Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 409. (Read 825541 times)

As far as I know, there are four additional teams for the Champions League next season, but that doesn't mean there will automatically be five teams from the big leagues who qualify for the Champions League, because the four additional teams are based on their performance, and yeah, as far as calculations, Serie A is certain to have 5 representatives in the champions league for next season with the Bundesliga also 5 representatives and the remaining two places still being contested by other leagues.
If we look at Roma's performance in the last two matches where they lost as a home team then Juventus has a chance to win and remain in its current position, but the threat from Atalanta will probably give Roma more motivation to play better and ensure their current place is not taken over by Atalanta, who this week will only face the weakest team at the moment, Salernitana, is very likely for Atalanta to get three points.

It will be very sad for Bologna if they end this season without a position in top five and won't be eligible for Champions League 2024 - 2025 season. Assume Bologna will have only 3 points from Genoa, and lose 2 big matches with Juventus and Napoli, they will have 67 points.

Under Bologna, there are Roma, Atalanta and Lazio and one of them can kick Bologna out of top five. Bologna will have tough matches ahead but Roma and Atalanta will have their difficult matches too, they even have a direct match with each other too. Risk from Lazio is very small because Lazio can get up to 67 points by winning all their 4 remaining matches but it will be the same of Bologna's total points 67 with an assumption above.

Things look not good for Bologna but I believe they will succeed to defend their position in top five.

Juventus qualifying for next season champions league league is not negotiable, in area of what to expect, lets not forget that there are teams that are perceived as champions league teams and Juventus is one of them, yea, Juventus has not been up to expectation this season but the fact is that we don't know what will become of them next season and it is better for us to watch what and see what their performance will be like next season, I think Juventus may be adding some quality players in their team next season with the effect of this in that team things will really change.
I think why Juventus management is buying more time for the the coach and th players is because they are patiently waiting for changes and good result next season.

There is nothing so serious about Udinese this season because they are just a small team struggling to survive relegation to Serie B with their major contender being Empoli. With two points gap and Udinese unable to win any match since middle of match, it is extremely difficult for them to overtake Empoli who have tried to win two matches within the same period even though they lost the rest without a single draw. What I think will happen is that the status quo will be maintained until the end of the season as it is only remaining two matches which Udinese may not even win any of them.

Torino 0 - 0 Bologna

I don't know what's happening with Bologna, in the last few games they haven't been able to win, they've had a lot of draws, although they're not losing, see this:



It is a very worrying scenario for Bologna, mainly because Bologna next opponents will be:

Napoli
Juventus
Genoa

They are opponents that can cause Bologna to lose points and probably not get a place in the European Champions League, just when there are only 3 games left for the league to end, they who had an excellent campaign this season, managed to reach the top 4, for That's why, in my opinion, they shouldn't be losing points in games they could win at this final stage of the league, it would be disappointing if they don't get a place in the European Champions League. In today's game they drew against Torino, which this season is a disaster, in the last few games they haven't managed to win in any game, that's why I was hoping that Bologna would be able to come out of the game against Torino with a victory.


I also agree that Juventus will qualify for next season's European Champions League, but I'm wondering what can be expected from Juventus in the European Champions League with this squad and coach? It seems to me that Juventus won't be able to get through the group stage of the European Champions League if they get a place next season, with Juventus management insisting on keeping things as they are, I don't expect anything big from Juventus, unfortunately. I can't understand why it's so difficult for Juventus management to make changes

Yeah since the middle of the season Juventus have been playing badly and nothing can be expected from them their only target is to get tickets to the Champions League next season and basically Juventus is still not safe unless Juventus can continue to draw, maybe they will still be in the top 4. AS Roma who are in 5th place, are still trying to catch up they are 6 points behind 2 competitors while AS Roma only has 4 remaining matches so AS Roma must be able to win all the remaining matches I mean if AS Roma only wins 3 out of 4 matches it's not safe enough.

