The Old Lady look to build pressure on A.C Milan, while http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Davide-c10638 Ballardini’s men hoping for change in fortune…
The Bianconeri ambitious to remain top of the league table
Juventus will host mid-table side Cagliari on Sunday, January 15 at 14:00 GMT.
The Turin giants finished the last season on 7th spot and missed out on European action. However, after revamping the side during the summer transfer window, and putting Antonio Conte in the coaching booth, Juve have
made a strong comeback this season.
After 17 games, the Lady Killers are still unbeaten in the Serie A and are joint-top in the league standings alongside AC Milan. The Old Lady have enjoyed impressive home form this season, winning six of the eight games played
at the newly built Juventus Arena.
They will be looking to extend their unbeaten streak against an unpredictable Cagliari side. Juventus won the corresponding fixture of the last season with a comfortable 4-2 margin.
Conte’s men will be looking to register all three points from the game in order to pile up the pressure on Milan, who play http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan in the Milan derby later tonight.
The Rossoblu stuck in the mid-table region
After an impressive start to the season, the Isolani have thrown away the advantage. Back-to-back defeats in December have seen them drop to the 10th position in the league standings.
The Islanders have registered only one win in their last five away games. However, they made a strong start to 2012 with a convincing 3-0 win over Genoa last weekend.
The last time the Sardinians defeated Juventus was back in 2009, where they emerged victorious by a 2-0 margin in the league.
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The Turin giants will be without the services of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Giorgio-Chiellini-c14963 for this game. The striker picked up a facial injury in the game against Lecce recently, while the latter is suspended after picking up his
fifth yellow card of the season last weekend. The duo is expected to be replaced by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paolo-De-Ceglie-c29083 respectively.
Matri scored a brace against his former employers in the last season’s 3-1 win over them.
Juventus (probable): Buffon; Lichtsteiner, Barzagli, Bonucci, De Ceglie, Vidal, Pirlo, Marchisio, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pepe-c29670, Matri, Vucinic
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cagliari-Calcio-c38716
Davide Ballardini’s side faces a host of injury concerns ahead of their visit to Turin, as they will be without the services of Rui Sampaio, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sebastian-Eriksson-c32721.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Albin-Ekdal-c4351 is expected to be handed a rare start against his former employers.
Cagliari (probable): Agazzi; Pisano, Canini, Astori, Agostini; Dessena, Ekdal, Nainggolan; Cossu; Larrivey, Ibardo
Prediction
Provided Juve’s impressive recent record against Cagliari, they are likely to cruise to a comfortable home win.
Verdict: 3-0
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