italia - Juventus vs Sassuolo: Preview and Prediction

Juventus hopes to extend their good run of form in the league as they host Sassuolo at home in the Serie A weekend fixture.

Juventus have dominated the Italian Serie A for four seasons and are looking forward to another SerieA title this season to make it 5 in a row.

Sassuolo on their own part would want to steer things up and cause harm to Juventus ongoing fine form.

Form Comparison

Juventus are sitting on top off the SerieA with 64 points and have lost only 4 games since the beginning of this campaign. Juventus have won their last 10 games at home and have only lost 1 home game this season. The Bianconeri have conceded only 6 goals at home throughout the campaign.

Sassuolo are also not that bad away as they have lost 4 away games this season and have lost one out of their last 5 away games. Also they have conceded a lot of goals (14) in away matches this season.

Juventus: Team News

Juventus have only one injury concern as Martin Caceres is injured. Allegri might choose to have a slight change in his best IX to avoid fatigue when they face Bayern Munich next week Tuesday for the Champions League return leg.

Juventus: Predicted line-up

Buffon – Lichsteiner, Barzagli, Bonucci, Sandro – Pogba, Sturaro, Marchisio – Cuadrado, Mandzujic, Dybala.

Sassuolo: Team News

Gregoire Defrel is suspended, this might affect Sassuolo as he is in a good form. Karim Laribi, Simone Missiroli and Cannavaro are out on injuries.

Sassuolo: Predicted line-up

Consigli – Vrsaljko, Antei, Acerbi, Peluso – Biondini, Magnanelli, Duncan – Sansone, Falcinelli, Berardi.

Juventus vs Sassuolo: Head-to-Head Stats

Last 5 League matches
Sassuolo 1:0 Juventus (28.10.2015)
Juventus 1:0 Sassuolo (09.03.2015)
Sassuolo 1:1 Juventus (18.10.2014)
Sassuolo 1:3 Juventus (28.04.2014)
Juventus 4-0 Sassuolo (15.12.2013)

Juventus have lost one of their last 6 games against Sassuolo which is the first leg of this encounter this campaign.

Juventus have won their las three home games against Sassuolo and have also scored 6 goals cumulatively in their last 3 home games against Sassuolo.

Juventus have kept Clean sheets in their last 3 home games against Sassuolo.

Juventus vs Sassuolo: Predictions

Its a straight win for Juventus, given their good home form and their good run of form in the league, Sassuolo also seem to be conceding easily away and might let in a lot of goals if much defending is not taken into consideration.

I say Juventus 2:0 Sassuolo.