The knowledge of what is the best mentality with which to start the match is a crucial input for each coach and the team. It’s important to know that the players need to be confident and combative and this is what constitutes a winning mentality. But there is one factor that is less talked about, and that supports this kind of mentality, is to know to what result you get into the field. Based on these ideas I want to analyze the results of the first half of the Italian football championship.
| Totale | In casa | Fuori casa | |||||||||||||||||
| Squadre | Punti | G | V | N | P | F | S | G | V | N | P | F | S | G | V | N | P | F | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juventus | 44 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 |
| Lazio | 39 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 |
| Napoli ** | 37 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 |
| Fiorentina | 35 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 |
| Inter | 35 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 10 |
| Roma | 32 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 43 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 19 |
| Milan | 30 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 |
| Parma | 29 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 |
| Udinese | 27 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 |
| Catania | 26 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| Chievo | 24 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 20 |
| Atalanta ** | 22 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| Pescara | 20 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| Sampdoria * | 20 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 |
| Torino * | 20 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 10 |
| Bologna | 18 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| Genoa | 17 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Cagliari | 16 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 |
| Palermo | 15 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| Siena ****** | 11 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
The first teams in the ranking – Who wants to win the championship must play to win every game. In fact, it is better to win two games and losing one (6 points) rather than to win a match and stack it two (5 points). Between Lazio and Fiorentina there are four points, despite having lost the same number of matches. But Fiorentina have made 2 draws in more than Lazio. Inter have the same points of Fiorentina despite having lost two games more, because it won one more game and has 3 draw less. So who’s at the top shows its winning mentality playing to win every game, because draw provides no advantage. Juventus is in the lead because it has won more games and has matched less than the others.
The latest teams ranked – Who does not want to move back to Serie B instead should stack it about half (about 9), losing about 60% of the others and win the rest. The best example in this league is Torino: drew 9 games, lost 6 and won 4. Who has lost more than half of the games is forced to cut ties and compensate with a greater number of victories. For the latest teams ranked winning mentality means therefore get 50% of draws and 20% of wins. (Siena is the last one because has started the season by -6 points, Torino and Sampdoria had -1 point, Atalanta -2 points)).
