Serie A: Juventus Vs Verona – Match preview

There should be no such offensive troubles here though, with Juventus bolstering their attacking ranks with the signing of Golden Boot contender Dusan Vlahovic from Fiorentina for a January-record Serie A fee of 70 million euros.

Juventus

Juventus’ recent goalless draw at AC Milan marked the Bianconeri’s ninth consecutive unbeaten Serie A game, compensating for their failure to fire any shot on target. There should be no such offensive troubles here though, with Juventus bolstering their attacking ranks with the signing of Golden Boot contender Dusan Vlahovic from Fiorentina for a January-record Serie A fee of 70 million euros. While only four teams have scored less Serie A goals at home than Juventus’ 14, the hosts never give up easily, with five (36 per cent) of those strikes arriving beyond the 75th minute. Across all venues, Juventus have also scored nearly half (16) of their 34 Serie A goals beyond the hour mark.

Verona

With mid-table visitors Hellas Verona seeing ten of their 21 Serie A away goals conceded arrive after the 75th minute, they will certainly be on their guard in the dying moments. However, they possess a rare psychological edge over the Turin giants, having already recorded their longest unbeaten top-flight run against Juventus since the late 1980s, which gives them the chance here to go five Serie A H2Hs unbeaten for the first time ever. On top of that, all three of Verona’s Serie A away victories this term have arrived since the start of December alone – and they too have the ability to capitalise on weary defences, with eight of their ten goals scored across those wins coming after half-time.

Ten of Vlahovic‘s last 11 Serie A goals have arrived after the break, with three of the previous four arriving specifically in the 51st minute! As for Verona, Nikola Kalinic has registered two-goal contributions across their last two Serie A matches, despite being deployed from the bench after the 70th minute on both occasions. In a run going back to 1976/77, Juventus are unbeaten in second halves across their last 26 home H2Hs vs Verona.