The Serie A finishes off 2023 with one of the biggest fixtures in Italian football as Juventus and AS Roma are set to battle in Turin. Juve will be looking to stay unbeaten for a 13th consecutive league game.
Bookmaker 10bet has the cards total set at 5.5 for the big clash, offering odds at 1.666 for the over and 2.10 for the under.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: December 29th, 5:00 P.M. (EST)
Juventus hasn’t lost a single game since Sept. 23, and a 4-2 away defeat against Sassuolo marks the lone loss the Old Lady has suffered in 2023-24. Massimiliano Allegri has lifted the side back into the top tier of Italian football, and following Inter’s 1-1 draw with Genoa on Friday night, Juventus has a chance to head into the new year just two points behind the leaders.
In home outings, Juventus has been nearly perfect with its work. Inter and Bologna are the only two visiting sides to avoid defeat at the Allianz Stadium, and the Bianconeri have conceded just four goals in eight home games.
Roma snuck a 1-1 draw away to Juventus last season and won the reserve fixture on home turf 1-0, but Saturday’s match will be very demanding for the team, and Jose Mourinho will need to squeeze out a top performance from his troops for the visitors to get something on the board.
The Giallorossi have an abysmal away record against Juventus, having won only one of the last 13 league match-ups in Turin. Nine of the games have ended in defeats, meaning even a draw would be a massive result for Roma on Saturday.
Roma heads into the big match with a run of four wins and one loss in seven league outings. Following a bumpy ride at the start of the season, Mourinho’s side has finally found some consistency, and the spirits should be high around the camp after Roma beat reigning champion Napoli 2-0 last time out.
Can Mourinho also now get a big away result against one of the top dogs? He has a decent career record against Juventus, boasting wins wins, two draws, and four losses. However, Roma’s away from hasn’t been great, with Mourinho seeing his side win only three of the past 17 fixtures on the road. There have been nine losses over that span, and Roma has scored in only one of its last four away matches in the league.
