Venezia vs Juventus prediction for Saturday’s Serie A fixture at Stadio Pierluigi Penzo in Venice. Promoted to Serie A this season for the first time since 2002, Venezia in 16th host fifth-placed Juventus in an important match for both teams. You can follow our free preview prediction and betting tips on this page.
Venezia were on the wrong side of a remarkable match in the last round of Serie A when the Islanders blew a 3-0 halftime lead against Verona. After seeing the best of his team in the opening period, coach Paolo Zanetti witnessed his team completely collapsing after the break. Venezia had a player dismissed, scored an own goal and conceded a penalty which led to this incredible turnaround from Venezia’s point of view.
Notably, the Islanders lost to nil to all top four teams this season. Hence, playing against a team of Juventus’s level is not a welcome test at this stage of the season. Nonetheless, despite losing their last three matches, Venezia are still five points above the relegation zone. Still, Zanetti needs some major defensive enhancements as his team conceded ten goals in those three assignments.
A promising return of four wins from their last five outings allowed Juventus to climb up to fifth position in Serie A. However, the Bianconerri are still seven points behind fourth-placed Atalanta who were the only club to topple the Old Lady during that five-match streak. As a result, Max Allegri knows there is no margin for error here since Juve’s aim is to finish at least in the top four. Anything less than that will be a huge failure for Allegri in his second spell at Juventus.
And to boost their morale, Juve finished top of their Champions League group on the final matchday after the Bianconerri registered their third win in a row in all competitions. With three clean sheets on the spin too, Juve’s defense are having their best spell of the season following their 4-0 hammering by Chelsea.
All statistics and facts are in favor of a Juventus win. To illustrate, Venezia lost their last two home matches while Juventus won their last two away contests. Also, according to statistics, there is a 65% chance for an away win here and therefore the bookies are favoring the Bianconerri to win at odds of 1.40.
Looking at the goals market, the bookmakers are also favoring slightly over 2.5 goals. According to the stats again, the chance for that happening is 54%. That was the case in Venezia’s last two matches but not so in Juve’s previous four games where two or fewer goals were scored.
Another interesting stat is the fact that both teams did not score in Juve’s last seven matches. Hence our prediction for this match will be based on these facts and stats. Consequently, we will back both teams not to score, and for the second prediction a combo bet.
Both teams to score no 1.79 at Vbet
Draw or Juventus win and under 3.5 goals 1.56 at Vbet