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February 5, 2012 2:00 p.m. GMT
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Serie A Preview: Juventus - Siena

The Old Lady could distance themselves from their league rivals at the summit of Serie A with a positive performance against the free-falling Tuscan outfit on Sunday

By Livio Caferoglu

Chiellini in azione durante Siena-Juventus (Getty Images)
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PROBABLE LINE-UPS

JUVENTUS


Buffon
Lichtsteiner, Barzagli, Chiellini, De Ceglie
Vidal, Pirlo, Marchisio
Pepe, Matri, Vucinic
SIENA


Pegolo
Vitiello, Rossettini, Terzi, Del Grosso
Angelo, Vergassola, Gazzi, Brienza
Destro, Calaio

Juventus coach Antonio Conte looks set to revert to his tried-and-tested 4-3-3 formation for the visit of Siena, with an arguably full-strength XI ready to be named despite his 3-5-2 experiment proving successful during the 2-1 win over Udinese last week.

As a result, Leonardo Bonucci, Marcelo Estigarribia, Emanuele Giaccherini and Fabio Quagliarella are to be ousted in favour of Paolo De Ceglie, Claudio Marchisio, Simone Pepe and Mirko Vucinic.

Meanwhile, for Siena, Giuseppe Sannino is likely to make just the two changes from the 2-1 reverse to arch-rivals Fiorentina, as midfield pair Angelo and Franco Brienza are expected to replace Gaetano D'Agostino and Emanuele Pesoli.

However, there will be no place in the squad for goalkeeper Zeljko Brkic and midfielder Francesco Bolzoni, both whom find themselves on the sidelines with injury.


DID YOU KNOW?
  • Juventus still remain the only side unbeaten amongst the 'top five' European leagues this season.
  • The Bianconeri also boast the best defence in Serie A, conceding only 13 goals to date.
  • The Old Lady have also scored in each of their last 15 games on home soil.
  • Erstwhile, Siena have won just one of their last 11 league games.
  • Away from home, Sannino's men are on a run of five straight defeats and are without a win in their last 16.
  • Alessandro Del Piero has scored 12 goals against Siena; more than against any other Serie A opponent.
  • In 13 top-flight meetings between these sides, Juventus have won 11 of them, while Siena's only win came in May 2008 - a 1-0 victory.


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Siena
19 May 2013Siena 1 - Milan 2ITA1
12 May 2013Napoli 2 - Siena 1ITA1
8 May 2013Siena 0 - Fiorentina 1ITA1
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Team News
Available Squads
1Gianluigi BuffonGoalkeeper
3Giorgio ChielliniDefender
11Paolo De CeglieDefender
15Andrea BarzagliDefender
26Stephan LichtsteinerDefender
7Simone PepeMidfielder
8Claudio MarchisioMidfielder
21Andrea PirloMidfielder
23Arturo VidalMidfielder
9Mirko VučinićStriker
32Alessandro MatriStriker
30Marco StorariGoalkeeper
19Leonardo BonucciDefender
24Emanuele GiaccheriniMidfielder
39Luca MarroneMidfielder
7Alessandro Del PieroStriker
27Fabio QuagliarellaStriker
22Marco BorrielloStriker
25Gianluca PegoloGoalkeeper
2Roberto VitielloDefender
-Cristiano Del GrossoDefender
15Luca RossettiniDefender
19Claudio TerziDefender
17Luigi GiorgiMidfielder
8Simone VergassolaMidfielder
14Alessandro Carlo GazziMidfielder
11Emanuele CalaiòStriker
22Mattia DestroStriker
21Franco BrienzaStriker
12Simone FarelliGoalkeeper
21Andrea RossiDefender
4Matteo ContiniDefender
-Emanuele PesoliDefender
-Gaetano D'AgostinoMidfielder
-Francesco ParraviciniMidfielder
11Pablo GonzálezStriker
83ReginaldoStriker
Results
 
Top Scorers
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Edinson  Cavani Edinson Cavani
Striker
Napoli
29 7
Antonio Di Natale Antonio Di Natale
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Udinese
23 4
Pablo Daniel Osvaldo Pablo Daniel Osvaldo
Striker
Roma
16 2
Stephan El Shaarawy Stephan El Shaarawy
Midfielder
Milan
16 0
Germán Denis Germán Denis
Striker
Atalanta
15 5