Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[Velvet78]

* Parma - AC Milan => AC Milan
 * Inter Milan - Lecce => Inter Milan
 * Fiorentina - Venezia => Fiorentina
 * AS Roma - Empoli => AS Roma
 * Napoli - Bologna => Napoli
 * Hellas Verona - Juventus => Juventus

12.7199457

and we start again with the championship and with my usual hot bets, here is the first of this season

I doubt only Napoli here. The remaining ones are highly likely to win in my opinion. You would guess the reason why I doubt Napoli. They were beaten by Verona really hard last week... 

They still don't seem ready for the new season honestly. There is still a striker problem to solve on one hand. They say Lukaku deal is close to happy ending but let's see.

The thing that might help them is that Bologna don't have Motta as their manager anymore. Vincenzo Italiano has taken over and couldn't make a good start (1-1 vs Udinese home).

[Justbillywitt]

* Parma - AC Milan => AC Milan
 * Inter Milan - Lecce => Inter Milan
 * Fiorentina - Venezia => Fiorentina
 * AS Roma - Empoli => AS Roma
 * Napoli - Bologna => Napoli
 * Hellas Verona - Juventus => Juventus

12.7199457

and we start again with the championship and with my usual hot bets, here is the first of this season

If you are playing all these games as direct winning, there is a high probability that it won't clear out as you are expecting. You saw the number of draws that happened in the league matches last weekend, it is possible we are still going to witness same this weekend or a surprise win from smaller teams against any of the big clubs listed there. For me it's best to pick up those that were outstanding last weekend and go with them to win. Juventus is a good choice, likewise inter Milan. The rest you can play them over 1.5 goals. We saw lots of goals being scored last weekend and there is going to be a repetition of that this weekend again.

[dzungmobile]

* Parma - AC Milan => AC Milan
 * Inter Milan - Lecce => Inter Milan
 * Fiorentina - Venezia => Fiorentina
 * AS Roma - Empoli => AS Roma
 * Napoli - Bologna => Napoli
 * Hellas Verona - Juventus => Juventus

Big clubs don't have to meet strong opponents in this match day except Napoli will face with Bologna. Bologna is no longer a strong version like past season after losing some important people from coach to players. They are weaker in human resource quality but they will be able to challenge Napoli that seems to be in trouble and might face with a crisis in this season.

I agree with most of your choices that big clubs will win and have three points but I beg on differ with Napoli vs Bologna match. Napoli will not have three points from Bologna but it would be too much for Bologna to beat Napoli too.

[alastantiger]

Yeah, I think Juventus and Napoli need to be serious in their next match most especially Napoli because it looks like Napoli is not going to end well this season with the way they played in their last match, juventus can do better than Napoli this season and Juventus next match is against Verona and Juventus can win the game if they are serious but for Napoli I don't think they can defeat Bologna, Bologna is also also a strong team in Serie A league and they are one of the strong team that defeated big team's last season, so even this season they are capable of defeating Some team's.

I'm not scared that juventus isn't going to perform very well this season because they always performed well for the last seasons that I have watched them play and they will do well this season too. The team that I'm scared of is Napoli because they don't have their teams in one piece. They didn't use their best players for last match because Victor Osimhen wasn't in the starting line up and the coach hasn't gotten the player that he said he wanted, to be competent of playing his own style of the game. Conte wants Lukaku in the team and he isn't ready to play Victor Osimhen. Napoli needs to finish their whole business on time because they have a new coach and he needs to know who's in his squad and who isn't so he can organized the team and begin to impact his philosophy in them. Napoli game against Verona was horrible and I don't think too that they'll be competent of winning Bologna.

[Lida93]

Conte is still the best of several coaches in Serie A, but it seems that here he made a mistake by accepting Napoli's offer which did not fulfill his desire to make this club glorious again, Conte had asked for Lukaku a few months ago until now there has been no official contract to bring Lukaku, this is a difficult thing for him in Napoli, but I will not doubt if Napoli fulfills what he wants, it feels like they can still reach the top four, Conte is a typical coach who is hungry for trophies and he certainly wants to help Napoli but I don't think Napoli wants to help Conte.

Thus there is no other way but to play the existing players and the embarrassing defeat in the first half I think Napoli management is sensitive to losing three early points, because the lack of integrity in the front line makes them unable to do anything and they lose early points, now they must immediately end Lukaku to join in order to sharpen their attack line in scoring goals but if not this is difficult for Conte with Napoli.

