The Matchday 18 clash in Serie A between Juventus and Fiorentina will take place on December 29 at the Allianz Stadium in Turin. Juventus vs. Fiorentina: prediction and betting odds, statistics.
Predicted lineups for Juventus vs. Fiorentina
Juventus (4-5-1): Mattia Perin – Nicolo Savona, Pierre Kalulu, Federico Gatti, Weston McKennie – Manuel Locatelli, Kenan Yildiz, Nicolas Gonzalez, Teun Koopmeiners, Francisco Conceicao – Dusan Vlahovic.
Fiorentina (4-2-3-1): David de Gea – Michael Kayode, Pietro Comuzzo, Luca Ranieri, Robin Gosens – Danilo Cataldi, Yacine Adli – Andrea Colpani, Lucas Beltran, Riccardo Sottil – Moise Kean.
Each team's starting lineup from their last match in this tournament is listed.
Juventus
In the previous round, Thiago Motta's side defeated Monza away with a 2-1 scoreline. As a result, Juventus secured their first victory in the last five Serie A matches but extended their unbeaten streak in the league to 25 games (9 wins, 16 draws). In the standings, the team is sixth with 31 points, trailing Fiorentina based on additional criteria. Notably, with 13 goals conceded this Serie A season, Juventus is second only to Napoli (12) in this regard.
Defender Gleison Bremer, Danilo, and Juan Cuadrado, midfielders Douglas Luiz, Teun Koopmeiners, and Timothy Weah, as well as forward Arkadiusz Milik, will miss the match due to injuries.
- The club has not lost in their last 16 home Serie A matches (6 wins, 10 draws).
- The team has scored exactly two goals in their last four home league games.
- The Turin side has opened the scoring in 5 of their last 7 Serie A matches.
Fiorentina
Raffaele Palladino's side lost 1-2 at home to Udinese in the last round. As a result, Fiorentina suffered back-to-back defeats for the first time this season. Additionally, the club conceded more than one goal for only the third time this Serie A season. The team is fifth in the standings with 31 points. Notably, Fiorentina, along with Inter, has the best defensive record in away matches this season (5 goals conceded each).
Midfielder Edoardo Bove will not play due to health reasons.
- The team has not lost in 5 of their last 6 away Serie A matches (4 wins, 1 draw).
- At least one of the opponents failed to score in the last six away games in the league.
- No more than two goals have been scored in 6 of Fiorentina's last 8 away Serie A matches.
Juventus vs. Fiorentina: Match Prediction
In this encounter, both teams rarely struggle in attack. Juventus regularly scores at home, having failed to score only twice in their last 11 home league matches. In six of those occasions, the Turin side netted at least two goals. However, the club makes numerous defensive errors, having kept a clean sheet only twice in their last six home Serie A matches, conceding seven goals in that period.
Fiorentina also has no issues in attack, having breached opponents' defenses in 10 of their last 12 away league matches, scoring at least twice in half of those games, with a total of 22 goals in these encounters. I expect Fiorentina to score at least once against Juventus' unstable defense. I anticipate both teams to score in this match, so my prediction: Both teams to score – yes
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