Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 115. (Read 865017 times)

It could as well be a temporary issue and I wouldn't overestimate these two losses. Now it is important that they find their way back most hopefully in the next game or otherwise a negative spiral could get going. Lazio has shown that the disgraceful game against Inter Milan, which they lost 0-6, was not the beginning of the end. For a second I thought that this could give them a very bad blow, but they had their comeback against Lecce. It wasn't the best comeback ever, but it was a victory which means they are still right in the middle of the challenge for the title.

Fiorentina seems to be starting to lose the stability of their team. their performance has indeed decreased slightly. Since they lost to Bologna, they have started to weaken. But this is how Fiorentina is like almost every season. they sometimes look like a very consistent team in some weeks but then they start dropping points in the next few weeks. This team still doesn't seem ready to compete for the title. Fiorentina seems only ready to compete for UCL or European League tickets.

In the next two weeks Fiorentina will really have tough opponents. Because Fiorentina's next two matches will have to be against Juventus and Napoli. And I'm not sure Fiorentina will be able to achieve good results from these two matches. Because Juventus and Napoli are really tough opponents and I think a draw might be the best result that Fiorentina can get in the next two matches.

Fiorentina have lost 2 games in a row after a long time.Fiorentina, who have lost 2 games in the league, would have been only 3 points behind the leader if they had won the points they lost in these 2 weeks.Now they are 9 points behind.It was strange for them to lose against Udinese despite taking the lead.They took the lead with a penalty goal in the 8th minute with Moise Kean, but they could not take advantage of it.Udinese started the second half faster and scored 2 goals in 12 minutes to lead 2-1.The match ended with this score.
Inter, on the other hand, defeated their opponent 2-0 and reduced the point difference to 3.Inter has one match less.With this deficit, the point difference will perhaps disappear.Inter scored the goals in the second half against Como and we see that Inter insists on the championship race this season.

This is a fierce and difficult match for both teams, what happened to Lazio when they lost badly to Inter Milan I think cannot be used as a reference because of course Lazio has improved from what happened.
In terms of strength, Atalanta and Lazio are not much different and because Lazio will play at home, of course it is an advantage for Lazio.
On the other hand, Atalanta is also very consistent now so I predict the final result will most likely be a draw and I think that is fair enough for both teams.

So true. If we talk about fighting for the title this season in Serie A, the big picture that I see is between Atalanta, Inter Milan and Napoli. For Juventus it seems I have to exclude it. Because they are still having difficulty finding their best performance. Even though this team is actually very strong, they are still quite bad at completing attacks which means they have to continuously get more draws.

And Lazio seems like they are really fighting for UCL tickets, namely in the top 4. But because we are only almost halfway through the season, there could actually be a big change that will occur as the remainder of the season progresses. So yeah it's still too early to draw any conclusions right now. but the temporary picture is already visible.

But regarding AC Milan I really don't see them as a challenger this season. They will probably only struggle to climb into the top 5 rankings. This is really a season that I think is quite sad for this team. I didn't expect this season to be this bad for AC Milan.

Lazio by rising to top ranks of Serie A, already make big surprise but with quality they have in this season, I believe their maximum rank in this season will be the fourth or fifth position, not higher than that. There are some clubs that are stronger than Lazio, Atalanta, Napoli, Inter Milan and maybe I include Juventus. Lazio are weaker than Atalanta from player quality and their consistency.

Atalanta perform better than Lazio in this season and Atalanta are competing for Scudetto but Lazio are fighting for top four only. Atalanta have better rank than Lazio and it does not come from coincidence but from their better performances so far. Lazio will compete with Fiorentina, they are equally in top four race, and maybe AC Milan too.

Atalanta will compete for Scudetto with Napoli, and Inter Milan or maybe Juventus, but I don't see chance for Lazio to join this competition.

