Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[DanWalker]

The first game of the New Year in the Serie A is going to be Cagliari - Milan tomorrow night.

Although Milan's performance is a bit unstable, Milan is considered to be the favorite in this match. Cagliari can not be called favorites considering the home match. Cagliari is not a strong team. They are 14th in the points table. Also they are not that strong in home matches. Cagliari managed to get only 9 points in 8 home matches. But Milan will have to play very carefully and definitely play in an attacking strategy. Because Cagliari will try to share the points by playing a defensive strategy in this match. Scoring will not be easy for Milan in this match.

[RaltcoinsB]

The first game of the New Year in the Serie A is going to be Cagliari - Milan tomorrow night.

Although Milan's performance is a bit unstable, Milan is considered to be the favorite in this match. Cagliari can not be called favorites considering the home match. Cagliari is not a strong team. They are 14th in the points table. Also they are not that strong in home matches. Cagliari managed to get only 9 points in 8 home matches. But Milan will have to play very carefully and definitely play in an attacking strategy. Because Cagliari will try to share the points by playing a defensive strategy in this match. Scoring will not be easy for Milan in this match.

Cagliari are actually in a slightly better form lately. Looking at their last four games, they only lost 2-1 away to Atalanta. In the other games, they seem to have lost by a similar one-goal margin. Milan, on the other hand, are in better shape. They absolutely need three points in this match to keep their title hopes alive. Cagliari are an easy opponent, they don't stand much of a chance against Milan.

They have to win every game if they want to stay in the title race.

[Republikcoin.com]

It will certainly be difficult for them to reach the top 5, but with their score they can still do it.
Como has already shown in this championship that it has character and that it is capable of competing with teams that are substantially stronger on paper.

I'm confident about their climb, I want to see the next match against Udinese if they manage to bring home the victory, reaching 30 points.

Como could indeed close in on Juventus if they win at home this weekend. Udinese is not a weak team in Serie A this season. Como will need to perform well to win and stay close to Juventus in the standings, so the teams in the top five will be less pressured by Como's results. Furthermore, Bologna, who are just one point behind Como, are still not safe from being overtaken by other teams. This should at least keep Como motivated and consistent in their quest for a win at home this weekend.

[Mame89]

The first game of the New Year in the Serie A is going to be Cagliari - Milan tomorrow night.

Although Milan's performance is a bit unstable, Milan is considered to be the favorite in this match. Cagliari can not be called favorites considering the home match. Cagliari is not a strong team. They are 14th in the points table. Also they are not that strong in home matches. Cagliari managed to get only 9 points in 8 home matches. But Milan will have to play very carefully and definitely play in an attacking strategy. Because Cagliari will try to share the points by playing a defensive strategy in this match. Scoring will not be easy for Milan in this match.

I don't understand why you call Milan unstable, considering they're currently in second place and have only lost once in 16 Serie A matches. This proves that Milan is truly a contender for the Serie A trophy this season. So I don't think there's any reason for Milan not to win this match especially since Cagliari isn't in their best form.

Milan has great motivation in this match to beat Cagliari to maintain their good form especially since Milan is solely focused on Serie A making it easier for Allegri to maintain player fitness and not have to worry about rotation. Furthermore statistically Milan is far superior to Cagliari.

[katanic97]

The first game of the New Year in the Serie A is going to be Cagliari - Milan tomorrow night.

Although Milan's performance is a bit unstable, Milan is considered to be the favorite in this match. Cagliari can not be called favorites considering the home match. Cagliari is not a strong team. They are 14th in the points table. Also they are not that strong in home matches. Cagliari managed to get only 9 points in 8 home matches. But Milan will have to play very carefully and definitely play in an attacking strategy. Because Cagliari will try to share the points by playing a defensive strategy in this match. Scoring will not be easy for Milan in this match.

