Topic: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) - page 617. (Read 824303 times)

Inter were relieved when they scored in the first half, but they also started the second half very quickly and scored two more goals. Lecce completely disintegrated. Inter gets the victory with the high level play of Lautaro Martinez and Davide Frattesi. The point difference is still 9, Inter is going to the championship. No team can stop Inter with this game.

It was very surprising when Napoli seemed to have difficulty stealing points at Cagliari headquarters, where the match should have been won easily by Osimhen and colleagues. We know that Cagliari is a team in the degradation  zone, but Napoli failed to take advantage of the opportunity to get an additional 3 points.

Changes to the manager position have been made again, but they have not been able to improve the team performance, Napoli is stuck in 9th place in the standings with 37 points. It's possible that they will decline further and fall out of the top 10, and management will appoint a new head coach again for the umpteenth time.

Sassuolo, Juventus, Torino, Barcelona and Inter are Napoli next opponents, most likely the Calzona fleet will continue to have nightmares. The defending champions experienced a very significant decline in performance, they failed to meet fans expectations of being able to compete again as title contenders.

Napoli's nightmare continues. Draw 1-1 with Genoa, now today it’s 1-1 again, and these are exactly the games where Napoli should take 3 points. I'm surprised that Napoli drew with Barcelona and lost to Milan only 0-1. If they are not able to confidently beat an outsider, then those results should be considered rather successful. An unpleasant section of the calendar awaits Napoli - first, a trip to Sassuolo (here they definitely need to take 3 points because there will be few opportunities further) and then a series of games with strong opponents.

Juventus victory obtained by beating Frosinone, I fully believe that Juventus victory will not put any pressure on Inter. Also, although Juventus managed to beat Frosinone but still, Juventus will slowly be overtaken by Milan. So yes, basically Juventus are not impressive at all and will not be able to provide any threat to Inter, who are safe and comfortable at the top of the standings. Because after all, the reality is that Juventus at this moment are still in a bad trend as a famous team that only plays in the domestic league, but Juventus did not manage to have a consistent performance.

Therefore, I believe that gradually Milan will succeed in overtaking Juventus and even though for example Juventus can stay in second place, I sure that Juventus will not be able to pose a threat to Inter. Because I believe, at this moment Inter really have good quality in Serie A, so it is certain that Inter will get the scudetto this season.

Lucky punch for Juventus Turin in this game and it could have well ended in a draw. I don't think it matters all that much as I just can't imagine how Inter Milan would drop so many points that this fight for the Scudetto becomes exciting again, but for the sake of keeping the hope alive, I think this late goal was a very important one. Juventus is in the middle of nowhere at the moment. They won't drop out of the Champions League qualification zone and at the same time they have Inter ahead of them, which is quite demotivating for them.

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Cagliari - Napoli

I think the result sums it up perfectly and when you have a look at the game statistics, it is what Napoli is all about this season. They have the ball, they are trying hard, but they can't win the games. They are superior in some respects, but fail to make use of that advantage most of the time. This is again a real Napoli game this season.

Juventus 3 - 2 Frosinoni

the situation of the top positions is becoming very interesting to follow, the juventus that played against frosinoni managed to win thanks to luck in a game in which juventus scored the first goal in the 3rd minute, it seemed that juventus would be able to come out of this game with an easy victory , but in the 14th minute Frosinoni scored an equalizer, it was only 11 minutes that Juventus had the advantage. then Frosinoni managed to score the second goal, but to their surprise Juventus scored an equalizer 5 minutes later and the game was tied until the 1 half ended, in the 2 half it seemed that the Juventus attack players didn't know the location from the opponent's goal, they wasted good opportunities, but were lucky to manage to score a goal in the final minutes of the game. This is an important victory for Juventus, but they will have to count on luck if they want to win the title

Cagliari 1 - 1 Napoli

Napoli's situation is not good, with this draw they are in position number 9 and are very far from positions that would allow them to be in the European champions league, for example the difference in points between second place and 20 points is something shocking , we are talking about that Napoli, which is in position 9, has a difference of 20 points in relation to Juventus, which is in second position, and in relation to the team in third position, Napoli has a difference of 15 points, and in relation to the team in position number 3 has a difference of 11 points. I honestly see Napoli having a lot of difficulty finishing at least in 4th place.

