Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 1064. (Read 849936 times)

The trials faced by Napoli this season are indeed very difficult, even after changing coaches Napoli still cannot recover from their downturn, in fact the most painful thing was after losing against Frosinone, who was clearly a team whose quality was below theirs. What happened last season is not in line with this season even though the players have not changed much, but they are playing as if they were not the defending Serie A champions last season. What's sad is that they don't focus on defending their title but instead have to fight to get into the top four.

But I'm confident with the players Napoli have, I think they can reach the top four compared to Bologna, although not in the near future. Maybe next week Napoli won't be able to catch Bologna because they have to play against a strong team, like Roma, I predict this match will end in a draw.

It is not just about Inter Milan playing poorly but about Bologna becoming stronger than ever. They have become a difficult nut to crack. Their win against Roma is more like a proof that they are not joking this season. Roma did all they could to survive the match but they couldn't as Bolgna overpowered them, winning both halves even though the second goal from Rasmus Kristensen was an own goal.

Despite the bookies giving Inter Milan the edge using factors such as experience and home advantage, Bologna was resolute to hold them to a full time draw after Lautaro Martinez missed the penalty that would have earned Inter Milan the match. A win for Bologna is a great result even though it was through penalty shootout

Based on the H2H records of both teams, Inter seems to have a phobia of Bologna, they found it very difficult to win in several matches against Bologna, including the defeat they just experienced in the Copa Italia.
This defeat must be forgotten immediately, they must remain focused on the next match. Inter must win again against Lecce, they must always try to get maximum points in order to keep their distance from Juventus while maintaining their safe position at the top of the standings.

Yesterday was the bad day for intermilan. Not only does the club need to suffer a loss against Bologna, but Simeone's squad must also endure the loss of Lautaro Martinez. While it is true that Martinez was performing exceptionally well and was on fire in the last match against Bologna, he unfortunately got injured.
It's a bad news to hear how martinez was injured and simeone is feeling so bad after he knew that. Simeone has been confirming it in the latest interview if his condition needs to get more evaluation.

https://football-italia.net/inzaghi-on-lautaro-martinez-injury-and-inter-exit/

Losing lautaro is not only a big blow for the club but that is the same like intermilan losses its goal machine. Lautaro martinez is still being top scorer till this week. Losing him in the upcoming games may be giving a huge impact to the attacking line of intermilan.
Thuram was not performing so perfect like martinez. Martinez has been known as a smart striker. I called that a big blow for intermilan.

We do not have a clear timeline for how long he will be away from the team, but I am optimistic that it will only be a minor injury and he will return soon. It will make anyone feel better. It appears that Lautaro's injury wasn't a significant one.
Intermilan doesn't have a good backup who can replace him. It's not even thuram too.

If we look at Napoli's recent performance it is not looking very good. They keep dropping points here and there while Bologna just beat the top team, Inter Milan. Bologna's performance is too good at this moment to ignore. Napoli just lost 4-0 against Frosinone.

Napoli has an upcoming match against AS Roma and Bologna has a match against Atalanta next week. Bologna is currently 1 point ahead of Napoli right now. That win against Inter Milan is going to make Bologna more confident. I think Bologna is more likely to finish in the top 4 than Napoli is. Napoli has the players and class, they need to bounce back really fast from these defeats if they want to play in the Champions League next year.

Regards

Duke

Napoli have lost several important matches in Serie A and that has made their chances of retaining the championship increasingly slim. However, because this is mid-season and the UCL schedule requires Napoli to work harder and save the energy of their players. Choose to focus on the UCL competition or try to improve their performance in Serie A. There is no choice for Napoli now but to focus on the Domestic League, after all they still have the same time and remaining matches as the top teams. A minimum of 4 or being able to finish in 3 is already a good opportunity. Competing with Bologna is Napoli's main target at the moment, for Mazzarri I hope he can improve the club a little because since his arrival there has been nothing more interesting to show to the fans who still haven't moved on from Spalletti.

It's true, even though Inter only used 30% of their main players, it's clear they weren't serious from the start. In the second half, Inter brought in their main players but that didn't change anything because Bologna had more motivation to qualify for the next round of the Coppa Italia. Bologna is aware that the only title they can get this season is the Coppa Italia, therefore they are very excited to be able to beat Inter.

