With just three points separating them from second-placed Napoli, Juventus will hope to wrap up this week with a win to keep the Partenopei at bay. However, their upcoming opponents Sassuolo have managed to pull off quite a few surprises this season as they hope to finish as high in the table as possible.
And given that La Vecchia Signora have a bigger game coming up - against Bayern Munich - Massimiliano Allegri will have to decide how to rotate his squad whilst aiming to pick up another three points in this one ahead of their Champions League tie next week.
Juventus
There will be some element of revenge in mind for Juventus as they prepare to welcome Sassuolo to Juventus Stadium as the Neroverdi were the last team to defeat them on October 28, 2015. The shock reversal definitely woke the Bianconeri up, as since then, they have managed to win a whopping 17 out of their last 18 matches. Only Bologna, who drew them last month, has been able to nick a point off them whilst ending Juve's 15 match winning streak.
In addition, they have not conceded a Serie A goal in a bit over two months, which adds up to nine consecutive games where they have enjoyed a clean sheet; specifically, Gianluigi Buffon, who has 16 clean sheets is currently enjoying the best record out of any goalkeeper in Italian football's top flight. Finally, one can easily count on one hand the total number of teams who have managed to score more than one goal against Juventus across all competitions: a grand total of five.
Roma, Napoli, Inter, and Bayern Munich are four out of the five teams in this special quintet. Now, if one wishes to also include Leonardo Bonucci's embarrassing own goal against Carpi last December then one can make it five. However, the minnows are the only team out of these five to have earned two goals and still lost the game; that the match finished as a 3-2 result in favor of the reigning Scudetto champions.
With the exception of Giorgio Chiellini and Martin Caceres, Allegri will have a full-strength squad available for this match and will have to figure out who to start, who to rest, and who to sub in and out in order to keep key players fresh for the trip to Munich in a few days' time.
Sassuolo
Meanwhile, Eusebio Di Francesco's side will be coming into this game having continued their reputation as "giant-killers". The Neroverdi managed to frustrate AC Milan yet again by defeating them this past weekend, making sure that they still have a 100 per cent win record at home against the Rossoneri. More important, their recent victory gave Sassuolo their third straight win and they are currently unbeaten in their last five.
Presently in seventh place - an impressive feat considering that they only made their Serie A debut back in the 2013/2014 season - Friday's visitors are hoping that they can make a late push for a Europa League spot. Given that they are just three points behind Milan, it is certainly not impossible, and they are, as noted before, the last side to have beaten Juventus in Serie A this season.
However, they will be coming up against a very different Juventus side from earlier this season, and a team that has not conceded a league goal since January 10th when Sampdoria attempted to stage a comeback that ultimately finished a a 2-1 win for Allegri's squad.
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In theory, Sassuolo are in a rare position to complete what would be a shock double over Juventus, but given the form that the Bianconeri have been in as of late, the Neroverdi will not find things easy in Turin. To date, only Udinese has managed to depart Juventus Stadium with a win in hand, and with a big game against Bayern Munich coming up, La Vecchia Signora will be keen on making sure that they do not drop their performance levels ahead of their make-or-break European clash.
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