Bologna and Atalanta will have very difficult games in the next games. with atalanta having 6 difficult games in the next games while bologna will only have 2 difficult games this could benefit roma if they manage to win today and the next 3 complicated games because napoli will have 5 next games that are much more complicated in relation to roma. I don't see Napoli being able to finish in 4th place, unfortunately this season was very humiliating for Napoli as they are 26 points behind the leader of the table and they have already changed 2 coaches this season if memory serves me correctly, it's a big disaster

Empoli were the winners in the battle of 2 teams in the relegation zone.Empoli, who have been in good form in recent weeks, continued their good start against Sassuolo.Empoli started the match well and led 1-0 at half time. The second half of the match was more exciting and most of the goals came in this period.Bastoni's goal after the 90th minute decided the score of the match.Empoli moved up to 13th place while Sassuolo are still at risk in the relegation zone.It should not be forgotten that they have one game less.
Udinese are another team in a troubled position.They are 3 points above the relegation zone and a draw against Genoa would have been good for them.They were 2-0 down in the first half and were down to 10 men at the start of the second half which made it difficult for them to get a point from this game.

Error in defending gives Cagliari a much needed point against Napoli. Napoli were cruising to a win with a goal from Victor Osimhen and the game went into additional time of 6 mins. Cagliari defender hoofs the ball up into the D of Napoli and the defender, instead of controlling it, lets it go for the GK, but the GK wasn't even close. Luvumbo controls the ball and pokes it into the goal in pretty much the last kick of the game, makes it 1-1. Defender is caught sleeping and Napoli is inching further away from their European football ambitions.

Juve won but they concede 2 goals and this should be a warning sign for them because if Inter or Milan would have played today against them , I think Juve would have concede 4-5 goals at least. I also think they will have a hard time to keep that 2nd spot in Serie A until the end of the season but it all depends on Ac.Milan and how they prioritize their games in Serie A vs Europa League when they do have a real chance to win the competition this year.

A match that I think is difficult to predict. Considering that Milan has an erratic performance, last week Pioli squad suffered a surprising defeat at Monza, Milan will definitely find it more difficult to beat Atalanta even though they act as hosts. Atalanta is much better than Monza, that's why Milan will be under great pressure to recreate a positive trend. Even though Milan have better chances than Atalanta, personally betting on this match may be very risky, and requires more consideration.

Atalanta has the ambition to re-enter the top four of the standings, and Milan wants to confirm its position in third place, a background that makes this match worth waiting for. Head to head meetings between the two teams this season, Atalanta managed to beat Milan twice, it could be that in the next few hours Atalanta will do it again, so that Milan will suffer three consecutive defeats. It seems Pioli will find it difficult to make Milan appear consistent this season, it is likely that Milan will end the season by just getting a ticket to the Champions League.

The result was good and counts a lot on the ranking, meanwhile, we all know that Juventus should ended the game earlier without risking an unnecessary draw against Frosinone which is a less than ordinary Serie A team. I wonder if the game was against Inter or Milan how would it ends.. There was a lot of disappointment among Juventus fans in social media.

There is a hard game between AC Milan and Atalanta later today with a slight advantage for Milan. They need that victory but Atalanta need it more to pick a Champions League spot.

yes and in the end JUventus was able to win the match through Danilee Rugani's goal in the 90+5 minute, in order to continue to put pressure on Inter at the top of the standings, but who knows what has happened to Juvnetus recently which is very worrying. it is difficult to win the match and against Frosinone they had to wait until the 95th minute to win the match, even though Frosinone was the team ranked 16th in the standings.
Seeing that Juventus' match schedule is not busy, namely missing European competitions, Juventus should be able to focus more on the league, not lose many points, especially if Juventus loses points against teams ranked far below them.
Is this a sign that coach Massimiliano Allegri's strategy is no longer suitable for Juventus? Looking at the current team squad, Juventus should be able to continue to compete with Inter to win Serie A, but they are 6 points behind and Inter has a 2 game lead. I think it will be very difficult for Juventus. to catch Inter in the standings

Juventus vs Frosinone in today's match Juventus team scored 3 goals in today's match. Frosinone team scored 2 goals. I enjoyed a very tough fight between the two teams in the first half of the game. The match was a draw until half time but some time before the end of the game Juventus team scored a goal.  Juventus team is much stronger than Frosinone team but they won this match very hard.

