Salernitana Vs Juventus
Salernitana Vs Juventus Tuesday, 30 November 2021 – 19:45 (GMT)
Italian Serie A
Pick: Under 2.5 Goals
Odds: 6/5
Bookmaker: BetVictor
(All betting odds correct at time of writing: 29 November 2021)
Preview: Stadio Arechi will host Juventus in Serie A for the first time since 1999, when Salernitana earned a famous 1-0 win, as the Old Lady make the long journey south to take on the division’s bottom side desperately seeking to avoid the ignominy of a third successive defeat in all competitions.
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Salernitana – Putting the ball in the net remains an issue?
So far I Granata have performed like one would expect a club which had spent the 23 years prior out in the wilderness. Positive results have been sporadic – they’ve been beaten on 10 of 14 league outings since making the step up to Serie A as Serie B runners-up over the summer – while they continue to prop up the division. This despite ending a three-game winless rut in Cagliari this weekend gone.
Having created next to nothing all game, and only 0.34xG by the end, Salernitana had somehow salvaged a 1-1 draw at fellow strugglers Cagliari on Saturday. Federico Bonnazzol’s stoppage time strike levelling up proceedings in Sardinia. Their first Serie A goal for six hours and just the 11th of the campaign, with that figure a league-low. Meanwhile, only Genoa have accrued fewer points at home thus far (W1 D1 L4).
Key Stat: This will be the fifth match-up of 2021-22 for Salernitana against a side that finished last season in seventh position or higher (Juventus finished fourth). They are yet to secure a point, or score a goal, in these meetings, losing ‘to nil’ versus AS Roma, Atalanta, Lazio and Napoli.
Juventus – Alarm bells ringing in Turin?
If supporters felt their team couldn’t possibly stoop any lower than they did in midweek, when Premier League leaders Chelsea played them off the park at Stamford Bridge in a 4-0 defeat, then losing at home to Atalanta for the first time in more than thirty-years certainly proved any doubters wrong. Le Dea’s 1-0 victory in Turin marking The Old Lady’s fifth of this Serie A season – one fewer than the whole of last term.
It’s panic stations. There is no other way of putting it. Only some inspired end-of-season form salvaged a top-four finish last time around and back then they had CR7. Juventus are seven points adrift of Champions League football ahead of Tuesday’s visit to bottom side Salernitana, after two wins in six league outings (D1 L3). Even this fixture cannot be seen as a gimme, not when their win rate on the road is down at 43% (W3 D2 L2).
Key Stat: With 18 scored in 14 Serie A matches this season, Juventus have netted at least three fewer than any other side currently occupying a top-ten position in Serie A. On the plus side, Juve can claim to have found the net in all seven away games.
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Salernitana Vs Juventus Betting Advice
It says a lot that Salernitana will approach Tuesday’s fixture with the most dominant force in Italian football up until a few seasons ago, smelling blood. Juventus will be reeling following a disastrous week that begun in England (losing 4-0 to Chelsea) and ended in Turin (losing 1-0 to Atalanta). Their current predicament (eight in Serie A) demands that they go to the bottom club and pick up maximum points.
Salernitana Vs Juventus – Key Facts:
- Bottom of Serie A, Salernitana (W2 D2 L10) host Juventus (W6 D3 L5) at a time when both teams are at a low ebb (Salernitana winless in four, Juve two league wins in six).
- Salernitana haven’t managed a goal in four of six Serie A home matches this term. Juventus scored in all seven away outings so far, but did keep only two clean sheets.
- Juventus have only defeated one team by more than a single goal in Serie A in 2021-22, with that being their 2-0 victory at Lazio on their most recent away outing.
Despite their issues, Juve are firm favourites to beat a side that has only staved off defeat on four of fourteen occasions all season. Expect them to make hard work of a seemingly straightforward assignment, though, as their mixed away record can attest (W3 D2 L2). Two of Juve’s three away wins were ‘to nil, as were four of the hosts’ six home losses. Meanwhile, Under 2.5 Goals has landed in 3/4 recent Salernitana league games, and all the past three of Juve.
Best Betting Odds – Salernitana Vs Juventus
Salernitana – 8/1 (WilliamHill)
Draw – 4/1 (Betfair)
Juventus – 4/11 (BetFred)
