Frosinone vs Juventus - prediction, team news, lineups

After a costly illness astatine the extremity of past season, Juventus volition person a constituent to beryllium erstwhile their Serie A play starts with Sunday's sojourn to recently promoted Frosinone.

While Juve privation to bounce backmost from failing to marque the apical 4 successful May, their hosts volition beryllium eyeing survival.

Match preview

Having taken conscionable 5 points from their past 5 games of the 2025-26 campaign, Juventus narrowly missed retired connected claiming Champions League qualification.  

Drawing with metropolis rivals Torino successful the last week saw the Bianconeri fumble a precious top-four finish, forcing them to settee for a spot successful the Europa League. 

Nonetheless, interim manager Luciano Spalletti was inactive spared the sack, and the erstwhile Italy manager's squad fared beauteous good successful pre-season.

Following a goalless gully with Basel, Juve bushed some Standard Liege and Nice, past defeated Chelsea and Palermo either broadside of losing to aged foes Inter Milan.

The Turin nine person besides been engaged re-shaping Spalletti's squad portion tidying up their equilibrium sheet: high-earner Dusan Vlahovic was the main departure, with Kerim Alajbegovic the astir breathtaking arrival.

Now, they volition effort to proceed a inclination of occurrence connected Serie A's opening matchday, having won each but 2 of their past 15 league openers and kept cleanable sheets successful six of the past seven.

By contrast, Frosinone person failed to instrumentality a constituent from their archetypal top-flight fixture of the season, losing 3 retired of 3 to date.

Furthermore, the Canarini person antecedently mislaid 5 from six against Juventus successful Serie A, conceding astatine slightest doubly connected each occasion.

Frosinone returned to Italy's elite level astatine their 2nd effort past season, finishing 1 constituent down Serie B champions Venezia - conscionable a twelvemonth aft settling for 15th place.

Head manager Massimiliano Alvini led them to 12 wins from 19 location games, and his squad comfortably scored the astir set-piece goals - a immense tally of 29 included 14 from corners.

Immediately demoted aft their past promotion successful 2023, they are intent connected avoiding the aforesaid destiny again, with Austria internationals Florian Grillitsch and Romano Schmid headlining an influx of caller players. 

After ending pre-season by losing to section rivals Lazio, the Giallazzurri precocious strode done to circular 2 of the Coppa Italia, with their 4-1 triumph implicit Juve Stabia mounting up a travel to Sassuolo.

Frosinone signifier (all competitions):

Juventus pre-season form:

Team News

Juventus tin nary longer telephone upon Vlahovic, who was released astatine the extremity of his contract, truthful fit-again Arkadiusz Milik, Jonathan David and Randal Kolo Muani volition vie to pb the Bianconeri's attack.

Bolstering his guardant options, Spalletti brought Kolo Muani backmost to the nine and signed Bosnian prima Alajbegovic, pursuing right-back Zeki Celik's astonishment accomplishment from Roma.

Jeff Ekhator was besides lured distant from Genoa, but the Italy planetary has been hampered by a thigh wounded and is apt to miss retired this weekend; Federico Gatti is besides a doubt.

After Juve conceded from the archetypal absorption changeable connected people successful astir fractional their league matches past season, Guglielmo Vicario volition regenerate Michele Di Gregorio arsenic fig 1 goalkeeper.

While Kenan Yildiz top-scored with 10 Serie A goals, Frosinone's Fares Ghedjemis notched 15 successful the 2nd tier; midfielder Giacomo Calo besides posted a league-high 25 extremity involvements.

Facing a imaginable endurance fight, the hosts person recruited Schmid, Patrizio Masini and respective others who could beryllium progressive connected Sunday.

Alvini was missing caller boys Grillitsch and Terzic for past week's cupful necktie - successful which Giorgi Kvernadze scored 2 goals and acceptable up different - but Seydou Fini volition beryllium backmost aft serving a suspension.

Frosinone imaginable starting lineup:

Palmisani; Oyono, Calvani, Monterisi, Bracaglia; Cichella, Calo; Ghedjemis, Schmid, Kvernadze; Raimondo

Juventus imaginable starting lineup:

Vicario; Kalulu, Bremer, Kelly, Cambiaso; Locatelli, Luiz; Conceicao, McKennie, Yildiz; Kolo Muani

We say: Frosinone 1-3 Juventus

Juventus improved importantly erstwhile Spalletti arrived past autumn, yet they dropped excessively galore important points successful the last stretch.

But, with the Bianconeri unbeaten successful 19 of their past 20 games against recently promoted opponents, they volition not fto immoderate gaffe connected Sunday.

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