Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[Hanadawa]

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I agree with you. Looking at the current position Juventus is not in the top 3 but every team in 2-5 has 25 points and Juventus has 24 points where Napoli is in first place with 26 points. This shows that anything can still happen. The ranking will change in every match. I think Juventus still has a chance to be champions. I think even all the teams in the top 7 currently still have a chance to be champions. This season Napoli has been impressive but Inter Milan and Juventus are still solid like last season. AC Milan is quite bad with 3 defeats but as you said, the season is still long. I think we have to wait until half of the season to see who has the biggest chance to get the scudetto.

[Gallar]

Lukaku has actually always proven that he is a very great player in the attack line at Italian clubs. He is always able to give the best for the team that brings him. At Inter Milan and at Roma he has succeeded in bringing positive changes to the team on the front lines. But unfortunately Inter Milan and Roma did not make him a permanent player in their team. Especially Roma last season were more interested in bringing in another striker who apparently has not contributed optimally to date. But Lukaku at Napoli has now proven that he is still a reliable player. And thanks to Conte he can also play more optimally. It's just that in the last few matches it seems that Lukaku hasn't scored another goal. But I'm sure in the next matches he will score again. And I think Roma now regrets not bringing him in permanently after borrowing this player for one season last season.

Yes, Lukaku is indeed a very sharp striker. Because as you said, when Lukaku played at Inter and Roma, he was able to make a very good contribution. The reason is, while playing at Inter, Lukaku was able to score 10 goals in the 25 matches he played. Then when Lukaku played at Roma, he was able to play well too. The reason is that from the 32 matches that Lukaku played with Roma, the result was that he was able to score 13 goals. So if you look at these records, Lukaku can be said to be quite a great player even though he is no longer young. Therefore, currently Napoli is quite lucky to be able to bring in Lukaku, because the current proof is that Lukaku is indeed able to make a very good contribution to Napoli. Even though currently Lukaku hasn't scored many goals for Napoli, Lukaku is still capable of being a very great player in Napoli's attack line. So if you see this, a team like Roma will clearly regret not making Lukaku's contract permanent.

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Apart from that, in the coming week, Napoli will face Roma. I think this match will definitely be very exciting. My prediction for this match is that Napoli will definitely win the match. Apart from that, this match could be a very good proving ground for Lukaku.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

That is correct and you could see that Juventus Turin saw some decline in their quality while other teams like Napoli and Inter Milan gained in strength. They literally closed the gap by a lot and now it makes Serie A one of the most competitive leagues as there are so many teams that are so close to each other in terms of quality. I think this season could become one of the most interesting Serie A seasons in a long time. Now there is also Lazio and some other teams that could well have a chance to compete for the title.

No one knows for sure why Juventus have had a dip in performance even though if you look at the quality of the players they have they are not inferior to Inter Milan or Napoli. Juventus had a big problem in previous seasons where they got a point deduction and most recently their players were sanctioned for doping cases. The competition in Serie A is much more competitive this season where there are several clubs that have improved.

Napoli, Atalanta, Fiorentina and Inter Milan might be competing with each other with a very close points difference for the title. It depends on how they are able to maintain consistency in each game that will take place and a small mistake could see them drop down to the top three for the next match.

[asriloni]

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Apart from that, in the coming week, Napoli will face Roma. I think this match will definitely be very exciting. My prediction for this match is that Napoli will definitely win the match. Apart from that, this match could be a very good proving ground for Lukaku.

It's very obvious my choice is Napoli.

Napoli is gonna play at home, which is giving them very good advantages. Also, they're at their peak. This boosts their confidence. They're getting 1.80 from winning agaisnt AS Roma in a home game. It's a very tempting odds.

As for Roma, they have no coach now. They may sign a new one a few days before the Napoli game. I don't believe they will win the away game. They performed so badly against worse teams than Napoli. It's risky to bet on them.

All in all, Napoli seems to be the right choice for this game. i don't mind other other odds consider 1x2 Napoli is tempting enough.

[Arenga pinnata]

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Yes, Lukaku is indeed a very sharp striker. Because as you said, when Lukaku played at Inter and Roma, he was able to make a very good contribution. The reason is, while playing at Inter, Lukaku was able to score 10 goals in the 25 matches he played. Then when Lukaku played at Roma, he was able to play well too. The reason is that from the 32 matches that Lukaku played with Roma, the result was that he was able to score 13 goals. So if you look at these records, Lukaku can be said to be quite a great player even though he is no longer young. Therefore, currently Napoli is quite lucky to be able to bring in Lukaku, because the current proof is that Lukaku is indeed able to make a very good contribution to Napoli. Even though currently Lukaku hasn't scored many goals for Napoli, Lukaku is still capable of being a very great player in Napoli's attack line. So if you see this, a team like Roma will clearly regret not making Lukaku's contract permanent.

