Juventus host Inter for this Italian Serie A round 31 clash at Allianz Stadium in Turin early Monday morning Beijing time. I see Serie A as the 4th best league in the world and most teams are capable of playing extremely high-class football. There are many Italian European champions from last summer’s EURO 2020 playing in Serie A. For example, Juventus’ forward Federico Chiesa, 24, who scored several goals for his country last summer. He unfortunately has a knee injury and is out today. Ake, Kaio Jorgem McKennia and Pellegrini also out. Juventus’ odds are on the rise and in my opinion the betting market is over-reacting to absentees.

This is a match with high stakes between the giants of Italian football and I expect it to offer great entertainment for football fans. I think we will see intense fighting, pretty physical football – a red card or two would also not surprise me at all.. Both teams are still in the hunt for the championship. Inter are the reigning champions but Juventus have lifted the trophy very often during the last 15 years! Juventus are surely, as I have mentioned a few times before, not as good as they were for years but should not be under-estimated. They clearly declined last season and started this season in poor manner but have improved very much in recent months. They have an amazingly good record in Serie A at the moment! The last time they lost a match in this league was, in fact, last year – on the 27th of November 0-1 at home against a pretty good team Atalanta. 

Juventus acquired a very dangerous Serbian striker Dusan Vlahovic, 22, a few months ago and his meaning to the team has been huge. He seems to have create a lot of positive energy and self-confidence within the team. He has brought Juve’s offensive game to another level. Juventus are currently in the 4th place in the standings with 59 poinst. Inter are 3rd and have just one points more in the bank. They played pretty well against Liverpool in Champions league despite losing 1-2 on aggregate. However, overall, they are absolutely not in good form and have won just 1 of their latest 5 matches in Serie A.  I have clearly lowered their power rating that illustrates a team's overall lately. Something is not right with their offensive structure and balance at the moment. The betting-market and football media seem to trust them a lot more..They are very slightly better than Juventus by raw class but with the huge home advantage the hosts go into the match as favorites. Juventus are under-rated by the betting-market and the recommended bet Juventus +1 goals with the 1x2 handicap option has a high chance of winning.