Both the teams are suffering through a bad patch and need to get back to winning ways, Juventus would be the hungrier of the sides with more at stake.
Juventus will be travelling to Stadio Luigi Ferraris to collect a victory in the Week 27 of the Serie A against Genoa. The match between the Bianconeri and the Rossoblu
will be played out on Sunday, 11th March, 2012 at 2 pm (GMT).
Both the sides are coming on the back of draws in the Serie A, with Genoa sharing the spoils against Lecce, and Juventus picking up a point against Bologna.
Genoa
The Rossoblu go into the match on the back of a five match winless streak, and have drawn two of those matches, losing the other three matches. The heaviest defeat in their
last five matches came from the hands of Vincenzo Montella’s Catania, in which they lost 4-0.
History is not on Genoa’s side, as they have only won one of their last seven games against the Turin giants.
Juventus
The Old Lady have had a great record against Genoa, and they have won the most number of times against Genoa compared to any other club in the Serie A.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alessandro-Matri-c4733 has been prolific against the Grifone, scoring in both the matches against the Rossoblu.
Team News
Genoa
Pasquale Marino has quite a lot of shuffling to contend with key members of his defence out due to injuries. He will be without http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Andreas-Granqvist-c5728 and Luca Antonelli,
and as a consequent will be forced to field http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marco-Rossi-c23739 and Roger Carvalho in the positions of right-back and centre of defence respectively. Rossi would be deputising for Giandomenico Mesto who will be dropped from the side that drew against Lecce on Weekday
26.
Despite the defensive setback that Marino would be facing, there is still some good news for the Grifone, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alberto-Gilardino-c4324 is available for selection after recovering
from his injury, and will form the striking partnership alongside Rodrigo Palacio.
To accommodate for the return of Gilardino, Marino would play Giuseppe Sculli in the left winger role.
Probable starting eleven: Frey, Rossi, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roger-c31516, Kaladze, Moretti, Jankovic, Kucka, Biondini, Sculli, Gilardino, Palacio
Juventus
Conte has been handed his first major selection headache of the season, the Juve boss lost http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Giorgio-Chiellini-c14963 to thigh muscle strains. The two defenders
have been the mainstay of the Juventus defence and following http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Leonardo-c22056 Bonucci’s suspension the situation looks even bleaker for the Bianconeri.
This defensive setback would most probably mean that Conte would be forced to line up two unlikely partners in defence, with Martin Caceres being partnered with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arturo-Vidal-c6760.
Probable starting eleven: Buffon, Caceres, Vidal, De Ceglie, Marrone, Pirlo, Marchisio, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pepe-c29670, Borriello, Vucinic.
Players to Watch
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rodrigo-c31437 Palacio (Genoa)
Palacio has been the most prolific of Rossoblu’s strikers and has a very healthy scoring rate of scoring twice in three matches for the Grifone. He would be handful against
a make shift Juve back four.
Alessandro Matri (Juventus)
Matri has been the highest Juve goal scorer and Conte would be looking for him to give the Old Lady the win against an out of sorts Genoa side. Matri has been on hand to
score in both the matches against the Grifone. More goals would lead him in contention for the summer’s Euro 2012.
Prediction:
It will be a tight fought match, however, defensive lapse in concentration would be common as the two teams will be playing the match with a make shift back four. Juventus
need to win this match, however, a draw seems the likely outcome. (Verdict: 1-1)
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