The Serie A is the top league in Italy with famous teams from Milan, Rome, Turin, Napoli and more. There are 20 teams in the Serie A and they face each other home and away for a total of 38 league matches per club to crown the Italian champions. The top five teams in the final Serie A standings have qualified for the Champions League . Behind them, the sixth and seventh-placed clubs earn their places in the Europa League , while the eighth-placed club qualifies for the Europa Conference League. The clubs finishing in the bottom three are relegated to the Serie B. The three clubs that are relegated are replaced by the top two finishers in the Serie B and the winner of the promotion play-offs. In the 2023-24 Serie A season, Frosinone, Sassuolo and Salernitana filled the relegation places. Their spots in Serie A will be filled by Parma, Como and Venezia for the 2024-25 season.
Last season was a solid one for Italian teams with Atalanta lifting the Europa League trophy after beating Bayer Leverkusen at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Fiorentina were another Italian finalist in European competition but they fell 1-0 to Olympiacos in the Europa Conference League Final. The Champions League was disappointing by comparison with three teams all making the last 16 but none of them reaching the quarter-final stage.
You can see therefore that this is one of the most exciting leagues in Europe. It's extremely popular with punters around the world, especially in the UK. Throughout the season we will be publishing free previews of the top games in Serie A. Our hope is that they will give you lots of winners at the bookies.
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Inter were utterly dominant last season, winning their 20th Serie A title by a massive 19 points. Simone Inzaghi has done a great job in his first three seasons in charge, a 65% win percentage and a positive goal difference of +180 in 158 games. A huge part of that positive goal difference is captain Lautaro Martinez.
The Argentine international has scored 103 goals in 206 appearances and is at the peak of his career. 89 goals for and 22 against led Serie A in both categories in the 2023-24 season and it is hard to see another team getting close to them if they play at that level once more.
Our 2024-25 Serie A prediction - Inter wins the title again!
Champions: Inter Milan ran away with the title, finishing 19 points clear.
Champions League qualifiers: Inter, AC Milan, Juventus, Atalanta, Bologna
Europa League qualifiers: Roma and Lazio
Europa Conference League qualifier: Fiorentina
Relegated: Frosinone, Sassuolo and Salernitana
Promoted from Serie B: Parma, Como and Venezia
Odds taken from bet365, correct as of 03/12/24
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