Atalanta and Lazio both have equally good levels of consistency this season. So determining which team is better between the two will be quite difficult. and likewise, predicting the outcome of the match between these two teams will also be quite difficult. But the current ranking is actually a big picture of the strength of these two teams. And now Atalanta, which has succeeded in reaching first place, also means they have proven that this season they are the most consistent. Meanwhile, Lazio, who are currently ranked 4th, has also proven that they are a team that is just as tough, although not as consistent as Atalanta. I actually also thought about favoring Atalanta in this match because I believe Lazio will probably have difficulty beating Atalanta. But the problem is that Lazio is the host of this match. And of course Lazio doesn't want to make their supporters feel disappointed again. So the match could actually end in a draw.

Not only in terms of current strength, overall the meeting of the two teams is also balanced, Lazio and Atalanta can beat each other at their respective home, so even though in this match Lazio is advantaged because they are playing at home, but what is clear is that I don't think it will help them much to beat Atalanta, but what is clear is that in this match there will be many goals.
I think even though the final result is a draw, it is fair for both teams, but maybe Atalanta doesn't want to share points considering their position is vulnerable to being shifted.

The match with Monza was more difficult than I thought, but the most important thing is that they were able to win, because at some point I started to worry a little whether they would be able to win, or it would be another draw. But the match with Fiorentina will be even more difficult for them and I have doubts whether they will be able to win this match.

Fiorentina has always been a difficult opponent for Juventus, and now this will be a match of some of the best defenses in Serie A, so I expect few goals and probably a draw.

In terms of strength, both teams are quite balanced, but Atalanta is slightly more consistent than Lazio, so that can be a consideration to predict that in terms of percentage, Atalanta is greater to win this match, even though the match will be played at Lazio's home ground, but Atalanta is currently in their best form and high confidence after a series of victories they have achieved and they are now at the top of the Serie A standings.
The match this weekend will be quite fierce indeed, nothing is easy for both teams, but I am still quite optimistic that Atalanta can win the match.

I thought the match would be an easy win for Inter Milan. I thought at least Inter would score 1 or 2 goals in the first half. But it turned out that Como played very well. I was surprised when I saw Como able to hold Inter to a draw in the first half. Como also had some good chances to score goals unfortunately they failed to convert those chances into goals. Of course Como has players of a quality below Inter Milan. So in some situations they had difficulty scoring goals against Inter Milan. Although Como lost but their game was really solid. Inter has 1 match left and if they can win it then they will take the first position from Atalanta. I think Inter Milan is the strongest candidate for the scudetto this season.

I expected Atlanta to win the match because they are the favorite to win the match, Atlanta played well and won the game but it was not an easy win for them because the match ended 3-2, Empoli also tried in the game because they came into the game with full confidence that they will end the game draw before going to Christmas break but Atlanta prove them wrong and get the three-point, Atlanta is ahead of Napoli with 2 points and Atlanta is the one leading the table of the League now.

Atlanta is doing well in 2024 and it will be good if they continue like this in 2025 because some teams will be performing well now and later we will be seeing them dropping points at the end of the season, Atlanta should not do like Barcelona in Spain because if they do they will lose many fans because currently, Atlanta is getting more fans as they are playing well.

Inter Milan beat Como as expected, and a victory is a win. Many people have underestimated Como in the Seria A this season because they were just promoted to the league. Of course, Como is a poor club, but they have the confidence to compete against any of the league's top teams. Inter Milan used the knowledge of a big team to score two goals, but they did not dominate Como as we assumed. Inter Milan with 63 ball possession, 17 shots, and 5 was on target, while Como with 37 possessions, 8 shots, and 4 was on target. If Como were that great, they would have got at least one goal, but Inter won comfortably.

Furthermore, I can't say that Inter Milan's performance has been low compared to the previous season simply because they were unable to score more than two goals against Como, who are a stubborn squad. Inter Milan remains the favorite to win the Scudetto this season, we have seen how they destroyed Lazio at home, and they are much stronger than Como, which Inter was unable to score more than two goals.

Lazio's performance is quite inconsistent. That's why I think it's risky to bet on Lazio's victory. Lazio will be defeated 6-0 against Inter Milan, which is probably something no one could have imagined. Lazio lost the match by a big margin. However, Lazio won 2-1 against Lecce in the last match. Atalanta is a strong team. Atalanta is still at the top of the table. We can see Lazio players performing well in every match consistently. I think Atalanta will win this match too. However, there is no doubt that it will be very difficult to get three points against Lazio.

