Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 449. (Read 825316 times)

2 penalties and 1 own goal graced the match this time and actually it was a lucky thing for Juventus because in the crucial minutes they managed to get an equalizer even though it happened from an own goal.

VAR seems to be the enemy for Juvnetus because for this match 2 VARs where penalties and offside goals make them feel quite frustrated should be but indeed on the other hand for this match is also still proof that in the end Juventus still can not make their performance on the field improve.
In this match their possession of the ball is not in doubt but on the other hand in terms of the quality of attack and anticipation when they get a quick counterattack it is quite bad.
In addition, their finishing still has problems that make Juventus very difficult in today's match even though their opponent is Cagliari, which in fact is a club whose quality is still below them.
Although their position in the top 3 is still safe but still things like this should be avoided because Juventus should be able to win in today's match.

Cagliari could even win, but could not maintain the winning score for only a few minutes. Juventus performance no longer raises any surprise, and I’m surprised how, with such a game, they still manage to stay in third place. But here it is also worth noting that Bologna in the last two matches cannot score against rather weak opponents, and thanks to this, Juventus retains its place. So, Serie A is a weak championship if Juventus calmly maintains its place in the top 4 with such a game.

Is this a strategy not to allow Osimhen leave Napoli because that amount is too expensive to buy him. Napoli keeps on facing difficult moment in their matches and if care is not taken, Napoli will not participate in any European competition next season, which will not help the club's prestige and that will make more players ready to leave the club. Napoli could not equalize the early goal that was scored against them, and that was the only goal in the match that gave Empoli three points. Napoli is a big disappointment as defending champions.

At this moment, I don't think again that Juventus will really overtake AC Milan to second position in the table. Juventus' performance has really declined recently, and they are really finding it hard to win games nowadays. The difference in points between this Juventus and AC Milan is not that much, but the inconsistency of Juventus currently is what will really make it difficult for them to end in second position. AC Milan is doing well currently, and they have great chances to end in second position. If Juventus were ready to win yesterday's match, it should be better, and possibly their chances of aiming to end in second position should have increased.

Losing to AC Milan, or at least Atalanta or Lazio is normal for Napoli, but Empoli? Seriously!

This wasn't like the Napoli I knew last season, whereas in this match they dominated the game and should have gotten an easy 3 points. If in their current condition they're in a slump, what if Osimhen really leaves Napoli in the future? even though they're currently ranked 8th, they should or ideally still deserve to be in the top 5 this season after last season's Scudetto.

Roma to win europa would be weird, I mean there is still Leverkusen there and they have the longest winning streak of all time, or maybe undefeated sorry, in any case that looks like it would be a hard to beat team and I am not really seeing how Roma could beat Leverkusen.

In other news, Roma could very well be fourth, that seems like an easier situation, they are so close and they could make it work, there are enough games for Roma to win and get to fourth place, that would be both a lot more money as well, and they would also be going to UCL in a more natural way as well, I would guess that seems like a better way. I hope that it doesn't really take that long and it doesn't really end up being something to worry about for them.

One of the interesting matches this week is the match between the clubs ranked 4th and 5th, namely AS Roma and Bologna. Currently AS Roma is still behind Bologna with a distance of 4 points, if they can win this match they will reduce the gap to 1 point, but that is not an easy thing for them to do, even though they will play as hosts in the match. This.

The bookmakers give slightly bigger odds for AS Roma, which is natural because they look at their status in this match and also AS Roma's recent performance. However, I also see that the chance of a draw in this match is quite high, because in appearance they do not have a significant difference. AS Roma is indeed better at creating goals than Bologna, but Bologna is better at defense compared to AS Roma, so overall this is an even match between the two clubs who are competing for the top 4 positions at the moment. Who can win this match in your opinion, is it AS Roma or Bologna?

It is not right if you still think Juventus still has a chance to be able to overtake Milan because afterall, at this moment Juventus really has experienced a decline in performance into a bad trend. Therefore, Juventus currentefforts are only to maintain its position in the top three, because Bologna is also a threat to Juventus. Soyes, drawing against Cagliari by conceding 2-0 first is definitely a bad result even though indeed, Juventus still managed to make two goals back in the second half . But still,Cagliari and Juventus clearly have different qualities, but Juventus still failed to win in that away match, so Juventus are really in a bad trend at the moment.

Could this chance of qualification be because they won the last round again Ac Milan? We Gon see how it goes anyways. After the loss to As Roma, management of AC Milan announced that Stefan Pioli would be sacked at the end of the season and wouldn't be coach of the club for next season.

No doubts about As Roma though, they did the right thing to part ways with Jose Mourinho, glad to see he won them the first Conference Cup Competition and also lead them to the finals of the European Europa League Competition. For this season, I double doubt they will ne able to do what he has done last season.
They will be up against Bayern Leverkusen, I'm sure they will be defeated by Bayern Leverkusen in the Semi finals.

Napoli currently having a back to back lose from Empoli! The last lose ( 1-0 ) saw the management sacking Rudi Garcia anyways.

Napoli is losing against Empoli.

their season is terrible, the winners of the last scudetto are almost out of the running for the European cups for next year. It was something unthinkable until a few months ago. And to think that the president of Napoli wanted to sell Osimhen for 200 million euros. It makes me laugh.

Two penalty goals obtained by Cagliari in the first half made Juventus have to fall behind until the 87th minute, and we can see how Juventus' performance in the match still did not change like the previous match, Vlahovic's goal in the 61st minute and also an own goal from Dossena in the 87th minute made Juventus lucky to get 1 point in today's match,  With only an additional 1 point, of course Juventus failed to get close to Milan who are in second place at the moment, Milan and Juventus are now only 5 points adrift but it looks like it will be difficult for Juventus to overtake Milan, although this week Milan will face Intermilan and maybe they lose points, of course the difference between Juventus and Milan still remains 5,  But if Milan wins later over Intermilan, of course it will be impossible for Juventus to catch Milan because indeed the difference in points between the two is getting bigger.

