Week 13: Milan - Lazio November 29 2025 20:45CET

[reza]

Kind of strange that the difference between 1st, 2nd and 8th in goals is:

1- Roma 15GF 6GA
2- Milan 18GF 9GA
8- Lazio 15GF 9GA

[xudong]

We are going to play Lazio two matches in a row.

My memory is certainly getting foggy, but vaguely recalled that a few seasons ago, we also played Lazio two games in a row (one Coppa and one league). Or, maybe it could have been with another team? 

I would do some digging but really don't have a clue how to get it started. Any sharp mind out there happens to remember that irrelevant incident for my curiosity? 

[reza]

I don't have a functioning brain so I had to cheat

   

[xudong]

I don't have a functioning brain so I had to cheat

[ACM1899]

My only prediction I can give this time is one team will score 2 goals. I'm not as confident with my orange county prediction this time.

[nefremo]

Let's follow up the derby with a win and keep riding the high. After Lazio, the remaining games for the first part of the season are against bottom half teams. If we can get our shit together and stay focused against those teams, we'll surely end 2025 on top. 

with that said, Not sure if we wanna win the half-season "title" though. Isn't there some incredible stat that almost all teams that are top midway through, don't win the title in the end? 

That seems like something Xu would know

[xudong]

My only prediction I can give this time is one team will score 2 goals.  I'm not as confident with my orange county prediction this time.

You are slipping my friend. I need to know who is getting 3 points, not just that one team is scoring 2 goals. One game that came to mind was Foggia scored two goals on an almighty Milan side in the final round of 91-92 season, but I wouldn't be that side. 

Let's follow up the derby with a win and keep riding the high. After Lazio, the remaining games for the first part of the season are against bottom half teams. If we can get our shit together and stay focused against those teams, we'll surely end 2025 on top. 

with that said, Not sure if we wanna win the half-season "title" though. Isn't there some incredible stat that almost all teams that are top midway through, don't win the title in the end? 

That seems like something Xu would know

Well, I am slipping too.   It seems that age is catching on me, and it is too bad that I don't know how to use AI or even just Google effectively, like Reza. When I tried to ask that question, stupid AI returned the following result to me:

There is no official "half-season champion" in Serie A because the league championship is awarded for a full season. The winner is the team with the most points at the end of the entire season, not after just the first half.

Thanks a lot, like I didn't know that already.  

We still have Como after Lazio, and I don't if they count as a big or small team.   Speaking of which, there is some rumor that Real Madrid may recall him in January and there is a small chance that it may happen before our game.

Back to our Lazio game, Allegri just mentioned that Pulisic should be out of the game while Saelemaekers should be back. For me, Rabiot is the key. Whenever he played, we only conceded one goal (PK by KDB). 

I am certainly looking forward to this weekend again. Just please don't ruin it for me like the ones against Pisa and especially Parma.

[reza]

AI, pfft

I check transfermarkt, almost any football info is somewhere on that site.
For head to head Milan - Lazio https://www.transfermarkt.us/vergleich/b...ner_id/398, it would be under what they call "club comparison"

[xudong]

Isn't there some incredible stat that almost all teams that are top midway through, don't win the title in the end? 

AI, pfft

I check transfermarkt, almost any football info is somewhere on that site.
For head to head Milan - Lazio https://www.transfermarkt.us/vergleich/b...ner_id/398, it would be under what they call "club comparison"

Transfermarkt (I wonder why there isn't an "e" there, perhaps result of domain squatting?) has so much information and every time I feel overwhelmed and I feel that I still don't know how to start. Is there a tutorial somewhere online?

Maybe you can also try to answer nefremo's question?  I know I can't. 

[reza]

I have wondered about the missing e too, squatting makes sense

On transfermarkt you can check standings after every matchday too, they call it "form table" I think. I guess one has to manually check after week 19 and compare?
This is 2024-2025 after week 19:
https://www.transfermarkt.com/serie-a/fo...n=1&max=19