Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 345. (Read 868502 times)

First of all, congrats on your win. But there is one thing I'm really surprised of here. Why did Udinese have such high odds like 2.24 for the win? You didn't bet on this parlay while this game was live right?

If it was really like that before this game started then it is a really good catch. Even if it wasn't it is still a reasonable attempt considering the way Udinese started the season. 

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Atalanta really needed these big wins recently. Because they couldn't start the Serie A well. But first beating Shakhtar and later this win must have made a huge boost in players' morale. When it comes to Inter, I was expecting them not to have a very comfortable score. Even though that early red card by Torino, they still fought hard and scored 2 goals.

And Thuram... He is really on fire!    After this hat-trick he has 7 goals in the league.

Juventus vs Cagliari (BTTS)
Lazio vs Empoli (BTTS)
Monza vs Roma (Roma win)
Fiorentina vs Milan (Milan win)

Of the 4 matches that I predicted, there is a little doubt about the Lazio vs Empoli match. Last season, Empoli was one of the very bad teams. But this season, they are one of the teams that are very consistent in maintaining their position with a draw and only conceding 2 goals.
I doubt that in this match, Empoli will use a defensive strategy using a formation to strengthen the defense with the desire to gain 1 point rather than lose points.
What do you think?

Marcus Lilian Thuram was one of the most entertaining player among all the Inter Milan players because of his hard work on that match, he has never backslided for ones on that match and he totally deserve the hard trick because that should stand as an award for playing that good, so I can imagine the happiness that would be in him by getting the first hard trick after a year of joining the club on the Serie A, however is good that he has a long contract on Inter Milan which will last till 2028 so he has a lot of time to add more value to the club.

However with the way Torino peak form during the ending part of the first half till the last minutes I wonder if Inter Milan would have won the match if there was no red card against Torino because to an extent they were not even playing like a club that has a short one.

Atalanta is back again to their last season's performance. They destroyed Genoa. They shot a lot and owned most of the possession. Although they're not so aggressive in the first half, but so rampant in the second half. It looks like they’re finally finding their feet in the league.

On the other hand, Genoa was really embarrassing; they lack effort and quality. Their attack was severely downgraded after they sold Retegui to Atalanta. They have so much space between their midfield and attack. And it really surprised me how Retegui alone made a hat trick against them.

I'd say towards the end of last season that was when we saw Atalanta at their best because they were not even close to the top 6 teams that are competing for the title but as time goes by they started improving by getting points scoring goals and trying to prove a point to the other top teams. Against Leverkusen it gave them a very high momentum after winning that finals, that win alone made them believe they can go against the best and secure a win.
Right from the very beginning Atalanta have been having issues with their defense line that's why last season there isn't a game they'll play without conceding even if they'll win their opponent will get like 1/2 goals so I think is time for them to strengthen that position (the defense line) and worry less about the midfield and attack, if that is done then I don't see any team getting past them that easy.

Napoli has become a consistent team in the Italian league. Napoli have managed to win five out of seven matches so far in the season, while they have lost just one match. In other seasons we miss this Napoli a lot. In other seasons, they start very slowly and later they fall far behind in terms of points with the number one or two teams in the points table and later they cannot recover those points. As this season they have been playing aggressive football from the start and have managed to score good points so far so I expect this team to maintain their consistency till the end of the season. This team has been trying for the last few seasons but so far they have not been able to win the league title, hope this season they can fulfill that dream.

I don't think they can continue with the amount of games ahead in this very campaign because you'd agree with me that this season's schedule is very much busier than last season's, if it was last season I would say they can manage but now is like a test run for Atalanta, let's see how far they can go before we run into conclusion that they're back to winning ways not because of a 5-1 win, the winning and scoring of countless goals need to be a regular thing for them before we say they're back. The team is already set but they need to do more than they did last season.
Now we have Inter Milan that started their journey after several bad games and they are the ones we've to say they're back to winning ways, sitting at 4th position is a positive start to the journey to the top of the table. Juventus on the other hand are also doing well but I doubt if they can easily get a win today.

