Juventus will be aiming to continue the great run of results and keep their advantage over the title rivals when they welcome Udinese, the team that sit just three points behind the Bianconeri at the moment.
Antonio Conte’s side have done brilliantly to end the first part of the league campaign unbeaten and we can now see how much they have profited from not playing in a European competition.
While their title rivals somewhat struggled to balance between the Serie A and their European exploits, the Bianconeri were able to fully focus on the league campaign, which is one of the main reasons why they are still at the top of the standings.
Juventus may be just one point clear of second-placed Milan, but given the circumstances, backing the Old Lady to win the Serie A title at odds of 2.63 (13/8) offered by bet365 looks like the right thing to do.
Having held Udinese to a goalless draw at Friuli in the final game before the winter break, Juventus now hope to beat the Zebrette in Turin, with home win paying 1.67 (2/3) at Paddy Power.
Simone Pepe, Claudio Marchisio and Mirko Vucinic are all injury doubts and they are not expected to feature, but Alex Del Piero should start after the impressive display against Roma.
Probable starting line-up (4-3-3): Buffon – Lichtsteiner, Barzagli, Chiellini, De Ceglie – Vidal, Pirlo, Giaccherini – Del Piero, Matri, Estigarribia.
Even if Juventus and Milan are still leading the Scudetto race, one cannot help but be impressed by what Udinese have done in the first part of the league campaign.
Despite selling three key players in the summer, the Zebrette got off to a bright start to the season and they are still going strong.
Halfway into the league campaign and Francesco Guidolin’s side are just three points behind leaders Juventus, so they certainly cannot be ruled out of the title race just yet.
Following back to back defeats to Chievo and Genoa, the Friulani returned to winning ways with a 2:1 victory over Catania, with Antonio Di Natale scoring a wonderful goal to put the tie beyond doubt.
The 34-year-old leads the Serie A goalscoring charts with 14 goals in 18 games, and he is 3.00 (2/1) with bet365 to score at Juventus Arena.
With Mehdi Benatia, Kwadwo Asamoah and Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu all away on Africa Cup of Nations duty, Guidolin was forced to discard his favourite 3-5-2 formation and adopt more conservative 4-4-2.
Probable starting line-up (4-4-2): Handanovic – Feronetti, Danilo, Domizzi, Pasquale – Basta, Isla, Fernandes, Armero – Floro Flores, Di Natale.
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