Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 320. (Read 867970 times)

One key transformation that has been the advantage Napoli may be enjoying and probably capitalizing on to seemingly conquer the Serie A recently could be the arrival of Lukaku and their new coach who has been fantastic with his performance in the past few games so far even if like you rightly mentioned, they didn't start off really good but so far they have been brilliant which i expect to see same against Empoli such that the home advantage wouldn't be enough for them to see as anything they have got over Napoli.

The thing is most at times we the Fans actually think it is the manager that is underestimating some clubs although managers does that but sometimes it is not belittling of their opponents that they play such kind of players but because they don’t have choice other than to do that. The players are not just 11 in the club but more than 20 and to keep the team in shape they need depth and you can’t have depth with just any player like that, the players on the substitute bench are also great players, so on other to actually manage the players well and create some what competition among them he needs to give some players game time.

The only thing i will say that the manager is not actually doing the rotation well is when he changes the lineup he completely introduces many new players at once which is not good just like. The rotation should come in way that the players wouldn’t be more than five and this is will actually reduce the risk of losing game points when the team is rotated will be reduced

Underestimating the opposing team is a big mistake for any team in a match. You never know what your opponent can do during the game when you underestimate him, but sometimes some coaches need to carry out new experiments to find the best performance for his team.

Some time ago, I discovered that Hansi Flick made a big mistake in experimenting when Barcelona played Osasuna. Barcelona lost badly in that match, people were shocked by the result of the match and many gamblers lost because of it. So Napoli and his coach need to be careful if he needs to make some adjustments, so he can avoid big mistakes.

Saturday 19th October
Como 14:00 Parma
Genoa 14:00 Bologna
AC Milan 17:00 Udinese
Juventus 19:45 Lazio
Sunday 20th October
Empoli 11:30 Napoli
Lecce 14:00 Fiorentina
Venezia 14:00 Atalanta
Cagliari 17:00 Torino
Roma 19:45 Inter Milan
Monday 21st October
Verona 19:45 Monza

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

Next week we will have some big games.
This can be the final call for Juventus, if they will not able to win against Lazio, the race for the Scudetto may be already almost compromised.

Not over but really close to it, considering Napoli winning against Empoli of course.

Roma is not in a good form to make things happen in this match, but they might be able to surprise us by drawing the game. Inter is in a good form and will not want to end the match in a draw because it is an important match that they need to win. There is no strategy that Roma can use apart from playing a defensive game and that will give Inter some difficulties of breaking through. Perhaps, too much pressure from Inter on Roma's defense can cause mistake that will enable Inter penetrate and find the back of the net. If Juric can draw this match, it means that the club will have hope in him and give him more time with patience to improve the team performance.

The AS Roma game against reigning Italian Champions Inter Milan is one game I'll be looking forward to next weekend. Roma started the season on a very poor note which was why the club management sacked Daniele De Rossi who started the season with them and replaced him with Ivan Jurić. Since the arrival of Juric, the performance of Roma have improved so I'll be interested to know if they'll continue their improvement when they host an Inter Milan side who despite not being as convincing with their own performances like they were last season they won the league, are still 4 points better than 9th placed Roma.

And it comes across as if that is their major game plan, keep a clean sheet for as long as possible, especially when they play against superior opponents and then maybe get lucky at some point during the game. It is no surprise that they have the second best defense in the league and the second most draws. In their seven games, they finished four games with a draw and did not concede a goal four times.

If you take this into account, I think this game is far from over and it doesn't necessarily have to end with full three points for Empoli. If they can tie the game and win a point, I think they can be satisfied and celebrate the result. They are in the healthy middle of the standings despite their four draws or you could say because of their four draws.

And as long as they win some of their games against lower standing teams, this season they won't be put in a dangerous position, aka relegation zone.  

Roma have 10 points after 7 games, they can hardly afford to play for a draw with any opponent, even a stronger one. 11 points after 8 games sounds depressing. On the other hand, Roma knows that Inter only needs a win, so it makes sense to sit in deep defense hoping for a random goal in a counterattack. Maybe this game really will end in a draw with such a scenario.

Empoli will face Napoli, we expects a very tough game because both clubs have been really outstanding this season, although it's still consider early for these clubs about predicting the clubs that will win the scudetto, the ones that will qualify for top four and the ones that will be relegated. These clubs are eventually stimulating epic game strategy and also having a long pressing momentum this season. Empoli stats this season have been really improving, they're 10th position on the Seria A table and we expects more impressive outcome to be triggered for such competitive club. Empoli headcoach, Roberto D'Aversa is doing a great job but he just have to improve his stats because his pre-eminent rivals are big hurdles for him this season.

Except for this season, in the past two seasons, Juventus haven't been of such form to give them enough trust to believe they will be having an actual tough play against a certain team but with Lazio its been different as they have been able to maintain an average performance all along and they cannot be seen as weak or too strong, in essence I'm saying I'm yet to trust the consistency of Juventus just yet such that i will be bale to conform strong to thinking they will be able to be a good opponent against Lazio.

I am super excited for that match. That match will be good competition because both teams are trying to be good competitor. Juventus football team has more possibility of win and their past performance is good and they they can win this match . They have to play with confidence if they want to be lucky winner of this match. They should work on the things in which they lack but that team has also some defects in which they should work . Captain of that team should gather the players and coaches and he should take decisions fir that match and they have to make good plan if they want to win this match one sided. Lazio team is also not bad and they can do anything in any situation because players and captain combination is  Osum and we will focus on the game of both teams.

