Preview Juventus vs Genoa: Absolute Victory for the Host

Jakarta, Beritasatu.com – Juventus absolutely must win to regain second place in the Italian Serie A standings. Currently the Bianconeri are in third place.

The match against Genoa in Week 29, which will be held on Sunday (17/3/2024) at 18.30 WIB at the Allianz Stadium, can be said to be momentum that the hosts must take advantage of.

Apart from winning second place, playing at home plus several core players who have started to return to training has become a new spirit amidst Juventus' downturn.

How could it not be, the Old Lady could only get six points from seven Serie A matches. That is why, second place in the standings is currently occupied by AC Milan.

The good news is that Juventus' midfield, which has been problematic in recent weeks, seems to have recovered. This can be seen from the return to training of one of the midfield pillars, namely Adrien Rabiot.

The player with the French passport has started to return to training this Sunday. He was seen training with reserve goalkeeper Mattia Perin.

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri is expected to field both of them in this match.

Another midfielder who is expected to play is Weston McKennie. This player from the United States (US), has reportedly recovered from a shoulder injury.

McKennie is recorded as having given four assists of Juve's last six goals in the league. In the amount of assistshe only lost to AC Milan player Olivier Giroud.

For the attack line, Juventus will certainly field their flagship striker Dusan Vlahovic. The Serbian striker is confirmed to have stepped down because he has finished his training suspension.

Since December's match against Genoa at the Marassi, Vlahovic has scored goals in his last seven matches against teams at the bottom of the Serie A standings. His total is 10 goals.

Meanwhile, in the visiting camp, Genoa will field their flagship attacking duo, namely Albert Gudmundsson and Mateo Retegui.

Gudmundsson has scored in his first two appearances against Juventus. Another player who is predicted to step down is Johan Vasquez, after his one-match ban has been completed.

Genoa will certainly not field Stefano Sabelli because he is serving a sentence suspension and Aaron Martin was sidelined due to injury.

Genoa coach, Alberto Gilardino, is predicted to choose Djed Spence and Ridgeciano Haps to play in this match.

In the current standings, Juventus is now in third place, having won 17 times, drawn seven times and lost four times.

Meanwhile, Genoa is in 12th place, with eight wins, nine draws and 11 losses.

Juventus' last six matches in Serie A have seen three defeats, two draws and one win.

Genoa also experienced less of the same conditions, who have lost three times, drawn two draws and won once.

The following is the predicted line-up.

Juventus:
Szczesny, Gatti, Bremer, Danilo, Cambiaso, McKennie, Locatelli, Rabiot, Iling-Junior, Chiesa, Vlahovic

Genoa:
Martinez, De Winter, Bani, Vasquez, Frendrup, Messias, Badelj, Malinovskyi, Spence, Gudmundsson, Retegui