Torino vs Juventus Preview

The Bianconeri will be crowned Italian champions for a second straight season if they defeat city rivals Torino on Sunday and Napoli lose to Pescara on Saturday.

Juventus will be after a record 31st Scudetto when they visit the home of local rivals Torino in what promises to be a hotly-contested Derby della Mole on Sunday.

The Turin giants will be proclaimed Italian champions for a second straight season if they pick up the three points at Torino and second-placed Napoli, who will be without star striker Edinson Cavani, lose to Pescara on Saturday.

Juventus will target a seventh straight league victory, but even if it doesn't assure them of the title this weekend, it will surely assure them of the silverware in the following weeks.

What boosts Juve's chances of winning the game is the fact that coach Antonio Conte has no fresh injury concerns ahead of the match, and will most likely continue to use the same 3-5-1-1 tactical formation that has worked wonders for the side in recent weeks.

Montenegrin striker Mirko Vucinic is set to retain his place in the starting eleven, even though Conte tends to rotate his attackers, as Juventus take the field with what is expected to be an identical side as to the one that edged fierce rivals AC Milan 1-0 last weekend.

Meanwhile, Torino boss Giampiero Ventura will be forced to make at least two changes to the side that were edged out 4-3 by Fiorentina last weekend, as both Giuseppe Vives and Matteo Darmian will serve suspensions after being ejected in that game.

Former Juventus midfielder Matteo Brighi will also miss the game as he has failed to recover from a muscle strain that has kept him out of action for four weeks now.

Torino will be desperate to stop their rivals from winning the title on their home territory, something which would be seen as a huge embarrassment, and for this reason Ventura has decided to call on top goalscorer Rolando Bianchi, who will replace Riccardo Meggiorini up front.

When the sides met earlier in the season, Juventus claimed a clear 3-0 victory courtesy of two goals from Claudio Marchisio and another from Sebastian Giovinco. While Marchisio will start the game in a slightly deeper attacking role, Giovinco will miss out through injury.