Although Conte is a great coach, it does not mean that he will easily lift the performance of the Napoli team which has slumped, this is a difficult job for Conte and he certainly needs time and strong support from Napoli management so I think there is no need to expect high for Conte to be able to make Napoli stronger this season.

The embarrassing defeat in their first match made Napoli even more difficult and Conte must also be able to move quickly to restore this situation, regarding Lukaku who has not come as Conte requested I think it will not be easy so I think it would be better for Napoli management to clarify Osimhen's status and use Osimhen again to help Napoli this season compared to bringing in Lukaku.

This is my major concern for Napoli, they are actually light upfront, why not continue using Victor Osimhen upfront till his future is being decided, because last time I checked, he is still a Napoli player, and him not playing is really affecting the team, because am quite positive that his presence upfront would have really help a lot in improving the attacking lineup of Napoli.

Lastly, talking about Romelu lukaku to Napoli, I think that deal will come to reality, it's just a matter of time, but Napoli really needs to act fast because the league has already started, so it would be a very big disadvantageous to them if this lingers more further than it already has.

[SmartCharpa]

* Parma - AC Milan => AC Milan
 * Inter Milan - Lecce => Inter Milan
 * Fiorentina - Venezia => Fiorentina
 * AS Roma - Empoli => AS Roma
 * Napoli - Bologna => Napoli
 * Hellas Verona - Juventus => Juventus

12.7199457

and we start again with the championship and with my usual hot bets, here is the first of this season

Remember that Napoli lost the last time they played against Verona by three goals, and I'm not sure if Verona is a stronger team than Bologna, Napoli should win against Bologna because they are hosting the game and could have a home advantage, I don't think Bologna will lose to Napoli, even if they drew their first home game and have the best odds in their next match. While I understand that the other clubs are safe for betting on, I would rather stay away from the game than select Napoli as the favorite team to win.

besides the problem in the defense line, I think the transition when attacking to defending that Napoli implemented was not successful. there was a delay in filling the gaps left when they tried to attack. while they also had problems in finishing.
Conte has a lot of work to do in the Napoli team. it will take time and will not happen in a short time. replacing some players may be a short-term solution, but the coordination of the game between players must be trained much longer.

I'm not sure what Napoli's issue was that caused them to concede three goals to Verona, I thought they had signed a lot of players during the transfer window, so why did their defense look so bad against a smaller team? Napoli's play this season hasn't improved over the previous season, as if they haven't added any players to strengthen their game. It didn't seem that Conte has made any changes since taking over. Napoli changed managers last season and finished in the lowest spot, so Conte has a lot of work to do. So let's see if Conte may improve the team and finish among the top four this season.

[mammusu]

Saturday 24th August
Parma 17:30 AC Milan
Udinese 17:30 Lazio
Inter Milan 19:45 Lecce
Monza 19:45 Genoa
Sunday 25th August
Fiorentina 17:30 Venezia
Torino 17:30 Atalanta
Napoli 19:45 Bologna
Roma 19:45 Empoli
Monday 26th August
Cagliari 17:30 Como
Verona 19:45 Juventus

Source: https://www.skysports.com/serie-a-fixtures

This week we will have a more serious test for Juventus versus Napoli.
Napoli in other hands will face Bologna and it will be a tough game

Several exciting Serie A matches will be played this week but there are still no interesting big matches for us to see, Napoli versus Bologna, maybe the previous season would have been a difficult match for Napoli, but if you look at what happened to Bologna this season after been abandoned by the coach and  their many players, so it is very likely that Napoli will win in the  match, Napoli did get bad results in the first match but it seems like Conte will not let them continue on a negative path so they absolutely have to win over Bologna, in the first match Napoli looked very bad in It's about attacking and finishing so that's why they are trying to complete a deal with Chelsea for Lukaku as quickly as possible at the moment.

Even though the Parma vs Ac Milan match is not a big match for some people, I am very interested in watching this match which I think is very classic, because after being in Serie B for so long, Parma can finally be promoted and challenge Ac Milan in serie A again, for those who Having followed and watched Serie A since a lomg time, of course wouldn't call Parma a small team because after all, Parma was a great team that had triumphed in the 90s at that time.

[Xcode7]

* Parma - AC Milan => AC Milan
 * Inter Milan - Lecce => Inter Milan
 * Fiorentina - Venezia => Fiorentina
 * AS Roma - Empoli => AS Roma
 * Napoli - Bologna => Napoli
 * Hellas Verona - Juventus => Juventus

Big clubs don't have to meet strong opponents in this match day except Napoli will face with Bologna. Bologna is no longer a strong version like past season after losing some important people from coach to players. They are weaker in human resource quality but they will be able to challenge Napoli that seems to be in trouble and might face with a crisis in this season.

