Our prediction for this Serie A match:
All eyes will be on Allianz Stadium when Juventus and Fiorentina face each other in the Serie A round 12. The Bianconeri do not seem to be at the top of their game, with the team losing to both Sassuolo and Verona in the previous two league fixtures, but Max Allegri’s troops should not be written off just yet. All Kean, De Sciglio, and Ramsey are sidelined with injuries, but there are no suspended players in the home team.
USA international McKennie is pushing for a start as he found the net in the defeat to the Mastini. The Viola, on the other hand, continue to rely on Serbia rising star Dusan Vlahovic, who scored a hat-trick in a 3-0 win over Spezia. Fiorentina, though, have been anything but impressive on the road of late, which is the main reason why we are tempted to put our money on draw. Both Pulgar and Dragowski are out of contention with injuries, while Gonzalez has been tested positive for coronavirus.
Highlighted Player (Leonardo Bonucci):
Over the years Leonardo Bonucci has established himself as one of Juve’s key defenders. The 190-cm-tall centre back, who is capable of playing as a right back as well, was born in Viterbo on 1 May, 1987 and he started his senior career at Inter. However, he made no more than one league appearance for the Nerrazzurri between 2005 and 2009.
After ending his loan spells with the likes of Treviso and Pisa, he joined Bari in 2009 and he scored one goal in 38 league games for the club. Juventus signed him in July, 2010 for a fee of €15.5 million. Leonardo Bonucci won his fifth Scudetto with Juve in the 2015/2016 season and he played in the 2014/2015 Champions League final against Barcelona. However, the Bianconeri were beaten by Barca in the title game.
Bonucci made his Italy debut on 3 March, 2010 and two years later he participated in the Euro 2012 final against Spain. The Azzurri were hammered by Vicente del Bosque’s troops 4-0 in the Olympic Stadium clash.
Highlighted Team (Fiorentina):
AC Fiorentina was founded on 29th of August in 1926 after a fusion between Libertas and CS Firenze. Currently Fiorentina is playing his home games in the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence which can accommodate 47282 supporters. The stadium was build in 1931 by Pier Luigi Nervi. De first prize ever won by Fiorentina was the CoppaItalia in the season of 1939/1940. The first Scudetto (name for the Serie A title) was in 1955/1956. One of the most important players in that season was the Brazilian Juninho. In 1996 he was rewarded as the best player in club history.
One year later Fiorentina lost the semi finals in the European Cup 1 against Real Madrid. During that period of time Fiorentina won the Europan Cup 2 against Glasgow Rangers and the Coppa Italia as well. In total Fiorentina won the league title twice.
Important football players that played for Fiorentina are: Batistuta, Baggio, Effenberg, Laudrup, Mijatovic and Rui Costa.