A repeat of last December’s thrilling 2-2 stalemate inside the Allianz Stadium in Turin will result in Venezia sinking into Serie B next term. While Juve need victory to secure involvement in the lucrative Champions League.
Venezia have only beaten Juventus twice at home, winning 2-0 in 1942 and thrashing the Bianconeri 3-0 in the final match of the 1961/62 campaign.
Away day woes
Juventus interim head coach Igor Tudor has surprisingly yet to register an away win since he took over the reins in late March.
Tudor admitted during the pre-match press conference: “Since I arrived here, all the matches have been crucial. So it will not only be tomorrow’s game against Venezia that will be important.
“From the first day I arrived I saw great willingness on the part of everyone, and I also noticed an important development in how we interpreted different match situations.
'Head and heart'
“I feel a mixture of emotions, above all I'm focused and I can't wait for this match to start. Tomorrow we will need head and heart.
“We will have to maintain our concentration throughout. It will be crucial to stay focused from the opening whistle to the final whistle.
“On the one hand we know the importance of the match, on the other hand we have prepared for it like all the others, focusing only on the work we do on the pitch.
“This team has a lot of quality, but also depth. If you lack depth, you don't win games.”
Juventus squad vs Venezia
Adzic, Cambiaso, Conceicao, Costa, Di Gregorio, Gatti, Gonzalez, Kelly, Koopmeiners, Locatelli, Luiz, Mbangula, McKennie, Muani, Perin, Pinsoglio, Rouhi, Savona, Thuram, Veiga, Vlahovic, Weah, Yildiz
Expected line-ups
Juventus possible starting XI:
Di Gregorio; Costa, Gatti, Savona, Cambiaso; Locatelli, Thuram; Gonzalez, Conceicao, Yildiz; Vlahovic
Venezia possible starting XI:
Radu; Schingtienne, Haps, Cande; Zerbin, Perez, Caviglia, Busio, Ellertsson; Yeboah, Gytkjaer
Old Juve prediction
Venezia 0 Juventus 2
A win for either team inside Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo is vital, and for Juve to be involved in the Champions League is a real money-spinner. Confidence and self-belief should be the deciding factors, which would seem to give Juventus the edge in this clash.
Former AS Roma manager Eusebio Di Francesco has introduced some adventurous and attacking displays, while keeping opponents at bay. His only blip was last weekend’s 3-0 demolition job at the hands of Davide Nicola’s Cagliari in Sardinia, so their self-esteem will be bruised.
Over the past two seasons Juve have won and kept a clean sheet on the final day of the league campaign. If Tudor sticks to a back four like the last match, then Juventus could equal their 1980 to 1982 record of registering three clean successive sheets on the final day of the Serie A season.