Next week can be the last call for Napoli, if they lose with Milan they will be out IMHO, at least psychologically.
Friday 17th December
Lazio 17:30 Genoa
Salernitana 19:45 Inter Milan
Saturday 18th December
Atalanta 14:00 Roma
Bologna 17:00 Juventus
Cagliari 19:45 Udinese
Sunday 19th December
Fiorentina 11:30 Sassuolo
Spezia 14:00 Empoli
Sampdoria 17:00 Venezia
Torino 17:00 Verona
AC Milan 19:45 Napoli
Source: https://www.skysports.com/serie-a-fixtures
Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 2924. (Read 820635 times)
After all those weeks we have left behind, Inter are there to capture the lead in the table. Atalanta are also a very impressive team by their performance recently. But Milan and Napoli are not very good these days. There is a highly visible drop in their performances recently and I mean especially Napoli. Because they managed to win only one time in the previous five weeks. And now they are gonna be playing away vs Milan. The nightmare can go on for them.
Inter are really getting what they want by their performance so far. I though that Milan or Napoli wouldn't lose their lead for a longer time. But they started getting bad results earlier than I expected. And Inter have taken advantage of the situation great. The question is whether they will be able to pull away a little from the others sooner or later or we will see a different scenario this time.
Inter having top spot on very crucial stage of this season as suddenly Napoli and AC Milan both having poor games and lost of points very quickly which helps them for having top spot which is now difficult to slip because their unit is performing very good, and they are also defending champions, so they can keep going again in this season.Napoli is facing some injuries which are terrible for them now next match is between Inter vs Napoli, so this can give some more advantage and gap of points. But, one thing is very good in this season we have now four teams on top level fighting hard for title and excitement is going to be for some more rounds clearly.
Among the top teams in the league table, it looks like Inter are going to play the easiest match. Because their opponent is Salernitana. Salernitana are the worst team in the league table because they are at the last position now. And they won only two times in seventeen Serie A matches so far. In this poor condition, playing away or not, they don't stand a chance against Inter.
Salernitana currently occupies a bottom position in the Serie A standings this season but in contrast to its opponent.namely Inter Milan, who is currently still at the top of the Italian league table this season, of course it is not a difficult matter for Inter to secure three points to maintain their position in the league. the struggle for the Serie A title this season, especially since Inter have only briefly sat at the top of the current standings after the defeat to their rivals, but to secure their position at the top of the standings I don't think it will be a stumbling block when they travel to the Salernitana headquarters.secured three points at home to Salernitana this week
Inter are really getting what they want by their performance so far. I though that Milan or Napoli wouldn't lose their lead for a longer time. But they started getting bad results earlier than I expected. And Inter have taken advantage of the situation great. The question is whether they will be able to pull away a little from the others sooner or later or we will see a different scenario this time.
If you look at AC Milan journey in the Italian League last season, of course you will understand that consistency is the main reason for AC Milan and other teams to slump after reaching the middle of the season and ahead of the second leg of the competition, from a few seasons ago, I often saw the leaders of the standings who were quite tough at the beginning of the season experiencing inconsistencies in their game towards the middle of the season, and in the end they got out of the race for the Scudetto due to various problems that occurred within the club, especially player injury problems as experienced by AC Milan last season .
If we talk about the domestic championship, then maybe yes, but if we talk about European competitions, I would rather say that there are no more strong teams left in Italy and I think the first knockout rounds will confirm this. However, I will hope that Napoli will be able to beat Barcelona.
And I'm glad that Mourinho's team finally won and caught up with Juventus (though this is not a race for the championship
).
There is no doubt in recent years Italian League is going down in quality and their teams facing some serious issues in European Leagues with right now just Juventus and Inter are teams which are going to be in knock out stage and from these teams Juventus has chance to be in quarter-final inter is going in front of Liverpool which is currently best team in Europe so it is very hard time for them.And I'm glad that Mourinho's team finally won and caught up with Juventus (though this is not a race for the championship
). In Europa League Napoli is going against Barcelona which is struggling but still some better from Napoli as they are also having poor result in last few matches with Lazio is also having very hard time and Atlanta is better hopefully they will do good in this round for having some better result.
I think the main failure of the Italian championship did not occur in recent years, but during that period of the match-fixing scandal. Since then, Serie A has never regained its former glory (although Mourinho did a good job with Inter at one time).
