Juventus are currently six points behind leaders AC Milan, and in fourth place in Serie A after 10 games.
Andrea Pirlo’s side would’ve had a massive shot in the arm from their 3-0 midweek win over Barcelona at the Nou Camp.
When is the Match between Genoa and Juventus ?
The match will take place at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium on Sunday.
Kick Off Time
The match will start 5:00 (GMT).
Team News & Tactics
Genoa
Davide Biraschi, Cristian Zapata, on-loan Davide Zappacosta, skipper Domenico Criscito, and midfielder Francesco Cassata are all unavailable for Genoa.
Experienced goalkeepers Mattia Perin and Federico Marchetti are doubtful too and will be assessed ahead of kickoff. Therefore, Alberto Paleari should start again behind Rolando Maran’s back three in a cautious 3-5-2 formation.
Predicted Lineup (3-5-2): Alberto Paleari; Mattia Bani, Edoardo Goldaniga, Andrea Masiello; Paolo Ghiglione, Stefano Sturaro, Milan Badelj, Lukas Lerager, Luca Pellegrini; Gianluca Scamacca, Eldor Shomurodov
Juventus
Juventus third-choice goalkeeper Carlo Pinsoglio is suspended due to receiving a red card while celebrating their late winner against Torino and Gianluigi Buffon returned from Barcelona with a calf injury, so Wojciech Szczesny definitely starts.
Alvaro Morata is eligible to play as he won an appeal against his ban for verbally abusing a match official, however centre-backs Giorgio Chiellini and Merih Demiral remain out of action with thigh injuries.
Predicted Lineup (3-4-1-2): Wojciech Szczesny; Matthijs de Ligt, Leonardo Bonucci, Danilo; Juan Cuadrado, Rodrigo Bentancur, Adrien Rabiot, Federico Chiesa; Dejan Kulusevski; Dybala, Cristiano Ronaldo
Genoa vs Juventus Head-to-Head and Results
Juventus have won 19 of the last 29 clashes against Genoa, losing only four times. These two teams have drawn six times in that period.
Key Stats
Genoa have lost more Serie A games (64 out of 106) and conceded more Serie A goals (216) against Juventus than against any other opponent.
Juventus are one of five sides still unbeaten in the top five European leagues in 2020/21, along with AC Milan, Atlético Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen and Wolfsburg.
Since 2011/12 (the start of the Juventus’ consecutive title-winning streak), the Marassi is the stadium where Juventus have lost their most away games in Serie A (three against Genoa and three against Sampdoria).
Genoa have lost each of their last four home league games, they have never suffered a longer such streak in Serie A history.
Juventus have conceded the fewest shots on target in the top five European leagues this season (23), on average 2.56 per match, higher only than Real Sociedad (2.17) and Athletic Bilbao (2.27).
Paulo Dybala has scored his most away Serie A goals against Genoa (five out of the six total goals scored against the Grifoni); the Juventus striker’s best Serie A goal per match ratio against this opponent (0.67, six goals in nine appearances) – among the sides faced at least four times.
