tried in every way but with the serious injury to Berardi and the sales of important players to raise cash they were unable to save themselves.
The last relegation team will be decided during the next and final day.

This was a very disappointing season for Sassuolo because they had to be relegated to Serie B but they failed to show something that would allow them to survive in Serie A. The 22 defeats they received, 8 draws and 7 wins did not allow them to survive. their position is in Serie A, and now they have to say goodbye to Serie A because they have to go to Serie B.
Sassuolo will accompany Salernitana because Salernita is the first team to confirm relegation. Now they are only looking for 1 more team that will complete the 2 teams that will go to Serie B. Empoli, Udinese, Verona are still in a very threatened position, because they are not completely safe now. For Empoli, they only hope that the team above them will lose and instead they can get 3 points, that is the only scenario that will allow them to survive in Serie A, will that happen?

It is the survival of the fittest. And it is very much evident that Sassuolo was not fit enough to actually stay in Serie A. Yes, they had some good performances here and there. But the performance was definitely not good enough to keep them in the Serie A.

I think Cagliari, Frosinone, Verona, and Udinese all of them are actually somewhat threatened to still finish in the relegation zone. Some more than the other of course. But I do not think Empoli is actually going to win the next match that they are going to play. Because they will be playing against Roma. Knocked out from the Europa League, is very interested in performing well in the Italian league. even though Roma is not performing very well, I do not think that they are going to dispatch. Because if they lose this match they will actually jeopardize the position of themselves playing in the Europa League in the next season.

[Weawant]

Inter Milan in their performance today did appear carefree because they know that they have won the league even if they eventually happened to loose that game but I think that wasn't enough to just allowing such a draw with such a team, they actually almost lost the game but then in the last minutes of the second half they became lucky enough that they were able equalize the game and had to share points with their opponent.

Even with a Red card , Roma was able to win their game and for me that's a show of strength they had the home advantage but then that's not enough because some teams will still get to loose even with the home advantage they have got because res card usually have a way of playing down on the psychology of the team and they will be unable to perform as they aught to have and I feel it's the reason they won by a goal maybe they would have won by even more goals but then they weren't a complete team against their opponent who still couldn't take advantage of their weak spot.

Ending the season with a red card is actually one that comes with mixed feeling for Roma but then they finishing at the sixth position which qualifies them for the Europa next season and not the champions league which they were aiming at, d Rossi has actually done a good job at Roma because upon his arrival they weren't looking like they will be able to make it to the Europa this season but then they have successfully gotten to that point.

[nurilham]

If Atalanta lose the next two matches and Roma wins the next two matches then Atalanta and Roma will be equal in points. However, even though the points are equal, the Roma team is behind in goal difference. So I don't think it will be possible for Roma to qualify for the Champions League. Atalanta will be able to keep the fifth place in the table.

No chance that Roma will catch Atalanta. Atalanta must win against Torino, it is a home match for Atalanta. Even if Atalanta will lose points against Fiorentina, they can  get points in the match against Atalanta. It is enough to secure their position in UCL zone. Roma should be satisfied to finish in Europa league zone, they will have an international match for the next season. Roma must play better in the next season if they want to finish the season in UCL zone.

Roma team has performed very badly in the last three matches.

Yes, Roma performed quite badly toward the end of the season. There is a decrease of the performance of Roma player. I am not sure if it is caused by they failed in Europa league. But this shouldn't happen, AS Roma must focus on the remaining matches. Even in today match, Roma only can win with a single goal only. Roma lost the accuracy in scoring goals.

[ginsan]

Roma will most likely finish in the Europa League zone, where the chance for De Rossi fleet to overtake Atalanta is impossible, because the two teams are now 6 points apart. If Roma finishes in 6th place in the standings, then De Rossi will not be able to make Roma better than the previous season, but considering that this is his first season coaching the club, De Rossi performance can still be understood.

Meanwhile, Atalanta looks like they will be able to sweep all the remaining matches in Serie A, even though in the European League Atalanta is not the favorite. Atalanta even has the opportunity to finish in the top four of the standings, because Juventus will face Bologna directly, of course this will be a good momentum for Atalanta to move up the rankings.

