Predicted Juventus lineup vs Napoli: Juve tests their best midfield against Napoli
By John Vaccaro
Juventus finds themselves on a 4 match winning streak as they head into a matchup with a familiar foe.
Those 4 wins include 2 Coppa Italia wins that advanced them to this season’s semifinal and 2 Serie A wins that put them 4 points clear of Inter Milan at the top of the table. Now they’ll take on the team who had challenged them for the Scudetto over the last few years.
Napoli’s fortunes had been headed in the opposite direction. Consecutive Serie A losses to Fiorentina, Lazio, and Inter saw them drop to 11th place in the league, 14 points away from even claiming one of next season’s Champions League spots. However, they righted the ship a bit on Wednesday as they managed to beat Lazio in Rome to also secure their place in the Coppa Italia semifinal.
Juventus will get Rodrigo Bentancur back from suspension in this match, but they’ve suffered some other casualties lately. Merih Demiral, Giorgio Chiellini, and Sami Khedira remain absent because of long-term injuries. Now they’ll also be missing Danilo who suffered a muscular injury on Wednesday, joining Mattia De Sciglio on the injury list to leave Juve with on two healthy full backs. They’ll still be playing their 4-3-1-2 formation on Sunday.
GK: Wojciech Szczesny
Juventus let Gianluigi Buffon take over for the Coppa Italia again on Wednesday, but we’ll see a well-rested Wojciech Szczesny back in goal on Sunday. He has regularly come up big for Juve in their matches this season and been one of the squad’s most important players. He may get rested in some of Juve’s less important matches, but it will be a long time before we see somebody else in goal for a match against Napoli.