Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A)

[Velvet78]

It seems like Inter are highly likely to win 5th time in a row in the league. Because they are going to face Sassuolo away. Not a big deal for them honestly. 

Sassuolo won their last 2 games maybe but none of them were against challenging opponents. They were Pisa and Cremonese.

Now they are about to play against the toughest team in the Serie A by far. Not expecting a big resistance...

[Iranus]

Milan if they shouldn't have missed those opportunities to have the advantage, now they are behind Inter but this does not want there to be no more hope, the hope is that they start winning all the games but what they are doing they are not giving up an inch.

Milan has to manage a team that is doing very well, and Allegri is doing it very well, what they did wrong was not taking advantage of the opportunities to take the lead and stay first in the table but it was a very strange championship and not everything went as people expected, so this thing is okay, now the championship is not over yet and therefore many things can change.

AC Milan are playing very well. There is no doubt that their performance is stronger than any previous season. But their performance is not consistent. If AC Milan wants to compete for the title, they have to play consistently well. There is no alternative.

AC Milan is 5 points behind Inter Milan. This is not a small gap. If they cannot continue their winning streak, it is impossible to reduce this 5 point gap. If Inter Milan does not stumble badly, then their chances of winning the title are the highest.

[Lillominato89]

Atalanta played a great game last night! All we can do is congratulate them. Juventus are crazy! Once it was Inter who were crazy, now it's them? Lol
I thought Juventus had found the solution to their problems, but instead, when we least expected it, they delighted us with a terrible performance, and as an Inter fan, I'm more than happy about that 

Honestly I never expected to see that game end the way it did, Juventus are in good form that is better than Atalanta, at least in the last 5 games. It was like a magic to see Atalanta played full time with conceding a goal, Juventus better not drop that wonderful form if not that top 4 might slip off their fingers. For now I can't say Inter are same as Juventus in terms of form, they have better challenges than that of Juventus, the number 1 position needs to be secured and if it's Juventus that are in that number y spot they'll slip so I prefer Inter to Juventus.

I currently have no reason to believe that Juventus will not be among the top four in the table at the end of the season!
They don't have much of a points advantage over Roma in fifth place, but I don't think the Giallorossi are a problem for Juventus. Juventus have a great team, but there is clearly something that is not working properly. However, I am sure they will finish at least fourth at the end of the season.

[BRINIRHA]

It seems like Inter are highly likely to win 5th time in a row in the league. Because they are going to face Sassuolo away. Not a big deal for them honestly. 

Sassuolo won their last 2 games maybe but none of them were against challenging opponents. They were Pisa and Cremonese.

Now they are about to play against the toughest team in the Serie A by far. Not expecting a big resistance...

Perhaps it will indeed be another victory for Inter milan, as other strong teams have also managed to defeat Sassuolo. Roma, Napoli, and Juventus have also defeated Sassuolo this season. only AC milan was able to secure a draw against Sassuolo. and while Sassuolo cannot be underestimated, Inter Milan seems to be on a different level. The worst case scenario might be a draw. However, Inter milan with their packed schedule might not be able to perform at their best against sassuolo. therefore, the worst case scenario could indeed happen.

[slapper]

There is still a chance for Milan to catch up to Inter. The point difference is only 5 points, Inter is not unbeatable, they have lost 4 times, while Milan has only lost once. The only issue is that Milan has more draws. 
A 5-point difference is not impossible for Milan to overcome. But Milan must reduce the number of draws. The focus should be on winning matches, even if only by a 1-goal margin.

Currently, AC Milan is not as strong as they were at the beginning of the season, and with that, I can’t say they can overtake Inter Milan easily. Because I can say Inter Milan will also like to mess up with games, like the way they did last season, and at the end of the season they were not able to win the Serie A. This time around, I don’t think Inter Milan will try that again.So, if AC Milan want to overtake Inter Milan and take that first position from Inter Milan, they need to add extra effort, and likely they may be opportune to overtake Inter Milan. Five points seem not to be that much with the number of matches that remain, but only if Inter Milan give chances. If Inter Milan do not lose, they will have no chance to fill the gap between them.

If AC Milan did not drop form recently, they would be the team leading the table now, as they were winning matches at the beginning of the season. It was making me build confidence in them and believe that they may win this season’s Serie A title, as they don’t even have much competition like other top teams. With that, it was making me think they would fully concentrate on the league.But at this point, I am losing confidence in AC Milan winning the Serie A title this season.

