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February 3, 2013 2:30 PM EAT
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi — Verona
Referee: M. Bergonzi
Attendance: 9500
February 3, 2013 2:30 PM EAT
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi — Verona
Referee: M. Bergonzi
Attendance: 9500
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| Chievo | 5.50 | 81.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 501.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 60.00 | 75.00 | 6.30 |
| Draw | 3.75 | 9.00 | 3.40 | 3.60 | 0.00 | 17.00 | 3.75 | 3.70 | 13.00 | 8.80 | 3.77 |
| Juventus | 1.61 | 1.05 | 1.67 | 1.61 | 0.00 | 1.02 | 1.57 | 1.60 | 1.01 | 1.05 | 1.59 |
Chievo-Juventus Preview: Bianconeri looking to bounce back against Gialloblu
Having seen their lead at the top of Serie A reduced to just three points, Antonio Conte's side will hope to get back to winning ways against Eugenio Corini's resurgent outfit
By Max Bentley
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CHIEVO
 Puggioni Dainelli, Andreolli, Cesar Vacek, Guana, Rigoni, Cofie, Jokic Thereau, Paloschi |
JUVENTUS
 Buffon Barzagli, Marrone, Caceres Lichtsteiner, Vidal, Pirlo, Pogba, De Ceglie Quagliarella, Giovinco |
The Bianconeri are still reeling from Sergio Floccari's last-gasp header which knocked them out of the Coppa Italia semi-final in midweek and they are aware that they cannot afford to drop any more points in the race for a second successive Scudetto title.
Antonio Conte has a lengthy list of absentees for the trip to Chievo. Mirko Vucinic picked up his fourth booking of the season in the 1-1 draw against Genoa, meaning that he is suspended. Conte himself and Leonardo Bonucci are also suspended for two games for dissent towards officials against Genoa, whilst Giorgio Chiellini is banned for one match. Claudio Marchisio is expected to be out of action for between seven and 10 days with a hip injury sustained in the 2-1 defeat to Lazio and Kwadwo Asamoah is away at the Africa Nations with Ghana.
However, there is good news for the Old Lady, as influential midfielder Andrea Pirlo has fully recovered from injury and he should start in the centre of midfield alongside Arturo Vidal and Paul Pogba. Fabio Quagliarella is expected to partner Sebastian Giovinco up front, with new signing Nicolas Anelka likely to start on the bench. Luca Marrone will be drafted into the heart of the Bianconeri defence.
Eugenio Corini has several injury worries of his own with Gennaro Sardo, Boukary Drame, Luciano and Sergio Pellissier all sidelined, whilst Mamadou Samassa is on international duty with Mali.
The 42-year-old coach is expected to name a similar side to the one which sprung an upset in the 1-0 victory over Lazio last week, but he is forced into one change with Kamil Vacek most likely to replace the injured Sardo. New signings Francesco Acerbi, Mario Sampirisi, Nikolaos Spyropoulos and Augustin Hauche are all pushing for starts but will most likely feature amongst the substitutes.
| DID YOU KNOW? |
- The Bianconeri possess a strong record at the Stadio Bentegodi, slipping to just one defeat in nine encounters contested to date.
- Chievo are undefeated in their last eight home matches in Serie A. The run stretches back to September 26 when they were defeated 2-0 by Inter.
- David Trezeguet remains the only player to net a hat-trick in this fixture. His came during Juventus’ 4-1 win in 2002-03.
- Juventus are undefeated in 18 of their last 19 matches against Chievo in all competitions.
- Chievo coach Eugenio Corini made 64 first-team appearances for Juventus between 1990-1992, scoring four goals from midfield.
- In the reverse fixture back in September, the Old Lady secured a 2-0 victory courtesy of a double from Fabio Quagliarella.
