This weekends Serie A action concludes on Monday night when Juventus play host to Genoa. bIt will be a rare league outing for Juventus on Monday and with Napoli playing at Atalanta on Sunday, this match could give them the opportunity to move to the top of Serie A, as they aim to defend their title. Genoa come into this match in the bottom half of the league table and could be just 3 points clear of the relegation zone by the time this match starts. The visitors need a win to keep themselves clear of the bottom three.
Serie A – Juventus v Genoa – Juventus Stadium, Turin – Monday 22nd January 2018 – 19:45 UK Time
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Draw Best Odd of: 11/2 at Skybet |
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Juventus Turin
GenoaJuventus Form
Juventus come into this match having won their last 4 Serie A games and look primed to make an assault on the Serie A title in the second half of the season.
Max Allegri’s team were held to a 0-0 draw at home by Inter Milan but then went on a run of wins at Hellas Verona, Cagliari and Bologna plus a home victory against Roma. These results mean Juventus have lost only one of their last 12 matches in Serie A, which came at Sampdoria back in November. Their only other defeat this season came at home to Lazio. Juventus have kept a clean sheet in each of their last 3 home league games and have conceded just 4 goals in their 10 home Serie A matches this season.
Genoa Form
Genoa will have some hope as the head to Turin having remained undefeated in their last 4 Serie A games. They have defeated Benevento and Sassuolo at home and picked up a 0-0 draw at Torino, a run of results which has been good enough to see them move clear of the teams at the bottom of the table. In fact, Genoa have become quite difficult to beat in recent matches have lost only 1 of their last 8 Serie A games and kept a clean sheet in each of their last 4 away from home, which is a very good record. However, despite picking up 8 points from the last possible 12 away from home, Genoa have scored only 2 goals and this highlights the importance of their defence, which needs to be very strong if they are to take anything from this game.
Team News
Juventus have several first team players potentially unavailable for this game due to injury. Paulo Dybala, Juan Cuadrado, Gianluigi Buffon, Claudio Marchisio and Benedikt Howedes could all miss the match. Diego Costa is expected to start alongside Mario Mandzukic and Gonzalo Higuain in attack. Genoa will travel without the suspended Ervin Zukanovic who is suspended and Luca Rossettini is expected to come into the defence. Adel Taarabt is back to full fitness and should start the match playing behind the striker in a 3-5-1-1 formation.
Juventus Turin v Genoa – Betting Odds and Predicitions
Juventus to win to nil is 3/4 with Ladbrokes. However, Genoa have proven a tough nut to crack away from home in recent league games and while they are expected to lose this match, they could make things difficult for the hosts. William Hill offer 5/2 for Juventus to win by 2 goals.
Top Betting Tip Juventus Turin v Genoa
Despite having many players on the treatment table, Juventus still have a very strong team which should be enough to see off Genoa at home. This is reflected in the odds and Juventus to win is 2/9 with Ladbrokes. While Genoa have been good in defence in recent away games, they have been struggling to score goals and Juventus will see this as an opportunity to keep a clean sheet.