On the other hand, currently Roma managed to lead the match with a score of 1-0 against Genoa, De Rossi fleet was very lucky to score a goal because they had to play with 10 people. The match will soon end, with Roma looking like they will be able to maintain their lead until the match is over.

Atalanta is ahead because they have two games left in the season while Roma only have one game left so it will be quite impossible for Roma to overtake Atalanta. However, Atalanta will try as hard as possible to achieve victory in order to secure 5th place so they can play in the Champions League next season. Roma seems to have to settle for 6th position and they will play in the European league next season. Roma lost a lot of points at the start of the season which made their performance less impressive this season but with the good performance directed by De Rossi there is a big possibility that Roma can compete at the top next season.

Atalanta are in their best performance because in 5 matches they managed to win in a row. Atalanta actually has two opportunities to win Champions League tickets because if they succeed in winning the European League, of course they will participate in the Champions League next season. I think the series of good results they have recorded in Serie A will certainly be good capital for Alatanta to be able to beat Leverkusen in the final match.

[Leviathan.007]

Of course, Atalanta will try to make the right transfers to build a squad ready for the Champions League next year, but it is not right to say that this year was unsuccessful for them. They reached the final of the European league and maybe they will win the cup. Their chances against Bayer Leverkusen are quite low, but we know there is still a possibility. They might even have a chance to get out of the group in the Champions League with the current squad. However, I am sure that they will try to build a quality squad with players who will definitely be added to this squad. Since they are among the top 5 in the league, they will go to the UCL next year. I think it has been a successful year for Atalanta.

Good, but they stop one step before victory, they reached the final of the Italian Cup, but lost to Juventus, there is still the EL final, but you are right, Bayer is too good now. And in Serie A, Atalanta has a 6-point advantage and I doubt that Roma has any chance of rising higher. So yes, the season is good but it’s too early to stop, if they manage to win the EL final, then it can become not just good, but great.

Regardless of the Italian Cup in which Juventus won the title, it seems there a good news for Juventus. They finally got Allgeri fired from this team after three years of working there. Juventus could have a much better performance during this season in Serie A and they could easily race with Inter Milan for the title but Allegri easily lost the chance and they couldn't even save their place in the second place of the league.
Juventus got Allgeri fired and it seems Paolo Montero is going to be in charge until the end of this season.

[arimamib]

Roma team has performed very badly in the last three matches.

Yes, Roma performed quite badly toward the end of the season. There is a decrease of the performance of Roma player. I am not sure if it is caused by they failed in Europa league. But this shouldn't happen, AS Roma must focus on the remaining matches. Even in today match, Roma only can win with a single goal only. Roma lost the accuracy in scoring goals.

Those performances of Roma doesn't help De Rossi to get a long contract at Roma. It seemed Roma failed to perform their best when they were under pressure. The high target of finishing top four may be a factor of this bad form. This result will put De Rossi under evaluation of his worth to continue his role at Roma next season.

There is suggestion that Roma has given up early due to their small chance to achieve their target. The consistency of their competitors like Atalanta and Bologna made it hard for them. The failure in Europa League shouldn't a reason for this decreasing form as they were lost to a better team whose have a great season. The desperation of unable to get the target is the only explanation.

[imamusma]

Roma will most likely finish in the Europa League zone, where the chance for De Rossi fleet to overtake Atalanta is impossible, because the two teams are now 6 points apart. If Roma finishes in 6th place in the standings, then De Rossi will not be able to make Roma better than the previous season, but considering that this is his first season coaching the club, De Rossi performance can still be understood.

Meanwhile, Atalanta looks like they will be able to sweep all the remaining matches in Serie A, even though in the European League Atalanta is not the favorite. Atalanta even has the opportunity to finish in the top four of the standings, because Juventus will face Bologna directly, of course this will be a good momentum for Atalanta to move up the rankings.

On the other hand, currently Roma managed to lead the match with a score of 1-0 against Genoa, De Rossi fleet was very lucky to score a goal because they had to play with 10 people. The match will soon end, with Roma looking like they will be able to maintain their lead until the match is over.

