Published on: Apr 21, 2021 11:53 am IST|Updated on: Apr 21, 2021 1:52 pm IST
JUV vs PAR Dream11: Reigning champions, Juventus welcome Parma to the Allianz Stadium for a Serie A fixture. Juventus suffered a disappointing 1-0 loss to Atalanta in what could be a bent to their Champions League hopes. They are in 4th place, just 2 points above 5th placed Napoli and 4 points behind Lazio who have played one game lesser. Parma, on the other hand, is fighting an uphill battle in their race for survival in Serie A. They will be very disappointed after 2 injury time goals saw them come out second best in a 7-goal thriller against Cagliari.
Date: 21st April, Thursday Kick-Off: 12:15 am (IST) Venue: Allianz Stadium, Turin
Serie A Table: Juventus are in 4th place with Parma in 19th place.
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Recent Form Juventus: LDWWL Parma: WLDLL
Head-to-Head (last 5 meetings): Juventus – 4 Draw – 1 Parma – 0
Juventus News
Injury Report and Unavailability:
• Federico Bernardeschi tested positive for Covid-19 and will be unavailable for this fixture. • Federico Chiesa picked up a hamstring injury over the weekend and will be rested.
Expected Changes and Strategy:
• Leonardo Bonucci is back in the lineup and could start in centre-back as Danilo starts in right-back. • Aaron Ramsey and Arthur could start in midfield replacing Adrien Rabiot and Chiesa. • Cristiano Ronaldo is fit and ready to start upfront alongside Paulo Dybala.
Juventus Starting XI (likely)
Gianluigi Buffon (GK) Danilo Leonardo Bonucci Matthijs de Ligt Alex Sandro Weston McKennie Rodrigo Bentancur Arthur Aaron Ramsey Paulo Dybala Cristiano Ronaldo
Parma News
• Parma’s injury list is worrying as defenders, Andrea Conti, Riccardo Gagliolo and Simone Iacoponi are out for this fixture. • Forwards, Roberto Inglese, Yann Karamoh and Joshua Zirkzee are out with injuries as well, joining midfielders, Wylan Cyprien and Hans Caviglia.
• Maxime Busi should be handed a start at right-back as Hernani makes his way back in midfield at the expense of Alberto Grassi. • Graziano Pelle and Valentin Mihaila will return to the attacking line alongside Dennis Man.
Parma Starting XI (likely)
Luigi Sepe (GK) Maxime Busi Mattia Bani Yordan Osorio Giuseppe Pezzella Hernani Gaston Brugman Jasmin Kurtic Dennis Man Graziano Pelle Valentin Mihaila
Fantasy Football Tips
Captain Options
Cristiano Ronaldo – Cristiano Ronaldo is back in contention to start his absence was very well highlighted in Juve’s game against Atalanta. He has 25 goals and 3 assists in 25 starts this season while creating 33 chances, pulling off 61 shots on target and succeeding in 49 attempted dribbles at a 64% completion rate.
Paulo Dybala – The Argentine international has returned to full fitness and will look to carry on his impressive campaign. He has 3 goals and 2 assists in just 9 starts so far and has already created 26 chances while maintaining a pass accuracy of 88%.
Differential Pick
Aaron Ramsey – Ramsey has been struggling for starts of late but due to fixture congestion, he might finally get a chance. The Welshman has been out of favour at Juve for the most part but still managed good numbers. He has 6 goal contributions (2 goals and 4 assists) in 12 starts this season. He has also created 34 chances and succeeded in an impressive 82% of his attempted dribbles. Ramsey’s cross accuracy is 52% which is much higher than average and boasts a pass accuracy of 87%.
Goalkeeper – Buffon Defenders – Sandro, Danilo, de Ligt Midfielders – Ramsey, Hernani, Man, Brugman, Mihaila Forwards – Ronaldo (C), Dybala (VC)
Likely Winner:
Juventus should win this game with ease as Parma has been in very poor form of late. They have won just 3 out of 31 games, drawn 11 and lost 17. Subsequently, the Bianconeri will look to bounce back after a disappointing result against Atalanta and the return of Cristiano Ronaldo to the side is an added boost for them. Parma has also conceded 63 goals in 31 games this season averaging about 2 goals conceded per game while Juve is one of the highest-scoring sides in Serie A so far.