You have the right to lose confidence honestly.

Chivu set everything that broke last season. They're not dumping points on garbage teams anymore. And they've already played their hardest away fixtures. Milan still have Napoli and Juve to go.

Also Allegri keeps saying the goal is just Champions League qualification. "We are on a journey" and all that. Which is smart psychology. It may relieve the pressure on the players. But is that really the way to win a title? By aiming for the fourth place and hoping that you accidentally finish first?

Milan have got four guys one yellow card away from suspension (addition to Pulisic being hurt). Theo, Rabiot, Fofana, Athekame. Inter only have Calhanoglu in that situation.

Could Milan still do it? Sure. If Pulisic returns and is perfect. if they win the Derby. if Inter randomly loses to someone they shouldn't. But that's a lot of things that have to go right simultaneously.

I think it is Inter win for 6-8 points honestly. Not because Milan collapse but because Inter just don't give them the open the opened.

[ndutndut]

Milan if they shouldn't have missed those opportunities to have the advantage, now they are behind Inter but this does not want there to be no more hope, the hope is that they start winning all the games but what they are doing they are not giving up an inch.

Milan has to manage a team that is doing very well, and Allegri is doing it very well, what they did wrong was not taking advantage of the opportunities to take the lead and stay first in the table but it was a very strange championship and not everything went as people expected, so this thing is okay, now the championship is not over yet and therefore many things can change.

This season Milan under Allegri has become stronger, especially in defense. This is evident in the fact that Milan has only lost once so far. This contrasts with Inter, who have lost four times and are likely to be beaten again especially with their busy schedule.

Allegri is already doing well with Milan. He just needs to improve his forward line to be more productive in scoring goals as a continuous draw will make it difficult for Milan to catch Inter. I believe Milan can compete closely with Inter. Besides being coached by Allegri, Milan also has the advantage of focusing on one competition Serie A.

[fuguebtc]

I've never seen Atalanta so well organized on the pitch. They took advantage of a small defensive problem and went for it first with the penalty goal and then with the errors made by the Juventus defense. It seems strange to me that Juventus lost in this way. It seems so absurd.

There is no way to say that atalanta played very well. But they were able to identify the  weaknesses of juventus  defense very well. And that is  why they were able to  secure a big win.

Juventus' defense was very weak in this match. Atalanta's players were able to take  only 6 shots in the entire match. Out of them, they were able to score  three goals. If juve's defenders had not  performed so badly, they would not have lost by such a big margin. I expected  the match to be a draw. But there is no way to  deny that Juventus played very badly. They had the  opportunity to perform better. The performance of the  attacking players was also weak as usual. Perhaps the players lost confidence.

[jakdanyel]

Chivu set everything that broke last season. They're not dumping points on garbage teams anymore. And they've already played their hardest away fixtures. Milan still have Napoli and Juve to go.

This is the most important point. Inter really know how to win nearly all of their matches against much weaker teams. Is this seen on other title contenders? No honestly.

There isn't any other title contender left except Milan either. Napoli have gone down really sharply and the gap is huge now.

The only negative side for Inter shows itself in matches against big teams. In time they can get closer to perfection about it too.

[bitgolden]

Can't believing Juventus on positive trend performance easily defeating by Atalanta 3-0 at Copa Italia match at quarter final round and honestly Juventus has out expectation performed in that match. Lack amount shot on target during 90 minutes and Atalanta most effective made 4 shot on target success scoring three goals, defeating by Atalanta at Copa Italia match make Juventus record unbeaten 10 matches in a row all competition success destroying by not favorable teams.

Has two teams already qualifying to semifinal round of Copa Italia from Inter Milan and Atalanta, has two matches left and Napoli get opportunity if can defeat Como then other games Bologna vs Napoli, I am expecting the Copa Italia final between Inter Milan vs Napoli is favorite final match.

I would. I mean this is the cup game and it is not as important so players probably didn't care and didn't play that well. When you look at the game, you can see that none of the players put up their 100% and they played much worse than they normally do, which is why it looks like this wouldn't be really a shocker to anyone. Sure winning the cup would also be good, but I understand why nobody would care about it because domestic cups are the lowest things they can win, so most of them just don't care.

