Looking for a second successive league win, something they haven't done since November, Juventus travel to struggling Serie A side Como on Friday evening.
Juve will come to the Stadio Sinigaglia having come back from a disastrous start to beat Empoli in the previous round, while home side Como have suffered back-to-back defeats. (This is a little more fluent than the previous translation, as the previous sentence was too long)
Latest Como vs Juventus squad information
With first-choice centre-back Pierre Kalulu out with a muscle injury, January signing Renato Veiga made his Juventus debut last weekend, and the Chelsea loanee could be back in the mix on Friday night.
Kalulu joins Bremer, Juan Cabal and Arkadiusz Milik on the long-term absentee list once again, while Andrea Cambiaso is still struggling with an ankle problem, but new signing Lloyd Kelly is expected to be available after joining from Newcastle United.
Thiago Motta's main selection problem concerns his sole striker: Top scorer Dusan Vlahovic has been benched recently but was introduced in the second half of last week's win and played alongside Randal Kolo Muani, scoring his first league goal in 2025.
Kolo Muani - with three goals in two games so far - could become the first Juve player this century to score in his first three Serie A appearances.
Despite a host of new signings – including Greek striker Anastasios Douvikas – Como's main threat will still come from Nico Paz, who has scored in his last four home games. The Real Madrid loanee has also completed the most dribbles (45) in the Italian top flight this season.
Elsewhere, Alieu Fadera is serving a suspension, and the hosts are still without Alberto Moreno, Sergi Roberto, Alessandro Gabrielloni and Ignace Van der Brempt through injury - plus new signing Mergim Vojvoda.
Maxence Caqueret, Alex Valle, Assane Diao and Jonathan Ikone have also been added to the squad in an ambitious mid-season recruitment drive, while out-of-form Italy international striker Andrea Belotti has been loaned out to Benfica.
Latest expected lineup for Como vs Juventus
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Butez; Engelhardt, Goldaniga, Dossena, Valle; Perrone, Caqueret; Strefezza, Paz, Diao; Cutrone
Juventus:
Di Gregorio; Savona, Gatti, Veiga, McKennie; Locatelli, Thuram; Gonzalez, Koopmeiners, Yildiz; Kolo Muani
Latest football review Como vs Juventus
After losing to Napoli in Serie A and then Benfica in their last Champions League game, Juventus endured a disastrous first 15 minutes in last week's home game against a slumping Empoli.
Former Juve defender Mattia De Sciglio opened the scoring for the Tuscan side early on, before Michele Di Gregorio was given a penalty. However, the goalkeeper was saved when VAR spotted a handball earlier, and Juventus later turned the game around.
Having benefited greatly from the second goal, new signing Randal Kolo Muani scored a brace, and two more goals in second-half stoppage time – with Empoli down to 10 men – sealed the win.
The Bianconeri can therefore make it back-to-back league wins for the first time in nearly three months if they win on Friday, as three points would take them back above Lazio and into fourth place.
Due to too many draws, Thiago Motta's side have still won just nine of their 23 top-flight games this season, so their minimum target of qualifying for the Champions League remains very precarious.
For that reason, only three points will be enough at the Stadio Sinigaglia, where Juve aim to extend their 22-match unbeaten run against Como in Serie A.
Como have not won any of their last 10 home games against Juventus in recent decades, and the last time they beat the Bianconeri in any Serie A match was in January 1952.
At the start of Lariani's return to the top flight last August, they were beaten 3-0 by Juve in Turin; since then, they have slowly started to find their feet.
Some improved form around the turn of the year has lifted Cesc Fabregas and co out of the relegation zone, and they remain two points clear of the bottom three despite failing to pick up a point in their last two games.
Making a number of moves – both incoming and outgoing – during the winter transfer window, Como welcomed a number of new recruits to aid their bid to stay in Serie A, but that investment has yet to pay off.
After losing to Atalanta BC in their last game in February, the Lombardy club were then beaten in Bologna last weekend, and they have not won any of their last eight away games.
However, since winning promotion from Serie B, Como have lost just four home games, so they will be hoping to inflict a second league defeat on Juve this season.
Latest Como vs Juventus score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the Como vs Juventus match:
- Sportsmole: Como 1-2 Juventus
- WhoScore: Como 0-2 Juventus
- Our prediction: Como 1-2 Juventus
When and where to watch Como vs Juventus live?
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