Juventus wants to maintain third place in a strong confrontation against Fiorentina
League Plus – Juventus will host Fiorentina at a quarter to ten on Sunday evening, Mecca time, at Allianz Stadium, as part of the thirty-first round of the Italian League.
The match can be watched live on Stc tv via StarzPlay.
The first round match between the two teams at the Artemio Franchi Stadium ended with Juventus winning with a goal scored by Fabio Meretti.
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Juventus enters the match ecstatic about winning the first leg of the Italian Cup semi-final over Lazio with two clean goals and getting close to qualifying for the final confrontation, despite the team’s recent decline in Serie A results.
The Bianconeri are seeking to maintain the third place they occupy in Serie A with 59 points, just two points behind Bologna, fourth in the standings. This season, the team has achieved 17 victories and 8 draws in the league against 5 defeats, scoring 44 goals, and conceding 24 times.
Juventus collected only two points out of the last 12 possible points in the league from two draws with Genoa and Atalanta, compared to two losses against Napoli and Lazio.
On the other hand, Fiorentina enters the match after winning the first leg of the Italian Cup semi-final at home against Atalanta, 1-0.
Fiorentina wants to preserve its chances of competing for the qualifying places for the European Championships, as it occupies tenth place in Serie A with 43 points, 7 points away from the closest European positions, but the team has a postponed match.
This season in Serie A, the Viola achieved 12 victories and 7 draws against 10 defeats. The team scored 42 goals and conceded 34 times.
The two teams met 169 times in Serie A, during which Juventus prevailed with 81 wins, Fiorentina 35 wins and 53 draws, and the Bianconeri scored 271 goals compared to 177 goals for the Viola.
