At least in the last few games Napoli have learned from their mistakes and can provide an answer for their fans that they can bounce back and become number one at the top of the standings, now it seems that the toughest opponents who are ready to make Napoli collapse are the Atalanta and Udinese teams. Napoli must be careful with the team so as not to make the Napoli position eliminated.
Atalanta I'm still pretty sure they will be one of Napoli's toughest hurdles like the 20/21 season even though in the end Napoli again took over their place for UCL qualification
But Udinese, I'm still not sure they will really be ready for the Serie A title let alone UCL qualification. Because there will be Lazio at the top of the standings, and we can see that in the last three seasons Lazio have never been eliminated from the Serie A standings despite often ending the season in the qualifying position of the Europa League. But their quality is always a concern because it always interferes with clubs who want to rise to the top of the standings such as Roma, Udinese, and others.
I admit Atalanta's performance has improved this season compared to the previous season, but I doubt Atalanta can play consistently until the end of
the season. Moreover, in the last two matches Atalanta did not play well, especially when they won against Roma, Atalanta did not create many chances.
But Atalanta were lucky to score one goal and eventually win the game. I believe Atalanta will drop points in the next two games. Because Fiorentina
and Udinese are not teams that Atalanta can beat easily. Likewise with Udinese, I do not see Udinese can play consistently until the end of
the season. Atalanta and Udinese could be in the top 4 right now, because the performance of Juventus and Inter declined this season. I prefer
Lazio or Roma whose performance will slowly improve and enter the top 4, then for Napoli's strongest competitor in my opinion is AC Milan.
According to my prediction Napoli and AC Milan are the strongest candidates who will win the Serie A trophy this season.