On Thursday, Fiorentina did what no team since Bayern Munich had successfully been able to pull of since April 2013: to defeat Juventus at their home ground. The hero on the night for Viola fans was Mohamed Salah, who has been very impressive since arriving on loan from Chelsea this past January and his brace now leaves Vincenzo Montella's men in a good position to qualify for their second-straight Coppa Italia final.
Despite the loss, the Bianconeri will have to move on pretty quickly as they hope to move closer to securing their fourth straight Scudetto title by welcoming Sassuolo, who look pretty safe to make their second year in Serie A a third with 29 points. The Neroverdi are no strangers to Juventus - both the club and its coach - as not only did Massimiliano Allegri once coach them and lead them into Serie B, but also lost his job at AC Milan following a 4-3 shock defeat thanks to a poker from Domenico Berardi.
Additionally, the visitors currently have the aforementioned Berardi and Simone Zaza on loan the reigning Scudetto champions, and both players will want to impress their parent club as they surely would like to start enjoying Champions League football.
In their three meetings thus far, Sassuolo have been able to draw Juventus once, with the other two matches resulting in losses for the visitors. The same fixture last season saw Eusebio Di Francesco's men crushed 4-0 and the league leaders have out-scored their opponents by eight to two. However, overally in their sophomore term in Italian football's top flight, the Neroverdi have done much better so far that their debut season, in which they barely escaped the drop by finishing in 17th place.
In terms of overall form, the visitors have not won a match since successfully exacting revenge on Inter by defeating the Nerazzurri 3-1 back on February 1st. Meanwhile, the Bianconeri were held to a draw with a 10-man Roma in a match that had they won would have effectively killed off the Giallorossi's title ambitions for this season.
La Vecchia Signora will still be smarting following their defeat on Thursday, which ended a 47 match unbeaten run in all competitions at Juventus Stadium. And despite still not having Andrea Pirlo due to injury, Allegri's men are by far the favourites to get back to winning ways as they continue on their quest to retain their Scudetto crown.
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