Italian Serie A
2025-01-18 - Juventus vs AC Milan
A Sports Betting Pick by Cafa
Italy Serie A - Round 21
Allianz Stadium, Torino, Piedmont, Italy (41,507)
Saturday, 18 January 2025, 18:00 CET
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Juventus Team News
Juventus is getting close to a full 365 days without a defeat in Serie A, as the last one was against Lazio in late March 2024.
The feat sounds even more incredible if we know that Juventus has only lost to Stuttgart in the Champions League and to AC Milan in the Super Cup two weeks ago during that span.
In other words, Milan did the almost unthinkable and defeated Juventus, a true rarity. Now they meet again for the Serie A derby, where Juventus will probably be in a better shape than they were in Riyadh.
AC Milan Team News
Milan overturned Como's 1-0 into 1-2 and didn't suffer the same fate as the week before at home against Cagliari, when the final score was only 1-1 despite heavy domination.
Now Milan finally got some points to go with a decent performance, and this may soon become a trend. The fans are behind the new coach Sergio Conceicao as the team finally looks good, and they've shown as much in that Super Cup win against their today's opponent.
Probable Lineups
Juventus (4-2-3-1): Di Gregorio - Savona, Gatti, Kalulu, McKennie - Locatelli, Thuram - Conceicao, Koopmeiners, Yildiz - Vlahovic. Coach Motta.
Milan (4-2-3-1): Maignan - Calabria, Tomori, Thiaw, Hernandez - Fofana, Musah - Pulisic, Reijnders, Leao - Morata. Coach Conceicao.
The Betting Market
We're getting 2.15 on Juventus, a bit too low of a price if we know that this will be a match in which either side will find it difficult to get the three points.
It could go either way really, but with Juventus' propensity for draws you won't really bet on 2.15 on them in a derby. Better go with 3.30 on the Draw and make it a habit.
The Both Teams To Score market is evenly split at 1.90, while the Over 2.5 Goals is priced at 2.20.
The Betting Verdict
Draw is indeed the best option here and likely a very profitable bet if you'd make it an auto-bet every week on Juventus regardless of their opponent.
We'll opt for a safer bet, which is both teams to score. Juventus will score their one goal, and so will Milan.
The Statistics :
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The Pick :
Juventus 1-1 Milan
