Juventus forward Paulo Dybala. (Photo : Getty Images)
A high-profile matchup between the reigning Italian top flight champions Juventus FC (17-4-3, 54 points) and current league leaders SSC Napoli (17-2-5, 56 points) is scheduled on Saturday, Feb. 13th at the Juventus Stadium in Turin, Italy as the 2015-2016 Serie A season continues.
Both teams are on hot winning runs as of the moment and one of those streaks is set to be halted while the other is going to move on.
Juventus, who has won 14 straight games since late October of last year, blanked bottom-three squad Frosinone Calcio at the Stadio Matusa on Sunday with a thrilling 2-0 victory, as per ESPN.
The game was a goalless draw in the first half up until 13 minutes left in the second until Colombian midfielder Juan Cuadrado, who was on loan from Chelsea, successfully right-footed a shot from center box to break the ice at the 73rd minute.
Frosinone tried to answer back, but Argentine striker Paulo Dybala, the league's second-leading scorer this season with 13, sealed the game with an injury time goal.
The win kept Juve at pace with Napoli in the league table, with the defending champs just two points away from the league leaders.
Meanwhile, Napoli nipped another bottom-three club, Carpi FC, at their home stadium of San Paolo also on Sunday with a close 1-0 win, as reported by SB Nation.
The game started shaky for Partenopei as they were forced by I Biancorossi to a scoreless first half.
Carpi was a man down from the 56th minute when midfielder Raffaele Bianco was sent off after receiving his second yellow card.
It took some time before Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuaín, the league's leading scorer this season with 24, netted in a penalty shot at the 69th minute to preserve the win and three points for Gli Azzurri. For if not, second-running Juve would have already taken over the overall league leadership.
It was the eighth consecutive win of Maurizio Sarri's side since their 0-0 draw with AS Roma back in the middle of December last year.
The predicted result is a high-scoring 3-2 win for Juventus over Napoli. Massimiliano Allegri's boys will come in strong to defend their home field against a tough I Ciucciarelli eleven.
Juventus starting lineup (3-5-2 formation): Buffon; Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini; Cuadrado, Sturaro, Marchisio, Pogba, Sandro; Dybala, Morata
Napoli starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Reina; Soderlund, Albiol, Koulibaly, Ghoulam; Allan, Valdifiori, Hamsik; Callejon, Higuaín, Insigne
