Genoa vs Juventus - prediction, team news, lineups

After relieving immoderate unit with a play win, Juventus purpose to physique much momentum connected Wednesday night, erstwhile they sojourn Genoa astatine Stadio Ferraris.

Both sides claimed 3 points connected Sunday, but neither volition beryllium contented with their spot successful the Serie A standings.

Match preview

With conscionable 1 triumph from their erstwhile 4 games, Juventus could not spend to gaffe up erstwhile they visited Lecce connected Sunday evening, and they duly delivered a 2-0 win.

First-half strikes from Weston McKennie and Douglas Luiz enactment the Bianconeri successful complaint astatine the Via Del Mare, and they yet wrapped up maximum points.

Having followed a 3-0 location nonaccomplishment to Lazio with a 2-2 Europa League gully against Rennes, that effect eased immoderate unit connected an progressively agitated Luciano Spalletti, whose presumption is seemingly nether threat. 

However, Juve inactive way down Serie A’s different top-four contenders, occupying seventh spot connected 14 points from 8 matches.

Sitting beneath recently promoted Frosinone - and conscionable supra metropolis rivals Torino - the Turin giants indispensable effort to station back-to-back wins.

Juve’s caller grounds against Genoa suggests that they can: aft a 2-0 location triumph successful April, they person kept cleanable sheets successful each of the past 5 league meetings, taking 13 points from a imaginable 15.

In fact, Genoa’s past league triumph implicit Juventus dates backmost to May 2022, and since past they person lone scored once.

The Grifone are presently trying to region themselves from the driblet zone, having flirted with relegation earlier finishing successful 16th spot past term. 

Daniele De Rossi’s tenure looked similar coming to an extremity erstwhile they started the run with 3 successive defeats, but helium was retained and Genoa person since taken 7 points from 5 games.

Having followed a 2-1 decision of Fiorentina by losing to De Rossi’s beloved Roma, the Ligurian broadside secured their 2nd location triumph of the play connected Sunday.

With an unstoppable changeable from extracurricular the box, Mikael Ellertsson scored the lone extremity against his erstwhile club, arsenic Genoa bushed rock-bottom Venezia.

Now backmost successful 16th place, each of their points person been won connected location turf astatine the Ferraris, wherever Juventus volition beryllium definite of a hostile reception.

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Team News

Facing dismissal conscionable earlier the archetypal day of his appointment, Spalletti precocious switched to a much unafraid 3-5-2 formation, pairing Nick Woltemade and Randal Kolo Muani up front.

That concern should continue, but Juventus could marque immoderate changes amid a frantic tally of fixtures - albeit options are severely constricted by absences.

Both injured against Rennes, Zeki Celik and Nico Gonzalez person joined Francisco Conceicao, Kenan Yildiz, Khephren Thuram, Jeff Ekhator, Kamil Grabara and skipper Manuel Locatelli successful Juve's packed attraction room.

Meanwhile, Genoa volition beryllium without Djibril Sow, Elias Havel and Lorenzo Venturino, portion Samuel Wiafe suffered an adductor strain astatine the play and is improbable to play.

Though Lorenzo Colombo has returned from a layoff and made a second-half cameo connected Sunday, apical scorer Milutin Osmajic is acceptable to pb the hosts’ attack.

Junior Messias, Stephan El Shaarawy, Vitinha and Tommaso Baldanzi are each vying for enactment down the Montenegrin striker.

Genoa imaginable starting lineup:

Bijlow; Otoa, Ostigard, Vasquez; Ellertsson, Frendrup, Traore, Mitaj; Messias, El Shaarawy; Osmajic

Juventus imaginable starting lineup:

Vicario; Gatti, Bremer, Lucumi; Kalulu, McKennie, Luiz, Sarr, Cambiaso; Kolo Muani, Woltemade

We say: Genoa 1-2 Juventus 

Facing Genoa astatine the Ferraris - wherever they person won their past 2 location games - volition beryllium a tricky trial for Juventus.

While respective cardinal men are missing, Spalletti seems to person stumbled connected a coagulated setup, truthful Juve's greater idiosyncratic prime should shine.

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