I agree with you, that Inter really had difficulty scoring goals in this match. Because it was proven that in that match Inter were almost only able to score one goal. The reason is that until the 90th minute, Inter had not been able to increase their lead. But fortunately in the 90+2 minute Inter were able to increase their lead. So if you say that this season Inter's performance is not as good as the previous season, I also really agree. Because in the previous season Inter were always able to score a lot of goals, especially against teams who were at the bottom of the standings.

But this season Inter really couldn't show off their great performance like in the previous season. Because at the start of this season, Inter really didn't produce a satisfactory performance. Because for example, teams like Genoa and Monza couldn't be beaten by Inter. Even though in previous seasons these teams were always easy opponents for Inter. So that's why currently Inter can't be at the top of the standings again in Serie A, because basically Inter is still unable to compete with teams like Napoli. But even so, I see that now Inter is starting to recover. Because in the last few matches the results can be said to not be too bad. Maybe one thing that Inter really needs to emphasize at the moment is its attack line. Because it cannot be denied that Inter's attack line is not as productive as in previous seasons. Therefore, the solution may be that Inter has to bring in several new strikers who can make Inter's attack line sharper.

Well, it looks like some changes to the standings could happen next week with some match results that could be very surprising. Lazio is a very strong team. And perhaps their defeat by Inter Milan could be an exception. because in that match Lazio seemed to have lost focus after Inter Milan's first goal at that time. For the match against Atalanta I also think that Lazio will try not to be embarrassed again. And I think against Atalanta it will be a little different to against Inter Milan. because maybe Atalanta is currently leading the standings, but that doesn't mean they are stronger than Inter Milan. so yeah Lazio might make Atalanta lose their first position again.

In the next few weeks we're going to see a lot of big standings-defining games being played, so it looks like there's going to be a lot of changes coming up in the Serie A standings later, the Lazio vs Atalanta match could be an important determinant in the race for the top spot, Atalanta who have shown consistent form and of course hope to end the half season as champions,  But I think facing lazio will not be easy either, although they had a bad defeat from inter before but of course they don't want to get embarrassed again by atalanta at home, besides that match, like as you said, of course also the match of juventus vs Fiorentina and Milan vs Roma will also be very crucial.

There is no denying that Como played very well in this match. Even COmo played better than I expected. I did not think that COmo would be able to perform so well. Even then Como lost 2-0 in the end. If Como's defense was a little stronger, it would have been very difficult for Inter Milan to get points in this match.

However, Inter Milan has been able to continue their winning streak. Inter Milan has won in the last four matches. If Inter Milan can continue their winning streak, the top spot of the table will be occupied by Inter Milan in a few days. Inter Milan has managed to get 37 points in 16 matches. And Atalanta has got 40 points in 17 matches.

If we look back, for some reason Juventus chose Thiago Motta and fired Massimiliano Allegri. Who is Thiago Motta, is he good enough to be the new manager of Juventus? because in terms of achievements, yes he is a coach who has not achieved much, and because he is considered a new coach, so maybe in terms of experience he is still lacking. Motta's highest achievement so far is only bringing Bologna to finish in 5th place last season and get a ticket to the UCL. If we talk about Massimiliano Allegri, don't ask again, he has brought Juventus to win more trophies, so in terms of experience there is no need to doubt it.

and starting from there, maybe there is some truth in what you said, that Juventus should change its manager again. and will Juventus bring Massimiliano Allegri back for his third term, or look for a new coach?

If after 17 matches and he was only able to win one match, then there is no need for the club to continue with Nesta, unless the club owner wants his club to be relegated. The manager has nothing else to offer, so he has to go. He was even lucky that the club management allowed him to last this long with those poor results that they were continuously recording. Alessandro  Nesta is another example to show that, you might be a good as a player and make a bad coach. Not everyone has the technical understanding of the game of football. There are lots of many coaches who were very good as a player but they keep struggling to make a good coaching career. Let's see what Salvatore Bocchetti will do at Monza, if he can lead them to safety in the league table. If his tactics can bring out the best in Monza players so that they can continue winning matches. Because as it is now the morale of Monza players are very low.