Italian Serie A
2024-12-22 - Monza vs Juventus
A Sports Betting Pick by Cafa
Italy Serie A - Round 17
Stadio Brianteo, Monza, Italy (16,917)
Sunday, 22 December 2024, 20:45 CET
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Monza Team News
Monza has ten points, same as bottom-placed Venezia, but is arguably doing even worse as they have one win to Venezia's two, and are the owners of the second-worse offense in the league with 14 goals, behind Lecce's 10.
This still isn't a team that falls apart and loses big, it's just a decent team that no longer has any offensive output because the main player Colpani was lost in the summer transfer market. So now Monza has to play football without scoring goals, which is a tall order, and this is why their results are what they are.
Juventus Team News
Juventus is in a series of four consecutive Serie A draws, which isn't very good if you want to win the title, but they can take pleasure from the fact that they're unbeaten in last 12 matches in all competitions.
Still, consecutive draws against Lecce, Bologna and Venezia feel like six points were left on the table. If they won these matches they'd be fourth, just behind Inter, and are sixth now and are on the outside looking in.
Probable Lineups
Monza (3-4-2-1): Turati - Izzo, Pablo Mari, A.Carboni - P.Pereira, Bondo, Bianco, Kyriakopoulos - Ciurria, Caprari - Mota. Coach Nesta.
Juventus (4-2-3-1): Di Gregorio - Savona, Gatti, Kalulu, McKennie - Locatelli, Thuram - Conceicao, Koopmeiners, Yildiz - Vlahovic. Coach Motta.
Maldini is suspended for Monza and Djuric is injured, so the already unproductive offensive trio has only one starting member left, Mota, who will be moved up to the striker position.
The Betting Market
You can get 1.65 on Juventus, which isn't a lot if you know how Juventus has been performing recently, but it's plenty if you know how Monza has been performing recently. What gives?
More likely than not, Monza will find a way to lose this game to Juventus, a team that's very good in controlling a football game but not that good in winning it.
An underish game is expected at Under 2.5 Goals is priced at 1.66, and that sounds about right, Monza will likely remain scoreless and Juventus isn't really a side to score three.
The Betting Verdict
This will be another difficult game for Juventus - all are - but we believe they'll come out on top in the end. It's Monza, after all.
The Statistics :
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The Pick :
Monza 0-1 Juventus
FIXED ODDS BETTING TIP :
Take Juventus To Win at 1.65 at Bet365
