Juve is trying to keep up with Inter and Udinese are a perfect oponent

Tonight against Udinese, in the last match of the 24th round of Serie A, Max Allegri will lead Juventus for the 405th time from the role of head of the profession and thus reach Marcello Lippi on the eternal table. Only Giovanni Trapattoni will remain ahead of Allegri with an unattainable 596 seats. The Tuscan expert's contract with Juventus expires next year in the summer, but his stay at the helm of the Bianconeri is increasingly unknown. Allegri was rather vague and used tautological answers like "the fate of the coach is tied to results and the most important thing is for Juve to return to the Champions League". Allegri is in a very delicate position since Inter is now seven points away, and Milan is only one point away (with a game more). Juve have won just one point and scored just one goal in the last two rounds. Truth be told, Juve played almost the whole game with one less player against Empoli, and last week they lost against Inter.

Under normal circumstances, the match with Udinese should not be too demanding for Juventus, but in the new situation, additionally burdened by the absence of Dušan Vlahović (precaution) and Danilo (yellow cards), it becomes a very important test. A possible setback against the Friulians would bring turbulence back to Turin, especially since Inter and Milan have been marching through the championship in the last two months. In addition to Allegri, who will equal Lippi, Alex Sandro will also write an important page in the history of the Old Lady. Namely, if the announcements that Alex Sandro will replace the suspended Danilo are confirmed, it will be his game number 320 and he will tie with David Trezeguet in second place on the list of foreigners who wore the Juve jersey. Only Pavel Nedved, who registered 327 appearances for the Turin club, is ahead of the Brazilian and the Frenchman.

He used to always pick Juventus on PlayStation - and now he's playing for them in real life

Statistics show that Juve won seven times in a row against Udinese on their home field, but also that they have never tied eight triumphs in Turin against a team from Udine in history. Also, in the previous four matches in Serie A, the Old Lady not only won, but did not concede a goal. Udinese haven't gone five games without scoring against Juve in over 20 years, the last time being between 2001 and 2003. Also, Udinese has never had less than 22 points after 24 rounds since three points are awarded for a win. In other words, if Udinese do not win tonight, it will be their worst score in the last 30 years in Serie A considering that they have 19 points in the table.

Federico Chiesa has fully recovered from his injury and should form an attacking tandem with Arkadiusz Milik tonight. Chiesa has a very important three months ahead of him: on the one hand, he has to convince Luciano Spalletti to invite him under the national flag at the European Championship, and on the other, to convince the Juve management to satisfy his economic appetites for the extension of the contract that expires in the summer of 2025. The new year did not start well for Chiesa. Due to injury, he missed four out of seven games, played only 123 minutes and scored only one goal. Tonight's match is the first that Chiesa will start from the first minute after two months. Bearing in mind that Udinese is the club against which he proverbially provides the best games and that it is the team against which he has scored the most goals in Serie A (3), makes tonight's match ideal for the launch of the new Chiesa. The position of Chiesa in Allegri's hierarchy is seriously questioned by Kenan Yildiz. The young Turk has exploded this season and, most importantly, is the most complementary with Dusan Vlahovic in the Bianconeri attack. So, Chiesa should be worried.

SERIE A - MATCHDAY 24

Friday

Salernitana - Empoli 1-3 (0-1)

//Wissman 69 - Zanoli 23 og, Niang 88 pen, Cancellieri 90+4/

Saturday

Cagliari - Lazio 1-3 (0-1)

/Gaetano 51 - Deiola 26 og, Immobile 50, Anderson 65/

Roma - Inter 2-4 (2-1)

/Mancini 28, El Shaarawy 44 - Acerbi 17, Thuram 49, Angelino 56 og, Bastoni 90+3/

Sassuolo - Torino 1-1 (1-1)

/Pinamonti 5 - Zapata 9/

Sunday

Fiorentina - Frosinone 5-1 (3-0)

/Belotti 16, Ikone 19, Quarta 43, Gonzales 53/

Bologna - Lecce 4-0 (2-0)

/Beukema 5, Orsolini 27, 49, Odgaard 82/

Monza - Verona 0-0

Genoa - Atalanta 1-4 (0-1)

/Malinovskiy 51 - De Ketelaere 22, Koopmeiners 55, Zappacosta 90, Toure 90+2/

AC Milan - Napoli 1-0 (1-0)

/Hernandez 25/

Monday

22:45: (1.43) Juventus (4.30) Udinese (8.00)

***odds are subject to change***