At the moment I think that Napoli> Barcelona, they have time to get out of the crisis, but does Barcelona have the resource? I doubt.
Yep, as predicted, Roma wins the game by 2 goals to nil. That game was so impressive especially after Chris Smalling made a fast goal at 6 minutes of the first half. Spezia made a gaol too at the second half but too bad, VAR said that was an offside and referee had to revoke it.
This is what caused much more controversy, I do not know if what the referee interpreted within the VAR was right, I do not know if it was the correct criterion because it is the ideal result, any goal against or in favor totally changes the game, it is something else , affects the mood of each player of the opposing team, the goal at 6min was good but the other goal at least was not clear to me, and if you are playing with a score of 1 to 0, hopes remain stronger than 2 to 0 and more if it was achieved that way.
Inter are really getting what they want by their performance so far. I though that Milan or Napoli wouldn't lose their lead for a longer time. But they started getting bad results earlier than I expected. And Inter have taken advantage of the situation great. The question is whether they will be able to pull away a little from the others sooner or later or we will see a different scenario this time.
Among the top teams in the league table, it looks like Inter are going to play the easiest match. Because their opponent is Salernitana. Salernitana are the worst team in the league table because they are at the last position now. And they won only two times in seventeen Serie A matches so far. In this poor condition, playing away or not, they don't stand a chance against Inter.
That's right, Inter have a very favorable schedule in the match this weekend. AC Milan vs Napoli, if these two teams end in a draw, Inter will have the opportunity to move further away from Milan. Atalanta have to meet Roma, they have to play all out to keep their position. Even if Milan loss/draw, but Atalanta managed to win the match, then they would be in 2nd place in the standings. Inter, will be happy on the top of the table.
And one of the most waited games is going to be played this weekend. I mean that the Milan - Napoli game. They competed with each other for the lead for a long time and they both took the lead once. But now, they are behind the new leader that is Inter. This is going to be a crucial game for these teams to have a good advantage against the competitor in the league table. If Milan win, they are going to be 6 points ahead of Napoli. If the opposite happens, Napoli are going to equalize the points and leave Milan behind. I think that both teams will score and we could see a draw.
Among the top teams in the league table, it looks like Inter are going to play the easiest match. Because their opponent is Salernitana. Salernitana are the worst team in the league table because they are at the last position now. And they won only two times in seventeen Serie A matches so far. In this poor condition, playing away or not, they don't stand a chance against Inter.
That's right, Inter have a very favorable schedule in the match this weekend. AC Milan vs Napoli, if these two teams end in a draw, Inter will have the opportunity to move further away from Milan. Atalanta have to meet Roma, they have to play all out to keep their position. Even if Milan loss/draw, but Atalanta managed to win the match, then they would be in 2nd place in the standings. Inter, will be happy on the top of the table.
Among the top teams in the league table, it looks like Inter are going to play the easiest match. Because their opponent is Salernitana. Salernitana are the worst team in the league table because they are at the last position now. And they won only two times in seventeen Serie A matches so far. In this poor condition, playing away or not, they don't stand a chance against Inter.
Inter are really going to be very comfortable this weekend. They should be able to tear Salernitana apart and keep their lead in the league table. And maybe the gap between them and Milan will be opening more after the Milan vs Napoli match. Because I think that we can see a draw with goals for this match. And Atalanta can even have a chance to take the second position from Milan if Napoli defeat them.
After a big win against Cagliari, Inter Milan has now succeeded in shifting AC Milan position from the top of the standings, a fairly consistent performance in the last 8 matches has made them manage to become the top of the standings, Inter Milan opportunity to secure their position is wide open because in Week 18 they will face a team that is in the relegation zone and of course it will be an easy match for Inter Milan to get 3 points, even though Inter Milan are currently at the top but I think, atlanta, Milan and Napoli still have a chance to be able to shift Inter Milan again if they slip up in a match, because it's a thin difference in points will make the top 4 teams can drop each other in the standings.
I'm really enjoying Inter and Atalanta's great performances these days. They both have had a long-lasting winning streak until now. After seventeen weeks, we see Inter consolidating their place in the lead. Milan follow them right behind and Atalanta are the 3rd-placed team. This looks really familiar. In the last season, Inter became the champions and Milan-Atalanta duo had the same places. We will see if we have a similar result again.
