Juventus welcome Lecce to the Allianz Stadium on Saturday night as two sides on opposite ends of the Serie A table meet.
The hosts are in fifth spot and just one point away from the top four, which would earn UEFA Champions League (UCL) football for next season. They will feel that the 1-1 draw away to in-form Roma last time out was not a bad point as they keep up with the pace of the teams directly above them.
The Old Lady have stopped a run of back-to-back defeats with four points from their previous two games in total, as they were 1-0 victors against Genoa the last time they played on home soil.
Lecce's 1-1 draw at home to 19th-placed Venezia last time out at least stopped the rot of five straight league defeats, but the visitors are now winless in eight matches in all competitions and worryingly lurk just one place and two points above the relegation zone in 17th.
Juve's recent H2H record against Saturday's opponents is also alarming, as they are unbeaten in nine meetings, winning five of the last six.
How the bookies view it: Juventus odds-on favourites
Unsurprisingly, Juventus are 1/3 odds-on favourites with BoyleSports to beat Lecce, with the visitors firm outsiders at 8/1. A draw is priced at 7/2 with the same bookmaker.
Recent head-to-head: Lecce dig deep for draw
Lecce held Juventus to a 1-1 draw in December the last time these two sides met in Serie A. Andrea Cambiaso gave the visitors the lead midway through the second half, before Ante Rebic grabbed a dramatic 90th-minute equaliser.
Players to watch: Yildiz could make difference
Kenan Yildiz scored the winner when Juventus played Genoa last time on home turf, and the Turkish talent likes to start games quickly. Indeed, four of his seven goals this campaign have opened the scoring, including his last three, and he is a generously-priced 11/2 with BoyleSports to score first against Lecce.
Nikola Krstovic has netted three times in Lecce's previous four matches, and holds their biggest chance of scoring and causing an upset.
Predicted lineups
Juventus have injury problems both in defence and attack, with Bremer, Juan Cabral, Federico Gatti, Mattia Perin and Arkadiusz Milik all set to miss out.
Lecce have fewer injury concerns, with Joan Gonzalez and Filip Marchwinski the only recognisable names set to be sidelined.
Juventus: Di Gregorio, Kelly, Veiga, Kalulu, Gonzalez, McKennie, Thuram, Luiz, Cambiaso, Yildiz, Vlahovic.
Lecce: Falcone, Guilbert, Baschirotto, Gaspar, Gallo, Coulibaly, Ramadani, Helgason, Pierotti, Krstovic, Morente.
Anything else catch the eye?
Juventus are expected to win on home turf, so we have to be creative in terms of the betting markets we choose. BoyleSports are offering 21/20 for Juve to win with a -1 handicap, which seems a safe bet.
In the previous nine H2Hs where the Old Lady have remained unbeaten, a total of 19 goals have been scored at an average of just over two per game, so also backing Over 2.5 total goals at 10/11 with BoyleSports seems sensible.
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