Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 108. (Read 865108 times)

True. The competition to win the Scudetto this season will be tight until the end of the season, especially the three teams you mentioned above. The three teams have played solidly and consistently so far, Atalanta certainly has the biggest dream to win the Scudetto, Inter Milan as usual they continue to show their abilities and Napoli under Conte have changed drastically until now they continue to improve and are solid. However, among the three teams, I think the one with the biggest chance to win the Scudetto is Napoli because they only focus on Serie A compared to other teams who have to divide their concentration with European competitions.

Watching Serie A that season was very enjoyable, you could say that's the beauty of Serie A. It also reminds us of the glory days of Serie A a few years ago, although not as busy as in the 90s, but now Serie A is slowly getting more interesting and competitive.

Juventus and AC Milan, although not candidates for the Scudetto trophy, as big teams they certainly want to fight in the top four. Juventus is actually an unbeaten team in Serie A, but with the constant draws they get, it is also not good because they lose a lot of points which makes them far behind the first rank. But Juventus still has time to improve their performance because Serie A is still very long.

This season isn't last season as more clubs are in form therefore I don't think Ac Milan can finish in the top four positions again. Atalanta, Inter Milan and Napoli are currently occupying the 3 position and I don't think they'll give up this position. I don't think any of this clubs will be dropping from the top three positions. I don't know which team is going to carry the league since the league is still early but I have a feeling the three clubs will share the top three position. It's remaining just one position and the rest clubs will be fighting for that position. Ac Milan are 8th while Juventus is 6th, there's also Florentine and Lazio that'll be fighting for the 4th position.

Juventus and AC Milan will not be able to catch up or catch up with the points that have been owned by the top three teams in Serie A this season, namely Atalanta, Inter Milan and Napoli. Because the only team that can catch up with the top three teams is Lazio if in the second half of the season Lazio continues to improve like in the first half of this season. As for the other teams, I am also still quite doubtful that they can approach the position of the top three teams because now all three have very close points in the Serie A standings.

Well, the hopes for all teams in the middle of the season are actually always quite high. because with so many matches yet to be played, we don't know whether the teams currently ranked at the top will continue to be consistent or not. And likewise, teams that currently appear inconsistent may start to get up and catch up quickly or slowly. AC Milan cannot be underestimated because they still have a good history here. But I probably don't expect so much this season for them.

But yes, AC Milan's hope of returning to the top 4 is still there, although yes, it does need more wins and can't afford to lose many more points. Atalanta, Napoli and Inter Milan will probably maintain rankings 1 to 3. Meanwhile, Lazio and Fiorentina and even Juventus will probably continue to fight for 4th place. But I also wouldn't be surprised if AC Milan also started to join the competition. Because the difference of 8 points with 4th place can still be caught with the many remaining matches.

Yes, these three teams are indeed teams that have the potential to become champions in Serie A this season. Because these three teams really pushed each other's positions very tightly. So I would not be surprised if these three teams have the greatest chance of becoming champions in Serie A.

Talking about Juventus and Milan, these two teams are really quite down this season, especially Milan. Currently Milan is in 8th position in Serie A. I don't think a team as big as Milan deserves to be in its current position. But what can I do, Milan's performance this season has really decreased quite drastically. Because in the previous season Milan had a very good performance and was able to become a tough competitor for the Scudetto. But who knows what the problem is, Milan's performance this season has really dropped a lot. Even though Milan did not make many changes to their squad. But maybe because Milan's coach this season has been replaced by Fonseca and the results turned out to be less than satisfactory. Unlike when Pioli served as Milan's coach, at that time Milan's performance in every season was always extraordinary.

Likewise with Juventus, until now Juventus really has a very blunt attack line. Because even though Juventus is ranked 6th, until now Juventus has never experienced defeat. But this is useless, if Juventus has difficulty winning too. So these two teams are really in a bad phase this season. Maybe after this winter break a change will occur in these two teams.

Don't Underestimate Milan, because they might later pick form and finish on top four. If you can flash back to last season, this was how Milan performance was before they picked form and took the second position from Juventus. Whereas Juventus started to decline in form and struggled to finish on top four because Atalanta and Fiorentina were threat to Juventus position. This season is tougher because Atalanta, Napoli and Fiorentina are currently in picture.

Looking current standings, I don't think Milab vs Roma become super big match in this week because both teams have inconsistent performance in this season and drop outside from UEFA Champion League spot standing. Actually super big match Lazio vs Atalanta keep unbeaten until last eleven consecutives matches in domestic league, Lazio settled on the fourth place won't loss three points against after defeating by Inter Milan and want pressure the first place behind few points remaining.

Juventus become more often drawing teams in Serie A for this season after being draw 10 of 17 matches but still become the unbeaten team in this season, the victory last match against Monza after many drawing matches result become huge ambition for Juventus with opportunity return to 5th standings place because having the same points with Fiorentina.

In my opinion, there are 3 teams that have great potential to lift the scudetto this season. Atalanta, Inter, and Napoli are the 3 teams, they are quite promising this season, and I think they will compete very tightly until the end of the season. On the other hand, it is very unfortunate that Juventus and AC Milan are not involved in the hunt for the championship title. The season is only halfway through, but I doubt they can catch up with the teams competing at the top, I see Juventus and AC Milan still have a lot to improve. Under their respective coaches, the development of the team feels slow.

Every season always brings different surprises, but yes, the competition this season looks fiercer than usual. And unexpectedly, AC Milan and Juventus, who are usually always in the top four, turned out that this time they were having difficulty getting good rankings. Juventus may still have a bigger chance of returning to the top 4. But AC Milan will be quite difficult with the number of points they currently have. But because the season is currently in the middle, big changes can still occur in the standings. 

This week there are several matches that will be quite exciting and that we should not miss, such as Lazio vs Atalanta, Juventus vs Fiorentina and AC Milan vs AS Roma.

I don't want to owl Inter, but in my opinion the only big team that has the strength and head to win the scudetto is Inter.
Don't let the others hurt me.
I'm honest about it,i like to think that in the end the strongest always wins and not the one that has strange turns (like Moggi's Juventus)

It’s just 2 points that separates Atlanta from Napoli that makes the competition more exciting. Atlanta are performing so well that no one expects them to drop out of the title race this season and it’s very possible for them to end up winning the league. Inter Milan and Napoli are well in the race and the fact that the two teams have won the title before makes them a threat to Atlanta because they are more experienced than them. The point difference might reduce in the next fixture as Atlanta will be visiting Lazio and Napoli will host Venezia at home, Napoli has an easy fixture while Lazio will make it difficult for Atlanta but I know they will try to maintain their lead, they should else Napoli will take back the lead.

I will also prefer Atlanta to win the league too, at least seeing a different winner will be interesting and also for Lookman sake, he has been in good form and deserves to win the Scudetto.

- Lazio - Atalanta
- Juventus - Fiorentina
- Milan - Roma

This is how I think about the results of these 3 big matches of the week.

Atalanta are still unstoppable in the Serie A. Even Real Madrid barely stopped them in the Champions League. This shows how great Gasperini's system works this season.    Lazio got a terrible loss against Inter in a home match. Against a this powerful Atalanta, I'm not sure about them.

Juventus are drawing too often despite having an impressive defense. Their last 4 matches ended up like that. But here vs Fiorentina, I believe they will finally end this. But I expect a small goal difference anyway.

Last, Milan and Roma both aren't having an ideal season. But Milan are a bit better recently. I think we will watch them beating Roma at San Siro. I expect goals from both sides too.

Atalanta is having a fruitful season currently. They built on their success in last season's Europa Cup and still have a squad that is competing in almost all the available competitions. They are currently in the semi-finals of Copa Italia and will meet Inter Milan, that game will be a fighting finish for both sides. They are not in the position to qualify automatically for the UEFA Champions League but if they can win their next game with SK Sturm Graz and the subsequent match against Barcelona they might achieve it. Atalanta will be focused on holding to the top spot so they will be focused on winning the next game against Lazio.

