Juventus vs Cremonese Prediction: Old Lady to feast after La Cremo’s midweek crumble

Juventus are one of the most in-form sides in Serie A, winning four and drawing one of their last five games in the competition, and the Old Lady will fancy their chances of extending that unbeaten run on Monday (19:45 GMT, live on Betfred.com) when they host Cremonese, winless in their last five (D2, L3), at Allianz Stadium.

Below are my Juventus vs Cremonese predictions, supported by all the latest team news and match odds.

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Team News

Dusan Vlahovic (groin), Daniele Rugani (calf) and Federico Gatti (knee) are sidelined for Juventus, but Francisco Conceicao and Lloyd Kelly could both return after missing last Tuesday's 3-0 win at Sassuolo.

Football Odds

Michele Collocolo (groin) is the only injury absentee for Cremonese, who could name an unchanged starting XI from last Thursday's 2-2 draw at home to Cagliari, whom they were two goals up against at half-time.

Juventus vs Cremonese Odds

Juventus are 2/9 favourites, implying an 81.8% probability of success, with Cremonese 12/1, or a 7.7% chance to cause an upset, and the draw offered at 5/1.

A repeat of November's 2-1 scoreline in favour of Juve is available at 8/1.

Bet Builder - Jamie Vardy (CRE) 1+ Shots on Target & Tommaso Barbieri (CRE) 2+ Tackles @ 21/10

Former Leicester City star Jamie Vardy has impressed since making the move to Italy last summer, scoring five goals in 15 Serie A appearances (13 starts).

The English striker, who turned 39 on Sunday, notched in November's reverse fixture with Juventus, and found the back of the net in La Cremo's most recent match, Thursday's stalemate with Cagliari.

Vardy is averaging 0.5 shots on target per game in Italy's top flight, and with Juve expected to take the contest to the visitors in Turin, there may be space for Cremonese and their forwards to hit the hosts on the counter.

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I'm also backing Vardy's teammate, right wing-back Tommaso Barbieri, to record at least two tackles at Allianz Stadium.

The 23-year-old, who is averaging 2.4 tackles per game in Serie A this season, registered four against Juve in November.

To Win to Nil - Juventus @ 4/5

Juve have only conceded 16 goals in 19 league games this season, keeping seven clean sheets, three of which have come in their last five.

The Old Lady have won four of their last five matches and are unbeaten at home in Serie A this term, winning five and drawing four of their nine contests at Allianz Stadium.

Cremonese haven't been too bad on the road, picking up 12 points from 10 games (W3, D3, L4), but they're winless in their last three away from home (D1, L2), failing to score in all three.

La Cremo have scored just nine league goals on their travels, and look likely to fall to another defeat on Monday.