The Seria A is not longer consider favorable for Juventus who are currently struggling to enter their prime. What happen to Juventus this season? They've been completely out of the scudetto this season and yearning for a better form which they're finding challenges. Bianconeri coach, Massimiliano Allegri is doing his best but looks like his best is not good enough, having face huge burdens and hurdles on his path to success, making the team dropped out of top tournaments.

I heard that there will be 5 teams to qualify for the next season in UCL. If it is true, Juventus shouldn't be worried although they can't get points in the match against AS Roma. Juventus will win 2 matches after the match against AS Roma at least. They will play against Salernitana (matchday 36) and against Monza (matchday 38). I believe Juventus will stay in the top 4 of Serie A standings.

However, I think Juventus can get 1 point in AS Roma home. If we look at the results of the latest matches of AS Roma and Juventus, most of them are draw results. AS Roma isn't in a good performance in the last few matches. I think it is because AS Roma is too focused on Europa league match. Unfortunately, AS Roma failed to get optimum points in few matches in Serie A.



Source: soccerway

Well no doubts Juventus is at risk of been displaced by the team directly behind them which happens to be bologna and they may most likely get to loose the position as the point difference is just one if Bologna gets to win their own fixture which is actually not looking like a tough game for them so Juventus should try tow in Roma.

As Roma had a really poor performance in their last fixture in the Europa and I actually feel that will even affect their psychology Ina way that they will most definitely affect their performance in their domestic league because AS Roma was hoping they will be able to get through to the finals of the Europa and even if they don't get to win the league it will be in the record that they have been able to have gone this far in the Europa this season but giving them Leverkusen at  this time was actually the most unlucky thing that has happened to them in the Europa.

The fact that they are going to loose the Europa this season by virtue of loosing to Leverkusen is most definitely going to affect their performance against Juventus, moreover they usually don't get to be able to win Juventus in a normal game so I'm not doubting if they eventually get to loose because Juventus if not for their set back isn't a weak team that will be challenged by Roma who's just an average team.

Indeed, it is other teams performance that is not top that made Inter Milan the first rather than Inter being excellent. Obviously Inter played very good overall in Serie A but as we all noticed, they failed in Champions League where the level is higher even though that Atletico Madrid was an ordinary team comparing to Real Madrid or Bayern Munich.

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Bologna draw in today's game made Juventus breathing a bit calmly since they cannot pass them by the end of this round at least since Juve will have a hard game against Roma this Sunday.

another draw for Motta's Bologna, in the last five games they have only achieved one victory and are risking compromising all the good things done during the season especially if we consider that in the last 3 games they still have Jvuentus and Atalanta as opponents.

If they don't win the direct clash with Atalanta they risk losing their place in the cup to the black and blue team

What a great season by Inter! I was expecting more from them in the Champions League though. But this is still a great season considering the way they won the Serie A title.    Simone Inzaghi is really a great choice for Inter and I think they would like to continue with him for long years. As long as Inter are able to keep their best players in the team I don't think they will be out of the title race that easy. Especially while the others are performing like this. 

Yes, this could be one of the reasons why sometimes results do not match predictions.
Yesterday Roma just played against Leverkusen and the results were not good enough because they lost by 2 goals to Leverkusen in the first leg. And this will ultimately affect their performance both mentally and psychologically, which can be classified as fatigue. But for Juventus, I don't know, but their performance has really dropped since being taken over by Inter Milan. It's really like a different thing because sometimes Juventus really loses control and can't run optimally. Meanwhile, in the current match, Roma vs Juventus, you have to choose between winning and losing,

The Torino vs Bologna match has ended, and both clubs shared the points at Torino Stadium. I was not surprised that this match ended in a draw because I said earlier that the Torino vs Bologna match is hard to predict. This is not a good result for Bologna because if AS Roma wins their match, Bologna will be leading AS Roma by just two points, which will put Bologna's chance of qualifying for next season's UEFA Champions League at risk.