Even though in the end the match ended in extra time, I think that was enough to save the energy of the Inter players for more important matches in big competitions. As defending champions, Inter must go home first and now their focus can be completely on Serie A and the Champions League. Competition is getting tighter and Simeone Inzaghi needs a complete squad to get maximum results.

Maybe last season will only be the history that Napoli will make as they were able to win the league, because from the look of things, I don't see any motivation in the players this season and the coach us not that type of person that has the spirit of lifting trophies. I believe that from next season if they continue in this performance, a lot of their players will go for bugger clubs so that they can win trophies.

I am not surprised towards their inconsistency in matches because they came from nowhere last season and won the league, this is how they might disappear from the top strong clubs as time goes, if the needful is not done. I already know that it will be a different club that will win this season, because Seria A is not a league that can be won back-to-back currently, as every club wants to make sure that they pull down whoever won it last. The competition is this league is strong and mean.

I totally agree with your point, defending an is not an easy task, especially when you are in a league that is not usual dominated by one team, Italian this season is a very competitive one, and having major team contenders such as Inter Milan, Juventus, and AC Milan ahead of you and with such a gap in point 14, it definitely would leave the title defender with no option other than to fight for the top 4 spot and to play to qualify for the Champions League competition next season. And this is the fact about what Napoli is facing right now, I kind of think the title this season would no longer be in their favor looking at Inter Milan's performance this season, who are currently at the top of the table.

Bologna just got it after winning over AS Roma in the last match day of Serie A. From Bologna to AS Roma, from fourth to eighth positions, there are only 3 point difference and there are five clubs are fighting to get that position in a next match day. They are Bologna that will have to defend the position and four other clubs: Napoli, Fiorentina, Atalanta and AS Roma.

Bologna are playing well and the position is a recognition for their good performances but with big challenges from other four clubs and with their limited power, it's very difficult for Bologna to defend that position for a long time.

Bologna are playing really well at the moment, but I think Inter just decided not to fight in the Cup. Just like Napoli, only Napoli did it blatantly. Now top clubs have other tasks in domestic leagues and Champions League. So they don't need the extra pressure.

So far, Napoli looks like a more realistic contender for 4th place, but the fact that Bologna will be able to hold on to this position for a long time looks doubtful. Inter, Juventus and Milan will most likely not miss their places in the top 4. In the next round, Napoli will have to play with Roma and if they lose, their position will worsen significantly. Atalanta and Fiorentina also do not look like those teams that are ready to fight for the Champions League zone. From 8th to 4th place the teams are separated by only 3 points, so all these teams have a chance.

Can we expect intermilan to lose 14 points in a row? we can't and it's impossible to happen. The current strength of Inter Milan cannot be underestimated, as they are displaying remarkable prowess. It is worth noting that Juventus is the sole competitor who can give them a tough fight for the Scudetto this season. Napoli may bottle it again in the upcoming games against roma.
I have no faith for napoli anymore. The club's current state of regression is a major concern and poses a significant threat to its future success. Napoli must come to terms with the fact that they may not be able to defend the trophy against Juventus and Inter Milan. Napoli keeps consistent to lose more points.
This is very bad for the club. I think that bologna was a worthy opponent for intermilan coz this clubw as always making the big club struggle to win the game.


True. Mourinho needs to fix the problem on its defenders. The club has really poor defense against bologna. The upcoming game is even tougher compared to the bologna. Napoli can win the game with big scores if roma will play like the match against bologna.
The quality owned by napoli is far better compared to the bologna. Losing another points will be a disaster for roma. Mourinho needs to do some rotation to prevent the club from losing another point.

Exactly, it's rather difficult to predict this match because both are in the same situation the distinguishing things are home team and away team but I don't think it has a significant impact. Talking about the chances I really can't predict it's just that I suspect there will be 3 goals or more in this game, on the one hand Bologna wants to stay in the top 4 while Atalanta wants to take a place there both teams have the same ambition and luck will determine how the final results. Oh yah, the two teams might score each other so it's an interesting option to place a bet no matter who will win clearly the two teams scored each other.

Defending the title is not easy, even clubs from other domestic leagues also feel the same way, such as Manchester City, which is not completely consistent, Bayern Munich, which has tough competitors such as Leverkusen, which does not slip up easily and also Barcelona, which is quite far behind Real Madrid and Girona. This can be concluded that defending the title is not as easy as turning the palm of your hand, especially since the Serie A League competition since Juventus did not win the Scudetto, every season they always change clubs, by looking at Napoli's current performance it seems that Napoli will no longer win the title like last season but they can fight in the top 4 so that next season we will still be competing in the Champions League.

