Thirty-six lengthy matchdays have gotten us so far. A few of them have been good, a few of them have been the alternative, variety of them have landed someplace within the center, probably with a quite apathetic feeling thrown in there, too. Regardless of the way you attempt to spin one other trophy-less season for Juventus, it has been one other slog at instances the place different moments have really given us some semblance of hope.
Both means, we’re now right down to the ultimate 180 minutes.
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We really know a kickoff time, too. (How about that, huh?)
Juventus’ remaining house recreation of the 2025-26 season is upon us, people. And with it comes a remaining dash to the end line in a season wherein Juventus have been removed from spectacular for a lot of the season but even have an opportunity to truly end the penultimate weekend of the marketing campaign in second place. Significantly, it’s’ doable. That is because of the truth that all of three factors separate in second and sixth-place — which is a big purpose as to why half of the Matchday 37 fixture lis tis kicking off at excessive midday on Sunday. Juventus, two factors behind Antonio Conte’s Napoli, are clearly a part of that group, and start this back-to-back matchup in opposition to groups that completely hate the Bianconeri with a go to from Fiorentina.
This is identical Fiorentina workforce that has not received in a month and has simply spent a lot of the season attempting to battle out of after which keep out of the relegation zone. It has been a vastly disappointing season for La Viola and the 2 managers who’ve coached them. They are going to arrive in Turin mathematically secure from relegation but additionally sitting in fifteenth place — a far cry from the place they anticipated to be at this level of the 2025-26 season contemplating they’ve the seventh-highest wage invoice in Serie A.
However what can be a pleasant little comfort prize for La Viola?
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You guessed it: Utterly screwing over Juve’s Champions League chase within the penultimate weekend of the season. As a result of that is without doubt one of the actual solely motivating elements that Fiorentina has of their remaining two video games this season. Making an attempt to complete in thirteenth place in comparison with fifteenth? Nah, who cares about that. However placing a large dent in Juventus’ Champions League qualification hopes? That’s what a workforce that hates Juve would like to do.
Drained: Ending mid-table.
Wired: Seeing Juve drop factors once they desperately want three factors.
Throw in the truth that Juventus simply hasn’t had a lot success in opposition to Fiorentina earlier this season and over the past handful of years, you then higher imagine that it might very effectively find yourself being so much nearer than some assume based mostly on how Paolo Vanoli’s squad have seemed over the previous couple of weeks.
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Juventus haven’t crushed Fiorentina in over two years. The final three conferences between the 2 golf equipment have been two attracts bookending what proved to be the ultimate nail in ’s coffin at Juve with a 3-0 loss in Florence. That almost all current draw, a 1-1 scoreline on the Franchi, got here all of about three weeks after Luciano Spalletti took over as supervisor. At the same time as Fiorentina have been going via their points when Juventus have confronted them, it’s not prefer it’s been a simple highway by any stretch of the creativeness.
The final time Juventus beat Fiorentina was .
For all of Firoentina’s struggles, that’s a very long time to go with no win over a workforce like Fiorentina.
However that’s the catch with all of this. Beating Fiorentina, it doesn’t matter what form of type they’re in on the time, is hard to make occur. It’s nearly all the time been a low-scoring matchup. We’d not see the identical form of method from Spalletti as we noticed from Max Allegri put ahead about 2 1/2 years in the past when he simply dared Fiorentina to cross and cross and cross and attempt to beat Juve that means, nevertheless it’s an enormous process to attempt to make occur even when it appears like Fiorentina has been on the seashore — a minimum of mentally — the previous couple of weeks.
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And did we point out that Juventus’ Champions League qualification hopes are driving on it?
Juve have six factors left on the desk. That’s 180 minutes of soccer left to play within the 2025-26 season. They win each of these video games, they’re within the Champions League subsequent season. It’s easy on paper — and that’s as a result of Spalletti’s squad management their very own destiny. The best way you lose that — particularly with how tight issues are from second place right down to sixth — is to drop factors this weekend and probably threat issues with the Turin derby to shut out the season.
In order a lot as Sunday afternoon is perhaps a grind, Juventus have to win. They’ll end the day in second, they will end the day in third, however that must be the one two locations wherein they have to be within the desk. You try this after which the Derby della Mole shall be your ticket into the Champions League. Easy as that.