Milan should win this match routinely. These kinds of games are the most important for Milan because they have to take the points from them; otherwise, they will fall far behind in the title race. Cagliari, as you said, are in 14th place and will find it difficult to defend against Milan, who are really focused and getting excellent results. With Modric, they have returned to the right path, because realistically a player like Modric can contribute a lot to the team, and his experience as well. When we look at the scudetto race, this season will truly be unpredictable until the very end, with five teams at the top separated by just one point

[jakdanyel]

I don't understand why you call Milan unstable, considering they're currently in second place and have only lost once in 16 Serie A matches. This proves that Milan is truly a contender for the Serie A trophy this season. So I don't think there's any reason for Milan not to win this match especially since Cagliari isn't in their best form.

Milan has great motivation in this match to beat Cagliari to maintain their good form especially since Milan is solely focused on Serie A making it easier for Allegri to maintain player fitness and not have to worry about rotation. Furthermore statistically Milan is far superior to Cagliari.

I agree! Milan shouldn't be called unstable with these recent results. You can criticize their performance in some ways but not their results. We shouldn't forget that Milan have the longest unbeaten series in the league with 15 matches this season. 

Cagliari shouldn't cause them any trouble in normal conditions. They couldn't even beat Milan a single time in the last 10 matches between. 3 draws and the rest were wins for Milan. Odds like 1.50+ is quite good to bet some money on.

[BRINIRHA]

Although Milan's performance is a bit unstable, Milan is considered to be the favorite in this match. Cagliari can not be called favorites considering the home match. Cagliari is not a strong team. They are 14th in the points table. Also they are not that strong in home matches. Cagliari managed to get only 9 points in 8 home matches. But Milan will have to play very carefully and definitely play in an attacking strategy. Because Cagliari will try to share the points by playing a defensive strategy in this match. Scoring will not be easy for Milan in this match.

Cagliari will definitely play a full defensive strategy. And they will only rely on counterattacks to attack Milan's defense. and it is usually always difficult for a team to score goals against a team that uses a full defensive strategy. But if Milan can play cleverly by provoking counterattacks from their opponents, then Milan will definitely be able to break through Cagliari's defense. And Milan is usually capable of doing that.

I think predicting this match is the easiest. However, in this round, the three most difficult matches to predict are:
1. Atalanta vs Roma
2. Lazio vs Napoli
3. Inter Milan vs Bologna.

I might not bet on those matches for either team's victory. Perhaps other options would be better.

[Volgastallion]

Although Milan's performance is a bit unstable, Milan is considered to be the favorite in this match. Cagliari can not be called favorites considering the home match. Cagliari is not a strong team. They are 14th in the points table. Also they are not that strong in home matches. Cagliari managed to get only 9 points in 8 home matches. But Milan will have to play very carefully and definitely play in an attacking strategy. Because Cagliari will try to share the points by playing a defensive strategy in this match. Scoring will not be easy for Milan in this match.

Cagliari will definitely play a full defensive strategy. And they will only rely on counterattacks to attack Milan's defense. and it is usually always difficult for a team to score goals against a team that uses a full defensive strategy. But if Milan can play cleverly by provoking counterattacks from their opponents, then Milan will definitely be able to break through Cagliari's defense. And Milan is usually capable of doing that.

I think predicting this match is the easiest. However, in this round, the three most difficult matches to predict are:
1. Atalanta vs Roma
2. Lazio vs Napoli
3. Inter Milan vs Bologna.

I might not bet on those matches for either team's victory. Perhaps other options would be better.

You have plenty of reason in the games you pointed out, all of them are super difficult to guess, Bologna is right now not at his best moment and drop points in the last games but they know how to beat the top teams as we saw in the last supercup for example, Atalanta is not anymore what it was but still one of the good teams, and Lazio is always Lazio a dificult rival.

[Tmoonz]

The competition I am seeing in the Serie A league this season I don't expect it. I was thinking that the competition for the Scudetto was going to be between Inter Milan and Napoli, but since it's now between Inter Milan, Napoli, AS Roma, and AC Milan, it will be very difficult to know the team that will win the Scudetto this season. I am not saying that Inter Milan can't win the Scudetto, but they need to stabilize their performance and remain at the top of the table for quite a long time before they will convince me they can win the Scudetto.

There are four teams that can win the Scudetto, but they are all too close to decide between one or two, given that up to four points can be recovered in just two games.
So it cannot be established among all of them.

I have some hypotheses, in my opinion the most likely to win the Scudetto is Inter Milan, given that they are the strongest team in my opinion at the moment.

Now am curious on which are the four teams you consider as potential scudetto final winners, considering that the leaderboard at the moment display 5 teams who I have not managed to significantly distance themselves from all the other teams, even if it is still too early to give any verdict .

Inter     36   
Milan     35      
Napoli   34        
Roma    33   
Juventus 32   
Como     27
Bologna  26

By the way it is worth mentioning that amongst all the teams displayed in that quoted part only Juventus and Roma played 17 games whilst all other only 16.
So supposing you don't see Como and Bologna as final winners which one of the first 5 teams you think is not going to win ?

From the quote you've given now, in red color, I see that there are 5 teams.

all 1 point away, the last team is Juventus with 32 points, only 4 points behind Inter, 4 points are practically a win and a draw, if the other team loses obviously
so nothing is established yet
Atalanta, on the other hand, sank, as I imagined, Como in sixth position

Don't you think the league looks more interesting than it has ever been for a long time now, like we have been seeing the clash of Inter Milan and Napoli season in season out so now that this team has join it now look more interesting to me, and I wish either AC Milan or AS Roma can win the Scudetto it will be very much pleasing, but don't think Inter Milan can give such room to them because they actually went trophyless last season and wouldn't let that to repeat itself so they are definitely gonna fight with might to win that trophy no doubt.

[landheer]

I agree! Milan shouldn't be called unstable with these recent results. You can criticize their performance in some ways but not their results. We shouldn't forget that Milan have the longest unbeaten series in the league with 15 matches this season. 

Cagliari shouldn't cause them any trouble in normal conditions. They couldn't even beat Milan a single time in the last 10 matches between. 3 draws and the rest were wins for Milan. Odds like 1.50+ is quite good to bet some money on.

It seems hard to believe that Cagliari will defeat ac milan in the upcoming match. Milan is indeed the favorite, even though they are only the visitors in tomorrow's match. and yes, Milan has only suffered one defeat this season. I even think there is a clear difference in strength between Cagliari and Milan. therefore, i predict that ac milan will score at least two goals against cagliari in that match. Allegri will definitely take advantage of the match to collect full points with a good goal tally.

[topbitcoin]

The first game of the New Year in the Serie A is going to be Cagliari - Milan tomorrow night.

Although Milan's performance is a bit unstable, Milan is considered to be the favorite in this match. Cagliari can not be called favorites considering the home match. Cagliari is not a strong team. They are 14th in the points table. Also they are not that strong in home matches. Cagliari managed to get only 9 points in 8 home matches. But Milan will have to play very carefully and definitely play in an attacking strategy. Because Cagliari will try to share the points by playing a defensive strategy in this match. Scoring will not be easy for Milan in this match.

For other competitions Milan may always feel defeated but in terms of results in Serie A they are starting to return to their stability even when talking about their statistics in Serie A they have only tasted defeat once in 16 weeks of running even though the draw ratio is far more than other Scudetto contenders.

They are now clearly the favorites especially in terms of strength and readiness of Milan players are still better than Cagliari.
Only one of my worries in this match is when they can't take advantage of the advantage. There are so many moments when Milan who can always excel must be destroyed because of the concentration of players which in the end is always only 1 point they can get including when facing Sassuolo some time ago.
Milan must try better than that if they still want to maintain their position now and still want to compete for the Scudetto.

[Adiljutt156]

The first game of the New Year in the Serie A is going to be Cagliari - Milan tomorrow night.

First of all, Milan have been given 1.56 odds for the win. It is quite higher than I expected honestly. You know there is a huge gap between the two teams not only in power but also points.

Allegri's students are still unbeaten after 15 games in a row in the league. I think this streak will continue but with a win rather than a draw. Good odds for it there!

