AC Monza – Juventus: Pre-match and probable line-ups |Juventus-fr.com

Juventus travels to Monza this Sunday evening at 8:45 p.m. for the 17th day of Serie A. The Bianconeri must win and finally put an end to the series of draws.

Juventus travels to northern Italy to challenge the Monza team. Back in Serie A for several years, the team coached by AC Milan legend Alessandro Nesta is going through a difficult season with a 19th place finish with 10 small points and a record of 1 victory for 7 draws and 8 defeats. A team in great difficulty and which has the second worst attack in the country with 14 goals scored and 21 conceded. Monza who remain on 9 games without a victory and will be keen to redress the situation against their former goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio, today in the goals of the Old Lady.

For this match, Monza will have to make do with the absences of Filip Djuricic, Matteo Pessina, Samuele Vignato and Italian goalkeeper Alessio Cragno. For the rest, Nesta should rely on his experienced players like Mota (4 goals), Izzo, Caprari and Stefano Sensi who passed through Inter Milan. Also wary of Daniele Maldini, Paolo's son who has had a good start to the season and has talent to spare.

Mandatory victory to get closer to the podium

For Juventus, victory has become practically obligatory. If the team is undefeated in the league, it has countless draws. In 16 matches, the Old Lady has obtained 10 draws and the team is already 10 units behind the Neapolitan leader. Currently 6th in Serie A with 28 points, Juve in the event of a victory can come back on Fiorentina which occupies 5th place. Turin's last victory dates back to November 9 and it is high time to bring back the three points of victory.

For this match, Thiago Motta will still have to deal with several absentees. Rouhi, Bremer, Cabal, Weah, Milik, Douglas Luiz are out, while Danilo is very uncertain. Motta should move towards a 4-2-3-1 with Michele Di Gregorio in goal and a defense made up of Nicolò Savona, Pierre Kalulu, Federico Gatti and Andrea Cambiaso who will have to grit his teeth, he who is returning from injury even if the The McKennie option is plausible on the left. In the middle, Manuel Locatelli and Khephren Thuram, while the trio Yildiz, Koopmeiners and Conceiçao should be aligned. Dusan Vlahovic in number 9 position, while Nico Gonzalez should start on the bench.

Motta's group before the match against Monza

Compo probable AC Monza (4-4-2) : Turati / D'Ambrosio – Izzo – Mari – Carboni / Brindelli – Bianco – Bondo – Kyriakopoulos / Caprari – Mota.

Compo probable Juventus (4-2-3-1) : Di Gregorio / Savona – Gatti – Kalulu – Cambiaso (McKennie) / Locatelli (cap.) – Thuram / Conceiçao – Koopmeiners (Gonzalez) – Yildiz / Vlahovic.

Match information

Series A J17: Monza – Juventus