Yes, I hope so being in the top 4 isn't bad because if they catch up with Inter it seems very unlikely that Inter won't experience a decline especially since their distance is already too far namely 14 points. Even though there are still a lot of games remaining but catching up to that many seems impossible for Napoli.

Left 14 points from Inter Milan, I doubt Napoli has opportunity returning back to Scudetto tittle race in this season due still inconsistency performance in this season. Raise top fourth standings not difficult yet for Napoli because remaining one point left from Bologna and have many matches left in domestic league not close for top fourth standing target. Next match, Napoli will face AS Roma and need recovery their inconsistency performance after eliminating from Copa Italia round of 16 and need get three points how to be close points with top Serie A standing teams.

AS Roma on bad trend performance after defeating by Bologna last match, if get three points achieving will make Napoli opportunity return to top fourth standings will be easy.

this season Napoli are experiencing a lot of problems so that failing to get the Scudetto is a risk that must be accepted and yesterday I said about the problems that occurred and most importantly the change of coach will have a negative impact in the next few matches because the new coach will not possibly be able to understand the character and the instant skill of each player definitely requires a lot of time spent adapting because the coach plays a very important role in improving a team's performance and this is the mistake of Napoli management in replacing the coach quickly without thinking about the long term.

and to compete in the UCL it seems like Napoli is still able to compete competitively but to achieve the UCL title seems very impossible because many teams are more consistent and have a lot of experience even if they can get past Barcelona in the UCL Napoli still has to get past Man City and Real Madrid who are the challengers strongest in the UCL later.
however, we are still in the middle of the season, there are still many matches to go and we'll see if there are any positive changes for Napoli.

Yeah, 14 points behind it is almost impossible for Napoli to catch up especially with inconsistent performance while their competitors continue to advance by collecting points from each game obviously Napoli have no chance for the title this season, as you said even for the Champions League it is uncertain and if it's true that next season Napoli will not get a ticket to the Champions League then I'm sure their mainstay player will move moreover Osimhen is now uncomfortable there because of internal conflict. This week Napoli will come to the Stadio Olimpico to face AS Roma and I think Napoli will lose more points at the same time AS Roma will take over Napoli position in the 5th place, I did not underestimate Napoli but Roma could be relied upon when playing at home.

Another match this week that is worth waiting for is Bologna vs Atalanta, both teams are in good condition but of course Bologna has another advantage as a home team especially recently Bologna defeated 2 strong teams AS Roma in Serie A and Inter Milan in Coppa of course these 2 positive results will have an impact on their confidence. Bologna also has a good record while playing at home, so far they have only lost 2 times so I don't see Atalanta having a chance to win, but yeah sometimes the match in Serie A cannot be predicted.

It looks like Inter Milan is doing the same thing as Napoli. Because Inter Milan also rotated players in this match, we can see that Inter Milan wanted to play safely, that is, they avoided injuries to key players. And it could be said that Inter Milan could lose by Bologna because Inter Milan did not prioritize this match. Yesterday Napoli lost to Frosinone which surprised everyone because they lost with a big score. Now Inter Milan lost the Coppa Italia to Bologna. And now maybe we can find the answer. Well, Napoli and Inter Milan seem to want to be more serious and more focused on the UCL this season. But in terms of performance, Bologna has shown quite frightening improvements. AS Roma also lost to Bologna and now Inter Milan also lost to Bologna.

And I'm sure Inter Milan also doesn't want this defeat. But Inter Milan probably didn't expect Bologna to make things difficult for them. And I checked how Bologna performed when facing strong teams in Serie A this season. And I was surprised that in Serie A this season, Napoli and Inter Milan were held to a draw by Bologna. And even Lazio and Roma lost. So it looks like Bologna will indeed be fighting for tickets to the UCL this season. They are even ranked 4th now.

I think, Napoli will embrace victory from this match to defeat Roma because their players are playing in unity which is what gave them the opportunity to return back to third position in this Italian league competition and their strikers are ready to do more to improve to make their fans happy. If you predict for the favour of Roma in this match, you will loss in your prediction because Napoli strikers has show some efforts in the champion league competition that made people to believed that they can still make it happen again to win this Italian league title.  Roma will score goal in this match but the match will end up 1-2 in the favour of Napoli because they are capable to take victory from the match.