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Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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Chievo 0-3 Juventus
- 19.08 %
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Chievo 0-2 Juventus
- 16.56 %
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Chievo 1-3 Juventus
- 9.85 %
| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | Feb 3, 2013 | Chievo 1 - Juventus 2 |
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| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | Sep 22, 2012 | Juventus 2 - Chievo 0 |
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| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | Mar 3, 2012 | Juventus 1 - Chievo 1 |
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| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | Oct 16, 2011 | Chievo 0 - Juventus 0 |
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| Italy - Serie A (ITA1) | May 9, 2011 | Juventus 2 - Chievo 2 |
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| May 19, 2013 | Atalanta 2 - Chievo 2 | ITA1 |
| May 12, 2013 | Chievo 1 - Torino 1 | ITA1 |
| May 7, 2013 | Roma 0 - Chievo 1 | ITA1 |
| May 4, 2013 | Chievo 0 - Cagliari 0 | ITA1 |
| Apr 28, 2013 | Chievo 0 - Genoa 1 | ITA1 |
Juventus
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| May 18, 2013 | Sampdoria 3 - Juventus 2 | ITA1 |
| May 11, 2013 | Juventus 1 - Cagliari 1 | ITA1 |
| May 8, 2013 | Atalanta 0 - Juventus 1 | ITA1 |
| May 5, 2013 | Juventus 1 - Palermo 0 | ITA1 |
| Apr 28, 2013 | Torino 0 - Juventus 2 | ITA1 |
| Returns: | Chievo $55.00 |
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| Returns: | Draw $37.50 |
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| Returns: | Juventus $16.10 |
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| 1 | Christian Puggioni | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Dario Dainelli | Defender |
| 3 | Marco Andreolli | Defender |
| 12 | Bostjan Cesar | Defender |
| 13 | Bojan Jokic | Defender |
| - | Mario Sampirisi | Defender |
| 14 | Isaac Cofie | Midfielder |
| 16 | Luca Rigoni | Midfielder |
| 56 | Perparim Hetemaj | Midfielder |
| 43 | Alberto Paloschi | Striker |
| 77 | Cyril Thereau | Striker |
| 18 | Lorenzo Squizzi | Goalkeeper |
| 1 | Samir Ujkani | Goalkeeper |
| 33 | Paul Papp | Defender |
| 31 | Nikos Spiropoulos | Defender |
| 21 | Nicolas Sebastien Frey | Defender |
| 26 | Pavol Farkaš | Defender |
| 15 | Francesco Acerbi | Defender |
| 27 | F. Seymour | Midfielder |
| 25 | Kamil Vacek | Midfielder |
| 5 | Roberto Guana | Midfielder |
| 31 | Sergio Pellissier | Striker |
| 39 | Adrian Stoian | Midfielder |
| 1 | Gianluigi Buffon | Goalkeeper |
| 4 | Martín Cáceres | Defender |
| 15 | Andrea Barzagli | Defender |
| 26 | Stephan Lichtsteiner | Defender |
| 11 | Paolo De Ceglie | Defender |
| 6 | Paul Pogba | Midfielder |
| 21 | Andrea Pirlo | Midfielder |
| 23 | Arturo Vidal | Midfielder |
| 39 | Luca Marrone | Midfielder |
| 12 | Sebastian Giovinco | Striker |
| 32 | Alessandro Matri | Striker |
| 30 | Marco Storari | Goalkeeper |
| 34 | Rubinho | Goalkeeper |
| 31 | Laurentiu Branescu | Goalkeeper |
| - | Federico Peluso | Defender |
| - | Daniele Rugani | Defender |
| 33 | Mauricio Isla | Defender |
| 20 | Simone Padoin | Midfielder |
| 24 | Emanuele Giaccherini | Midfielder |
| 27 | Fabio Quagliarella | Striker |
| 21 | Nicolas Anelka | Striker |
| - | Stefano Beltrame | Striker |
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Top Scorers
| Player | Goals | Penalties | |
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Edinson Cavani Striker Napoli |
29 | 7 |
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Antonio Di Natale Striker Udinese |
23 | 4 |
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Pablo Daniel Osvaldo Striker Roma |
16 | 2 |
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Stephan El Shaarawy Midfielder Milan |
16 | 0 |
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Germán Denis Striker Atalanta |
15 | 5 |