Overview
Juventus enters the Serie A 2026-2027 season with the goal of returning to the Champions League group after missing an opportunity last season. Only winning 5 points in the last 5 rounds, the Turin team dropped out of the top 4 and had to accept a Europa League spot.
Luciano Spalletti continues his coaching job. Under the former Italian national team coach, Juventus had a fairly positive preparation. After the draw with Basel, they successively defeated Standard Liege, Nice, Chelsea and Palermo, interspersed with defeats against Inter Milan.
In addition to preparing for the new season, Juventus is also carrying out a squad restructuring. Dusan Vlahovic is one of the key names leaving, while Kerim Alajbegovic becomes a noteworthy newcomer for Bianconeri.
Juventus has many grounds to aim for a favorable start. The Turin team has won 13 in the last 15 Serie A opening matches and kept a clean sheet in 6/7 recent matches. This achievement brings confidence before welcoming Frosinone.
Meanwhile, Frosinone returned to Serie A after finishing second in Serie B last season, only 1 point behind champion Venezia. This is the second time this team has won the right to play in the highest league in Italy, after being relegated right in the return season in 2023.
Massimiliano Alvini will continue to lead Frosinone in an effort to help this team stay in Serie A. Last season, he and his students won 12 home matches. Frosinone is also particularly dangerous in set pieces when scoring 29 goals, including 14 goals from corner kicks.
To increase competitiveness, Frosinone has brought in some notable new players, including two Austrian players Florian Grillitsch and Romano Schmid.
After losing to Lazio in the last match of the pre-season, Frosinone regained the feeling of victory when they defeated Juve Stabia with a score of 4-1 in the Coppa Italia. This result helped them qualify for the second round, where the next opponent is Sassuolo.
Personnel situation
Juventus entered the match against Frosinone without Dusan Vlahovic after the Serbian striker was terminated from his contract. Arkadiusz Milik, Jonathan David and Randal Kolo Muani will compete for the highest spot in the attack.
In goal, Juventus is preparing to make a change when Guglielmo Vicario is chosen to replace Michele Di Gregorio in the number one goalkeeper position. This decision was made after Juventus repeatedly let opponents score goals from the first shot on target in Serie A last season.
Meanwhile, Frosinone is trying to increase the strength of the squad. Schmid, Patrizio Masini and some other new players are expected to be able to participate in the match against Juventus.
Expected lineup:
Palmisani, Oyono, Calvani, Monterisi, Bracaglia, Masini, Calo, Ghedjemis, Schmid, Kvernadze, Raimondo.
Vicario, Kalulu, Bremer, Kelly, Cambiaso, Locatelli, Luiz, Conceicao, McKennie, Yildiz, Kolo Muani.
The match between Frosinone and Juventus takes place at 11:30 PM on August 23rd (Vietnam time).
