Juventus vs Sassuolo – Serie A – Preview

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Sreya

Juventus hosts Sassuolo at the Juventus Stadium, Turin on 11th March, Friday as they aim to consolidate their position on the top of the Serie A standings. After a difficult start to their domestic campaign, Juventus are well on their way to yet another Scudetto after recovering spectacularly with consecutive wins.

Juventus are on sixty four points after twenty eight matches, three points ahead of Napoli who are on the second position. Sassuolo, who have won their last three matches after seven winless league fixtures, are on the seventh position in league standings.

Team News

Martin Caceres is the only absentee due to injury for the hosts, but Massimilano Allegri might rest a few players for their upcoming crucial Champions League match against Bayern Munich next week.

Karim Laribi, Simone Missiroli, Paolo Cannavaro are injured for Sassuolo while the in-form Gregoire Defrel has to sit out with a suspension.

Juventus Possible Starting Lineup: Gianluigi Buffon, Stephan Lichsteiner, Andrea Barzagli, Leonardo Bonucci, Alex Sandro, Juan Cuadrado, Claudio Marchisio, Stefano Stuaro, Paul Pogba, Paulo Dybala, Mario Mandzukic.

Sassuolo Possible Starting Lineup: Andrea Consigli, Sime Vrsaljko, Luca Antei, Francesco Acerbi, Federico Peluso, Davide Biondini, Francesco Magnanelli, Alfred Duncan, Nicola Sansone, Diego Falcinelli, Domenico Berardi.

Thoughts From Both Camps

“The next 10 days are key for us. The matches against Sassuolo and Torino are going to be very important in terms of our title hopes. We face a (Sassuolo) side that are playing very well and are just below the Europa League places in the table. They’ve beaten all the big teams this season so it’ll be a tough test for us.”

– Massimilano Allegri, Juventus.

“We’ll try to put on a great show tomorrow. It would be really satisfying to get a result against the league’s form team, who have such a strong winning mentality. I want my boys to approach the match with the desire to hurt a team who have not conceded a goal for a very long time.”

Eusebio de Francesco, Sassuolo.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Head-2-Head statistics, the previous six encounters between these two clubs have resulted in four wins and only one defeat for Juventus. Juventus have won seventeen of their last eighteen Serie A matches, keeping a clean sheet in the last nine games.

Although Sassuolo have won their last three league fixtures, Juventus have won their last three matches against Sassuolo in all competitions, keeping a clean sheet in all of them. On current form, Juventus are likely to win with a 2-0 scoreline being the most probable result.