Overview
After 8 matches without a win in all competitions, Italy's most successful club has finally appointed Luciano Spalletti, who was given a contract until the end of the season.
The former Napoli coach led Juventus in last week's Serie A match against Cremonese, when wingers Filip Kostic and Andrea changeaso scored, helping the team win 2-1 away.
This victory helped Juventus get close to the top 4, but they quickly had to shift their focus after a slow start in the Champions League, when they only won 2 points after 3 matches. Bianconeri fans were frustrated again when they conceded an early goal against Sporting Lisbon in midweek.
However, striker Dusan Vlahovic revived, equalizing before the end of the first half, and testing goalkeeper Rui Silva twice, although Juventus still could not find the decisive goal.
Despite winning only 2 out of the last 11 matches, Juventus are still very unlikely to be defeated at home, with only 1 defeat in 31 matches at the Allianz Stadium, while keeping a clean sheet in 17 matches.
Therefore, Spalletti has a proud tradition to defend in his first around around around around the world Derby della Mole, having led both the Rome City and Milan derbies.
Torino's weakness in recent years has led to their most recent away win against Juventus in April 1995. In the next 21 away derbies, they have lost 16 matches.
Coach Marco Baroni now has to try to make an extremely rare positive move for Granata. However, Baroni's side are at least in good form ahead of this game, unbeaten in five Serie A games since late September.
After winning 8 points after 4 matches, Torino gradually climbed the rankings before hosting Pisa, a team that has not won any, last weekend.
Despite their brave fighting, thanks to goals from Che Adams and Giovanni Simeone, Torino still missed the opportunity to win at home against newly promoted opponents.
Personnel situation
Spalletti has continued to use a 3-man defense since taking charge at Juventus, although with a more flexible version thanks to the presence of versatile midfielder Teun Koopmeiners.
After a relatively successful start, that form could be maintained through the weekend, with Koopmeiners replacing Lloyd Kelly if the player is not healthy enough.
Defender Bremer and Juan Cabal will definitely be absent due to injury, while Vlahovic has to overcome a minor muscle problem to keep his position against Lois Openda and Jonathan David.
Torino's main threat comes from the team's top scorer, Simeone, who had previously scored 6 goals against Juventus in Serie A.
Marcus Pedersen has continued to practice after recovering from his fever, but Zakariaaboukhlal is still struggling with a muscle injury.
First-choice goalkeeper Franco Israel is still uncertain to play after being absent from Torino's last 3 matches, so Alberto paleari could be used again. The good news for Baroni is that left-back Niels Nkounkou will return to play.
Expected lineup:
Juventus: Di Gregorio, Kalulu, Gatti, Koopmeiners, changeaso, Thuram, Locatelli, Kostic, McKennie, Yildiz, Vlahovic.
Torino: paleari, Ismajli, Maripan, Coco, Pedersen, Casadei, Asllani, Vlasic, Nkounkou, Adams, Simeone.
The match between Juventus and Torino takes place at 0:00 on the morning of November 9 (Vietnam time).