I agree with most of your choices that big clubs will win and have three points but I beg on differ with Napoli vs Bologna match. Napoli will not have three points from Bologna but it would be too much for Bologna to beat Napoli too.

Still it will not be easy for Bologna to win at Napoli headquarters, what happened in the first match I think cannot be used as a reference because overall we have not been able to measure the true strength of the team and it will not be seen in the first few matches of the season, precisely when the team gets bad results they will try to bounce back in the next match so I think the Napoli vs Bologna match will be difficult for both.

At the beginning of the Serie A season it is quite difficult to predict as happened in the first week when several top teams that were favored were unable to win the match, so I think it is better to avoid big bets on favorite teams at the beginning of the Serie A season.

[Leviathan.007]

Dybala is now very close to leaving Roma. However, during the time when he was playing there, he had a perfect performance but he is about to leave now. Dybala let Juvetos and started playing in Roma for two years.
During this summer Dybala got an offer from Al Qadsiah in Saudi Arabia and he wants to start playing there.
That's why Roma wants to hire Jeremie Boga to fill place place of Dybala in the team.

[Arenga pinnata]

Saturday 24th August
Parma 17:30 AC Milan
Udinese 17:30 Lazio
Inter Milan 19:45 Lecce
Monza 19:45 Genoa
Sunday 25th August
Fiorentina 17:30 Venezia
Torino 17:30 Atalanta
Napoli 19:45 Bologna
Roma 19:45 Empoli
Monday 26th August
Cagliari 17:30 Como
Verona 19:45 Juventus

Source: https://www.skysports.com/serie-a-fixtures

This week we will have a more serious test for Juventus versus Napoli.
Napoli in other hands will face Bologna and it will be a tough game

In the second week, it should be easier for us to predict the results of each match. Because it would be very unreasonable if a strong or superior team only achieved a draw again. For example, Inter Milan, AC Milan and several other top teams only achieved a draw in the first week. So in the second week I think betting on each favorite team will be better.

But for the Napoli match I think it's quite a big risk. Because we don't know when Napoli's best performance will return. because they could perform as bad again as in the first week. As for the Verona vs Juventus match, I don't think there is anything to worry about with Juventus. Because I'm sure Juventus will be able to win this match and get full points again.

[Roseline492]

• Inter Milan - Lecce i will bet on Inter Milan
• Fiorentina - Venezia i will bet on Fiorentina
• AS Roma - Empoli i will bet on AS Roma

In my opinion these are easy games, at least I think so. I hope that after the slaps Inter show character and win against Lecce, Fiorentina and Roma should win their respective matches easily, at least I hope so. The championship starts with a bang.

That's a good prediction you have there because even if I'm to predict on that match I will also put inter Milan to win Lecce because they have an interesting team and secondly they are one of the best club on this Italian series A, however Lecce on the other hand is not much strong and besides they have already started this season with losing because there last match against Atalanta was not easy for them and because of there poor performance Atalanta score them 4:0 on there home, so if we consider there match against Inter Milan based on that is very obvious that Inter Milan will give them almost the same thing as Atalanta did, though inter Milan last match against Genoa is not that good for them because they were supposed to win the match but they failed.

[Jatiluhung]

I doubt only Napoli here. The remaining ones are highly likely to win in my opinion. You would guess the reason why I doubt Napoli. They were beaten by Verona really hard last week... 

They still don't seem ready for the new season honestly. There is still a striker problem to solve on one hand. They say Lukaku deal is close to happy ending but let's see.

The thing that might help them is that Bologna don't have Motta as their manager anymore. Vincenzo Italiano has taken over and couldn't make a good start (1-1 vs Udinese home).

You're not alone in doubting Napoli. Because I think almost all of us here also feel the same doubts about Napoli after they lost badly in the first week to Verona. But talking about their next opponent, namely Bologna, actually the Bologna club is also in quite the same situation. Because they are also currently adjusting to their new coach, Vicenzo Italiano. And actually Vicenzo Italiano is a coach who is quite reputable. Because when this coach trains Fiorentina we can see that Fiorentina has always been one of the clubs that competes strongly at the top of Serie A. So I think Bologna can also become a quite strong club under the coaching of Vicenzo Italiano. It's just that it will take time for the new coach and the players at Bologna to understand each other and adapt to the strategy created by the coach. And Napoli are also in the same situation with Conte. And yes, Napoli's current weakness is just waiting for their main striker to be able to appear on the field soon. And yes their target is Lukaku. Maybe that's when Napoli will return to better form when the Lukaku transfer is complete.

