3-horse race for Scudetto currently. After Lazio plays Verona, all 3 teams will have 16 games left. Juventus and Inter with 8 home and 8 away. Lazio with 7 home and 9 away.
I'm bored so I'm doing this.
Inter
Away schedule:
4 against big teams: Atalanta, Roma, Lazio, Juventus
2 against midtable teams: Parma, Verona
2 against bottom teams: Spal, Genoa
Home schedule:
2 against 'big' teams: Milan, Napoli
3 against midtable teams: Sassuolo, Fiorentina, Torino
3 against bottom teams: Sampdoria, Brescia, Bologna
Juventus
Away schedule:
1 against big teams: Milan
3 against midtable teams: Sassuolo, Cagliari, Verona
4 against bottom teams: Spal, Bologna, Genoa, Udinese
Home schedule:
4 against big teams: Inter, Atalanta, Lazio, Roma
1 against midtable teams: Torino
3 against bottom teams: Brescia, Lecce, Sampdoria
Lazio
Away schedule:
3 against big teams: Juventus, Napoli, Atalanta
3 against midtable teams: Torino, Parma, Verona
3 against bottom teams: Genoa, Lecce, Udinese
Home schedule:
2 against big teams: Inter, Milan
3 against midtable teams: Sassuolo, Cagliari, Fiorentina
2 against bottom teams: Brescia, Bologna
You can argue about the placement of some teams like Torino (who are playing awful) or Bologna. Bologna are actually ahead of Sassuolo, so maybe that doesn't make much sense.
Anyway, Juventus are still clear favorites imo, mainly given that all of their tough games are at home. Their toughest away game is against Milan who's by far the weakest of the 'top' teams. For us, we need to travel to Lazio, Roma, Atalanta, and Juventus. Juventus has all of those games at home. Their trickiest away game is probably Verona, but we have that same fixture yet to play. Another thing in Juventus' favour is that their last 2 games, while they may seem difficult, I believe will be much simpler. Their last match is at home against Roma - I don't think Roma has taken even a point away to Juventus in probably something like 8 years. Similarly, their second last game is against Cagliari, and I believe Cagliari has also not taken point from Juventus at their own stadium in many years. Besides, they will probably be on vacation by the time that fixture rolls around.
We have the worst possible match as the last one. Atalanta is probably the one team in Serie A that will not roll over, even if they have nothing to play for. It has nothing to do with Gasperini and his Inter past (although I'm sure that will be motivation) but that's generally how they play - also, they're a terrible match up for us playing style wise.
We have a really great record away from home so far, but I think that's a little "deceiving" - we haven't really played any of the big teams away from home. If you look at the top 10 teams, we still have to play 6 of them away from home (6/9 given we are in the top 10). We haven't played any of the top 5 away from home.
Interesting to see how Lazio does and if they can keep up. They started the season with a 3-3-2 record, so they failed to win 5 of their first 8 games. Since then, they have won 12 out of 13. They have a tough match away to Parma prior to facing us, although I have a feeling they'll beat them. They seem to have a pretty good record against Parma since they came back - they've beaten them all 3 games.
I'm bored so I'm doing this.
Inter
Away schedule:
4 against big teams: Atalanta, Roma, Lazio, Juventus
2 against midtable teams: Parma, Verona
2 against bottom teams: Spal, Genoa
Home schedule:
2 against 'big' teams: Milan, Napoli
3 against midtable teams: Sassuolo, Fiorentina, Torino
3 against bottom teams: Sampdoria, Brescia, Bologna
Juventus
Away schedule:
1 against big teams: Milan
3 against midtable teams: Sassuolo, Cagliari, Verona
4 against bottom teams: Spal, Bologna, Genoa, Udinese
Home schedule:
4 against big teams: Inter, Atalanta, Lazio, Roma
1 against midtable teams: Torino
3 against bottom teams: Brescia, Lecce, Sampdoria
Lazio
Away schedule:
3 against big teams: Juventus, Napoli, Atalanta
3 against midtable teams: Torino, Parma, Verona
3 against bottom teams: Genoa, Lecce, Udinese
Home schedule:
2 against big teams: Inter, Milan
3 against midtable teams: Sassuolo, Cagliari, Fiorentina
2 against bottom teams: Brescia, Bologna
You can argue about the placement of some teams like Torino (who are playing awful) or Bologna. Bologna are actually ahead of Sassuolo, so maybe that doesn't make much sense.
Anyway, Juventus are still clear favorites imo, mainly given that all of their tough games are at home. Their toughest away game is against Milan who's by far the weakest of the 'top' teams. For us, we need to travel to Lazio, Roma, Atalanta, and Juventus. Juventus has all of those games at home. Their trickiest away game is probably Verona, but we have that same fixture yet to play. Another thing in Juventus' favour is that their last 2 games, while they may seem difficult, I believe will be much simpler. Their last match is at home against Roma - I don't think Roma has taken even a point away to Juventus in probably something like 8 years. Similarly, their second last game is against Cagliari, and I believe Cagliari has also not taken point from Juventus at their own stadium in many years. Besides, they will probably be on vacation by the time that fixture rolls around.
We have the worst possible match as the last one. Atalanta is probably the one team in Serie A that will not roll over, even if they have nothing to play for. It has nothing to do with Gasperini and his Inter past (although I'm sure that will be motivation) but that's generally how they play - also, they're a terrible match up for us playing style wise.
We have a really great record away from home so far, but I think that's a little "deceiving" - we haven't really played any of the big teams away from home. If you look at the top 10 teams, we still have to play 6 of them away from home (6/9 given we are in the top 10). We haven't played any of the top 5 away from home.
Interesting to see how Lazio does and if they can keep up. They started the season with a 3-3-2 record, so they failed to win 5 of their first 8 games. Since then, they have won 12 out of 13. They have a tough match away to Parma prior to facing us, although I have a feeling they'll beat them. They seem to have a pretty good record against Parma since they came back - they've beaten them all 3 games.
