Don't expect any slip ups from Juve in Saturday's TV cash with Empoli in Turin.
Juventus v Empoli - Saturday 19:45, BT Sport 2
Juve maintained their seven point lead at the top of Serie A with their 4-1 win over Palermo, their sixth victory on the bounce. Empoli, on the other hand, suffered their third defeat in four as they were beaten 2-1 at home by Lazio and remain in 17th, but they’re eight points clear of the drop zone.
Juve’s winning run at home is now at 29 games as they’ve led at the break in the last seven of these and conceded only once in the last five, despite hosting Inter, Lazio and Roma in that time. When hosting bottom-six sides they’re unsurprisingly excellent, winning the last seven of these games and leading at the break in each of those victories. They scored 24 goals in these seven matches and conceded just one.
Empoli have won only once on the road this term, at bottom of the league Pescara as they’ve failed to score in nine of their 12 away games. As a result, the Juve win to nil looks a banker at 1.67, but since Empoli have conceded exactly two goals in each of their four trips to top-six sides so far and with a relatively short turnaround after their Champions League clash with Porto, we’re going to make the 2-0 correct score our best bet.
