Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 171. (Read 865634 times)

What you said is quite basic, with statistics as the club that concedes the least goals then it is clear that they can work well defensively. However, if we talk about goal productivity, Napoli scored fewer goals than Juventus but they are at the top of the standings. But what is the real problem?
I personally see that their problem is consistency, they can still be said to be okay even though they don't score many goals, but they can't create goals consistently in every match. Some of the matches they played ended goalless or they couldn't create goals.

In my opinion the defense really doesn't need any tweaks, it already works quite well. However, in my opinion the department where we suck the most and I speak as a fan is the attack.
I'm not satisfied with our current attack, so in my opinion that's where we should improve.
Why did you mention the defense? in theory we are the team that has conceded the fewest goals

Milan had a terrible transfer period, I knew that they would get worse because it was obvious from the players they sold and the players they got. They didn't get any decent players at all, I feel like they are going to miss a lot, the only player they got was Fofana and that is not really good enough at all, they need to focus on how to get a better approach to transfer window.

Plus, they got Fonseca as the manager, who did alright at Roma previously before Mourinho took over, and then went to Lille and did alright there, but he was never really a top team manager, we never saw him do fine like that in any top team before, hence it was a question mark on what he is seeing and that seems like the most important part without a doubt.

Your prediction looks good should it be that if games usually goes in the way we used forcast them, But as for the game between Napoli and FC Lazio is a difficult game to take side,  I would prefer staking over 2.5 goals, despite that Napoli looks stronger this season, however Lazio is a very strong opponent team to play regardless of their position in the league table

I don't bet on Napoli and the odds is interesting if I bet on Lazio. Some reasons to be cautious about Napoli performance against Lazio in Coppa Italia. Lazio can use their best squad for this match but Napoli won't and bet on Napoli is risky especially with given odds like this.

The odds goes to Napoli but it's a match in Coppa Italia and I feel that Napoli might sacrifice Coppa Italia for Scudetto. Winning Scudetto is better than winning Coppa Italia and Napoli does not have many good players to play in both Serie A and Coppa Italia and win both. They have to choose and their choice surely goes to Serie A and Scudetto.

Lazio are a strong team too that reflects on their rank in Serie A as well. If Napoli won't use their strongest squad in this match, they can lose it to Lazio.

Napoli 1.89 - 4.40 Lazio.

My impression after i see the odds is that i'm favoring Napoli to win the game. Their odds is big enough. TBH, it makes me lost a bit of my confidence, but i consider the reward is worthy with the risk so i take it.

As for the game, i predict this is gonna be a fierce game. Napoli played away, and they're at good morale, but their opponent, Lazio may try to bounce back after their embarrassing lost. I expect there won't be a lot of goals, it's more like 3 - 4 goals, and Napoli is gonna win it, 2-1/3-1.

Parma has just gets the winning result last week from Lazio and i think this is surprising result because on that match many people have predict Parma will be lost especially before this match Lazio performance is quite impressive but surprisingly Parma can beat Lazio but i think this result won't have any affect for their performance later because Inter Milan is too strong for them so certainly Inter Milan will win but Inter Milan has low odds in this match @1.20

For the match Atalanta vs AC Milan i think not necessary more compared between these teams because obviously Atalanta is much better than Milan and as we all know Atalanta is unstoppable now so they are in strong motivation to extend their winning record especially this is their home match and i am sure Atalanta can beat Milan and Atalanta has good odds to bets @1.94

 * Inter Milan - Parma => Inter Milan
 * Juventus - Bologna => Juventus
 * AS Roma - Lecce => AS Roma
 * Fiorentina - Cagliari => Fiorentina
 * Napoli - Lazio => Napoli

this is my usual weekly bet
in theory those selected should win, obviously i don't play Atalanta - AC Milan at all, too difficult to predict

Today we have a big match that will bring Napoli and Lazio together in the round of 16 of the Coppa Italia. As two teams that look very consistent in Serie A this season, Napoli and Lazio will now compete to see who is the best in the Coppa Italia and who can qualify for the next stage, namely the quarter-finals there.

I would probably favor Napoli because I think Napoli's ranking in Serie A is proof that this team is the most solid this season. Conte has succeeded in resurrecting Napoli from the downturn experienced last season and now Napoli have really turned into a strong team again. So Lazio will definitely have difficulties in this match. So I think favoring Napoli is the best choice for me.

Facing lecce should be an easy match for juventus if you look at the comparison of the rank and quality of the two teams,but that's the beauty of football where the advantages on paper do not apply when the match is played, because the conditions and performance on the field are actually an important factor in achieving positive results in a match, although the draw did not affect their current position in the standings, but their failure to get full points will actually make it difficult for them to get place in big four zone, especially if Fiorentina and Inter can win in the other match week 14 later.