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Apart from that, in the coming week, Napoli will face Roma. I think this match will definitely be very exciting. My prediction for this match is that Napoli will definitely win the match. Apart from that, this match could be a very good proving ground for Lukaku.

What really interests me about this match is that Lukaku will be playing against the team he played for last season. And of course Lukaku will again prove that he is a truly quality player who deserves attention even though he is not as young as other players. But he is still at a pretty good age to maintain his performance on the field.

I will also predict a win for Napoli. Because currently AS Roma have even fired their new coach, Juric. So when a new coach is brought in, adjustments and adaptations will definitely occur again at the club. So it will not be easy for them to immediately find the best performance they have. Unless they really find a coach who can really bring drastic changes to AS Roma.

[tusandii]

Napoli last 2 matches are considered very detrimental to losing because they lost 3 points from Atalanta and shared points with Inter making the points difference in the standings thin. If you look at the current status there are 4 clubs that have collected 25 points namely Atalanta, Fiorentina, Inter, and Lazio so that Napoli can be pulled from the top of the standings at any time if they lose 3 more points. Have Napoli's players run out of gas to step on the gas? Lukaku, who was made the main striker, did not score a goal in his last 2 matches.

What you are pointing at regarding Lukaku in an important thing to be considered because a point is not enough for them to sit on the top of the table, among the top fivein the table Napoli are the only one with a less goals, this alone show that they can't hold that place for a long time if they don't have a very strong striker that can give them more goals, I like Lukaku but I think he is not in the right position to lead the team, he's old and they shouldn't depend on him to do all the work, losing against atalanta with almost 3 goals was a total disgrace because it clear that even their defence line are also having issues not only the strikers and if this can't be fix then the will lose the top.

Even so far Lukaku has only created 4 goals from the 10 matches he has played, this shows that Lukaku is not very productive, so if it is concluded that Napoli cannot rely entirely on this striker in the front line, they should improve their front line to be more productive if they want to continue to compete competitively at the top of the standings, regarding the defense line. Napoli actually has a fairly strong defense, he has only conceded many goals against Atalanta, besides that he can maintain a fairly good defense, you can see for yourself that Napoli's total goals conceded are the least among the top 5 clubs.

[G_Besar]

No one knows for sure why Juventus have had a dip in performance even though if you look at the quality of the players they have they are not inferior to Inter Milan or Napoli. Juventus had a big problem in previous seasons where they got a point deduction and most recently their players were sanctioned for doping cases. The competition in Serie A is much more competitive this season where there are several clubs that have improved.

In general, Juventus is not far behind the other top teams and we can see this from the number of points owned by Juventus and from the number of points owned by Napoli as the current leader of the standings. Juventus is only two points behind the current leader of the standings and several positions in the top seven of the current standings will certainly tend to change after the matches in the following week. Because currently there are four teams that have scored the same number of points including the points owned by Inter Milan currently where the team is in the top four of the standings.

[Tony116]

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I agree with you. Looking at the current position Juventus is not in the top 3 but every team in 2-5 has 25 points and Juventus has 24 points where Napoli is in first place with 26 points. This shows that anything can still happen. The ranking will change in every match. I think Juventus still has a chance to be champions. I think even all the teams in the top 7 currently still have a chance to be champions. This season Napoli has been impressive but Inter Milan and Juventus are still solid like last season. AC Milan is quite bad with 3 defeats but as you said, the season is still long. I think we have to wait until half of the season to see who has the biggest chance to get the scudetto.

Serie A has become quite competitive this season. The main reason for this is that almost every team's performance has been a bit unstable this season. Every team has lost points. So, Juventus, who are in sixth place in the table, are only 2 points behind Napoli, who are in the top position of the table. So, the change in the position of these 6 teams in the point table can happen at any time. Losing points in one match will change the position of the teams.

It is true that Juventus has the possibility of winning the title. However, I would say that Juventus' performance must definitely improve if they want to become champions. Juventus has drawn 6 matches out of 12 matches. If Juventus wants to continue their performance, the attacking players must perform better.

