Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Buoyed by a hard-fought 2-1 win over Sassuolo, Juventus will look to retain their spot in top four when they take on Venezia in Turin on Sunday. The Bianconeri are on the cusp of making it to the Champions League, and a win over Venezia could see them overtake Napoli in third position. Even though all Cuadrado, Arthur, Chiesea, Mckennie, Locatelli, and Kaio Jorge remain in the recovery room, home win should be considered as Venezia are low on spirits ahead of Matchday 35.
The relegation-threatened visitors are on an eight-game losing run in the Italian top flight; therefore, we do not believe that they are capable of spoiling Juve’s party at Allianz Stadium. The likes of Ebuehi, Modolo, Romero, Lezzerini, and Vacca should miss out through injuries, but there are no suspended footballers in the away team.
Highlighted Player (Matthijs de Ligt):
Matthijs de Ligt is yet another product of famous Ajax football academy. After making 17 appearances for Jong Ajax, Matthijs de Ligt started playing for the senior team in 2016. The talented centre-back, who was born on August 12, 1999 in Leiderdorp (Netherlands) made his debut for the Amsterdammers on September 21, 2016 in a cup game against Willem II. Thanks to this goal Matthijs de Ligt became the second youngest goalscorer ever, behind legendary midfielder Clarence Seedorf.
In March, 2017, the Ajax defender made his debut for the Netherlands national team in a 2-0 loss to Bulgaria in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. In 2018 he received AFC Ajax Talent of the Year award (Marco Van Basten Award). Mathiijs de Ligt’s main position is centre-back and his preferred foot is right. His contract with the Amsterdammers should expire on June 30, 2021.
In the 2016/2017 season Matthijs de Ligt and his teammates made it to the Europa League final, but Ajax were beaten by Manchester United in the title game.