Juventus are the last team to start the new Serie A season with a home match against Sassuolo on Monday night.
Both clubs have lost their top scorers from last season during summer windows of significant upheaval. While Juve are obligated to challenge for the Scudetto with Milan’s giants, Sassuolo are coming into the campaign off the back of their first bottom-half finish in three years.
Here’s everything you need to know about the meeting between this unsettled pair.
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H2H Results (Last Five Games)
Juventus: 4 Wins
Sassuolo: 1 Win
Draws: 0
Current Form (Last Five Games)
Juventus: LWDLL
Sassuolo: WWDWL
Juventus team news
FIrst-choice goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny will miss the season opener with a thigh complaint, nudging Mattia Perin between the posts for the next couple of weeks. Paul Pogba hadn’t even made his second debut for the club before pulling up with a knee injury that is set to sideline the midfielder for five weeks.
Federico Chiesa hasn’t yet fully completed his ACL recuperation but Weston McKennie has been deemed fit enough to partially train with the group after dislocating his shoulder.
The young forwards Kaio Jorge (tendon) and Marley Ake (ankle) are doubts.
Juventus Starting 11: Perin; Danilo, Bremer, Bonucci, Sandro; Locatelli, Zakaria, Fagioli; Di Maria, Vlahovic, Kostic
Bench: Pinsoglio, Gatti, Rugani, Cuadrado, De Sciglio, Rovella, Miretti, Cudrig, Da Graca
Sassuolo team news
Pedro Obiang missed the entirety of the 2021/22 campaign with myocarditis but encouragingly returned to the fold during preseason. With the former West Ham midfielder part of a new-look and fully-fit Sassuolo squad, Alessio Dionisi has a range of options to choose from.
Sassuolo Starting 11: Consigli; Muldur, Ayhan, Ferrari, Kyriakopoulos; Thorsvedt, Lopez, Fratessi; Berardi, Raspadori, Ceide
Bench: Russo, Erlic, Tressoldi, Marchizza, Rogerio, Henrique, Defrel, Obiang, D’Andrea
Typically, Juventus have been fast starters, winning five of their last six opening day games. Sassuolo’s season technically began last Monday, as they were unceremoniously dumped out of the Coppa Italia by second-tier Modena.
Sassuolo’s starlet Domenico Berardi took exception to abuse from one fan after the defeat and had to be restrained by security. While the squad rejuvenation at Juve may raise some eyebrows, no Bianconeri are fighting the players just yet.
Prediction: Juventus 1-0 Sassuolo
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