[mammusu]

No one knows for sure why Juventus have had a dip in performance even though if you look at the quality of the players they have they are not inferior to Inter Milan or Napoli. Juventus had a big problem in previous seasons where they got a point deduction and most recently their players were sanctioned for doping cases. The competition in Serie A is much more competitive this season where there are several clubs that have improved.

Juventus situation is indeed complex and is influenced by various factors especially after the big changes they made, although they have a strong squad with many new players of course so far their problem is adaptation and consistency and I think that is what really affects Juventus performance, In addition, the competition in Serie A is getting tighter making every match more challenging and they should be able to anticipate this if they still want to be challengers for the Scudetto this season.

In general, Juventus is not far behind the other top teams and we can see this from the number of points owned by Juventus and from the number of points owned by Napoli as the current leader of the standings. Juventus is only two points behind the current leader of the standings and several positions in the top seven of the current standings will certainly tend to change after the matches in the following week. Because currently there are four teams that have scored the same number of points including the points owned by Inter Milan currently where the team is in the top four of the standings.

With all the conditions and also the potential that exists, of course Juventus still have a great opportunity to be able to win the trophy this season, because after the draws obtained by Inter Milan and Napoli in other matches made them currently only two points behind the top standings, the difference of two points is not something that is difficult for them to pursue but even so at this time they must be able to appear consistent and hope their rivals teams slip.

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Apart from that, in the coming week, Napoli will face Roma. I think this match will definitely be very exciting. My prediction for this match is that Napoli will definitely win the match. Apart from that, this match could be a very good proving ground for Lukaku.

It's very obvious my choice is Napoli.

Napoli is gonna play at home, which is giving them very good advantages. Also, they're at their peak. This boosts their confidence. They're getting 1.80 from winning agaisnt AS Roma in a home game. It's a very tempting odds.

As for Roma, they have no coach now. They may sign a new one a few days before the Napoli game. I don't believe they will win the away game. They performed so badly against worse teams than Napoli. It's risky to bet on them.

All in all, Napoli seems to be the right choice for this game. i don't mind other other odds consider 1x2 Napoli is tempting enough.

Not only tempting, this match will be won by Napoli easily. Why is it easy, because as AS Roma has said this season is indeed in a slump, and this slump will continue until the end of this season, it was all seen when they fired coach Mourinho to replace De Rossi and in the end De Rossi was fired and replaced by Ivan Juric not long after he was also fired. The change of coach made by AS Roma at this time will certainly affect the mentality and psychology of its players and their self-confidence will also decrease. So of course with conditions like this, Napoli will take advantage of it, especially since Napoli is currently in its best form, even in their last match they managed to hold Inter to a draw which is their toughest competitor this season.

The most interesting thing about Napoli this season under Conte's guidance, is not only Napoli's overall performance that has changed and it is also about Napoli's mentality which is getting stronger. Conte can also maximize all the skills possessed by his players. We see that it is not only Lukaku whose performance has improved under Conte, even Napoli themselves, who last season had difficulty breaking into the top flight, are now at the top of the standings, at least for now and I think they will be consistent until the end of the season.

[bitgolden]

What you are pointing at regarding Lukaku in an important thing to be considered because a point is not enough for them to sit on the top of the table, among the top fivein the table Napoli are the only one with a less goals, this alone show that they can't hold that place for a long time if they don't have a very strong striker that can give them more goals, I like Lukaku but I think he is not in the right position to lead the team, he's old and they shouldn't depend on him to do all the work, losing against atalanta with almost 3 goals was a total disgrace because it clear that even their defence line are also having issues not only the strikers and if this can't be fix then the will lose the top.

To be fair, Napoli plays a huge defensive scheme with Conte, which was known before the season started, we knew that is how they are going to play. While it's true that last two games were bad, I am pretty sure that they are going to end up getting better results. This doesn't mean that I believe Napoli will win the league, of course they could lose, but that doesn't mean we are going to end up with something that would profit us, that is not going to happen.

We need to make sure that things aren't always that great, and because of that we need to make sure that we are dealing with a better result one way or another, and Napoli can't keep losing points every game. They did that already, and they aren't suddenly a terrible team neither, so that means they will keep winning some games.

Also, they are followed by Atalanta and Fiorentina, which nobody expects to keep going like this, I bet that they are going to have some losses and bad games, they are on a winning streak and they are expected to lose. Atalanta would be a shocking result while also not be a shocking result, they won Europa last season, so they are expected to do well, not sure if they are expected to do well enough to win the league though.

