Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 154. (Read 865436 times)

Aside the different atmosphere in the champions League competition games but you also need to consider the opponents of any team before judging their performance and for the Atalanta and Real Madrid game, Atalanta normally is not a match when compared to the performance of Real Madrid this is because Real Madrid has more experience players in the champions league competition and the team has a better squad than Atalanta. Atalanta played very well but they should have won the game if not the goals they conceded very early in the second half, Real Madrid needed the win to still have hope in the champions league following their poor results so I believe they won against Atalanta to keep their hope alive and to play in the playoffs which is the best thing they could have done for a team that is not willing to lose out in the tournament this season. Atalanta played well I believe they will get better despite losing last night against a well known team in the champions League competition.

Some of media has starting to critique Conte because Napoli lost twice from Lazio and those media says Napoli this season didn't playing at European competitions so they should be more focus for Serie A matches because compared to other big teams in Serie A Napoli schedules is not tight but i think those media are overreacting because Napoli progress under Conte is very impressive so gets several times loses is not a big deal for them because Napoli gap points with Atalanta is not too far so it's still possible to chased and this weekend Napoli will fight against Udinese and i am sure Napoli will be able to bounce back and win from this match

I am also impressed with the performance of Fiorentina and Lazio this season they are able to perform well even more consistently compared to Juventus and AC Milan I also do not know why Juventus and AC Milan are not as good as them even though the mentality of elite clubs is not in doubt and I think Fiorentina and Lazio will provide a surprise this season by finishing in a fairly good ranking. Not only that Lazio's performance in the Europa League is also quite good and has not even experienced a defeat somehow Lazio has arranged their strategy by appearing stable in all competitions.

The tension of the Champions League match is always different from matches in any league at this time so that the defeat experienced by Atalanta when hosting Real Madrid is a very common thing even though it is very painful for the Atalanta team itself because Atalanta is playing at home. But Atalanta itself is also very aware that Real Madrid is trying to win in order to secure itself into the playoff position so that it must be truly understood by Atalanta and also by its own fans. Because Real Madrid is not a team to be underestimated even though their current condition is not good.

That's when a team is lulled by the competitiveness they show and in the end they lose concentration and have to lose two consecutive matches against one team. The first defeat should be an evaluation for the team and they can learn from it to make changes in the second match, but what happened was that Napoli did not learn from their mistakes. The defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League should not affect Atalanta in Serie-A because they are still maintaining a positive trend and still have two points above Napoli in Serie-A. Both Atalanta and Napoli still have the opportunity to compete for the trophy, but how far can both be consistent until the end of the season.

In the last four matches, Juventus has always failed to win, all the matches they have played have always ended in a draw. I think this is not a good thing for Juventus, because even though they have never lost in Serie A until the 15th week. But still, with the series of draws that Juventus continues to get, now Juventus is only able to stay in 6th position in Serie A and has quite a big difference in points with the team in 5th position (Lazio). So with this in mind, Juventus seems to have to immediately improve its poor performance by bringing in new players in the upcoming winter transfer market. Because what I see, currently Juventus has significant weaknesses in every line. The proof alone is that in every match Juventus often concede goals and apart from that Juventus are also less productive in scoring goals this season. So with this, it means it is clear that currently Juventus has weaknesses in every line. Therefore, Juventus needs several new players who can cover these weaknesses well.


Apart from that, in the UCL, Juventus will face a very strong opponent, namely Manchester City. I personally really doubt Juventus in this match, but we'll see, whether Juventus can beat Manchester City or not. Maybe in this match Juventus will play optimally, because if Juventus loses this match I think Juventus' potential to qualify for the next round in the UCL will be smaller. Therefore, I am very curious about the results of this match.

Kvaratskhelia is an important of Napoli recent seasons and possibly his absence by injury affects Napoli attacking system and performances. Without Kvaratskhelia, Napoli have less flexibility and creativeness in attacking and with less dribbles, key passes and assists from him, Lukaku have less opportunities in the front line.

