Juventus vs Empoli | In his pre-game news conference, Max Allegri said these things. Although this statement is blatantly clear going into tonight’s match at the Allianz Stadium against Empoli, it is still true as Juventus aims to truly win back-to-back Serie A games for the first time this season.

Yes, as we approach the third weekend of October, Juve is yet to win back-to-back Serie A games.

But Juventus have, to put it mildly, been underperforming this season.

Although the Derby della Mole was a victory, it also wasn’t a very noteworthy effort. Therefore, the most important thing for Allegri’s Juve team is that they obtain another win and try to get things back on track at a very uncertain moment at the club, even though Juve has to follow up on how things went against Torino.

So maybe Juventus can capitalise on the victory in the Turin derby and make this Friday worth going to see them play.

Or it might wind up being the same type of game we’ve seen far too often, with a result that leaves Juventus in eighth place and only a few points clear of their opponents heading into the season’s 11th league game.

MATCH INFO

Juventus vs Empoli  Where: Turin, Italy’s Allianz Stadium.

The game will officially begin at 8:45 p.m. local time in Italy and other parts of Europe, 7:45 p.m. in the United Kingdom, 2:45 p.m. eastern time, and 11:45 a.m. Pacific time.

PLAYOFF LINEUPS

Szczesny; Danilo, Bonucci, Rugani, Cuadrado; McKennie, Locatelli, Rabiot, Kostic; Vlahovic, Kean; are the players starting for Juventus in a 3-5-2 formation.

Pinsoglio, Perin, Alex Sandro, Gatti, Miretti, Paredes, Fagioli, Milik, Soulé, and Iling-Junior are on the Juventus bench.

Vicario, Stojanovic, De Winter, Luperto, Parisi, Haas, Marin, Bandinelli, Pjaca, Destro, and Satriano make up Empoli’s starting XI (4-3-1-2).

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