Juventus v Lecce

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Juventus and Lecce find themselves in the top four of the early Serie A placings this season and although this is no surprise for the likes of Juventus, Tuesday night's visitors, Lecce, have emerged as potential dark horses for this season's campaign as they still remain unbeaten after their opening five games of the new term, while Juventus will return to the Allianz Stadium looking to bounce back from defeat last time out.

Juventus were handed a surprising and heavy 4-2 defeat away from home at Sassuolo on Saturday which put an end to The Old Lady's unbeaten start in this season's Italian top flight campaign which consisted of three wins and a draw.

Early season victories against Udinese, Empoli and Lazio along with a draw against Bologna had given Massimiliano Allegri's side a decent start to the new term but defeat last time out should re-focus Juventus's attentions on Tuesday night.

The bigger picture shows Juventus have suffered just three defeats out of their last 24 home games in the domestic top flight but although they have scored in every league game so far this season, Juventus may be facing tricky opponents in the shape of Lecce in this upcoming fixture.

Lecce achieved their goal of avoiding relegation at the end of last season as the visitors finished in 16th place and held a five-point cushion above the relegation zone and the visitors have given themselves a decent chance of Serie A survival again this term as they still remain unbeaten after their opening five games.

Early season points picked up in draws with Fiorentina and Monza, both of which were away from home, have been further boosted by wins on home soil at their Stadio Comunale Via del Mare with victories achieved against the likes of Lazio, Salernitana and Genoa respectively, so the visitors will be quietly confident about their chances for this midweek clash with Juventus.

Indeed, Lecce bring a decent and solid looking sequence of results in the Italian top flight into this encounter at the Allianz Stadium as Roberto d'Aversa's side have suffered just the one defeat in their last nine games overall in Serie A.

Therefore, Lecce will be hoping to catch Juventus cold as the hosts may be vulnerable following defeat at Sassuolo on the weekend.

Juventus v Lecce Verdict

Juventus seem obvious favourites for the three points for this upcoming clash against visitors Lecce especially as the Old Lady have won each of the previous three meetings on the trot.

However, Lecce have also produced an encouraging start to this new Serie A season and they may well fancy their chances of pulling off an upset at the Allianz Stadium against a Juventus side who were handed a loss on Saturday.

Therefore, our main bet will be Under 2.5 goals @ 1.80

Other side bets worth considering:

Lecce win & Under 2.5 goals @ 11.00

Correct score: Lecce 2-0 @ 34.00