After missing the chance to be crowned champions in midweek, Juventus have another attempt to make it nine-in-a-row on Sunday night when they take on Sampdoria.
PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Juventus (4-3-3): Szczesny; Cuadrado, De Ligt, Bonucci, Sandro; Bentancur, Pjanic, Rabiot; Bernardeschi, Dybala, Ronaldo.
Unavailable: De Sciglio, Khedira, Higuain, Chiellini, Douglas Costa.
Sampdoria (4-4-2): Audero; Bereszynski, Yoshida, Chabot, Augello; Depaoli, Thorsby, Linetty, Jankto; Gabbiadini, Quagliarella.
Suspended: Colley, Vieira.
Unavailable: Ekdal.
KEY STATISTICS
– Juventus and Sampdoria have met 123 times in Serie A so far, with the Old Lady winning 60 times compared to Sampdoria’s 26 (37 draws).
– Juventus and Sampdoria haven’t shared a draw in Serie A since December 2014 (1- 1) – since then, the Bianconeri lead by eight wins to two.
– Juventus have found the net in each of their last 10 home games against Sampdoria (29 goals in total).
– Juventus have won their last four home games against Sampdoria – the last time they won five in a row against the Blucerchiati was in 1968.
– Despite losing their last match against Genoa, Sampdoria remain the team with the most wins since start of July in Serie A (five), while Juve have managed to win only two games in the same period.
– Juventus have conceded 13 goals in their last six games: only Brescia (16) and SPAL (20) have done worse over this period.
– Maurizio Sarri’s side have dropped 18 points from leading situations in this Serie A season, eight of which have come in their last five games.
– Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini has scored four goals in 19 Serie A games vs Sampdoria, his favourite target in the Italian top flight.
– Juventus forward Paulo Dybala’s first goals in Serie A were scored in November 2012 against Sampdoria, when he was at Palermo. The Blucerchiati are his favourite target in Italy (seven goals in total against them).
– Sampdoria striker Fabio Quagliarella scored 23 goals in his 84 Serie A appearances for Juventus between 2010 and 2014. He has netted only one goal against the Old Lady since leaving, however.
Source: forzaitalianfootball.com