Bologna and Juventus are separated by just one point and place in the Serie A table as they meet at the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara on Sunday night.
The hosts are the ones chasing down their opponents as there are only four spaces available for Champions League football for next season. Bologna should be confident having lost just once in 11 games in all competitions, although they were held to a frustrating 0-0 draw at Udinese last time out.
Juventus beat basement boys Monza 2-0 on home soil, representing their third home win in a row. However, they have failed to taste victory in three away matches, which does not bode well against the quality of opposition they will face.
Incidentally, the last four H2Hs have ended in draws, with both teams scoring. That suggests that we should be in for another entertaining affair.
How the bookies view it: Bologna slight favourites
BoyleSports make Bologna as slight 13/10 favourites to win, with the draw and a Juventus victory priced the same at 2/1 with the same bookmaker.
Recent head-to-head: Juventus stage fightback
It finished 2-2 in the reverse fixture in Turin, with the hosts coming back from two goals down to level dramatically in injury time. Dan Ndoye and Tommaso Pobega gave Bologna the advantage before Teun Koopmeiners and Samuel-Germain Mbangula earned Juventus a point.
Players to watch: All eyes on strikers
With Ndoye likely to miss out, it will be between Thijs Dallinga and Santiago Castro over who gets the nod up top. Bologna may opt for the former, given he scored the winner in their last home outing – a 2-1 victory against Empoli.
Down the other end, Randal Kolo Muani will be hoping to add to his goal against Monza last time out, and may keep star striker Dusan Vlahovic out of the XI.
Predicted lineups
Vincenzo Italiano returns from a touchline ban for Bologna, but Emil Holm remains unavailable. It may be too soon for the returning Nicolo Casale and Ndoye though.
Kenan Yildiz is suspended for Juventus after being sent off against Monza, while there are a lack of centre-back options among injuries in that position.
Bologna: Skorupski, Calabria, Beukema, Lucumi, Miranda, Freuler, Aebischer, Orsolini, Odgaard, Cambiaghi, Dallinga.
Juventus: Di Gregorio, Kalulu, Veiga, Cambiaso, McKennie, Locatelli, Thuram, Weah, Gonzalez, Conceicao, Kolo Muani.
Anything else catch the eye?
As mentioned, the last four H2Hs have seen score-draws, so backing Both Teams To Score (BTTS) again at 20/23 with BoyleSports seems sensible. Of those, 14 goals have been scored in total at an average of 3.5 goals per match, so backing Over 3.5 total goals at 16/5 with the same bookmaker also looks like a wise enough punt.
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