Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuaín. (Photo : Getty Images)
Defending champions Juventus FC (20-4-0, 60 points) will look to extend a five-game winning streak as they host bottom three squad US Citta di Palermo (3-16-5, 14 points) at the Juventus Stadium on Friday, Feb. 17 in a 2016-2017 Serie A season encounter.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 2:45 p.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Juventus is aiming to win their sixth consecutive Scudetto this season and the team looks headed to that direction after 24 rounds of Serie A competitions. They are still on top of the league standings at the moment, seven points ahead of closest pursuer AS Roma with 14 rounds to go in the season.
The Old Lady is coming off a 2-0 blanking of a 10-man Cagliari Calcio side on the road at the Sant'Elia Stadium last Sunday, as per BBC Sport.
Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuaín was the man of the match for head coach Massimiliano Allegri's squad after providing the two goals for the visitors with a brace.
Higuaín netted the opening goal in the 37th minute with a right-footed shot from an awkward angle with the assist coming from Claudio Marchisio with a through ball. He then scored his second one two minutes after the restart, this time off a pass by Paulo Dybala following a fast break.
Meanwhile, Palermo is still struggling at this point of the season as the team is stuck in the bottom three relegation zone. They are eight points behind 17th-place team Empoli to get out of the relegation area.
The Rosanero was back to their losing ways after two consecutive unbeaten performances following a 1-3 drubbing at the hands of contending team Atalanta at their home ground of Renzo Barbera Stadium also last Sunday, Football Italia reported.
Atalanta scored the first two goals of the contest in the 19th and 26th minutes, courtesy of Andrea Conti and Alejandro Gomez respectively, before Palermo was able to put themselves on the board with a 41st-minute goal by Ivaylo Chochev.
Italian midfielder Bryan Cristante sealed the win for the visitors in the 78th minute, handing head coach Diego Lopez's side their 16th loss this term.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a 3-0 rout by Juventus.
Juventus starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Buffon; Lichtsteiner, Bonucci, Chiellini, Sandro; Khedira, Marchisio; Cuadrado, Dybala, Mandzukic; Higuaín
Palermo starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Posavec; Rispoli, Goldaniga, Gonzalez, Pezzella; Corsini, Jajalo, Chochev; Embalo, Nestorovski, Trajkovski