[bastisisca]

A good choice, but be careful with Napoli who look unstable at the start of this season. But there's nothing wrong if you bet on Napoli victory because in that match Napoli is the host with a greater chance of winning over Bologna. But Bologna also has a chance to hold the match to a draw because in this new season there are many teams that have developed from new players.
Napoli fans hope that at least the appearance in the upcoming match will not be as bad as when against Verona and I understand if Napoli still needs a lot of time to adapt to the new coach and several new players added to the line up. Antonio Conte must prove that his experience will be able to bring Napoli to compete at a higher level.

Maybe I would prefer single bets and bet on asian total to avoid surprises.

True you are absolutely right, but the bookmakers say differently at the moment. But in fact the Napoli match is very risky, do you know what I'll do? Since I haven't finalized the bet yet, I'm removing it from the betting list. They lower the potential win but ultimately make the bet more robust.
Thanks for your opinion, is importante for me.

[mamesso]

~Snip~

This is my major concern for Napoli, they are actually light upfront, why not continue using Victor Osimhen upfront till his future is being decided, because last time I checked, he is still a Napoli player, and him not playing is really affecting the team, because am quite positive that his presence upfront would have really help a lot in improving the attacking lineup of Napoli.

Lastly, talking about Romelu lukaku to Napoli, I think that deal will come to reality, it's just a matter of time, but Napoli really needs to act fast because the league has already started, so it would be a very big disadvantageous to them if this lingerie more further than it already has.

Napoli seems to be getting karma because they were too insistent on keeping Osimhen when the offer came from PSG, now they are in an unfavorable situation because Osimhen status is still unclear, whether he will be sold to Chelsea immediately and include Lukaku in the deal or he will be kept for another season. The defeat in the first game shows that Napoli's quality is not at its best, they must immediately get out of this situation to get their first points this season. Napoli must complete the transfer soon if they want to sell Osimhen, if they continue to hold on to the Nigerian, his price may drop if he fails to maintain his form.

[rendravolt]

Napoli may lose, but shouldn't they win in the next match? After losing against Verona, they must have learned more if their defense is very concerning. However, this time the opponent is not easy and Bologna is challenged at home to fight for full points. Bologna must be very upset after being held to a draw by Udinese last week and they know they have the opportunity to steal points when Napoli has not fully recovered.

This will be an exciting match and of course it will be quite challenging for bettors to fold their money. On the other hand, Roma, who previously drew against Cagliari, certainly wants to get their first 3 points when they face Empoli later and I think De Rossi is also increasingly challenged to prove the same ability as last season. These are two good matches to fill your betting list and I can't wait for them.

[xzone]

Napoli may lose, but shouldn't they win in the next match? After losing against Verona, they must have learned more if their defense is very concerning. However, this time the opponent is not easy and Bologna is challenged at home to fight for full points. Bologna must be very upset after being held to a draw by Udinese last week and they know they have the opportunity to steal points when Napoli has not fully recovered.

This will be an exciting match and of course it will be quite challenging for bettors to fold their money. On the other hand, Roma, who previously drew against Cagliari, certainly wants to get their first 3 points when they face Empoli later and I think De Rossi is also increasingly challenged to prove the same ability as last season. These are two good matches to fill your betting list and I can't wait for them.

Napoli lost their first match and did not have a good start to the league. But there is nothing to show that this situation will continue, I think they will not concede so many goals in the next match. In the beginning of the league, teams may not be as successful as they should be. This is quite normal. They will return to normal performance within a few weeks. I think there's no reason why they shouldn't win the next match

[Uruhara]

I'm not sure what Napoli's issue was that caused them to concede three goals to Verona, I thought they had signed a lot of players during the transfer window, so why did their defense look so bad against a smaller team? Napoli's play this season hasn't improved over the previous season, as if they haven't added any players to strengthen their game. It didn't seem that Conte has made any changes since taking over. Napoli changed managers last season and finished in the lowest spot, so Conte has a lot of work to do. So let's see if Conte may improve the team and finish among the top four this season.

