Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 506. (Read 824996 times)

Juventus have a really difficult calendar of games and they will have to play both Roma and Bologna, but I don't think that Juventus will lose these games (which could really put them in a difficult position), at least one game will be a draw. Thanks to the fact that Juventus has a reserve of points, it will retain its place in the top 4. In addition, you probably forgot that next season the Champions League format is changing and since Italy is now in first place in terms of the number of points scored by clubs in European competition, with a 90% probability Serie A will send 5 of its representatives to the Champions League at once.

Sassuolo are in the relegation zone and Udinese are very close. Sassuolo were buoyed by the win over Frosinone and had hopes for their remaining games, but they lost away to Roma. Sassuolo may not have gotten the points against Roma but they performed beyond expectations.
I think Sassuolo have shown a good defensive image lately, conceding only 2 goals in the last three weeks. Udinese were on a good run, but the defeat to Torino has demoralized them. Both teams are having a bad season and are struggling to stay in Serie A for next season. Sassuolo don't inspire confidence and Udinese can put in disorganized performances away from home. It would not surprise me if the result is a draw.

I predicted this earlier, and those who are regularly reading my posts about Napoli before this season shortly after they won the Scudetto last year could testify to it that I never saw them winning the Serie A cup this season, and that's if they will be part of the cup contender. Their 8th position now is proof of that. For me, they played well last season and deserve the winning, especially Victor Oshimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, but I never saw them being spectacular beyond then for lack of consistency and I can attribute what happened to them for winning last season's league to luck as well, they are not just the team that can replicate it. Even now, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia tried like before but Victor did not replicate it which is another issues for them. Also before the end of the season, they've been making mistakes which could have hinted to any sensitive person already about what they would do this season, and if not for the fact that they've had enough points ahead of their closest rival, it could have been another issue for them with the way they performed towards the end of the season. And I believe Luciano Spalletti was wise enough to know what could possibly go wrong, which made him excuse himself when the ovation was still very loud.

However, what happened yesterday was shameful, Napoli disappointed their fans and those who betted on them against Atalanta. It was such a match that people will least expect the outcome and that can be seen in the bigger odds given to Atalanta across betting platforms. Atalanta scored twice in the first half, thinking Napoli could equalize and still win, but still scored another towards the end of the match despite being at the home of Napoli. This is just not nice and shows how unprepared they were even as their attack and defence were just nonsense. Fine, they did well against Juventus and Napoli, may be they underestimated Atalanta.

I don't know what happened to Juventus, they have repeatedly experienced recent defeats which should now be crucial points for them, but once again they failed in this match. The match was tight, but Lazio had better control of the match. I actually thought this match would end in a draw, but they had to accept a nightmare when Adam Marusic scored a goal in the 90th minute+.

This result means they are increasingly threatened in their current position, because Bologna and AS Roma have not played a match this week, so it is very likely that they will be closer to these two clubs. Juventus must be able to evaluate what they have experienced recently. If they continue to experience this then I won't be surprised when they fail to be in the top 4 at the end of the standings. The coach had to rack his brains to get his team back to their game at the start of the season. There was still time for them to at least maintain their current position.

Seeing Juventus lose to Lazio is of course quite painful but what hurts even more when losing money in the match because of holding Juventus, I personally from before the match was played quite sure if Juventus will win over Lazio, because indeed Lazio's performance in my opinion is worse than Juventus today, but precisely when we trust Juventus to win we are actually presented with the slump of Juventus which continues to this day,  After the defeat to Lazio, it seems that there is no point in betting on Juventus victory in every remaining game of the season.

The defeat against Lazio further made Juventus' current position dangerous, and of course their chances of losing 3rd position are currently very open, I don't know what is in the mind of Juventus management who continues to trust Allegri to coach, even though if we see so far Allegri continues to make Juventus' performance worse and I think it is time for Juventus management to fire Allegri from his current position even though Juventus can end the season at  big four.

Match Juventus against Lazio in fact the match was quite balanced and although Juventus lost, but atleast Juventus can still make a goodeffort in this match. But unfortunately, Juventus failed to convert the chances it had to turn into a goal and to make matters worse, Lazio made the winning goal also come in the last minutes of the match. Therefore, there was not enough time for Juventus to reply to the goal but indeed, that Juventus really experienced a decline in performance in the second half of the season. So yes, the decline in performance and the badresults obtained are difficult to avoid but even so, at least Juventus still have enough safe points to stay in the top four.

