{"id":123,"date":"2026-07-25T06:21:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T06:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punsjourney.com\/news\/?p=123"},"modified":"2026-07-25T06:21:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T06:21:04","slug":"serie-a-2017-18-famous-vs-money-making-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punsjourney.com\/news\/sports\/serie-a-2017-18-famous-vs-money-making-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous Teams vs Money-Making Teams in 2017\/18 Serie A: How Bettors Should Separate the Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

From a bettor\u2019s viewpoint, the 2017\/18 Serie A season showed that the clubs dominating headlines were not always the ones that delivered the most consistent returns against the odds. Juventus, Napoli, Roma, Inter, and Lazio led the table and narrative, but the idea of a \u201cmoney-making\u201d team is about how often a side outperforms market expectations, not how high it finished. Understanding that difference is central to avoiding bets driven by reputation instead of by price.<\/span><\/p>\n

What \u201cfamous team\u201d and \u201cmoney-making team\u201d mean in betting terms<\/b><\/h2>\n

In Serie A 2017\/18, \u201cfamous teams\u201d were the ones most viewers could name at a glance: Juventus winning their seventh straight title, Napoli pushing them hard, Roma and Inter securing Champions League spots, and Milan maintaining global status despite uneven league performance. These clubs attracted disproportionate media coverage and global fan interest, which spilled directly into betting markets through heavy public action on their matches. The cause is straightforward: more eyeballs and emotional attachment generate more bets, especially on wins and overs.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMoney\u2011making teams,\u201d by contrast, are defined by something colder: how often backing them (or opposing them) at closing prices would have yielded a positive long\u2011term return. They might be mid\u2011table sides who quietly covered Asian handicaps, underdogs who avoided defeat more often than odds implied, or top teams whose dominance was still underestimated by the market. Because detailed, match\u2011by\u2011match closing odds for 2017\/18 are not fully exposed in public databases, we cannot name a definitive list, but the structural idea holds: profitability depends on the interaction between results and prices, not on league position alone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why league-table success and betting profit often diverge<\/b><\/h2>\n

The 2017\/18 table tells a clear story: Juventus finished first with 95 points, followed by a strong Napoli, then Roma, Inter, and Lazio completing the top five. That ranking shows sporting success, but it says nothing about how those teams performed relative to betting expectations. Juventus, for instance, won many matches yet often went off at very short prices, so a bettor backing them blindly would have needed near\u2011perfect results just to break even. The cause is that bookmakers and markets had already internalized their quality; odds reflected their strength.<\/span><\/p>\n

Conversely, mid\u2011table teams or those on the fringes of European spots sometimes oscillated between being underrated and fairly rated, particularly when they had volatile reputations or less global brand power. A side like Atalanta or Sampdoria in that era might not have matched Juventus in points, but could, in certain stretches, have delivered better returns to bettors because their wins and draws came at more generous prices. The impact is that bettors who equate \u201cbest team\u201d with \u201cbest bet\u201d risk continually paying a premium for famous names while overlooking quieter, more profitable profiles.<\/span><\/p>\n

Common traits of \u201cfamous\u201d clubs from a bettor\u2019s angle<\/b><\/h2>\n

Famous clubs in 2017\/18 Serie A shared several features that matter when you look at them through betting rather than supporter lenses. These traits tend to push prices in predictable directions and can create systematic biases.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before identifying what makes a team \u201cmoney\u2011making,\u201d it helps to outline the typical characteristics of the well\u2011known giants:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. High media visibility<\/b>
    \n<\/b>Their matches dominated broadcast slots and international coverage, with narratives around title races, crises, or redemption.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Large and global fan bases<\/b>
    \n<\/b>Public money flowed in on their side in 1X2 and handicap markets, particularly on wins and overs, even when the numbers suggested caution.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Consistent favorite status<\/b>
    \n<\/b>These clubs were priced as favorites in most league fixtures, both home and away, which compressed potential returns even when they did win.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Odds shaded by sentiment<\/b>
    \n<\/b>In marquee matches, bookmakers sometimes shaded prices toward what they knew the public would back\u2014elite winners and high\u2011scoring games\u2014rather than purely neutral models.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Taken together, these features mean that the \u201cfamous side\u201d label often comes with a hidden tax in betting markets. The more a team carries reputational weight, the more carefully you must inspect whether the price still offers any genuine value.<\/span><\/p>\n

    What a profitable \u201cmoney-making\u201d team tends to look like<\/b><\/h2>\n

    If the famous side is the one everyone sees coming, the profitable side is the one that keeps surprising the market at the margins. Using general research on inefficiencies in the Italian market and common patterns around 2017\/18, we can describe a money\u2011making profile even without precise ROI tables.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Money\u2011making traits usually include:<\/span><\/p>\n