Juve fights for survival
After the point deduction and the poor performance in the last few weeks, the old lady is only in 13th place in Serie A. With 23 points on the account, they are slowly losing touch with the international places. Their opponent Salernitana was able to win on the last matchday. Only 2 points separate them from Juventus, but of course they are the underdogs in this game.
Salernitana will also have to fight for relegation in the second season in Serie A. After 20 matchdays, the team is in 16th place in the table, but has a comfortable 8-point lead over the first relegation zone. The record is also not bad and on the last day of the game they won against Lecce. Now they want to take advantage of the bad phase of the opponent and land a surprise.
The old lady was still on a Champions League spot a few weeks ago. After the point deduction and the last 3 games in a row without a win, they slipped down to 13th place. In order to keep the chance of an international starting place, they finally need a win again.
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Salernitana analysis
At the moment this is also realistic, because after 20 matchdays they have already built up a comfortable lead of 8 points on the first relegation zone. The 21 points on the account are only enough for 16th place in the table. They are currently only 2 points apart from opponents Juventus Turin. With a win you could even overtake them. The current form should be right in any case, after all they got an away win against Lecce on the last matchday. For the team it was the first win after 7 winless games in a row. The opponents in this period were also called AC Milan, SSC Napoli and Atalanta Bergamo.
Salernitana is relatively strong this season, especially at home. The relegation candidate is in a good 15th place in the home table and has an almost balanced record there. After 10 home games there are already 3 wins and 3 draws on the account. 4 home games have been lost so far. The goal difference, which is even positive at 14-13 goals, should also be rated positively.Salernitana is a lot of fun on the offensive and thus also has the 2nd best attack row in the lower half of the table. Only in 2 out of 10 home games did they miss to score. So also in the last home game so far, which was lost 0:2 against SSC Naples. Overall, they have now been waiting for a complete success for 4 home games.
Juventus analysis
Assessing the season of Juventus Turin is extremely difficult, after all, the team once again had to accept a point deduction. Before that, however, they were on course for the Champions League and recently even the first pursuer of leaders SSC Napoli. After the deduction, however, you are only in 13th place in the table. This point deduction also has an impact on the team, because the performances have dropped significantly since then. The old lady couldn't win 3 games in a row, the motivation is probably at its lowest point at the moment.You have to be careful not to slip even further, because if they lose, they could drop to 16th place. The path to international business is also becoming longer and longer. They are currently 7 points short of a Europa Conference League place.
Although the team is only in 13th place and hasn't performed well recently, they still have a good squad that definitely has the quality for an international starting place. With a squad market value of €442m, they are the most valuable team in Serie A behind the two Milan clubs and Napoli . However, you can't shake the feeling that this squad was put together badly. With an average age of almost 27 years, they are also the oldest team in Italy.
Paul Pogba hasn't played a single game for the old lady since joining in the summer. Federico Chiesa was also out for a long time and has only been playing regularly again for a few weeks. The same applies to Dusan Vlahovic, who was injured for a long time in the autumn. Winter newcomer Leandro Paredes has so far hardly been able to draw attention to himself. He is also missing in central defense due to an adductor injury. Despite all these facts they showed in the Coppa Italia that they are a top team. That's where they beat Lazio 1-0 last weekend.
Salernitana - Juventus: What to expect?
Since promotion in 2021, the two clubs have met a total of 3 times. The old lady remained undefeated. In the last duel of the season so far, Salernitana managed to draw 2:2 away. Before that they suffered two defeats. In these two defeats, the hosts remained without a goal of their own. 2 of these last 3 duels ended with less than 2.5 goals. Incidentally, Salernitana's only win over Juventus came in 1999.
Salernitana is having a good season by their standards and already has a comfortable lead over the relegation zone. Juventus would be in the running for a place in the Champions League, but with the points deducted they also lost their good form. Despite 3 winless games in a row, we would prefer the old lady in this game. An away win still brings you decent odds. We don't expect too many goals in this game, Juventus in particular are too weak away from home for that. One can therefore assume a game with Under 2.5 goals.
- Juventus to win
- Under 2.5
* All odds and markets are correct at time of publication and subject to change.