In the current season, Juventus has been playing desperately, to put it mildly, for a club of that kind of reputation. And the results according to the performances are very bad. In the Champions League, their chances for placement in the knock-out phase are almost theoretical, and in Serie A, after 10 games played, they have only 16 points, just enough for the 8th position in the table. Due to financial reasons, the club has not yet given an official resignation to Massimiliano Allegri, but the fact is that it will happen sooner or later. In the last round, they finally won on the road against city rival Torino, but they were far from playing well. Even when Juventus wins, their performance is not so impressive and in fact, it is very difficult for them to create scoring chances. Dusan Vlahovic is one of the best attacks in the world at the moment, but the Bianconeri do not have a creative midfield that should feed him with balls. It must be admitted that a large number of injuries have crippled this team, but that is a poor consolation for the fans of this club. The results and the game they are showing are nowhere near the kind of team they have available. Allegri recently stated that he is not the type of coach who, after scoring the first goal, will rush to score more goals at all costs, which is certainly not encouraging for their fans and there are very few people who want to watch such football. They are visited today by a team that can be said to be a very unpleasant rival.

Empoli is playing according to their abilities and we believe that they are satisfied with the fact that they are currently in the 10th position in the table with 11 points won. In the last round, they beat Monza, the new first-division team, by a minimal score, so they made a nice point difference compared to the teams in the danger zone. They are the team that has the most draws so far and they play very cautiously both in attack and defense. In the 10 rounds played so far, they have scored 9 goals and conceded only 11. From this, we can conclude that their defense is very well organized, and that is precisely the biggest problem for Juventus before this match. Empoli is not a team that concedes a lot of goals, in the league so far they have conceded more than two goals only from Milan, and that in stoppage time. The role of the favorite was assigned to Juventus, which should not be surprising, but if we speak realistically, it seems to me that these odds were set for Juventus from a few years ago, the one we are watching now is very unconvincing and I honestly believe that they will have a very hard time winning Empoli with the stated handicap.