Venezia – Juventus

Juventus will retain their fourth place finish

Juventus took another step towards maintaining their fourth position. In the last round, the Turin side secured a very convincing victory over Udinese. Ivan Tudor's side immediately started to attack, but they were only able to unseal the opponents' goal after an hour of play. Gonzalez scored in the 61st minute. Towards the end of the match Vlahovic doubled the advantage and put a convincing point in the match. Before the last round the Old Lady are in fourth place, one point ahead of the nearest pursuer Roma and two points ahead of Lazio. Venice lost a crucial match and are in danger of relegation. Victories over Fiorentina and a draw with Torino were meaningless, as Di Francesco's men lost to Cagliari. The away match ended in a 3-0 defeat for the Winged Lions. The victories of Empoli and Lecce dropped Venice to 19th place. Now the team is two points behind the saving 17th place. By the way, Jay Idzes, one of the main defenders of the Arrancioneroverdi, will miss the match due to yellow cards. Interestingly, Juventus have not won away for five matches already. In this stretch, Torino have picked up just three points thanks to three draws. Yes, it is important to note that the Bianconeri had challenging clubs as opponents - Fiorentina, Roma, Parma, Bologna and Lazio. In that span, the team changed coaches. The xPTS metric says that Torino's away record is 2.86 points short. Success in Venice will "equalise" this statistic. "Winged Lions" also have an expressive deviation. Thus, Di Francesco's wards conceded far less than they should have. The xGA metric suggests that almost six more goals should have gone into the gates of the Arrancioneroverdi. Both opponents are highly motivated before this match. However, only the Winged Lions risk losing too much. Di Francesco's men will be forced to take risks. The team will obviously not be satisfied with a draw. Venice will be able to keep their place in Serie A only if they win and Empoli and Lecce falter. Such an option would suit the Turin side. If the Old Lady have difficulties in overcoming the opponents' defensive redoubts, the opponent's open football (and it will happen sooner or later) will play into their hands. Tudor's wards are bound to win. Next season Juventus will play in the Champions League.