[RaltcoinsB]

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I agree with you. Looking at the current position Juventus is not in the top 3 but every team in 2-5 has 25 points and Juventus has 24 points where Napoli is in first place with 26 points. This shows that anything can still happen. The ranking will change in every match. I think Juventus still has a chance to be champions. I think even all the teams in the top 7 currently still have a chance to be champions. This season Napoli has been impressive but Inter Milan and Juventus are still solid like last season. AC Milan is quite bad with 3 defeats but as you said, the season is still long. I think we have to wait until half of the season to see who has the biggest chance to get the scudetto.

Milan has started to recover. Considering this, they are still one of the important championship candidates in the Italian league. In the Italian league, each team seems to be equal in strength. There is a battle of equal powers in the league this year. Napoli and Inter are the teams I think of for the championship, but each team still has a chance to become champion because the points are very close to each other.

[Lidger]

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But it is very interesting to see the points gained in the current Serie A standings. We see this very tight competition. I think this Serie A will not be boring at all. We can see that all the teams in the top 5 seem to have a chance to overtake Napoli.

Plus Juventus have 24 points, so under certain circumstances one defeat to Napoli could drop them from first place to 6th (if the leaders don't play each other).
Quite an interesting state of affairs, especially considering that the other teams are 6 points behind the leaders.
The next round will feature an interesting game between Milan and Juventus. If Milan doesn’t win, it will permanently consolidate its position outside the top 6.

This state of the points table is interesting to watch because the teams that we have always seen at the bottom of the points table are now at the top of the points table and the teams that we are used to seeing at the top of the points table are now looking at the bottom of the points table. Although Inter Milan is at the fourth position of the points table, we cannot see AC Milan between 1 and 5 of the points table, while this AC Milan was at the second position of the points table last season. Not only last season but in this season's Champions League match AC Milan faced against Real Madrid we saw that AC Milan was able to defeat Real Madrid by a big margin. However, as much as AC Milan is behind the other teams in the Italian league, it seems that they cannot be between 1 and 5 in terms of points this season.

[Arenga pinnata]

In general, Juventus is not far behind the other top teams and we can see this from the number of points owned by Juventus and from the number of points owned by Napoli as the current leader of the standings. Juventus is only two points behind the current leader of the standings and several positions in the top seven of the current standings will certainly tend to change after the matches in the following week. Because currently there are four teams that have scored the same number of points including the points owned by Inter Milan currently where the team is in the top four of the standings.

Currently, rankings from 1 to 6 do not have a big difference. And only 2 points different. So Juventus, which is currently ranked 6th, could also get a better ranking if the other top ranked teams make mistakes and lose points. With the condition that Juventus must get full points. No team has dominated so far. And Juventus isn't that bad either. They haven't even lost this season. And whether we realize it or not, we know that only Juventus has yet to experience defeat in Serie A this season. So we really can't say that Juventus played badly. Because they're just a little less consistent. But so far Juventus have always managed to avoid defeat.

[junder]

In general, Juventus is not far behind the other top teams and we can see this from the number of points owned by Juventus and from the number of points owned by Napoli as the current leader of the standings. Juventus is only two points behind the current leader of the standings and several positions in the top seven of the current standings will certainly tend to change after the matches in the following week. Because currently there are four teams that have scored the same number of points including the points owned by Inter Milan currently where the team is in the top four of the standings.

Currently, rankings from 1 to 6 do not have a big difference. And only 2 points different. So Juventus, which is currently ranked 6th, could also get a better ranking if the other top ranked teams make mistakes and lose points. With the condition that Juventus must get full points. No team has dominated so far. And Juventus isn't that bad either. They haven't even lost this season. And whether we realize it or not, we know that only Juventus has yet to experience defeat in Serie A this season. So we really can't say that Juventus played badly. Because they're just a little less consistent. But so far Juventus have always managed to avoid defeat.

Yes, that's right, from what we see in the standings, the points for positions 1 and 6 are not much different and Juventus who are in position 6 can slowly rise if they win against Milan or one of the 5 clubs above them experiences bad luck in week 13. However, if you look at the opponents of each team, only Juventus will face a tough opponent, and it seems that winning the match is not easy for Thiago Motta's troops, especially since they have to visit AC Milan's headquarters, on the other hand the home team also wants full points to improve their position. I think Juventus will get another draw or the worst possibility is losing for the first time.

