Best bets, odds and winner predictions for the 2023-24 Italian Serie A season: Door ajar for Rossoneri to return to the summit

When does the 2023-24 Italian Serie A season start?

Saturday, August 19

2023-24 Italian Serie A winner odds

9-4 Inter, 3 Napoli, 4 Juventus, 6 Milan, 11 Roma, 14 Lazio, 28 Atalanta, 80 bar.

Best bets for the 2023-24 Italian Serie A season

Milan to win Serie A
2pts 6-1 general

V Osimhen to score 25 or more goals
2pts 2-1 bet365

Aaron Rogan's 2023-24 Italian Serie A winner predictions

Serie A continues to boast the most competitive title race of Europe’s top five leagues, even after Napoli ran away with last season’s Scudetto.

The Italian title has been claimed by four different clubs in the last four seasons and each of those – Milan, Inter, Juventus and the Neapolitans – are in contention heading into the 2023-24 campaign.

Inter start as title favourites following their impressive run to the Champions League final. However, they have sold goalkeeper Andre Onana and a potential return for Romelu Lukaku has fallen apart.

Inter have also lost Milan Skriniar, Edin Dzeko and Marcelo Brozovic this summer while coach Simone Inzaghi has appeared to be more of a cup specialist with both Lazio and his current club, so they could struggle for consistency.

Napoli remain popular with the neutrals after their triumphant campaign and joyous celebrations in May. 

However, the departure of Min-Jae Kim to Bayern Munich will leave a huge hole in the middle of their defence.

The champions have also seen a downgrade in the dugout with Luciano Spalletti departing to be replaced by Rudi Garcia. 

The former Roma boss is fresh from a ten-month spell in charge of Al-Nassr and his record suggests a weakened Napoli won’t defend their title.

They can at least rely on returning striker Victor Osimhen. He scored 26 goals in 32 games last year and his spell at Afcon shouldn’t slow him down too much. 

With Napoli unlikely to tail off as they did last season, Osimhen is good value to hit 25 goals at 2-1 with bet365.

Milan are considered fourth-favourites following the departure of Sandro Tonali to Newcastle but their overall business has been impressive. 

Much of their 2022 title-winning side remains, with summer signings adding talent to a team who made it to the Champions League semi-finals last season, falling to rivals Inter.

Christian Pulisic could be a revelation in Serie A in the number-ten role while new striker Noah Okafor adds the quality in the final third that Milan lacked last season.

In midfield, Tonali’s departure has been offset by the capture of highly-rated Tijjani Reijnders from AZ. 

Ruben Loftus-Cheek has also looked good in pre-season having returned to full fitness after his summer move from Chelsea.

Milan have sealed the signing of Villarreal striker Samuel Chukwueze and winger Rafael Leao is one of Serie A’s biggest stars. 

At the back, Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan and defenders Theo Hernandez and Fikayo Tomori look to be entering their prime.

With young talents like Charles De Ketelaere and Luka Romero ready to kick on, Milan are value to reclaim their title from Napoli.

At the bottom, three strong sides coming up from Serie B could cause problems for the established teams in the battle for top-flight survival. 

Of the trio, Cagliari look to be in the most trouble simply due to the length of the promotion playoffs, which have left them trailing in this summer’s transfer market.

However, Frosinone and Genoa should beat the drop and that is a major concern for vulnerable Verona. 

They avoided relegation in a post-season playoff last term after finishing level with Spezia but, with stronger opposition this time around, they could struggle badly.

Aaron Rogan's predictions for the 2023-24 Italian Serie A season

Winner
Milan

Top-three finish
Inter, Napoli

Top scorer
Victor Osimhen

Relegated
Verona, Empoli, Cagliari

Breakout star
Luka Romero, Milan

Romero excelled at the Under-20 World Cup this year shortly before moving from Lazio to Milan. A pair of wonder strikes in recent months have caught the eye and he has the dribbling ability and control of a classic Argentinian number ten.

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