In other match today, Napoli was quite surprising because they were trailing Empoli with a score of 1-0, Empoli managed to score a quick goal in the 4th minute through Cerri and made them currently superior, quite surprising to see Napoli who are currently starting to be inconsistent especially when they have to face small teams in Serie A, the match between Empoli and Napoli has now entered the 60th minute,  Indeed, Napoli still have a chance to win the game against Empoli or at least equalize the score today in order to remain in European competition next season.

Even though it's not final yet, based on the articles I read, it looks like Serie A will definitely get 5 slots next season. Italy leads the coefficient list with 19,428 points, followed by Germany in second place and England in third place.

Both are still competing with 17 points but I am sure Germany will get 5 slots because Leverkusen, Dortmund and Munich still have matches in the UCL and UEL while all the English representatives have been eliminated. Tell me if I'm wrong.

So I think Roma and Dortmund will qualify for the Champions League next season. Their points are far enough to be overtaken by the team ranked 6th in the standings.

Apart from shining in the UEL, As Roma also seems to be playing well in the domestic league. Of course, getting rid of Bologna is their main goal so that they can finish in the top four, because Bologna is starting to lose control and play inconsistently in their last few matches, which is why As Roma could have won the match against Bologna later, clearly this match is important for them apart from the UEL, but De Rossi needs to be careful in rotating his players because of course he also doesn't want any of his important players to get injured and not be able to play in the UEL semi-final match against Leverkusen.

De Rossi must be able to emphasize his team to play carefully because apart from chasing the top four positions they also have to compete against Leverkusen in the UEL semi-finals, so this match will certainly look interesting because As Roma must be able to get the full three points if they want to displace Bologna from their position. Currently, even though it may be difficult, As Roma must be able to succeed in bringing the full three points to be able to finish in the top four until the end of the season. This will be a proud achievement for De Rossi to bring As Roma to be better after being left by Mourinho. 

Verona vs Udinese is a match where both of them are going to try to get at least one point if not win. Remember whoever wins is going to go pretty much away from the relegation zone. At the same time, remember they are on the 28 points, both of them. Which is only one point away from the team which is in the relegation zone.

So I think both teams will prefer to get a win. But of course, both teams winning is not possible. And a draw is probably not going to be enough for either team to keep them out of the fear of relegation. I definitely want to see a team win. But it is also going to make things interesting because the point difference between the teams that are in and around the relegation zone are almost nonexistent.

Juventus will find it difficult to overtake AC Milan in second place even though they still have a chance to do so and in today's match at home to Cagliari, Juventus also benefited from an own goal so the result could be a draw. Even though Juventus had a very good level of ball control with a total of more than ten kicks, Juventus also did not have many opportunities to score goals so both of them were only able to get one point because the match was a draw.

Next two days, there is an important match for Roma and Bologna. They will meet each other and Roma will be the host for an important direct match between to competitor for a fourth position.

It will be a chance for Roma to take over a fourth position from Bologna if they can beat the guest, difference will become 1 point. Later if Roma beat Udinese in 20 last minutes of a suspended match because of Ndicka's health issue, they will take the fourth position from Bologna.

Serie A will very likely get 5 spots in Champions League next season but it does not finalize yet, so Roma will try to get a fourth position if possible. Difference between Roma and Bologna is not big and Roma also have to secure a fifth position against Atalanta.

I was wondering whether the website I was checking was wrong about showing 5 teams to qualify for the Champions League first. However it really happened and the Serie A has one more quota for that. 

This is wonderful news for Serie A teams (especially for Roma).    Roma have been trying to get past Bologna for the last Champions League spot before this change. Now they are able to make it there even if they finish at their current position in the standings. Lazio are right behind by 3 points though but Roma have 2 less games played compared to them as well. I assume Roma wouldn't mess up that much to lose even the current position. It would be a big disappointment otherwise.

Tonight, Napoli will play against Empoli. This should be a fairly easy match for Napoli against a club that is fighting to avoid the relegation zone. Looking at the chances, of course Napoli has a bigger chance even though they are playing as a visiting team, but Napoli also needs to be careful, sometimes clubs that are under pressure are able to giving a surprise, Empoli wants to be in a safe position, of course he wants to appear impressive at home. Recently, Empoli has lost a lot of points due to losing 4 consecutive matches, so he doesn't want to continue performing badly.

This match is very important for both of them. Napoli is aiming for a place in the UEL competition and he needs 6 points to get past the clubs above Atalanta and Lazio but Napoli doesn't have that much time so he has to appear consistently winning in the remaining games this season. Empoli is a club that should be able to he got through by getting 3 points, the worst result might be just a draw.

What a terrible contest between Juventus and Cagliari. Although talented, they played like they'd never practiced together. I love Allegri, but his approach lately? Nonsensical. Even when this three-midfielder configuration fails, he keeps it. Something must change, notwithstanding his past success for Juve. Its possible they need a change, like Conte, to regain their fight.  Their tenuous top-four spot? Such play won't last. Juventus may not play in Europe next season, which is unacceptable for a club of their calibre.  For supporters like us, watching is hard.

Cagliari tried to control the ball and take the ball to the goal but could not score directly because Juventus fouled in the penalty area thus Cagliari got 2 short penalty chances and this was Cagliari's big chance and they used this opportunity to complete 2 goals. Meanwhile, Juventus managed to score 2 goals, so the match was a draw. And Juventus failed to get 3 points.  However, now there is no chance for Juventus to win the championship because Inter are leading by many points. But they still have a chance to overtake Milan