Juventus vs Fiorentina prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2024-12-28 17:00.
[p]A 2-1 win over Monza means that Juventus are now unbeaten in 13 matches across all competitions, although disappointingly for the Bianconeri, only five of those results have been victories. It is therefore unsurprising that despite being one of just two sides not to have lost in Europe’s top five leagues this season, they have comfortably drawn the most games in those divisions this term (ten). [/p]
[p]This difficulty in turning one point into three points explains why Juve only find themselves sixth in Serie A, but coming up is a match against Fiorentina, who they have beaten 1-0 in the last three H2Hs. And given that Thiago Motta’s men have kept more clean sheets in Italy’s top flight this season than anyone else before this weekend (ten), confidence the Old Lady can shut out their upcoming opponents for the fourth successive occasion should be high[/p]
[p]Fiorentina, who are in fifth place and above Sunday’s hosts on goal difference with a game in hand, won’t travel with any fear. But they did suffer consecutive league defeats for the first time since February in their last two such matches, meaning La Viola have allowed Lazio to leapfrog them and now have Juve, Bologna and AC Milan starting to breathe down their necks. [/p]
[p]One thing counting in Fiorentina’s favour ahead of this trip to Turin is their frugal defence, which has conceded just five away goals in Serie A this season – a joint-low figure in the division with Inter going into matchday 18. That subsequently means the Tuscans’ last six league games on the road have largely been uneventful affairs, one 6-0 triumph aside, with none of the games seeing both sides get on the scoresheet. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Juve’s Dušan Vlahović will be desperate to score against former side Fiorentina, having failed to find the net in his six previous meetings with them, although the Serbian has registered four goal involvements across his last five matches (G3, A1) since returning from injury. In what could prove to be a battle of the strikers, Moise Kean is also facing an old employer, having opened the scoring in Fiorentina’s 2-1 loss to Udinese on Monday – meaning that only one of his last six goals have come away from home. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: The last nine meetings between Juve and Fiorentina have each featured fewer than 2.5 goals. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Alex Bowmer[/i][/p]