The top two clubs in the Serie A table will do battle today in a league match between Juventus and AS Roma. The first-division clash scheduled for 12 p.m. ET will be held at Juventus Stadium in Turin and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on beIN Sports.
Juventus striker Alvaro Morata had this to offer when asked to compare today's league encounter with the clasico between Real Madrid and Barcelona (via Football Italia): "They are similar games because you are dealing with teams that are both clearly contending to finish first and in both cases, things are always tense, always needing to be absolutely focused. We know it will be an important game and then, in any case, we will do our utmost to win."
When asked about his form, he added: "Yes, I feel good. I am always improving, I am already available and I have a lot of desire to make the game on Sunday."
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Player to Watch: Roma's Radja Nainggolan has been instrumental in the club's early season success. The 26-year-old has one goal and an assist in addition to his average of two key passes per match.
Juventus' Projected Lineup (3-5-2): Buffon; Chiellini, Bonucci, Ogbonna; Asamoah, Vidal, Marchisio, Pogba, Lichsteiner; Tevez, Llorente
Roma's Projected Lineup (4-3-3): Skorupski; Cole, Manolas, Mbiwa, Maicon; Pjanic, Keita, Nainggolan; Gervinho, Totti, Fiorenzi
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (lineups and statistics via WhoScored).
Standings
| Rnk | Team | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juventus | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 2 | AS Roma | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Udinese | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Sampdoria | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 5 | AC Milan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Verona | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Internazionale | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 8 | Napoli | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 9 | Lazio | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 10 | Fiorentina | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 | |||
| 11 | Genoa | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 5 | |||
| 12 | Torino | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 5 | |||
| 13 | Cesena | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 5 | |||
| 14 | Atalanta | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 4 | |||
| 15 | Cagliari | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 4 | |||
| 16 | Chievo | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 4 | |||
| 17 | Empoli | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 3 | |||
| 18 | Parma | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 3 | |||
| 19 | Palermo | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 3 | |||
| 20 | Sassuolo | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 3 |
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