Atalanta is ahead because they have two games left in the season while Roma only have one game left so it will be quite impossible for Roma to overtake Atalanta. However, Atalanta will try as hard as possible to achieve victory in order to secure 5th place so they can play in the Champions League next season. Roma seems to have to settle for 6th position and they will play in the European league next season. Roma lost a lot of points at the start of the season which made their performance less impressive this season but with the good performance directed by De Rossi there is a big possibility that Roma can compete at the top next season.

Atalanta are in their best performance because in 5 matches they managed to win in a row. Atalanta actually has two opportunities to win Champions League tickets because if they succeed in winning the European League, of course they will participate in the Champions League next season. I think the series of good results they have recorded in Serie A will certainly be good capital for Alatanta to be able to beat Leverkusen in the final match.

Atalanta will play the Europa League final in the next few days against Leverkusen, after which they will prepare to finish the Serie A matches against Torino and Fiorentina. Atalanta has a good chance of qualifying for the Champions League next season considering that Serie A has 5 spots to qualify directly for the group stages next season. But Atalanta can still qualify for the Champions League if they can win the Europa League title against Leverkusen in the coming days.

Roma is clearly not in an advantageous position because of the points gap with Atalanta. Roma only has 1 match left, while Atalanta has 2 matches. If Atalanta secures 1 point in the next 2 matches, then it is certain that Atalanta will qualify for the Champions League next season.

[Tauja]

Those performances of Roma doesn't help De Rossi to get a long contract at Roma. It seemed Roma failed to perform their best when they were under pressure. The high target of finishing top four may be a factor of this bad form. This result will put De Rossi under evaluation of his worth to continue his role at Roma next season.

There is suggestion that Roma has given up early due to their small chance to achieve their target. The consistency of their competitors like Atalanta and Bologna made it hard for them. The failure in Europa League shouldn't a reason for this decreasing form as they were lost to a better team whose have a great season. The desperation of unable to get the target is the only explanation.

I think De Rossi will continue to be retained by Roma and next season of course the target that must be achieved is of course finishing in the top 4.
This season De Rossi took over Roma at the end of the season so he only had relatively little time to change Roma performance. Roma also has to improve their efforts to bring in new players to be able to compete with AC Milan or Inter Milan. This season, Roma failure was very disappointing because fans hoped that Roma could return to playing in the Champions League, but that hope was lost because Roma lost a lot of points.

De Rossi has good tactics in building a squad but he needs quality players to be able to bring Roma to compete at the top. Lukaku has also performed well this season and I think Lukaku just needs the right duel to be able to bring new changes to Roma front line. Apart from that, Roma also failed in the European league this season, which is of course a special concern for management to evaluate the squad by recruiting new players in the transfer market.

[coinlocket$]

incredibly, having not won today, Roma are closer to obtaining a sixth and additional place in the next champions league.

Roma will qualify for the Champions League if they finish sixth in the league, if Atalanta finish fifth and if Atalanta win the Europa League final.
I don't think it has ever happened to have six teams from the same nation in a single cup, much less in the Champsions League.

[Belarge]

I think De Rossi will continue to be retained by Roma and next season of course the target that must be achieved is of course finishing in the top 4.
This season De Rossi took over Roma at the end of the season so he only had relatively little time to change Roma performance. Roma also has to improve their efforts to bring in new players to be able to compete with AC Milan or Inter Milan. This season, Roma failure was very disappointing because fans hoped that Roma could return to playing in the Champions League, but that hope was lost because Roma lost a lot of points.

De Rossi has good tactics in building a squad but he needs quality players to be able to bring Roma to compete at the top. Lukaku has also performed well this season and I think Lukaku just needs the right duel to be able to bring new changes to Roma front line. Apart from that, Roma also failed in the European league this season, which is of course a special concern for management to evaluate the squad by recruiting new players in the transfer market.

