Italian champions Juventus will be looking to return to winning ways when they face Cagliari on Thursday. After a run of four consecutive wins Juventus recorded two successive draws, and their lead at the top of the Serie A table was cut to just one point by second-placed Roma.
Fernando Llorente and Andrea Pirlo were not in the starting line up last weekend against Sampdoria, but they should make their return against Cagliari, probably replacing Alvaro Morata and Arturo Vidal.
Cagliari also need the three points quite badly as well. They have not won in seven matches and now occupy the final relegation place. A win could see them move out of the danger area, but that's a lot easier said than done for Zdenek Zeman's side.
Probable starting line-ups:
Cagliari: Cragno - Rossettini, Ceppitelli, Avelar, Balzano - Conti, Ekdal , Cossu, Crisetig, Farias - Longo
Juventus: Buffon - Evra, Bonucci, Ogbonna, Lichtsteiner - Pirlo, Marchisio, Pogba, Pereyra - Tevez, Llorente
My prediction: Juventus to win 2-1.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Cagliari win - 7/1 Draw - 7/2 Juventus win - 2/5
kkole 9 years ago
in my oppinion Juventus is not big and great team and they don't deserve to be first in italy and go to the next round of champions league. They play poor and only reason why they are leader of Seria is is that there are no Good team in Seria A. Milan and inter are in bad period and Roma just don't have players. In any...
in my oppinion Juventus is not big and great team and they don't deserve to be first in italy and go to the next round of champions league. They play poor and only reason why they are leader of Seria is is that there are no Good team in Seria A. Milan and inter are in bad period and Roma just don't have players. In any other big European league I think that Juventus won't be in first four place.
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Johnajax 9 years ago
I must be honest and admit that I didn't expect this kind of win for Juventus. I was thinking that Juventus will win but maybe 0-1 and that's it... But they played very well and deserve this huge win. We all know that you must win matches like this if you want to win in Searia a and this match are hard when you play away...
I must be honest and admit that I didn't expect this kind of win for Juventus. I was thinking that Juventus will win but maybe 0-1 and that's it... But they played very well and deserve this huge win. We all know that you must win matches like this if you want to win in Searia a and this match are hard when you play away but Juventus play like champions and I think that they will be at the end of season.
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galata86 9 years ago
This can be really good season for Juventus. They are in last 16 of Champions league playing against Borussia and they are first in Seria A. Against Borussia they have bigger chance for win and I think that they are going far this year in champions league and in Seria A must happen miracle to Juve finish second. So I think...
This can be really good season for Juventus. They are in last 16 of Champions league playing against Borussia and they are first in Seria A. Against Borussia they have bigger chance for win and I think that they are going far this year in champions league and in Seria A must happen miracle to Juve finish second. So I think that in this match Juve is big favorite and my prediction is 0-2
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