[Pandu Geddon]

Yes, that's right, from what we see in the standings, the points for positions 1 and 6 are not much different and Juventus who are in position 6 can slowly rise if they win against Milan or one of the 5 clubs above them experiences bad luck in week 13. However, if you look at the opponents of each team, only Juventus will face a tough opponent, and it seems that winning the match is not easy for Thiago Motta's troops, especially since they have to visit AC Milan's headquarters, on the other hand the home team also wants full points to improve their position. I think Juventus will get another draw or the worst possibility is losing for the first time.

Juventus is not without a chance when they face Milan. They could have a chance to win. We saw how Juventus held Inter to a draw with a fairly large score. Inter has a better performance than Milan at the moment. I think Juventus has a chance to win even though they have to try very hard because, of course, Milan will not want to lose and increase their losses this season. Milan plays inconsistently. They can be strong against strong teams but become less good when facing teams that are not so favored. If Juventus get more chances, I think they can win.

[Catenaccio]

Juventus is not without a chance when they face Milan. They could have a chance to win. We saw how Juventus held Inter to a draw with a fairly large score. Inter has a better performance than Milan at the moment. I think Juventus has a chance to win even though they have to try very hard because, of course, Milan will not want to lose and increase their losses this season. Milan plays inconsistently. They can be strong against strong teams but become less good when facing teams that are not so favored. If Juventus get more chances, I think they can win.

Inter Milan are stronger than AC Milan in this season with their performances so far and if Juventus could play a fair match that ended as 4 - 4 draw with Inter Milan, they can do it better when facing with AC Milan.

AC Milan are 5 points less than Juventus but they have one match as they only played 11 matches so far, and Juventus already played 12 matches. If AC Milan win that match, they will have only 2 points less than Juventus and their direct match will be a good opportunity for AC Milan to surpass Juventus in Serie A. AC Milan and Juventus are inconsistently with their performances which make their direct match more unpredictable.

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According to latest,  Victor Lindelof may come in Italy in January to Juventus.
With the new and huge injury, they may call a young player from second team for the moment and take 1-2 players in January.

At least this is waht they are saying today, next game it will be against Milan and they will have no defenders in the bench.

[Altryist]

However, in the end both teams had to be satisfied with the draw they got from the match. Sharing points keeps Napoli safe in first position. And Inter Milan must be patient because they cannot overtake Napoli at this time. I expected this result because I think these two teams have almost the same performance this season. Napoli under Conte's coaching is really growing rapidly again. Their strength really goes back to the Spalletti era. It's just that I still feel that the aggressiveness of Napoli's attacks recently has weakened a bit. they became more defensive and made more careful moves. But I'm sure Conte knows that they have to do that, especially in a tough match against a strong team like Inter Milan.

But it is very interesting to see the points gained in the current Serie A standings. We see this very tight competition. I think this Serie A will not be boring at all. We can see that all the teams in the top 5 seem to have a chance to overtake Napoli.

This is Conte's tactic, he always plays more cautiously against stronger opponents, and I had no doubt that they would play the same way at Giuseppe Meazza, because it would be difficult to beat Inter away, and it was reasonable to play a draw and stay at the top of the table. It is surprising how close the teams are after 12 rounds, from sixth place, where Juventus is, to Inter, which is leading by only two points, every round can change everything.

[len01]

Currently, rankings from 1 to 6 do not have a big difference. And only 2 points different. So Juventus, which is currently ranked 6th, could also get a better ranking if the other top ranked teams make mistakes and lose points. With the condition that Juventus must get full points. No team has dominated so far. And Juventus isn't that bad either. They haven't even lost this season. And whether we realize it or not, we know that only Juventus has yet to experience defeat in Serie A this season. So we really can't say that Juventus played badly. Because they're just a little less consistent. But so far Juventus have always managed to avoid defeat.

This is what makes serie A interesting and this is what I expect competitive competition between the top teams that currently have not given any signs of which team will lead at the end of this season.
The position of the 6 teams that are currently in the top 6 positions are really maintaining their points and can always catch up on points such as Napoli who do not have a very busy schedule can take advantage of this condition. So they can be at the top of the standings while several other teams such as Juventus and Inter must really maintain their performance conditions.

And regarding Juventus performance which has not yet suffered a defeat, actually it is not a performance but Juventus needs more qualified attacking players. So Juventus currently only has a strong defense but in terms of the attack line is a little weak.