[Altryist]

Perhaps it will indeed be another victory for Inter milan, as other strong teams have also managed to defeat Sassuolo. Roma, Napoli, and Juventus have also defeated Sassuolo this season. only AC milan was able to secure a draw against Sassuolo. and while Sassuolo cannot be underestimated, Inter Milan seems to be on a different level. The worst case scenario might be a draw. However, Inter milan with their packed schedule might not be able to perform at their best against sassuolo. therefore, the worst case scenario could indeed happen.

I don’t think Inter have such a difficult schedule right now that they won’t be able to beat Sassuolo. In the cup match against Torino, Chivu rotated the squad and rested some players, so I believe Inter will be well prepared for the game against Sassuolo. Their next match is against Juventus, so I see this one as the easier fixture, a game they must win and take all three points, because against Juventus anything can happen, that’s exactly the match where a draw is quite possible. After that, the Champions League matches will follow, and those games will be much tougher, so it’s important to win now.

[Lida93]

About the Italian teams on europe or european comeptition to be more precise i think they are having a big trouble, the italian football is quite slow compared to Premier League for example and the rest of the european football is starting to become more fast and Italian teams are losing the pace, so despite Inter making very good runs or Atalanta under Gianpiero most of the other teams cant compete in this "new" speed of football.

For me, I think the Italian clubs performance is gradually taking a nosedive year after year, several years ago it was the Italian teams that usually dominate the European competition especially the UCL, Milan was a  dominant force in Europe back then in their glory days, so was Inter Milan and Juventus but all that is in the past now, football seems to have declined a lot in Italy but have rather developed a lot in countries like spain and England and France too.

[el kaka22]

Cup may not be considered great achievement, but when you are not going to be the leaders of the league and win the title, maybe getting the cup would be a good way to end the season not empty handed, so Juventus should have cared.

But considering they are gunning for top four finish, having nothing but the league to focus on is not a terrible thing for them but they are also trying for UCL as well, so cup was the last thing on their mind. Maybe they just wanted to focus on the league and be in top four while also beating Galatasaray to go to top sixteen at the UCL as well? That seems like a good idea, because if they had nothing else then they might have focused on the cup, but three competitions at once was tough, so they just gave up one of them and focus on two now.

[Richbased]

About the Italian teams on europe or european comeptition to be more precise i think they are having a big trouble, the italian football is quite slow compared to Premier League for example and the rest of the european football is starting to become more fast and Italian teams are losing the pace, so despite Inter making very good runs or Atalanta under Gianpiero most of the other teams cant compete in this "new" speed of football.

Juventus is the only team from the Serie A that tried to make Italy proud in the past when they participate in the Champions League games but suddenly they just lost that speed and since no other Italian team that could take the mantle from Juventus, they have remained unprogressive. Inter Milan wanted to continue from where Juventus stopped but unfortunately, they are almost practicing same thing that Juventus did by reaching to a final and lose because last Champions League, Inter Milan reached the final and lose it to PSG. Regardless that none of the Serie A teams could get direct entry to the round of 16 but they are trying their best since 3 Italian teams will take take part in the playoffs and there is no way that at least one of them won't make it to the knockout stage.

[hyudien]

 I don’t think Inter have such a difficult schedule right now that they won’t be able to beat Sassuolo. In the cup match against Torino, Chivu rotated the squad and rested some players, so I believe Inter will be well prepared for the game against Sassuolo. Their next match is against Juventus, so I see this one as the easier fixture, a game they must win and take all three points, because against Juventus anything can happen, that’s exactly the match where a draw is quite possible. After that, the Champions League matches will follow, and those games will be much tougher, so it’s important to win now.

Yes, Inter readiness for this week's match has already shown when rotating players in the Italian cup, Chivu realizes Serie A is more important because his team is currently holding the momentum to end up in the highest position at the end of the season, and I think he also knows that Sassuolo performed well in the previous two weeks, so he wants his team to play at full strength without underestimating Sassuolo, getting 3 points here means Inter will be very comfortable at the top.

[ITExpert]

A team that doesn't take into account the fact that playing in Europe makes you more tired and that you need to strengthen the squad seems to me to be a team set up like this, in a hobbyist way.
Sorry to be so harsh, but some things are known.
Like water gets wet and fire burns.
If you don't gear up first, you're stupid.

This is very difficult for those who prepared themselves properly and try to get a place where they present themselves in a very reliable way. Because this is the era of competition everyone is trying to have a place the other cannot be. So, I think if these difficulties are faced by a strong or prepared team in the European competition then it is very easy to imagine or understand that a team which is not prepared or they do not make any preparations to present them in a better way which kind of problems they can face. And this is true that if any team does not make any preparations to participate in European competition it clearly means that they are not serious or they don't want to have any significant places or they just have an eye on the competition but not to win.