Napoli recently don't have good form and they are falling down in Serie A rank table. Now they only lost their first position to Atalanta but they can easily lose their second position to three clubs behind, Inter Milan, Fiorentina and Lazio, with only 1 point more than these clubs. Inter Milan and Fiorentina have their direct postponed match because of a health accident of Bove and with that match, one of them can take over the second position of Napoli easily, even it is a draw, it's enough for them to take over the second position with better goal differences.

Yes, some of the players who are postponed will definitely be affected by the standing results later. Because of that, we still can't be sure who will survive and become the top standing in Serie A this season, seeing how tight their points are, and there are still matches that have not been played by several top clubs. Meanwhile, Atalanta took part well in the first position. It's just that, they were just defeated by Real Madrid in the UCL. I'm sure this shouldn't affect their quality and performance in Serie later. Fortunately in the next match, Atalanta will play against Cagliari, they should be able to handle it well.

And unfortunately, one of their main players, Kvaratskhelia is injured and will be out for at least a month due to a ligament tear in his right knee. This is quite bad news for Napoli. Fortunately, for the next 3 matches, at least, Napoli's opponents are not very difficult teams, so they can optimize their chances of winning with the squads they have to still get the full 3 points in all matches, that's how it should be.

Source: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

Napoli should take lessons from the defeat, even though their opponent was Lazio. They missed the first place and now they have to wait for Atalanta defeat to jump in front of them. The problem is that Atalanta recovered very well after the weak start and they look like unstoppable right now. Their defeat against Real Madrid shouldn't affect them since they did quite well and scored two goals which is good in my opinion.

Since the beginning of the season, when Napoli performed very well, but I still doubt this team.
As we see that Napoli can only win the title in serie A when they have reliable players like Osimhen and Napoli needs players like that. And I think it is very difficult if you only rely on the coach to be able to make the Napoli squad successfully finish at the top of the standings.
Unless in the transfer market later Conte tries to get high quality players for Napoli attack line.
Yes, maybe Napoli has Lukaku but his contribution is not too big and his productivity seems to be decreasing. So in the match against Lazio, Napoli failed to win or draw the match.

Now Napoli has a great chance to create a new history with the spirit which was brought by Antonio Conte. The change that has been experienced in this team proves how the players and stuff are willing to handle every odds thrown at them by the league. With such passion from their side Napoli can the combine their efforts and grow a force that can fit at the top are of the standings. All this pressure will always be there in the league but we must always remember that there is a well developed plan and that the team has what it takes to keep on expanding. With the backing of all the above, Napoli possesses all it takes to attain its goals this season.

You think Napoli had a perfect performance and you are not wrong but still, I think Napoli's performance is just because of having Conte in this team because other than having Conte they don't have many superstar players, and to be honest without Conte in Napoli they couldn't get these good results.
However, they recently lost the game against Lazio and are now the new surprise in Serie A in Atalanta with 34 points.

Their condition is not good right now because even if you look at the statistics in the last 5 matches it seems that Napoli is in a state of transition that could have a worse impact on them.

Conte in the match scheme on the field still looks good in carrying out the scheme, it's just that the current finishing for Napoli is a little disturbed, making it difficult for them to gain momentum in maintaining their slick performance. This must be resolved immediately for Napoli, because indeed this week's defeat has made them lose their current top position and if things like this continue, it is not impossible that Napoli will go down deeper, especially by looking at the points gap that is too close now between one club and another, this could clearly be dangerous for Napoli.

I think Napoli need to be worried because of the tight competition in the Seria A title standings right now; they drop two points in their last match which has dropped them to the second place in the table with two points behind Atalanta, and any loss from them can dropped to fifth position because as it stands now, there is only one point different between Napoli and other teams in the third, fourth, and fifth position; therefore, no team among them will afford to drop points at this moment.