In the last 5 matches, Bologna has only been able to achieve one win, of course this makes their position very threatened, where Roma, who are the closest competitors, have a big chance of moving up to fourth place before the end of the season. A signal that Bologna must respond to very well, they must not lose any more points in the future, they must be able to win the remaining 3 matches.

I didn't watch the match, but if we check the match statistics, it's true, as you said, it was a very boring match. Throughout the match, both Torino and Bologna only recorded 1 shot on target, it seems like not many opportunities were created. Apart from that, Bologna might be a little lucky even though they failed to secure full points this week, Roma as the closest competitor must face Juventus.

On the other hand, there could be a shift in the top four positions if Bologna manages to get an additional 3 points, as Roma could draw against Juventus. However, if De Rossi fleet manages to win, Bologna position will be in real danger, as they will face Napoli, Juventus and Genoa in the remaining matches, which could potentially see them lose points again and give Roma a great chance to break into the top four.

Bologna couldn’t get the results they need but the one point is not also important for them because they are now a bit clearer in the fourth position and comfortably five points ahead of Roma. I think Bologna will play Champions League next season because their last five matches are against Napoli, Juventus, and Genoa; although they look tough, but if we consider the respective forms of these teams, there are slight hopes for them to get some points in the games because Roma is not also sure of winning all their matches.

 
Knowing that AS Roma have completely lost hope in the Europa League, that will make them focus more in serie A, which many will say is a possibility for Juventus to win the game, but I don't think AS Roma will like that to happen, because if it is how they want it, they will like to make it up to the 4th in the table because they are 5 points below Bologna, so if they really win their game against Juventus, then I think it will be easy for them to drop Bologna and make it to their position, which is the 4th in the table.

But on the other hand, you will see that Juventus might also not allow that to happen because they also need more points to not drop down for Bologna. But if I look deep, I will see that AS Roma are playing a home game, which gives them a high chance to win. At the same time, Bologna had a draw on their game today, so it will be even more amazing if AS Roma win that game, and I know they will try their best.

Juventus is facing a tough opponent this week because in this match Juventus must win the match in order to maintain their ranking to remain in 3rd position. Roma is not a weak team, especially as they are also aiming for 3 points in order to stay close to Bologna. This match will be difficult to predict because Juventus in their last 3 matches ended in a draw so there is pressure for them to return to winning ways this week. However, in this match, Roma plays at home, they automatically have the confidence to secure 3 points at the Stadium Olimpico.

I know this is a quite crucial match considering that Juventus is only 1 point ahead of the team below it. So Juventus must win this match because if they lose automatically next week Bologna has a big chance to overtake Juventus. From the Roma side where they are 5 points behind Bologna and the match against Juventus is a big opportunity for De Rossi squad to reduce the difference in points with Bologna. Bologna is not safe in 4th position and Juventus is also not safe in 3rd position because these two teams have a fairly close point difference. I want to see Roma win the match against Juventus because if Roma win then the competition for tickets to the Champions League will be even more exciting.

Updated:
Torino  0 vs 0 Bologna

In this match, for some reason I think Bologna didn't play that optimally. Moreover, seems quite boring. They weren't aggressive enough and even their ball play was just so-so. Since then, there have been no shots on target that threaten each opponent's defense. Really, this is boring.

Meanwhile, Bologna actually needs to win this match. But the fact is different. They are again, a draw. Whereas, they have to try to stay in 4th position. However, this is quite risky because the result is another draw. The draw result was even goalless, making Bologna increasingly have a series of disappointing draws.

Bologna dont have any chance of winning Torino for my opinion because Torino will use the  the pressure of their  last defeat against bologna, so even though they win against Torino or draw they will still not go to the UCL  if its is their main target or focus at this main point, because Juventus  will have the advantage of using Roma injury crisis to win the match against Roma. even though they lose to Roma  and Bologna enter third position they can still past Milan in the table.