TEAM NEWS
Luciano Spalletti didn’t maintain a pre-match press convention — surprise how a lot of that needed to do with the scheduling nonsense that occurred throughout the week — so we’re not completely certain about a number of potential bodily illnesses which can be hampering the Juve squad proper now.
That being stated, everyone who was capable of prepare with the group did so on Saturday, . A trio of Juventus gamers — Khephren Thuram, and — have been a part of that group after specialised coaching for a lot of the week.
Simply final the final couple of weeks, the one Juventus gamers who’re out injured are and (after all) . Each gamers received’t play once more this season.
Spalletti just isn’t anticipated to alter a lot — or any — of his beginning lineup in opposition to Fiorentina.
Three Juventus gamers stay one yellow card away from having to serve a suspension within the season finale in opposition to Torino subsequent weekend. They’re: Kelly, and .
As has been unofficial custom over a lot of the final decade, Juventus will debut with this being their final house recreation of the present marketing campaign. The custom stripes and collar are again, child!
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JUVENTUS PLAYER TO WATCH
There’s a rising sense that Juventus’ beginning lineup in opposition to Fiorentina will look so much just like the one which Spalletti used every week in the past within the win over . Meaning Juventus’ midfield pivot will as soon as once more be one which we haven’t seen a lot of over the previous couple of months.
However it is also one which we see for one of many remaining instances each this season and past contemplating the unsettled way forward for the participant we’re about to speak about.
And no, it’s not Locatelli. Keep in mind how , people? So you’ll be able to most likely do the the mathematics or strategy of elimination now.
For all we all know, this could possibly be one among ’ remaining appearances in a Juventus jersey. I’m guessing there’s quantity of people that can be OK with that. And possibly simply as many individuals who shall be fuming when they’re reminded simply how a lot Juventus despatched over to in alternate for Koopmeiners, who has did not reside as much as the lofty switch charge that the Bianconeri paid two summers in the past.
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Regardless of your emotions on Koopmeiners from his remaining season in Bergamo or the participant who has been current for the overwhelming majority of his time with Juventus, it does seem like a second straight begin alongside Locatelli in midfield is probably going. That principally has to do with the truth that continues to be coping with the muscle situation that has hampered him the previous couple of weeks and his match health is actually limiting him to a task as a second-half sub. Due to this fact, in what could possibly be his remaining recreation on the Allianz Stadium as a Juve participant, Koopmeiners shall be a key participant for Spalletti within the Bianconeri’s hopes of beating La Viola.
To steal a time period from the baseball superior stat world, we shouldn’t actually be pleased with “” high quality of play from Koopmeiners contemplating what Juve paid for him, however that feels just like the bar as of late due to simply how disappointing his time in Turin has been. You don’t pay that form of switch and simply hope that stated participant is just “OK” more often than not. However with how Koopmeiners has performed, one thing even barely above substitute degree does really feel like a stark enchancment.
Juventus will seemingly have a whole lot of possession in opposition to Fiorentina on Sunday afternoon. They are going to seemingly be going through a low block that can look to counter and use the velocity that they’ve up entrance. In order a lot as Koopmeiners attempting to interrupt the strains together with his passing shall be vital, his defending shall be simply as important in attempting to not enable Fiorentina to trick off an opportunity or two and stun the Allianz crowd.
If this is without doubt one of the final instances we see Koopmeiners as a Juve participant, then let’s simply hope it’s pushing one thing resembling — gasp! — good quite than the established order for a lot of his two seasons in bianconero.
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MATCH INFO
When: Sunday, Could 17, 2026.
The place: Allianz Stadium, Turin, Italy.
Official kickoff time: 12 p.m. native time in and throughout Europe, 11 a.m. in the UK, 6 a.m. Japanese time, 5 a.m. Central time, 3 a.m. Pacific time.
HOW TO WATCH
Tv: Sky Sport Calcio, Sky Sport 252 (Italy).
On-line/Streaming: , Amazon Prime USA, DAZN USA (United States); DAZN ; fuboTV Canada (Canada); DAZN UK (United Kingdom); DAZN Italy, Sky Go Italia, NOW TV (Italy).
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