AS Roma needs to be in the competitive race to win the Scudetto because they're absolutely been ruled out after a poor performance making them end 6th position on the Seria A table. Perhaps there's hope for AS Roma to come out to be one of the fierce club to win the Scudetto. They will definitely work towards accomplishing such incredible stats because it will mean greatness on their ends. Daniele De Rossi is manager and will not be dismissed because it's not yet time. The board will give him more time to execute his project for the club next season.

[Oluwa-btc]

and now it's official, Sassuolo returns to Serie B after 11 years.

They tried in every way but with the serious injury to Berardi and the sales of important players to raise cash they were unable to save themselves.
The last relegation team will be decided during the next and final day.

They Sassuolo was no where near good this season, they deserve to get a new start next season.

Stuffs like this happens again and again, as I have seen clubs going down to square one all through this same way. It's been both a good and bad season. I will do well to see the last game so we can see who loses and wins.

Most important is Fabregas returning back to Seria A Competition to shock them. He is that good and will like to see what he has to show the fans.
Lukaku had his plans not to himself but also to another one.
If you ask me I will day they be needing one more ready to go in seconds.

[Lillominato89]

and now it's official, Sassuolo returns to Serie B after 11 years.

They tried in every way but with the serious injury to Berardi and the sales of important players to raise cash they were unable to save themselves.
The last relegation team will be decided during the next and final day.

I'm a bit sorry for Sassuolo, since they arrived in Serie A they reminded me a lot of the fairy tale Chievo Verona. but if you don't get decent results it's right that you pay the consequences. curious is the fact that the now relegated Sassuolo was the only team in Serie A to win both matches against Inter

[TelolettOm]

I think De Rossi will continue to be retained by Roma and next season of course the target that must be achieved is of course finishing in the top 4.
This season De Rossi took over Roma at the end of the season so he only had relatively little time to change Roma performance. Roma also has to improve their efforts to bring in new players to be able to compete with AC Milan or Inter Milan. This season, Roma failure was very disappointing because fans hoped that Roma could return to playing in the Champions League, but that hope was lost because Roma lost a lot of points.

I think so too, because Roma's performance and Roma's achievements have improved quite a bit under De Rossi. This was not very easy as he was trusted to replace Mou at Roma at that time, but slowly, he began to be able to integrate with the group more solidly.

When asked by journalists, he always answered that he had not thought about discussing his contract, because they are very busy now and they will continue to focus on performance this season. But, for the signal ad what happen to Roma, I'm not sure that Roma will let de Rossi go and take riskier decision of new other coach, expect they find the very appropriate and professional coach then. But, there is indeed a signal that he will continue in Rome if you look at and understand at a glance his statement.

“We're not waiting for anyone for my contract. We've been very busy and I've had to prepare lots of games so the contract is the last thing on my mind. It took us about ten minutes to agree on the financial aspects and the length of the contract. We're ironing out the last few details. That sort of contract has to be checked by lawyers too. That's all it is.

Source: de rossi in Roma

[OcTradism]

I think so too, because Roma's performance and Roma's achievements have improved quite a bit under De Rossi. This was not very easy as he was trusted to replace Mou at Roma at that time, but slowly, he began to be able to integrate with the group more solidly.

Roma will not complete this season with a high rank enough to participate in Champions League next season. It is a task that was not achieved by Mourinho with his two completed seasons in Rome but De Rossi will not achieve anything better than Mourinho.

If simply look at result, De Rossi did worse than Mourinho, no Europa League final match (worse) and no Champions League spot (the same).

When asked by journalists, he always answered that he had not thought about discussing his contract, because they are very busy now and they will continue to focus on performance this season. But, for the signal ad what happen to Roma, I'm not sure that Roma will let de Rossi go and take riskier decision of new other coach, expect they find the very appropriate and professional coach then. But, there is indeed a signal that he will continue in Rome if you look at and understand at a glance his statement.

With finance of Roma and with acceptable performances of Roma with De Rossi, Roma will be smart enough to convince De Rossi to sign a new and longer contract with them. Because if they look for another coach, requirement in salary will be more serious than what De Rossi wants.

A next season will be important for De Rossi to prove his ability but this summer will be challenging for him and Roma. Will Lukaku and Dybala stay with them or leave?