It's not about this game, seriously not. Losing a game against Atalanta can happen any time to any team on a particular day. I know that this result was devastating and it should not be like this, but it's not as if they lost against one of the teams that are fighting against relegation. Napoli isn't the same anymore, but this hasn't manifested in the game against Atalanta, it has manifested in the games against Genoa and Empoli and many other weaker teams. I think that the season is now officially over as the chances have significantly declined to qualify for any of the UEFA competitions.

It seems that what everyone was worried about is still happening at Juventus. Namely, Allegri has not been able to make improvements to the Juventus squad, which has experienced a decline in performance since the last few matches. Luckily I didn't bet on Juventus in that match. because I already doubted them after seeing the series of bad results that Juventus had in the last few matches.

Lazio looks like they are starting to focus on Serie A after they were eliminated from the UCL. And the results are starting to show. Like last season, Lazio became a solid squad towards the end of the season. It's just that I doubt Lazio will continue to play well until the end. Because the competition towards the end of the season will become increasingly fierce. And Lazio, which is trying to get closer to 5th place which is currently occupied by Roma, will not be easy to do either. Because Roma is currently quite solid after being coached by De Rossi. But congratulations on the 3 points they achieved after beating Juventus.

All round this season they have been a bad side. No one would think the Champions of Seria A Competition last season would lose this  game not to talk of having such factory reset. Lol. Would be difficult to find them way back to the top for now they should just push on until the next eight games so they can be done with and as well focus on a new successfully next season.
Atalanta played that game like it was a do or die affair, that was the mentality lacking in between.

It will take until next season for them to be back ans going. They will even lose most of the best players within the team. Victor Oshime had two of his efforts hitting the wood work yesterday. They tried in them own way.

Napoli has been inconsistent this season, losing 0:3 at home against Atalanta, which i believe shows that Atalanta is far better than Napoli this season. I never expected Napoli to lose without scoring a goal at home. Napoli's defense has been quite weak against Atalanta, which is why Atalanta players broke through to scored two goals in the first half of the game, and Koopmeiners added the third goal in the second half. It's disappointing to see Napoli losing their games this way.


Juventus only play in the Seria A league, yet they were unable to continue their winning ways. Juventus has not win in their last four league games, they lost two and draw two. In their first meeting, Juventus defeated Lazio 3:1 at home, however I never expected Juventus to lose in their second game. Lazio dominated the game more than Juventus, with 16 shots while Juventus' has 9, considering Lazio has performed in the Champions League this season. Juventus dropped from competing for the tittle race to the third place, they cannot finish in second place because AC Milan had already taken the position with 6 points ahead of Juventus.

Now there is not much time for Juventus to improve all the weaknesses they have shown and the defeat suffered by Juventus at home to Lazio could also provide a slight advantage for Bologna because I think Bologna will not be so difficult to win at home when they host Salernitana in the match Today. And for Juventus, they can only try to stay in the top four zone this season in Serie A so they can immediately get a ticket to the UCL next season.

I have often said that Juventus' main problem now is not with its players but with its coach, Allegri. The club management kept this coach for too long so that less than good results could not be avoided. Now the season is almost over and it could be said that they have failed to maintain their position in the standings and it is very easy for the teams below them to be able to overtake them in the near future.

Just imagine, after the defeat against Lazio this time, they cannot feel comfortable in 3rd place in the standings because Bologna will again cut the gap to 2 points, especially since they haven't played a match this week. On the other hand, Juventus were also unable to take second place again after Milan continued to widen the gap to 6 points. Juventus don't have time at the end of the season and they could lose a place in the Champions League if they still have hope in Allegri.

Lazio has been successfully beating Juventus and it surprises many people about how fast juventus declined from the top to slowly goes down to the bottom like this, and I have noticed some minor improvements in their performance in the last match against juventus and it was also making the performance from lazio becomes even better, tudor may also break all of bad opinions directed to him. It all starts with the club's gameplay, which is now more solid and structured compared when lazio used sarri ball. Lazio was dominating the ball, so Juventus tried its luck by playing completely defensively in this match and it's totally failed caused by lazio was able counter it by playing consistently in this match. It's not difficult to understand what gameplay Juventus used because it was always relying on the counterattack to score, which Juventus almost did but failed to do. I'm concerned about how Juventus tried so hard to improve the situation but failed because Lazio played more consistently than Juventus did.
Juventus may be out of the race for a UCL spot if it continues to produce poor results. For Juventus, enough is enough. To secure a spot in the UCL for the current season, the club must improve its performance. Juventus' season has not yet ended.
It may be able to perform better in the future. Allegri needs to do something to save his Juventus career because the club is looking for a replacement for him as soon as possible. Allegri is finding it difficult to defend his career. Allegri doesn't have much time for this. He must save his career immediately.