Marcus Thuram can ensure that his team can get a win from this match with 3 goals that he managed to create in the 25th, 35th minute and in the second half precisely in the 60th minute. Torino also actually tried to fight back, but they were not that strong and could only create 2 goals and that was not enough to make them get at least 1 point from this match. So far their goal productivity is good but they still need to improve the performance of the back line which is still a little easy to penetrate the opponent's attack line. Maybe that will be fine when they face a team that is weaker than them, but it will be very dangerous when they face a team that is equal or even stronger.

In the match against Genoa, Atalanta's performance was quite good, because in that match Atalanta was able to win with a fairly large score, namely 5-1. However, in my opinion it is only natural that Atalanta can win with a landslide score against Genoa. Because in essence, Genoa is not a strong team in Serie A, because currently Genoa is at the bottom of Serie A. Apart from that, until week 5 Genoa was only able to win 1 match, so this is only natural. that Genoa lost badly in this match. Because, the victory achieved by Atalanta cannot actually be a benchmark for the return of Atalanta's good performance. Because as far as I know, Atalanta's performance last season was much better than this season. The reason is that last season Atalanta was able to win the UEFA Cup, and apart from that, last season Atalanta managed to finish in 4th place in Serie A. So if you compare Atalanta's performance last season with the current season, it is clear that the difference is very big. The reason is that Atalanta's season can be said to be quite difficult, because in the last few weeks Atalanta has been beaten by teams that could be said to be weak in Serie A, such as Como and Torino. But even so, Atalanta still has a lot of time to improve its performance. So hopefully this win can boost the enthusiasm of the Atalanta players so they can play even better.

Marcus Thuram first Serie A hattrick secured Inter win over Torino and put Inter two points behind Napoli at the top of the standings. However, Inter are still vulnerable to being overtaken by Juventus, who have yet to play this week. Napoli return to top form under Antonio Conte has left Inter, Juventus and Milan struggling to reach the top of the table. However, the more competition there is, the better it will be for these teams, they must always be at their best level to be the best at the end of the season.

I'm surprised that Inter Milan have failed to be convincing with their performances just like they were last season that they won the Italian Serie A. After signing Marcus Thuram in beginning of the summer to strengthen their attacking line, I was of the opinion that winning games wouldn't be a big issue for Inter Milan this season but that hasn't been the case.
I don't want to believe that the club players suddenly developed fatigue or lost form just few months after lifting the league title so maybe it's just a tactical problem that can be fixed by the club manager so they can verify competitive again.

In the beginning of this match between Inter vs Tornio, a player of Tornio team got a red card and had to leave the field. Although Toni's side were greatly weakened here, Inter attacked strongly, scoring two goals in a row, and Tornio was frustrated at the time. However, after conceding two goals, Tony was trying to equalize by countering with a goal before halftime. However, Inter attacked strongly after half-time to make it three goals and Tornio one in that case Tony also attacked strongly and scored another goal at the last minute. The goal difference is 3/2 and Inter wins I think Tornio team in this match performed very well despite playing one player less, however Inter won the match and took the second position in the points table.

We have seen inconsistent performances from Atalanta since the start of the season. The overall condition of the team was unstable. Defenders performed poorly as Atalanta conceded 4 goals against Inter Milan. Even against teams like Como, Atalanta lost 3-2. Atalanta's defense is quite weak. At the same time, the performance of the attacking players is also erratic.

However, the performance of Atalanta's players in the last two matches seems to show that Atalanta's performance is more organized than before. This team has played very well in the last two matches. Atalanta won 3-0 against Shakhtar in the Champions League match and Atalanta won 5-1 against Genoa in the Serie A match. If Atalanta's defense is strong, this team can quickly move into the 3/4 of the table.

Initially I was a little hesitant to bet on Udinese's victory because it had odds @2.24 but I saw that the opponent was Lecce I had full confidence that Udinese would definitely beat Lecce because currently Udinese is in its best form and it is even competing with the top clubs in the standings to compete for the top 5 places and it turned out that Udinese beat Lecce even though it was by a narrow score but for me it didn't matter the most important thing was that Udinese didn't thwart my bet.