What is clear is that Napoli's defense really experienced a fairly obvious decline in the match against Verona. And it seems that Conte hasn't been able to create the right formation or the right composition in the strategy he uses for Napoli. My expectations of Conte seemed too high before. Because now I realize that Conte is not as good as I imagined. And the results shown by Napoli in the first match of the season are enough proof that Conte has not made many improvements to this squad. Well there's still a lot of work there for him to do. And it looks like it will be a long journey for Conte to really get Napoli back to better performance than last season.

[giammangiato]

It surprises me that i rarely saw people talked about how juventus destroyed Como.



Juventus destroyed Como by a huge margin. And it makes us look miles ahead of a weaker opponent. And it's not the same as last season when we played equally against a weaker team. I feel optimistic about Juventus's team. I think we can compete for the title this season. And our midfield played far better compared to our pre-season games.

Juventus played differently in this game. Their quick passing and good decisions improved their play. Also, Yildiz is my MVP for this game. His ball control and physical presence were amazing. He is only 19, and no doubt Motta gave him number 10.

Exactly, I'm very happy that Juventus is finally doing well. You can see that Thiago Motta has revolutionized everything and has changed and reciprocated and totally turned around a team that wasn't working.
The only thing I reproach Thiago Motta for is wanting to give away Federico Chiesa: this remains bullshit for me.

[hyudien]

Exactly, I'm very happy that Juventus is finally doing well. You can see that Thiago Motta has revolutionized everything and has changed and reciprocated and totally turned around a team that wasn't working.
The only thing I reproach Thiago Motta for is wanting to give away Federico Chiesa: this remains bullshit for me.

Juventus is one of four teams that managed to get 3 points in their first match in Serie A, while the others had to be satisfied with a draw, such as Inter Milan, Ac Milan, AS Roma. They dominated the game and did not allow Como to attack and create opportunities.

Looking at the match statistics, Juventus even managed to keep their goal from attacks that were successful in heading towards the goal. However, it should also be remembered that Como this season has the status of a promoted team, so this result could have been predicted in advance. And they should not be satisfied with what they achieved in the first week, because they will face bigger challenges in the following weeks, so they must stay focused and improve their performance.

[Smack That Ace]

It was unthinkable that a Napoli team would lose so badly against Hellas Verona. Napoli is dominating the match. Napoli players have 67% ball possession. But at the end of 90 minutes, Napoli lost the match by a big margin of 3-0. Napoli players could not score a single goal in this match despite many attacks. I missed osimhen badly in this match.
Napoli had 67% of the ball possession and had a total of 14 shots. On the other hand, Hellas Verona managed to score four goals with only 9 shots. From this it can be understood that both Napoli's defense and forward lineup are quite weak.
Napoli will play against Bologna in the next match. Firstly, Bologna is not a strong opponent, and secondly, this match is Napoli's home match. So it is hoped that Napoli will not make the same mistake in the second match. In the second match, the team is likely to be able to score full points.

Antonio Conte is certainly feeling a lot of pressure after Napoli's humiliating 0-3 defeat to Hellas Verona in the first round. I want to point out a very big reason for this defeat: Napoli in the second half no longer had Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, the heart of the team, who had to leave the field at the end of the first half due to injury. Conte looked helpless as his attack (Simeone, Cheddira, Politano, or Raspadori) disappeared before Verona's scientific defense. Meanwhile, somewhere, the "beast" Victor Osimhen may be watching the match with sarcasm. Conte has Osimhen but cannot use him, and he also cannot have Romelu Lukaku as desired. Plus Napoli's three-man defense struggled, with Juan Jesus, Amir Rahmani, and captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo failing to create the necessary cohesion. They defended like an amateur team and conceded three goals in a very stupid way.
We can't blame everything on Coach Conte, Napoli's summer transfer was complicated. I hope the fans are patient because the team still doesn't know each other well in training and matches because of too little time working together. We'll see how the future plays out. But Conte is facing similar struggles as he ended his time at Juventus, Chelsea, Inter and Tottenham.

I mean it was really surprising to see a manager of Conte’s caliber get destroyed like that in a low tier card. I can understand why the club’s fans are upset. Napoli had some complicated transfer seasons, but they have to keep in mind that it is a club of a high tier and the players that they have are far better than the ones at Verona. There has been some talk about Osimhen leaving and if he leaves I think Napoli is going to be in a more dire situation.

Napoli’s next match is against Bologna who are a far better team than Verona. If they keep up their performance, they will be destroyed again in the next match for sure. Conte is an experienced manager and I believe he can come back from this defeat greatly.

Regards

Duke