Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Juventus
Match Time & Date:
27/10/2021
18:30
Prediction: 2-1
Sassuolo
After saving one point in the Serie A derby with Inter, Juventus will look to return to winning ways when they take on Sassuolo on Matchday 10. The Bianconeri are ten points behind league leaders Napoli, meaning that this has to go down as a must-win game for the hosts. Adrien Rabiot has recovered from coronavirus, while Federico Bernardeschi is out of contention through injury.
The Neroverdi, on the other hand, came from behind to beat Venezia 3-1 in their last league match, with the team climbing to 13th place in the standings. Anyhow, we are tempted to put our money on Massimiliano Allegri’s troops this time out as they want this win more than Sassuolo. To make things even worse for the visitors, influential midfielder Filip Djuricic suffered an injury in the last league match. In their last meeting in Turin Juventus defeated Sassuolo 3-1.
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 (Sassuolo):
US Sassuolo Calcio is an Italian football club from Sassuolo, state Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region. In the season 2012/2013 Sassuolo managed to promote to the Serie A before playing in the Serie B for four seasons. Sassuolo was founded in 1922 and is known for being one of the smaller teams in the Serie A.
Sassuolo hosts its home games in the Stadio Citta del Tricolore which holds a capacity for approximately 21 000 spectators. Sassuolo is also known as i Neroverdi and plays at home in black and green. The biggest achievements in the club history were in 2007/2008 where the club won the Serie C1 and in season 2012/2013 were Sassuolo won the Serie B as well.
Known players in the club history are Andrea Poli, Antonio Floro Flores, Simone Zaga and Reto Ziegler.