Seriously, Napoli is unpredictable this season. In some of the last matches before the international break, after beating Sassuolo with many goals, winning Juventus, and also drawing Inter Milan in an away game, I thought Napoli had picked back up their good form,not knowing they were just lucky with the matches they won or the poor performances of those teams. In that match yesterday, almost everyone bet on Napoli to win the game because it was their home game, and the opponent, Atalanta, seemed not to be as strong as Napoli currently from observation currently, but Napoli really denied the way they thought of them.
 
This season, I don't think that Napoli will be able to qualify for any European competition with the way they are performing. Currently, they are in the 8th position in the table, and their next match is Monza, for which I believe the team is also strong when playing in their home games and Napoli playing away. If Napoli wants to qualify for Next Season Europa, they need to put in more effort so they can win matches. 
 

Napoli has turned to weak team to Atalanta in this season, because what Napoli experience from Atalanta that made them to defeated them 0-3 to embraced three points from them without allowed Napoli to score a single goal from the match. Despite Victor Osimhen and other strikers played the match in their home but Atalanta defenders didn't allow them to use their tactics to break through their goalpost in the 90 minutes, because they saw what they have never experience before from Atalanta in this season that made people to doubt if the coach will be able to save Napoli from this poor performance. Those that predicted for the victory of Napoli loss their prediction in this match because Napoli players is no longer display what they where displaying last season that made them to be the strongest team in the tournament.

Recent performances by Juventus have been disappointing. I know every team has hard moments, but losing to Lazio? Ouch. Juventus has the talent and history to dominate, but Lazio is good too. Now something's off. It's unfortunate because this was their year to focus on the league and win again. Fewer European distractions should boost them

I hate to kick a team when they're down, but Allegri or the players must improve. Regaining that winning groove. They're talented, but Bologna or Roma might pass them without a change. That'd be hard to accept, especially without a Champions League spot next year. It's time to hustle and prove their worth

This defeat was natural because Lazio played better and this was a match between two top Serie A teams so it was not a big surprise if Juventus lost.
However, the goal in the last minute was of course very painful for the Juventus team, they had tried to defend but in the last minute everything turned bad for them.

Juventus have not won in 4 consecutive matches and now the point gap between Roma and Bologna and Juventus is getting narrower with Bologna and Roma's consistent performance, of course making Juventus' position very threatened.

There are 9 more matches left for Juventus this season, they are only 8 points ahead of Roma, possibly 5 because Roma have not played a match this week so the point gap is quite vulnerable to being overcome.
If Juventus doesn't get up soon, they will really be left out of the top 4 positions, this is quite a shame even though the Juventsu team in the first half of this season had quite an impressive performance.

Frosinone drew away to Genoa.It is clear that Frosinone need more points.There is not much points difference between them and they are in the relegation zone and they need to win in games like this.Neither team played well in the match but Frosinone could have potentially won this match if they played at home.
Milan continues to win. Milan was the winner in a match between 2 in-form teams. We can say that the league is over for both teams because Inter are now champions and Fiorentina's chances of qualifying for the European Cups have diminished.The goals came in the second half. The teams scored 3 goals in 8 minutes and not much happened after that.

Napoli's performance this season is very difficult to predict, they are really inconsistent so losing at home against Atalanta with a score of 3 goals without reply is quite embarrassing and not only that because of this defeat I think at this time Napoli has confirmed that they are not able to compete to compete for position in the European zone.

For this season, there is no hope left for Naoli and maybe it would be better for Napoli to maintain its current position and focus next season on building this team to be even better.
When you are in a slump like Napoli is currently, it seems like it will be difficult to get back up.

Napoli already looks like a team that doesn't do that well, so it is not a shock that they ended up losing. That last goal was a bit more because of Napoli trying to attack and score, so their defense wasn't ready, but the first two goals in the first half was obvious that Atalanta was much better team. Doesn't mean that we are going to end up with anything wrong, we could definitely see them do fine in the end, we just need to let Napoli be bad this season, not expect anything from them and eventually they will get better again.

Last season was anomaly, you do not expect Napoli to win the title, but we can expect them to do better than this season too, I bet that they are going to end up being much better in the end.