Serie A: Juventus vs Napoli preview

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May 22nd, 2015
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Champions Juventus will face rivals Napoli on Saturday evening in Turin in the penultimate match day of the Serie A season. Juve have already secured their fourth consecutive title and they have also won the Coppa Italia this week. They went through last season unbeaten at home and if they don't lose against Napoli they will stretch that run to two consecutive seasons. Napoli are hungry for points though as they try to reach a Champions League spot.

Juventus are close to completing a treble for the first time in the 117-year history of the club, they have won the Serie A and the Coppa Italia and will face Barcelona in the Champions League final. Their last home defeat in the Serie A was over two years ago, a 2-1 loss against Sampdoria. Since then they have gone 46 games without defeat at home. Last season they won all their home games, this season they have recorded three draws. Coach Massimiliano Allegri will probably choose to rest a few players this weekend but last week they beat Inter Milan without a big number of key players.

Napoli have not been doing too well lately, they suffered a crushing 4-2 defeat at Empoli three weeks ago, then they defeated AC Milan but suffered a big setback as they were held to a 2-2 draw by already relegated Parma. They are three points between third-placed Lazio, so they need to win at Juventus in order to keep their Champions League hopes alive. They could be in with a chance even if they lose, but Lazio would have to lose to Roma on Monday and then Napoli would have to beat Lazio in the direct encounter on the last day of the season.

Probable line-ups:

Juventus: Buffon - Padoin, Barzagli, Bonucci, De Ceglie - Sturaro, Marchisio, Vidal, Pereyra - Morata, Matri

Napoli: Andujar - Maggio, Albiol, Britos, Ghoulam - Lopez, Inler, Callejon, Hamsik, Mertens - Higuain

My prediction: 2-2 draw.

Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:

Juventus win - 3.00 Draw - 3.30 Napoli win - 2.40

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