Juve secured the win in the end and earned all 3 points. Thanks to a last-minute goal from Danielle Rugani. However, this Juventus team seems to lack quality in midfield. It's disappointing that they only managed to win at stoppage time, especially when playing at home. This victory puts a lot of pressure on Inter, who play later. Regardless of how Juve won, the result carries significant weight in the title race.

Juventus managed to win the match on the last minute of the extra time. Danilo took a miraculous strike which was a ground ball, and their visitors goalkeeper was unable to catch the ball, which passed in between his legs into the back of the post. Juventus was able to secure all three points, and a very tough game.

Milan would have been the happiest people assuming that Juventus were unable to win Frosinone. Juventus gas played nine matches unbeaten, but theu need to focus more on winning because currently, the league is at its peak.

Napoli match is on and it is still 0-0.

It's expected that when a big team is struggling to get the needed three points in a game against a smaller side, the smaller side would want to prove stubborn and it was the case for Frosinone and I least expected they will be able to steal two goals from Juventus up to the point that the Old Lady started playing desperately.
Inter Milan would have been passing Juventus with 8 points had the scoreline ended 2-2 but the timely goal of Daniele Rugani in the 90+5 saw them reducing the gap to 6 points for the time being. It's safe to say they are the next in line for the title race if Inter Milan (and that's a big if) drops out but with that number setting them apart, I feel Juventus will be content to remain in second place and I must say they have done well, coming from those points deduction issues to fighting their way to second place.

Inter Milan will fight against Lecce today and as a host Lecce is not in the good shape because they were failed to scores in the last 2 matches and conceded 6 goals besides that Lecce also has poor records because from 10 latest matches they only can able to gets 2 wins and these results is make Lecce position is not fully secured even Lecce has 4 difference points above to Verona the team in the relegation zone and they are not in the comfortable position because if they lost again today then their chances to avoiding relegation will be very hard

Inter Milan is really unstoppable this season and until week 24 Inter Milan have already to gets 20 wins they even have 6 difference points above to Juventus and today if Inter Milan can successfully to beat Lecce then they will have 9 difference points and it can makes them will be very near to the Scudetto and Inter Milan recent records is very fantastic because they can able to gets 9 consecutive wins in all competitions and the latest is Inter Milan can able to overcomes Atletico Madrid at Champion League but Inter Milan has facing unfavourable conditions because Yann Sommer has got injured but Inzaghi still hope he will be available today and besides Yann Sommer reported Marcus Thuram will be doubtful to play and actually these players is important players for Inter Milan and playing without them probably will have an affect to Inter Milan performance later however Inter Milan has low odds for this match @1.45

Statistics and recent form make Napoli the favorite. They're still a power after winning, drawing, and losing their past five matches this season. Napoli has stayed in the top four despite three managers. Not having Spaletti's supervision has been difficult, but their resilience is admirable. But Cagliari's difficulty is real. Starting Serie A and struggling to stay up is hard. I sympathize. This is a tough welcome to the top tier, and as you stated, their performance has been poor. To escape relegation to Serie B, they must strengthen the squad.

In the match between Milan and Atalanta, it is a little difficult for me to determine who will win because these two clubs are really in a stable condition even though Milan lost their last match but that is only a problem when they commit a violation and the only thing I am worried about at the moment is Milan often commits violations which cause Milan players to receive red cards.
We can see that in the last few matches, Milan often received red cards and in the previous meeting between Milan and Atalanta, Milan received red cards twice.

Problems like this make me hesitate to bet on two clubs that look consistent like this, but I seem to see Atalanta's chances as being bigger than Milan because Atalanta currently has a very consistent defense and attack while Milan has recently been competing aggressively but always gets bad impacts at the end of the match.
Currently Milan is a slight favorite but Atalanta has a bigger chance of winning for me but a draw could happen because both clubs don't want to lose points in this match.
Milan's position is not safe at the moment as Bologna continues to strongly pursue Milan's points so that in this match Milan is trying not to lose points.

What do you think about almost every Italian club owner having some problems legally?
I mean to talk about legal troubles that Italian club owners face a lot of times.
Don't you guys think that a lot of Italian club owners have legal issues?

Probably I am saying that because that has been the case recently. I did not follow Italiano club football for a long period of time, to be honest. But recently I have seen a lot of club owners being in legal problems and because of that the club eventually suffers. I mean recently we saw a very prestigious club, Juventus get into financial troubles and also some other troubles as well because of the legal issues of the owner.

What's your opinion about that?

This article from goal.com explains it very well