Juventus and AS Roma are set to face off in the Serie A matchday 21 on Saturday. The kick-off is at 18:00 CET.

Preview

Juventus, who are chasing their 10th consecutive league title this season, will play hosts to Roma on the back of five wins in a row across all competitions. No wonder Andrea Pirlo's men are placed as hot favourites to claim all three points at the Allianz Stadium on Saturday as they conceded only once during their current winning streak - in the 2-1 win over Inter Milan in the Italy Cup semi-final in midweek. What's more, the Bianconeri have a great chance to leapfrog the Giallorossi in the table on the weekend. With one game in hand, Juve are now fourth in the Serie A standings with 39 points while Roma sit in third, one point above their forthcoming opponents.

Paulo Fonseca's side, on the other hand, haven't been that much successful lately. Even though Roma are on a two-game winning run in the league ahead of their trip to Turin, those victories were preceded by back-to-back defeats at the hands of Lazio and Spezia. It would be fair to say that the Giallorossi are far from their best form at this point of the season.

The hosts have no confirmed injury absentees aside from Paulo Dybala who remains doubtful for the upcoming clash.

Roma, in turn, will have to cope with the absence of such key players as Pedro and Chris Smalling. Nicolo Zaniolo is also on the sidelines with a long-term injury.

Prediction

With a few Roma's key players missing their side's trip to the current Serie A champions and Juve winning each of their last five matches, there's probably no need to dwell much on this game's favourite. Three points are a must for Pirlo's side on Saturday, considering the seven-point gap between Juve and league leaders AC Milan. What's more, Cristiano Ronaldo has recently become the world's all-time best goalscorer with 763 career goals and will certainly be eager to extend his tally on the weekend.

Tip

Juventus to win at 1.768 with 1XBET.