Cagliari Calcio football team will play against Milan football team and we will see good competition between these two teams because any team could perform well in this match. Cagliari Calcio football team won 2 matches out of 5 matches which they played against different teams and one match ended with draw result and 2 matches lost by that team. Milan performance is also similar because that team won 2 matches out of 5 matches. The head to head performance of Milan football team is good because they won 3 matches out of 5 matches and 2 matches were ended with draw result and Cagliari Calico football team could not win any match. Milan is present at the second position because that team won more matches and that team has 35 points on the table. The performance of Cagliari Calcio football team is very low because they have only 18 points on the table.

[bastisisca]

The quality of the coaches makes this competition more serious than previous seasons, they both learn how to present their strategies on the field with good games, this tight competition makes Serie A better, and we will see Serie A will be very good in the long term if the competition continues to have conditions like this because each team will continue to make themselves better and better, and will also increase the popularity of their league as well.

This season is a battle not between teams, not between coaches, but between the teams' iron will to win the championship.

At the moment no one seems to be giving up, they are all heading towards victory and not leaving the field to the opponents, we are in a paradoxical situation but one that also makes the championship open and fun.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Cagliari are actually in a slightly better form lately. Looking at their last four games, they only lost 2-1 away to Atalanta. In the other games, they seem to have lost by a similar one-goal margin. Milan, on the other hand, are in better shape. They absolutely need three points in this match to keep their title hopes alive. Cagliari are an easy opponent, they don't stand much of a chance against Milan.

They have to win every game if they want to stay in the title race.

Ac Milan need to bring everything they can to this game and what you said about Cagliari being in form, I'd say some how they are good in form but we can't trust them especially in this game. Ac Milan are visiting the Unipol Domus and I don't expect them to struggle much with the host team because the more goals they get in the first half it will kill the fighting spirit of Cagliari, no clean sheet for the host and no draw in this game, now the race has begun which means both Napoli and Inter should be mindful of how they handle their game because any lost point will drop them to a position of regret. I think last game Ac Milan won by 3 goals to nil and I'm predicting a 1-3 in favor of Milan.

[snipie]

The first game of the New Year in the Serie A is going to be Cagliari - Milan tomorrow night.

Although Milan's performance is a bit unstable, Milan is considered to be the favorite in this match. Cagliari can not be called favorites considering the home match. Cagliari is not a strong team. They are 14th in the points table. Also they are not that strong in home matches...

I agree that Cagliari will try to play defence and pick a point from AC Milan while playing counter attacks whenever possible.
Cagliari main objective is to stay away from the relegation zone. Cagliari could inspire from the results in Premier League where weaker teams forced top ones to lose two points. The situation might be easier here if done effectively. Of course AC Milan will try to win that game and not risk seeing Napoli jumping in front of them

[ITExpert]

Looking at the condition of both teams, it is fitting that Roma won the match because they played much better than Genoa, so it is not surprising that they managed to get three full points. Roma played quite dominantly throughout the match, and I found it very difficult for Genoa to keep up with Roma's play, so conceding two early goals in the first half allowed Roma to dominate the game. This victory was also quite important for Roma as they managed to occupy fourth place temporarily so that the competition for the top four positions will be much more competitive.

I think it was very familiar to the winner before the happening of this match . Because it was very clear for me at least that the match between Roma and Genoa will definitely be won by Roma. Because Roma is a very mature team and they play in the outclass way in their limited resources. Because it is the team which is not so rich in the comparison with other big teams. And the manager of this team is also not able to buy some new talented and expensive players to make the performance of the team better. But despite having all the such issues they are successful in occupying the prominent position and making the first four positions of the premier league even more competitive. But at the same time it is also a very disappointing moment for Genoa that they badly failed to defend themselves and were not able to score a single goal.

[POPOLUV]

The first game of the New Year in the Serie A is going to be Cagliari - Milan tomorrow night.

Although Milan's performance is a bit unstable, Milan is considered to be the favorite in this match. Cagliari can not be called favorites considering the home match. Cagliari is not a strong team. They are 14th in the points table. Also they are not that strong in home matches. Cagliari managed to get only 9 points in 8 home matches. But Milan will have to play very carefully and definitely play in an attacking strategy. Because Cagliari will try to share the points by playing a defensive strategy in this match. Scoring will not be easy for Milan in this match.