They are very important attacking players in Roma and without either Lukaku or Dybala, Roma will have big problems in attacking. Baldanzi was bought as Roma's preparation to separate with Dybala but this young player did not play too well so far.

[Hirose UK]

Next year, 5 teams from Italy will go to the UCL and Atalanta is still one of these five teams. Finishing fourth will not give them any extra profit. The point gap with Roma is not easily closed, so we can say that Atalanta will be in the UCL next year, of course, if they can fully qualify. They were upset after the final they lost to Juventus, but they are still pushing for the top positions in the rankings by winning 3 points in Lecce.

Yes, Serie A is one of the leagues that has 5 places for teams that will play in the UCL next season and of course this makes Serie A pretty good league, the rapid development means that Serie A can have this good opportunity next season.
Atalanta is currently the caretaker for the 5 teams that will have the opportunity to take part in the UCL competition next season and of course they can compete with other strong team in the UCL if they really maintain their position.
Victory over Lecce has also provided very good opportunity for Atalanta, moreover in the last match Atalanta was guaranteed to win over Torino and they could comfortably finish as team in 5th place.

But there is postponed match which is quite worrying, namely against Fiorentina and this is the only match that can put pressure on Atalanta.

[Sebas.tian]

There are some good matches in the Italian Serie A today. But the Inter - Lazio match caught my attention. I thought Inter would play more relaxed matches after becoming champion. But last week they scored 5 goals against Frosinone. I realized that the league is not over for them yet. They still want to play football. And they want to give their fans some good moments. I'm sure Lazio won't be an easy opponent for Inter either. But this will be the last time for Inter to play in front of their fans this season. At the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium, they can give their fans the last gifts of the season.

The match between Inter vs Lazio ended up draw 1-1, because Inter performance was very low to withstand Lazio players and the two teams where using the same tactics that made Inter players not to have many opportunities to their goalpost. I think, Lazio is more stronger than frosinone, because Inter where able to scored goals to achieved three points from the frosinone but Lazio didn't allow such thing to happen to them than to draw the match for both team to share the points, which they did before the end of the match despite the draw match, Inter have 93 points to gap other teams which is the confident people have for Inter to win this title.

[$anounimus$]

Next year, 5 teams from Italy will go to the UCL and Atalanta is still one of these five teams. Finishing fourth will not give them any extra profit. The point gap with Roma is not easily closed, so we can say that Atalanta will be in the UCL next year, of course, if they can fully qualify. They were upset after the final they lost to Juventus, but they are still pushing for the top positions in the rankings by winning 3 points in Lecce.

Yes, Serie A is one of the leagues that has 5 places for teams that will play in the UCL next season and of course this makes Serie A pretty good league, the rapid development means that Serie A can have this good opportunity next season.
Atalanta is currently the caretaker for the 5 teams that will have the opportunity to take part in the UCL competition next season and of course they can compete with other strong team in the UCL if they really maintain their position.
Victory over Lecce has also provided very good opportunity for Atalanta, moreover in the last match Atalanta was guaranteed to win over Torino and they could comfortably finish as team in 5th place.

But there is postponed match which is quite worrying, namely against Fiorentina and this is the only match that can put pressure on Atalanta.

As much as possible, Atalanta must maximize the remaining matches in order to secure tickets to the Champions League. Of course, this opportunity is now within his grasp because UEFA has given five slots to teams in Serie A. However, Atalanta seems to have enough to win one more match to avoid being chased by Roma. Apart from that, Atalanta also has the opportunity to qualify directly for the Champions League if they are able to win the Europa League title, but this step is also very difficult because their opponent is Bayer Leverkusen. But I feel quite confident that Atalanta will advance to the Champions League through the fifth slot in the Serie A standings.

[masulum]

Sassuolo has been in Serie A for 11 years with various surprises for the top Serie A teams. Sassuolo must start next season in Serie B. This is not a good result and will definitely disappoint Sassolo supporters. However, I personally believe that Sassuolo will only be in Serie B for one season. Next season, Sassuolo will return with new strength and enthusiasm. Some come and some go. We must welcome Parma and Como who have been confirmed promoted to Serie A next season.