I will also predict Inter Milan to win the match because Parma is nothing against them unless there performance suddenly come up overnight which I even no that it will not happen and besides this is one the most important match for Inter Milan because already there space with Atalanta is becoming too much even if they are the top three, so if they have any lose now that's how they would be making there situation very tougher because as for Atalanta against AC Milan Atalanta will definitely defend there home towards wining the match but they will not draw however I don't no much about Goa and Torino because I use to avoid there games.

I think that in the end these draws will be a disservice to Juventus, when they may be a few points short at the end of the season to get into the top 4, I won't talk about the fight with Napoli yet, because they draw too often and are already 6 points behind Napoli, it's not critical yet, but it will be a hindrance for them if this does not change. Atalanta was a bit of a surprise, they were able to climb so high and they have the best attack in Serie A.

I agree about Atalanta. They are just rolling not only in the Serie A but also the Champions League.    This is why I don't have the courage to go double chance on Milan.

Actually the last head-to-head at Atalanta's home ended by their 3-2 win against Milan. Maybe we might see another similar result who knows...

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While Napoli and Atalanta have tough games ahead this week, it might be a chance for Inter to get nearer them in the standings. Inter are hosting Parma tomorrow and I don't expect any surprises.

losing points against a team like Lecce was not something we could even expect to see from Juventus. Lecce is not a strong team and they even couldn't get good results so far in Serie A in the games we saw from this team. Also, Lecce is currently in the middle side of the table which means they are not at the level to make problems for a team like Juventus but still, they got a 1-1 result against this team.
However, Juventus was about to win the game with a 1-0 result but at the last moment of the match, Motta was surprised by Lecce when they scored the goal they made the game 1-1.

Lazio does not have the ability to exceed Napoli this season so I predict more about a Napoli win than a draw for their match this week. Because Napoli will definitely play as well as possible at home in order to create a gap in points with Atalanta and several other teams because considering that currently Atalanta's points are still quite close to Napoli. As for Juventus, I cannot give a clear prediction because considering that Juventus' level of consistency has currently decreased so Juventus still has to improve their concentration better in order to win at home when hosting Bologna.

On paper Atalanta has a good advantage to be able to win this match, but they can't get it easily because AC Milan certainly won't let them lose just like that. A draw might happen in this match, I agree with that.
However, I myself predict that Atalanta will most likely be able to secure victory in this match. Because they also won't let their position get any further away from the current top of the standings. so they will try their best to be able to win, especially since this will be their home game which will be very valuable. Losing points at home will be a loss for a team.

Yes, it is true that currently Juventus is building its team so that it can be even better. But I think the developments currently taking place at Juventus do not look significant. Because we can see for ourselves that in the last few matches that Juventus has played, they always end without a win. Even against weak teams like Lecce, Juventus could be said to have quite a difficult time. So with this, I can conclude that Juventus currently has not made significant progress after being coached by Thiago Motta. Because currently Juventus is still in sixth place in Serie A. So in my opinion it is a fact that Juventus still has many shortcomings that must be corrected immediately. Maybe the defense line is currently the biggest gap in Juventus, because this can be seen from Juventus who always get a draw recently. And strangely enough, even with a weak team, Juventus is often held to a draw.

So with this in mind, I think Juventus' defense line really needs to be improved as soon as possible, if they want to be able to compete better with Napoli in Serie A. Apart from that, with Juventus' current performance, I personally even doubt that Juventus will be able to finish in 4th place in Serie A. Because we can see for ourselves that the teams ranked 4th and 5th are quite strong teams at the moment. So if Juventus doesn't have progress and its performance is still like it is now, I think Juventus will have difficulty finishing in 4th place in Serie A. But if Juventus can improve the current gaps, especially in defense, I think Juventus' chances of finishing in the top 4 could indeed be great. So yes, hopefully Thiago Motta can change Juventus to be much better.

I would probably predict a draw in this match even though Atalanta actually has a bigger advantage and will definitely be more favored but Milan sometimes appear surprising when facing clubs that are stronger than them for example when Milan beat Real Madrid in UCL it was an unexpected result because at that time Milan was in bad form so in this match I think both teams have the same ambition to get points and a draw is a fair result for both.

Inter Milan wins (1x2)
Atalanta - AC Milan; draw (1x2)

Genoa - Torino; draw and under
Juventus wins (1x2)
Roma wins (1x2)

Napoli - Lazio; draw (1x2)
Fiorentina win (1x2)
Verona - Empoli; draw (1x2)

I think this is my betting choice if I choose parlay.

Friday 6th December
Inter Milan 17:30 Parma
Atalanta 19:45 AC Milan
Saturday 7th December
Genoa 14:00 Torino
Juventus 17:00 Bologna
Roma 19:45 Lecce
Sunday 8th December
Fiorentina 11:30 Cagliari
Verona 14:00 Empoli
Venezia 17:00 Como
Napoli 19:45 Lazio
Monday 9th December
Monza 19:45 Udinese

Source: https://www.skysports.com/serie-a-fixtures

Big game between Atalanta and Milan and probably last call for Juventus.
if they can't beat Bologna it will most loikely a goodbye for the title.