Having made a fine start to the new Serie A campaign, Juventus will head to Genoa for their first road trip of the season on Sunday.
The Bianconeri claimed maximum points last weekend, when this week's hosts were held to a goalless draw at Stadio Luigi Ferraris.
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After penning Parma in for almost an hour, Juventus finally broke through via a cute finish from summer signing Jonathan David, who set his new club up for success on Serie A's opening matchday.
Contract rebel Dusan Vlahovic then appeared from the bench to add a killer second, shortly after Andrea Cambiaso was senselessly sent off for violent conduct.
It was a satisfactory start to a campaign that comes after another year of turmoil at the Turin club: they only scraped into fourth place last term after interim boss Igor Tudor impressively steadied the ship.
Handed a longer contract, Tudor then led Juve into the Club World Cup - where they reached the last 16 - before following a shortened pre-season with victory over Parma.
The Bianconeri have now lost just one of 10 Serie A matches under their Croatian coach, who posted win number 150 of his managerial career last weekend.
Having also lost only once in 10 league meetings with Genoa - claiming maximum points last season - history suggests they can prevail at Marassi.
Patrick Vieira and Johan Vasquez of Genoa on February 22, 2025
On home turf, Genoa have beaten Sunday's visitors just four times in the last dozen contests, with Vlahovic scoring twice in a 3-0 Juventus win one year ago.
Since then, ex-Juve midfielder Patrick Vieira has taken charge of the Grifone, leading them to a solid mid-table finish in 2024-25 and overseeing an unbeaten start to the new season.
Earlier this month, Genoa returned to competitive action with a convincing 3-0 win over Vicenza in the Coppa Italia, and they almost claimed back-to-back wins last weekend.
Creative full-back Aaron Martin joined new boys Valentin Carboni and Nicolae Stanciu in coming close to scoring against Lecce, but the hosts ultimately had to settle for a draw.
Genoa are no strangers to a slow start - having only picked up two points from their last four Serie A openers - but they will hope to get a first league win on the board before international football intervenes.
Genoa Serie A form: D
Genoa form (all competitions): W D
Juventus Serie A form: W
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Juventus' Andrea Cambiaso pictured on January 14, 2025
Juventus will be without versatile wing-back Cambiaso - who serves the first game of a two-match ban - plus injured duo Juan Cabal and Fabio Miretti, the latter of whom impressed on loan at Marassi last season.
Nicolo Savona is set to join Nottingham Forest, so with Cambiaso unavailable, utility man Weston McKennie may be asked to fill in on the flank.
As an endless contract saga has seen Vlahovic slip out of favour, David is set to lead the visitors' attack.
Since March, Kenan Yildiz has recorded 11 goal involvements across all competitions - a high for any Serie A player during that period - and he should link up with David in the final third.
Meanwhile, Genoa lost last term's top scorer Andrea Pinamonti this summer, so Lorenzo Colombo will spearhead their front line once again.
Arthur Gronbaek, Inter Milan loanee Valentin Carboni and Romania captain Nicolae Stanciu have all made an impact since signing, and they are set to continue in Colombo's supporting cast.
Caleb Ekuban and Sebastian Otoa are still ruled out by injury, but Leo Ostigard should now be sufficiently fit to start.
Genoa possible starting lineup: Leali; Norton-Cuffy, Ostigard, Vasquez, Martin; Frendrup, Masini; Carboni, Stanciu, Gronbaek; Colombo
Juventus possible starting lineup: Di Gregorio; Gatti, Bremer, Kelly; Kalulu, Thuram, Locatelli, McKennie; Conceicao, Yildiz; David
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We say: Genoa 0-1 Juventus
Juventus not only have a good record in Genoa, but they also showed some potential last weekend.
Whether they are ready to mount a title challenge remains to be seen, but the Bianconeri should be more than capable of beating their Rossoblu rivals.
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