For other matches such as Napoli, Atalanta and Inter Milan I was very sure of my choice that they would definitely win the match.

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For the next prediction I will bet:
* Juventus-Cagliari (Juventus win @1.41)
* Bologna-Parma (Bologna win @1.89)
* Lazio-Empoli (Lazio win @1.59)
* Monza-Roma (Roma win @1.94)
* Fiorentina-Milan (Over 2 odds @1.33)
Total odds = @11.02

Because there is napoli who coach by Conte, so that situation make Inter performance is not much better for this session. But I think, inter performance is not bad, they only lost draw on 1 match when compare with napoli. Inter is still good on series A and champions league also, because of the performance make Manchester United want Inzaghi service to coach the club. Inzaghi Is one coach who can make concocting strategy from average player become an extraordinary player, this is what MU want make their players like inter squad. But, it's not easy, because premier league is tight competition which make him can't exploring much.

Atalanta is not strong this season in defense, it seems they have conceded 13 goals this season from 7 matches, this states that Atalanta or Gesperini must grow new young players in defense, because we know Atalanta in the attack line is quite good after winning over Genoa with a score of 5-1 of course this says they are quite good in attacking strategy, it is not surprising that they are in the top 5 of the competition so far because the fact is they are good at attacking, Gesperini is the coach who brought them this far I think he needs some defenders to make Atalanta stronger and more solid.

In my opinion Atalanta is a very fierce mediocre team not only in the Champions they just got a win in the Champions of course this is a good thing for the increasing performance of this Italian team, I think in the near future there will be many things that Gesperini will do with Atalanta in bringing big trophies to their fans and I personally really like Gesperini's strategy.

Atalanta are very good with attacks in recent seasons and the UEFA Europa League final match last season when they destroyed the unbeaten Leverkusen is a classic example on their attacking power. Together with good attacking power and their favorite tactics that focuses on attacking, their defense system is not actually too good, and consequently they usually get many conceded goals. Defense is Atalanta's biggest weakness and in match they can not play well in attacks, they usually lose points and even three points.

Now Inter Milan with this win, have only 2 points less than Napoli and temporarily hold the second position. There is one underdog in top four of Serie A, Udinese with 13 points but the third position of Udinese will be taken over by Juventus and AC Milan if these teams win their matches this weekend. It seems gradually biggest clubs in Serie A starting to claim highest positions back.

Yeah we have to admit as a whole Atalanta play very well in this match they play aggressively and continue to attack and score 5 goals, looks like we see a different Atalanta today at least from their last 6 matches, but I won't say Atalanta has returned to her best performance because we haven't seen consistency there. Mateo Retegui scored 3 goals in this match and placed his name as a temporary top score with a collection of 7 goals.

Inter Milan also won the match with impressive statistics and Marcus Thuram became Man of the Match, Inter Milan finally took place in 4th position And only 2 points adrift behind Napoli well we will see fierce competition there. Juventus might shift Inter Milan in the next few hours because Juventus are predicted to win easily over Cagliari.

Atalanta are back to their scoring form (at least they didn't concede more than a goal) not winning ways because they are not that consistent when it comes to winning games with this type of goal margin, they're doing well this season but not yet to applaud them on. Last season Atalanta are only good at scoring and allowing their opponent to score more than a goal and this season they have sealed that open space to their goal post and with the young talents they have I believe this isn't the end of a wonderful performance, scoring 5 goals only shows that they're ready to compete with the other teams.

Of course, the more famous a player is, the better his role and validation in the world of football will be. because after all, even though the team is solid, maintaining the quality of the game and continuing to shine in the team is something that is the main target of the players, to always optimize the quality of the game and compete as well.

Indeed, Atalanta won big score against genoa 5 - 1.
Mateo Retegui also had great hattrick in this match, leads him to be one of the current top scorer in Serie A.