Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuaín. (Photo : Getty Images)
Five straight defending champions Juventus FC (6-1-0, 18 points) will look to extend their winning streak to four games as they clash with lowly squad Udinese Calcio (2-4-1, 7 points) at their home field of Juventus Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 15 as the 2016-2017 Serie A season continues.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 2:45 p.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Juventus is coming off a 3-0 rout of bottom three team Empoli on the road at the Carlo Castellani Stadium on Oct. 2, as per Yahoo Sports.
Resident striker Paulo Dybala and newly-signed striker Gonzalo Higuaín worked together to provide the three goals for the Old Lady during the match.
The game was actually close from the kickoff as the first half ended goalless despite the relentless attacks of Juve. It took the defending champs 65 minutes before Dybala finally broke the deadlock with a left-footed shot from center box off an assist from defender Alex Sandro.
However, Dybala's goal opened the floodgates as Higuaín scored two quick goals in the 67th and 70th minutes to suddenly make it a 3-0 game.
Higuaín now has six goals in seven games for Juve this season as the Argentine continues to prove himself as one of the top goalscorers in the world today.
"This squad has only been together really for 40 days, what with the various breaks for international duty," head coach Massimiliano Allegri said after the match. "Winning games is all that counts and the rest is just gossip."
Meanwhile, Udinese succumbed to a fourth straight winless game with a crushing 0-3 defeat in the hands of contending squad Lazio at the Dacia Arena on Oct. 1, Football Italia reported.
Lazio forward Ciro Immobile scored a double in the 28th and 64th minutes, sandwiching the goal of Senegalese striker Keita in the 54th to complete the capital city squad's three-goal haul in the contest.
It was the fourth defeat of the season for Bianconeri Friuliani, also their second consecutive, as the team dropped to the 16th spot of the current league table.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a 4-0 romp for Juventus.
Juventus starting lineup (3-5-2 formation): Buffon; Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini; Cuadrado, Khedira, Hernanes, Pjanic, Sandro; Higuaín, Dybala
Udinese starting lineup (4-3-1-2 formation): Karnezis; Heurtaux, Danilo, Felipe, Adnan; Agyemang-Badu, Kums, Koné; De Paul; Zapata, Perica
