Week 27 features a match on Saturday Feb 26th, where Juventus will travel to Empoli to battle Empoli in a clash of the Serie A. The game day is forecasted to be a windy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Empoli is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Sampdoria. Fabio Quagliarella struck first for Sampdoria in the 14th minute on a feed from Antonio Candreva, then Fabio Quagliarella added another in the 29th minute In the end, Empoli was frustrated by Sampdoria’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sampdoria ended the match with the shutout victory. Empoli looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while juventus is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Villarreal. Dušan Vlahović struck first for Juventus in the 1st minute on a feed from Danilo, then in the 66th minute, Étienne Capoue sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Dani Parejo squeezing out at least the one point for Villarreal. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Juventus should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Sat Aug 28th, Juventus hosted Empoli in their last match together. Empoli was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Leonardo Mancuso struck first for Empoli in the 21st minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Juventus was frustrated by Empoli’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Empoli ended the match with the shutout victory.
Juventus’s top weapon lately has been Dušan Vlahović, who has two goals in the last five matches. For Empoli, their top scorers are Bajrami and Andrea Pinamonti, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches.