January 6th features a match where Juventus plays host to Napoli in a meeting of these two Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 5th placed Juventus, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Cagliari. Moise Kean struck first for Juventus in the 40th minute, then Federico Bernardeschi added another in the 83rd minute In the end, Cagliari was frustrated by Juventus’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Juventus ended the match with the shutout victory. Juventus should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches, while napoli is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Spezia. Juan Jesus struck first for Spezia on an own goal in the 37th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Napoli couldn’t muster any offence and Spezia ran away with the shutout win. Napoli is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
Juventus and Napoli last played eachother at the Stadio San Paolo, Napoli on Saturday Sep 11th. Napoli won by a score of 2 to 1 in front of almost 28000 fans. Morata struck first for Juventus in the 10th minute, but Matteo Politano got the equalizer for Napoli in the 57th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 85th minute on a goal by Kalidou Koulibaly to cap off a wild match.
Eljif Elmas has been the most prolific scorer on Napoli in his last five matches with three goals. Both Juan Cuadrado and Morata have been the hottest scorers for Juventus in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals.