Maurizio Sarri’s Juventus will be hosting 19th spot SPAL for the sixth game of Serie A. The defending champions of Italy are yet to be defeated in the league and reside at the second spot in the table.
Inter Milan is currently at the top of the league with 15 points while having a two-point cushion from Juve.
Match Details
Date- Saturday, September 28
Time of Kick-Off- 6:30 PM
Venue-Juventus Stadium
Juventus Team News
Post the 2-2 draw to Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Champions League, Juventus has won two games on the bounce in Serie A.
Their most recent win was against Brescia as Miralem Pjanic scored the winner to finish the game 2-1 in Juve’s favour.
Marko Pjaca, Giorgio Chiellini, Mattia De Sciglio and Douglas Costa remain on the sidelines due to injuries.
Juventus’ Talisman, Cristiano Ronaldo missed out against Bresica due to an undisclosed injury and his availability against SPAL remains in doubt.
SPAL Team News
SPAL 2013 is currently second to last in the league table with just one win and four losses this season.
Their solitary win came against Lazio as Andrea Petagna and Jasmin Kurtic’s goals were enough to seal three points.
SPAL will be without the services of Mohamed Fares and Marco D’Alessandro as they’ve been ruled out due to injuries.
Jacopo Sala and Arkadiusz Reca will be expected to play wide in place of Fares and Alessandro
Predicted Lineups
Juventus- Szczesny; Danilo, Bonucci, D d Ligt, Sandro; Khedira, Pjanic, Rabiot; Ramsey, Dybala. Higuain
SPAL 2013- Berisha; Cionek, Vicari, Felipe; Reca, Murgia, Missiroli, Kurtic, Francesco; Floccari, Petagna
Key Points
In the last four meetings between the two sides, Juventus has won twice while SPAL has won once. One game has ended in a draw in that bracket.
The last time Juventus and SPAL squared off were in 2013. Surprisingly it was SPAL who beat Juventus 2-1 that time.
Juventus has won 26 of their last 31 games in Serie A.
SPAL has lost seven of its last eight league games
Top Picks
Miralem Pjanic has been the driving force for Juve from midfield with a pass success ratio of 91% in four appearances. Pjanic has also scored a goal in the process.
Aaron Ramsey has impressed in his first two appearances for Juve with the welsh midfielder getting his name on the scoresheet already.
For SPAL, Andrea Petagna has been amongst the goals. Petagna has scored twice and has also made an assist in five games this season.
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