Cagliari are actually in a slightly better form lately. Looking at their last four games, they only lost 2-1 away to Atalanta. In the other games, they seem to have lost by a similar one-goal margin. Milan, on the other hand, are in better shape. They absolutely need three points in this match to keep their title hopes alive. Cagliari are an easy opponent, they don't stand much of a chance against Milan.

They have to win every game if they want to stay in the title race.

You spoke very well no agreement that but for the fact that Cagliari  hasn't more chance to AC Mila, it doesn't mean that AC Mila should neglect the spirit of seeing that they are playing with eleven players in the field that if you don't keep pushing towards your opponent team to score a goal, your opposition will take the advantage by winning the game or drawing the match, and it is very certain that AC Mila is among the bigger teams as far as Italian League and which AC Mila is in a better position in dominating today match with cagliari in Unipol Domus stadium with 2.0 to cagliari.

[Gallar]

The first game of the New Year in the Serie A is going to be Cagliari - Milan tomorrow night.

Although Milan's performance is a bit unstable, Milan is considered to be the favorite in this match. Cagliari can not be called favorites considering the home match. Cagliari is not a strong team. They are 14th in the points table. Also they are not that strong in home matches. Cagliari managed to get only 9 points in 8 home matches. But Milan will have to play very carefully and definitely play in an attacking strategy. Because Cagliari will try to share the points by playing a defensive strategy in this match. Scoring will not be easy for Milan in this match.

I don't think this match will be too difficult for Milan,, because if we look at their performance and ranking in the Serie A standings, it's clear that Milan is far superior to Cagliari. So that's why I don't think there's a strong reason for Milan not to get the full three points in this match. In addition, Milan is currently competing quite fiercely with Inter, who is currently at the top of the standings..

So with that,, Milan's players will definitely be very enthusiastic to be able to win this match, because if they can't win this match, Napoli, who currently only has a one-point difference with Milan, will immediately displace Milan's position. So that's why Milan really has no other way to stay safe in its current position other than to win and get the full three points. So with that, I will also bet on Milan's victory in this match, so what do you two think?

[*Ace*]

The first game of the New Year in the Serie A is going to be Cagliari - Milan tomorrow night.

Although Milan's performance is a bit unstable, Milan is considered to be the favorite in this match. Cagliari can not be called favorites considering the home match. Cagliari is not a strong team. They are 14th in the points table. Also they are not that strong in home matches...

I agree that Cagliari will try to play defence and pick a point from AC Milan while playing counter attacks whenever possible.
Cagliari main objective is to stay away from the relegation zone. Cagliari could inspire from the results in Premier League where weaker teams forced top ones to lose two points. The situation might be easier here if done effectively. Of course AC Milan will try to win that game and not risk seeing Napoli jumping in front of them

Today will certainly be a very challenging match for Milan. Cagliari are very tough to beat at home, so it is highly likely that this match will end in a draw. However, Milan should not give up and should try to win this match because they risk seeing Inter and Napoli pull away (if they win).
Given that the top five teams in the league are all close together, this is the risk! One defeat and you will see the other teams pull away.

[Hyphen(-)]

The first game of the New Year in the Serie A is going to be Cagliari - Milan tomorrow night.

Although Milan's performance is a bit unstable, Milan is considered to be the favorite in this match. Cagliari can not be called favorites considering the home match. Cagliari is not a strong team. They are 14th in the points table. Also they are not that strong in home matches. Cagliari managed to get only 9 points in 8 home matches. But Milan will have to play very carefully and definitely play in an attacking strategy. Because Cagliari will try to share the points by playing a defensive strategy in this match. Scoring will not be easy for Milan in this match.

I don't have any doubt about Milan winning this match if everything goes well because Milan of this season is different from Milan of last season, which Cagliari held to a draw both home and away last season, so Milan will be furious to win this match because they are among the favourite teams to win the Serie A title this season based on performance.

Milan is currently seated second in the Serie A table with just one point behind Inter Milan; they can't afford to lose this match because they will value all points they can have now and maybe drop against big teams so that they can maintain their position in the table.