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Juventus and Fiorentina will meet for the second time in just 5 days after Juve narrowly and controversially defeated the “La Viola” side 1-0 at home in the Serie A on Sunday.
Juventus has been utterly dominant in the Serie A this season, and the team simply looks unable to lose. With a 23-3-1 statline and 14 points in front of Roma (Roma with one game in hand), Juve are virtual champions and can focus on the Europa League where they are motivated to reach the final – since it will be played on their own stadium. Juventus is currently riding a 6 match winning streak and in the last 5 games they did not concede a single goal.
Fiorentina is in very bad form apparently with a single win in the last 6 games (vs. Esbjerg, 3-1 away). However, the visitors are not in such a bad spot: they are getting playerd back from injury and are healthier than ever right now, plus they play good football: Sunday at Juventus they were excellent and probably deserved at least a draw – they were unlucky and also robbed by the referees. It`s expected that with Mario Gomez finally back close to 100% and with Matri, Firenze will regain its excellent offensive play – they showed glimpses of that against Juve.
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Team news and lineups
Juventus will miss Pepe and Vucinic while Fiorentina will miss Rossi, so both teams are in a good spot regarding team news, injuries and suspensions. Conte and Montella will very likely field their best available lineups. Juve might make 2-3 changes but that`s it.
Juventus: Buffon – Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini – Lichsteiner, Vidal, Pirlo, Pogba, Asamoah – Osvaldo, Tevez
Fiorentina: Neto – Tomovic, Savic, Rodriguez, Pasqual – Ambrosini, Valero, Aquilani – Joaquin, Gomez, Matri
Juventus is flying high right now, no doubt about that, but seeing the Sunday game between these two you can`t help but feel Fiorentina is in with a chance. They should have got a draw with correct refereeing and a little bit of luck, so they`ll be out for revenge in this one. Fiorentina, with everyone except Rossi being fit again, should be able to create some chances and finally end Juve`s run of clean sheets. If that happens, the hosts might even fail to win, as they don`t usually score too much themselves. Fiorentina +1,25 handicap seems like a solid pick here according to my analysis and I`m sure Juve won`t be too dissapointed if they only win by one goal. My tip is Fiorentina +1,25. Prediction: Juventus – Fiorentina 1-1.
Pick: Fiorentina (+1,25 Asian Handicap)
Odds: 1.93 @ Bet365
Stake: 7
Possible profit: 6.51
Event date: 13 March