The Italy Serie A seem to be the most competitive league this season with Atalanta leading the race for now. Inter Milan and Napoli who were the previous title holders still trying to force themselves back to the race. Lazio is also trailing and nobody can tell which team will fall out of the race and give chance to other because from the top spot of the table to the sixth place, you can only notice a gap difference of two points, three points and one points respectively. This technically shows that every team is still considered to be on the title race until further development. If we are talking about consistency here, Atalanta still lead the table follow by Inter Milan. The league will get more interesting if Juventus would up their game thou I doubt the possibility of that happening but if things remain like this for each team, Inter and Atalanta will race it out until the last day.

This season the Italian League looks more competitive the competition to win the scudetto is still very tight and it is difficult for anyone to guess who will go home with the trophy, usually Juventus and AC Milan participate in the hunt for the Scudetto but this season it seems they are not participating in the hunt because they have fallen quite far behind the top 3 teams currently. As a top club at least they can finish in the Champions League zone but they are currently in a less good position while for Lazio and Fiorentina clubs they may compete for the UCL zone position they are in good form this season.

The strong reason bookies still favor Inter is because of the history of the previous season and the popularity of the team which is currently still consistent with a high number of scores. Compared to Atalanta, which is still a big question whether the team is able to continue to survive at the top of the standings. Because compared to Atalanta, to be honest I prefer Napoli as a strong challenger to Inter.
Napoli currently does not have a busy match schedule. Compared to Atalanta and Inter who have schedules in other more prestigious competitions.
So there's nothing wrong if you might bet on Napoli and get fairly large odds to get profit at the end of the season.

If you look at the head to head record, Atalanta and Lazio have the same record, namely 2 losses, 2 wins and one draw. Likewise with the last 5 matches between the two teams, the results were also the same, namely 4 wins and 1 defeat. So if you look at the head to head record and also the last 5 matches, betting on one team winning in this match will be very risky. Because as you said, both teams both have strong defenses and sharp attacking lines. So if this match ends in a draw, that makes sense too. But even so, I will still bet on Atalanta in this match, whatever the risks. Because I have confidence that Atalanta has a greater chance of winning this match. Although if you look at the situation, it will definitely benefit Lazio, because this match will be held at their own headquarters. But I still believe that Atalanta has a big chance of winning this match. But if you are hesitant to bet on one team winning, maybe BTTS will really suit you.

They are one of the title contenders who cannot be underestimated, they managed to play well and are now at the top of the standings even though the points difference is still very close. However, what they have shown so far at least shows that they are ready to win the Scudetto title. Their performance in the Champions League is also not bad and is still quite good if we look at the level of competitors they have. They can collect 11 points and still have the opportunity to qualify directly to the next round considering the difference in points they have with the teams in the top 8 is only 2 points. As long as they can be consistent, they can win the Scudetto title and go further in the Champions League.

This is why it's better to check overall success instead of just a few games. Some teams could be like 7th in the league but won three games in a row, doesn't mean they will win the fourth one as well. However, the team at the first place, could have 2 non-win results in a row, could win the third one.

This is why checking the overall is quite important, momentum is important too of course, like for example Atalanta is at the top but also winning games so betting on them is easy, same goes for Inter, they are doing great both overall and also momentum as well. These type of teams exist in all leagues, I do play on about 7 leagues or so, but there are more leagues that people can bet on if you want to check more teams like that.

Here is the current odds for Serie A winner of this season below and i can see Inter Milan still being an strong candidate for Scudetto

Inter Milan @1.73
Atalanta @4.20
Napoli @6.00

I can see Atalanta odds smaller than the beginning of season this because gradually they can able to performing consistent and occupy first place and for Napoli too on August their position is out from top 3 but currently they are strong contender for the Scudetto because under Conte Napoli progress is very fantastic

For Inter Milan they are the first candidate but i have no wonder because Inter Milan as defending champion and the league still have 21 matches remaining before ended so it's hard to predict who is the winner of the Scudetto but the question is whether these teams can able to managed their consistency or not considering Serie A is more competitive rather than last season