Juventus midfielder Sami Khedira. (Photo : Getty Images)
Five straight Italian champions Juventus FC (2-0-0, 6 points) will look to continue their unbeaten start to the 2016-2017 Serie A season as they clash with middling team US Sassuolo Calcio (1-1-0, 3 points) at the Juventus Stadium on Saturday, Sep. 10.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 12:00 p.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Juventus is doing well in trying to adjust with the exit of star midfielder Paul Pogba to Manchester United in the summer as the team opened the new season with two consecutive wins.
After nipping tough team Fiorentina in their opener, 2-1, the Old Lady then pulled off a 1-0 victory over capital city squad Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on Aug. 27 to build an early win streak this term, as per Goal.
German midfielder Sami Khedira provided the winning goal for head coach Massimiliano Allegri's side at the 66th minute off an assist from Argentine striker Paulo Dybala after a goalless first half of play. It was the 29-year-old Khedira's second goal in as many games for Le Zebre.
New big-name signing Gonzalo Higuaín came off the bench once again to replace Croatian forward Mario Mandzukic at the 65th minute, but was not able to score this time around after debuting with a winning goal in Juve's previous game.
Meanwhile, Sassuolo is coming off a controversial fixture where they originally won 2-1 over newly-promoted side Delfino Pescara at their home ground of Mapei Stadium - Città del Tricolore on Aug. 28.
The result was reversed into a 3-0 Pescara win, though, as the Italian Football Federation found I Neroverdi of illegally signing winger Antonino Ragusa from Serie B outfit AC Cesena late last month, via Football Italia.
The 26-year-old Ragusa was signed on Aug. 26 "after the official submission of Sassuolo's 25-man squad to the Lega Calcio". Teams are not allowed to change rosters after submission if league officials are not notified ahead of time.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a 2-0 win for Juventus.
Juventus starting lineup (3-5-2 formation): Buffon; Benatia, Barzagli, Chiellini; Alves, Khedira, Lemina, Asamoah, Sandro; Mandzukic, Dybala
Sassuolo starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Consigli; Gazzola, Cannavaro, Acerbi, Peluso; Biondini, Magnanelli, Duncan; Berardi, Defrel, Politano