[BlackBaron]

This week, Inter Milan will travel to Sassuolo headquarters. From the performance of the two teams, Inter Milan should not be too difficult to win and also to keep their distance from 2nd place in the standings. Currently, they are 5 points away from AC Milan. That is not a safe distance because once slipped which will be even thinner.

But Sassuolo is in a good trend with 2 wins from their last match. Inter Milan must be wary of this opponent and not let them underestimate it. Because Sassuolo will definitely try hard to be able to get points, at least 1 point they want to get.

[rangga28]

About the Italian teams on europe or european comeptition to be more precise i think they are having a big trouble, the italian football is quite slow compared to Premier League for example and the rest of the european football is starting to become more fast and Italian teams are losing the pace, so despite Inter making very good runs or Atalanta under Gianpiero most of the other teams cant compete in this "new" speed of football.

Juventus is the only team from the Serie A that tried to make Italy proud in the past when they participate in the Champions League games but suddenly they just lost that speed and since no other Italian team that could take the mantle from Juventus, they have remained unprogressive. Inter Milan wanted to continue from where Juventus stopped but unfortunately, they are almost practicing same thing that Juventus did by reaching to a final and lose because last Champions League, Inter Milan reached the final and lose it to PSG. Regardless that none of the Serie A teams could get direct entry to the round of 16 but they are trying their best since 3 Italian teams will take take part in the playoffs and there is no way that at least one of them won't make it to the knockout stage.

AC Milan has a glorious history in Serie A, winning seven titles. However, in the last decade, Juventus and Inter have reached the final, albeit unsuccessfully. Currently, Serie A teams are struggling to compete in European competitions, perhaps due to financial imbalances and a lack of superstar players. This season, the Italian representatives also had to qualify for the playoffs to reach the knockout stage. I'm not entirely sure about the capacity and expectations of the current Italian teams, as their level is significantly lower than that of the English and Spanish teams.

[Sarah Azhari]

This week, Inter Milan will travel to Sassuolo headquarters. From the performance of the two teams, Inter Milan should not be too difficult to win and also to keep their distance from 2nd place in the standings. Currently, they are 5 points away from AC Milan. That is not a safe distance because once slipped which will be even thinner.

But Sassuolo is in a good trend with 2 wins from their last match. Inter Milan must be wary of this opponent and not let them underestimate it. Because Sassuolo will definitely try hard to be able to get points, at least 1 point they want to get.

Inter won't find it easy to win against Sassuolo, especially as they face an away match. Inter are indeed superior in terms of strength, but they consistently struggle on the road. Inter must be vigilant and not underestimate Sassuolo, as even small details can influence the outcome. However, I'm confident Inter will do their best to secure a win at Sassuolo's home ground to maintain their lead over Milan.

[verdinio]

The Italian Cup is strange but losing like this against Atalanta is a real shame, they could have done everything but they didn't manage to bring it home, the real collapse was when they conceded the first goal by Scamacca, from there the game slowly declined and they were no longer able to finish it, it must be said that they also had bad luck with hitting the posts and crossbars.

Atalanta is absolutely an excellent team and has shown that it is really strong and performing compared to a team that was much stronger like Juventus, who has improved and everyone expected a victory from them, but in the end they did it, so now they have shown that they can also do well in the Champions League.

[Fakhrulenclix]

The Italian Cup is strange but losing like this against Atalanta is a real shame, they could have done everything but they didn't manage to bring it home, the real collapse was when they conceded the first goal by Scamacca, from there the game slowly declined and they were no longer able to finish it, it must be said that they also had bad luck with hitting the posts and crossbars.

Atalanta is absolutely an excellent team and has shown that it is really strong and performing compared to a team that was much stronger like Juventus, who has improved and everyone expected a victory from them, but in the end they did it, so now they have shown that they can also do well in the Champions League.

It is indeed surprising what Atalanta has done, although Atalanta is also a top Serie A team, the big win against Juventus makes it an unexpected surprise. 
Here, I don’t think the big win by Atalanta is too exaggerated. On the other hand, Juventus is also a team that hasn’t been consistent, so in this match they made many mistakes which caused them to concede 3 goals. Therefore, we cannot assume only from one side that Atalanta played very well, because it could also be due to the opposite side, namely Juventus’ poor performance.