Yes, Empoli is worth considering at this time. Although not so prominent in defeating strong teams, Empoli's performance is quite consistent at the beginning of this season. In addition to holding Juventus to a draw, Empoli also managed to beat Torino in the Italian Cup. Torino is also a fairly strong team at this time. Empoli should have enough strength to compete with Napoli in the upcoming match. Napoli and Empoli have both only received 1 defeat this season. and I hope the match will be interesting.

It is actually very difficult to predict the match between Juventus versus Lazio, because there is a possibility that this match will end in a draw. In the 7 matches that have been played, Thiago Motta squad has been forced to draw by Cagliari, Napoli, Empoli and AS Roma, even though they only conceded one goal. This indicates that their front line is very blunt, pushing Federico Chiesa to leave without recruiting players with comparable quality is a mistake. Therefore, I tend to assume that Lazio can steal 1 point, altought playing away.

We know that both teams are very ambitious to secure full points, because they are trying to confirm their respective positions in the top four of the standings. I think AC Milan will benefit if the match between Juventus versus Lazio really ends in a draw, but on the condition that AC Milan must be able to beat Udinese. The preparations of both teams have certainly been very optimal, by taking advantage of the momentum of the international break. However, Thiago Motta must find a solution in determining his starting XI, because currently several key players are injured.

But with results like that, it is at least a concern for the seeded teams who will play against Empoli later. Because anyway, so far Empoli has only suffered one defeat against Lazio and in fact, even though Empoli lost but the final score was only 2-1 and it was not a crushing defeat either. Indeed,  Empoli is a team that only struggles in the middle of the standings but if so far Empoli has managed to get a draw more often than winning and losing, then it is a sign that Empoli at this moment cannot be underestimated at all. Indeed, Empoli managed to draw Juventus but as far as I know, that Juventus are also still not consistent enough so it might be natural if Empoli managed to draw Juventus. But even so, for other teams should be careful not to underestimate Empoli at  this moment.

In several matches that Empoli has played, they has actually shown an impressive game and their solid defense has actually become a nightmare for the opponents team that plays at empoli home, so far Empoli is still undefeated at home and uniquely they also not conceded a single goal when playing at home, Empoli which we know as a mid-table team today is actually the second team that has the smallest conceded ratio after Juventus,  So it is undeniable that if the match later we will see the team that has the sharpness in scoring goals (Napoli) will meet the best defensive team (Empoli) in Serie A this season, the match I think will be a real test for Conte to maximize his attackers to be able to get 3 points, because if they fail to beat Empoli in the match, of course Intermilan who may be able to get 3 points over Roma in other matches will coup the top of the standings from their later.

Empoli team is not that good because if they had been more fierce they should have make a difference on the table and besides there last two matches was a one draw and a win against them, though in consideration of advantage Lazio has one but that was not the case on that because there was a lot of loopholes from Lazio that was supposed to turn out beneficial for the Empoli but nothing was done and from the one goal they were leading into losing 2:1 against them, there previous match with Fiorentina is the one I can say that they tried because Fiorentina implement all the method they can but could not break through even with all the possession, Empoli still hold on to there defense position. Since Empoli has been trying to prove a high interception against any club coming to there home, so let's predict what will happen to them against inter that will be played on the 30th of October.

Anything is possible indeed but we also have to look at the overall strength of these two teams and indeed Napoli and Empoli are two teams with different strengths, so I think Napoli has a greater percentage to win the match later especially since they are currently in a positive trend which of course makes their confidence much better.

Conte has so far been quite successful in changing or making Napoli's performance much better and that has been proven and regarding Lukaku I think it still can't be a differentiator but indeed all the players in the Napoli squad are currently playing quite well organized in all lines so that we see the distribution of quality in the Napoli team.

When Empoli played well when playing at home it was the compactness of the Empoli squad this season, several big clubs were not able to defeat them, it is true that Juventus and Fiorentina were powerless playing at Empoli's home, Napoli must be careful in the next match because anything can happen because defeat does not look at how many top players are in their squad if the defeat will befall the club then it will not be easy to avoid the fate of defeat and bad days.

Empoli in my opinion isn't on the same level with Napoli so predicting this particular fixture shouldn't be a big deal of you ask me. After Napoli's poor and unsuccessful defense of the league title last season, I wasn't expecting Antonio Conte's arrival to have such a fast positive effect we've seen in the Napoli team this season but because the Italian manager is very experienced in what he does, Napoli are now the best performing team in the Italian league this season. Playing away against Empoli I think gives the host a little chance of getting a result from the game but I think the visitors Napoli will take all three points from the game

Yes, if you look at the quality of the current Juventus coach (Thiago Motta), you could say he is quite a great coach. So he certainly knows more about Juventus' current shortcomings, but maybe Motta needs time and a good strategy to be able to fix all the problems that exist at Juventus. Therefore, sooner or later Juventus' performance will definitely return to normal and good again. Apart from that, I personally would be quite regretful if for example Pogba really moved from Juventus, because in essence Juventus definitely needs Pogba's abilities. But what can you do, if for example Pogba is no longer a priority at Juventus. The reason is that from the news circulating, it seems that Motta will not include Pogba in the Juventus squad. Because if you look deeper, Juventus currently has quite good midfielders too. One of these players is Douglas Luiz and also Thuram. Maybe because of that, Pogba's position will most likely be marginalized at Juventus. However, we need to remember again, the news currently circulating is just rumors. So it is very likely that Pogba can still be retained by Juventus, perhaps with several policies such as reducing his salary. The reason is that it cannot be denied that Pogba's salary at Juventus is quite large. So if Juventus keeps him, maybe Pogba's salary will be reduced.