In the last season, Inter became the champions and Milan-Atalanta duo had the same places. We will see if we have a similar result again. 
Well, even though Roma won in last night's match but the opponent is only Spezia and also, Roma still has to fight hard to win at home against the bottom ranked team. Indeed the result was good with clean sheets but Spezia had a goal disallowed and it shows that Roma are still not safe enough against a higher team especially when the opponent is a top team so it looks like Roma are still difficult to overcome stronger opponents up front.
Moreover, the team that Roma will face in good condition and Atlanta will not waste the opportunity to continue to still compete on the championship title track, a draw or loss is quite detrimental for Atlanta because it will make them have a further point difference with the team above them, especially if Milan defeat from Napoli there's a chance for Atlanta to take second place.
Well, even though Roma won in last night's match but the opponent is only Spezia and also, Roma still has to fight hard to win at home against the bottom ranked team. Indeed the result was good with clean sheets but Spezia had a goal disallowed and it shows that Roma are still not safe enough against a higher team especially when the opponent is a top team so it looks like Roma are still difficult to overcome stronger opponents up front.
Moreover, the team that Roma will face in good condition and Atlanta will not waste the opportunity to continue to still compete on the championship title track, a draw or loss is quite detrimental for Atlanta because it will make them have a further point difference with the team above them, especially if Milan defeat from Napoli there's a chance for Atlanta to take second place. 
Well, even though Roma won in last night's match but the opponent is only Spezia and also, Roma still has to fight hard to win at home against the bottom ranked team. Indeed the result was good with clean sheets but Spezia had a goal disallowed and it shows that Roma are still not safe enough against a higher team especially when the opponent is a top team so it looks like Roma are still difficult to overcome stronger opponents up front.
At least they got 3 points and stopped their bad streak. It is helpful for them and they can reunite and do better after Chrismas and New year holidays. Every club will have good and bad matches even they are at 1st position and play with club in bottom. Roma are not have strength of club at 1st position and their form is bad recently. It is a good and very acceptable result for them.Spezia fighted too aggressively and they should have 1 point but it is life. Congrats Roma for come back with winning!
Well, even though Roma won in last night's match but the opponent is only Spezia and also, Roma still has to fight hard to win at home against the bottom ranked team. Indeed the result was good with clean sheets but Spezia had a goal disallowed and it shows that Roma are still not safe enough against a higher team especially when the opponent is a top team so it looks like Roma are still difficult to overcome stronger opponents up front.
At least they got 3 points and stopped their bad streak. It is helpful for them and they can reunite and do better after Chrismas and New year holidays. Every club will have good and bad matches even they are at 1st position and play with club in bottom. Roma are not have strength of club at 1st position and their form is bad recently. It is a good and very acceptable result for them.Spezia fighted too aggressively and they should have 1 point but it is life. Congrats Roma for come back with winning!
Well, even though Roma won in last night's match but the opponent is only Spezia and also, Roma still has to fight hard to win at home against the bottom ranked team. Indeed the result was good with clean sheets but Spezia had a goal disallowed and it shows that Roma are still not safe enough against a higher team especially when the opponent is a top team so it looks like Roma are still difficult to overcome stronger opponents up front.
At least they got 3 points and stopped their bad streak. It is helpful for them and they can reunite and do better after Chrismas and New year holidays. Every club will have good and bad matches even they are at 1st position and play with club in bottom. Roma are not have strength of club at 1st position and their form is bad recently. It is a good and very acceptable result for them.Spezia fighted too aggressively and they should have 1 point but it is life. Congrats Roma for come back with winning!
Inter are a really lucky team for this round of the Serie A. Because they are going to play one of their easiest games vs Salernitana. I have no other expectation than a clean victory for Inter by a two-goal difference in the worst case scenario. And all of their closest followers are going to play very tough games. Atalanta are hosting Roma while there is even a bigger game like Milan - Napoli. Inter would maintain their position for sure.
Yes for sure, but they don't have luck on Champions League, vs Liverpool which is likely to prevent them is not progressing to the next round. It's really hurt for Milan as an eternal enemy, especially Calhanoglu which is an outcast player from Milan, he appears very well who make inter Milan reached the top. we can see the very fierce competition when Milan got the win vs Napoli also.
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