Napoli is indeed a strong contender in the title race because they are among the best teams in the Seria A this season; the Inter Milan and AC Milan that used to top the league are having some inconsistency at the moment, and Atalanta is in good form to take over their victories for the mean time before Napoli and other teams recover fully.

Antonio Conte comes with his new patterns, he will reinforced the status of Napoli, who knows the crumbling moment of the team? They're weigh out of the picture during the management of other coaches, perhaps this current new one comes with magnificent styles. The team's performance have transformed and competitive for scudetto this season, making them ranked second position on the Seria A table is actually some clear evidence for progress in the era of Conte. Napoli will fight their way through winning the scudetto this season, it's not going to be a long fight for them because other elite teams are interested in the title. There's up and downs when it comes to these elite teams. Napoli is not different from the rest, there are categorically different pressuring patches of the league. Napoli boards messed up big time when it comes to winning titles, they're making poor decisions for the club, although in the promising future, odds of enacting progressive development awaits them.

Napoli shouldn't be worried about just having this loss, things happen and as long as they can recover from this then there won't be too much of a problem and they should be handling it without much problem. I understand that it may look like it's a bigger deal, but in reality it is not really that much of a big deal at all, we need to remember how this could be a very normal situation without a doubt.

So, I believe we are overreacting whenever we are saying this could be normal, and we should just move on with this without much issues. I believe Napoli will have a shot at the title, this loss won't be the thing that makes them lose it, they will still have a chance to win it no matter what happened in this game.

Lazio had a loss in the last five games, but Fiorentina didn't and Atalanta didn't either. Juventus Turin still hasn't lost a game, but they are so far behind with the seven points gap. But it is interesting to see how different the goal difference can be and yet the teams are so tightly competing. Napoli scored almost only half as many goals as Atalanta and yet they are among the top teams. Fiorentina is a big surprise and I think Lazio is doing better than expected, too. Juventus Turin tying two thirds of their games is strange.

It could be the first time in a long time that there will be another Scudetto winner. Atalanta and Fiorentina are definitely on top of things.

In the Italian league, Inter Milan is the third team in the points table and Napoli is the second team in the points table, but the difference between these two teams is only 1 point. That is, Napoli is in the second position of the points table with one point more and Inter Milan is in the third position of the points table with 1 point less. Inter Milan have been performing well in each of their matches which is why they are moving ahead equally with the first and second teams in the points table. If they perform like this until the end of the season, they will definitely have a chance to go to the top of the points table because the teams in the first and second positions in the points table will make a few mistakes and Inter Milan must take advantage of those mistakes. 

Inter Milan are the champions of last season so we will have high expectations from them this season as well.

But I am quite surprised, how can Fiorentina quickly have very good performance and results so far this season. Because after all, it was previously rumored that De Gea really had a big influence on the rise of Fiorentina this season but anyway, it seems that Fiorentina also has a new coach Raffaele Palladino  who previously Raffaele Palladino was the head coach at the Monza team. Thus, Fiorentina's current new coach Raffaele Palladino has really managed to make Fiorentina get impressive results so far that  have managed to compete in the top four.

Although indeed, Raffaele Palladino is not a coach with great experience with many trophies but anyway, previously I was also impressed with the success of Monza who became a promotion team and had good results in Serie A. Thus, it is clear that I think Fiorentina really managed to appoint the right coach to be able to make Fiorentina compete  better this season.

Atalanta taking the leadership is something I did not expected to see at the start of the season. To be fair I didn't see Napoli to turn the ship around this quickly neither, and didn't see Milan and Juventus to be this bad neither. So, basically Serie A has been a full on shock all season long for me and this is just another one of those weeks.

I cannot believe that we are seeing something like this, I am hoping to see better future for it and lets hope that these shocking results won't make us lose too much money while betting. After all, it is not that easy to make any assumptions about the games when we are looking at this current moment, there wasn't really anything further and we need to consider how to make this better and easier to bet.