Not only the ugliness of Juventus, even Allegri is still being debated because of why Juventus still maintains while his team is in a bad phase, indeed it is still in doubt for Juventus to finish in the top 4 of Serie A but we all know Juventus is now a little different from the previous season. then so I say they can lose to compete between teams who are currently 4 in Serie A.
Not only that, Serie A will now be more competitive and points are not much different before, Inter Milan is also still trying to keep chasing points while Napoli and Atalanta are still consistent as a strong team at this time.
We're still not halfway through the season. It's still too soon to conclude it all. we don't know how Juventus will solve its problems.
as you said, Serie A is currently more competitive. The competition between teams is very visible. after the half of the season, we may see surprises coming from the teams that are currently lagging.
the winter transfer market could be one of the reasons for the improvement of the team that currently looks bad. I hope Juventus can improve its performance.