Benevento vs Juventus Preview: Where to Watch on TV, Live Stream, Kick Off Time, Team News

Juventus travel south to defend their unbeaten run in Serie A when they take on Benevento on Saturday evening.

Andrea Pirlo's side were able to secure qualification from their Champions League group with a last-minute win against Ferencvaros in midweek, which means they can now focus on closing the gap on Milan at the top of the league.

Benevento were able to shock Fiorentina last weekend with a 1-0 win and Filippo Inzaghi's side will be hopeful of another upset at home to be able to hinder his former side in the title race.

Former Juventus striker Filippo Inzaghi is Benevento's manager / DeFodi Images/Getty Images

Where to Watch

When Is Kick Off? Saturday 28 November
What Time Is Kick Off? 17:00 (GMT)
Where Is it Played? Stadio Ciro Vigorito
TV Channel/Live Stream? Premier Sports (UK)

Team News

Dybala failed to take his opportunity against Ferencvaros / DeFodi Images/Getty Images

Juventus edged to a victory in midweek thanks to a late Alvaro Morata goal from the substitutes bench, and he will likely come back into the starting XI with Paulo Dybala set to get another chance with Cristiano Ronaldo rested.

In defence Matthijs de Ligt will lead with Giorgio Chiellini, Leonardo Bonucci and Merih Demiral all out injured. Aaron Ramsey is back in training but will likely start on the bench.

Benevento will be without Iago Falque, Bryan Dabo, Daam Foulon and Alessandro Tuia through injury but welcome back Gianluca Caprari from suspension. Gabriele Moncini is expected to start up front as they look to keep changes to a minimum following their good result last week.

Predicted Lineups

Benevento: Montipo; Letizia, Glik, Caldirola, Barba; Hetemaj, Schiattarella, Ionita; Insigne, Caprari; Moncini.

Juventus: Szczesny; Cuadrado, Danilo, De Ligt, Alex Sandro; Rabiot, Bentancur, Arthur; Kulusevski, Morata, Dybala.

Juventus' predicted lineup /

Recent Form

After five straight defeats for Inzaghi's men, they shocked Serie A with a win away at Fiorentina last weekend. That win was their first clean sheet since their last win against Bologna back in October and in each of those five defeats, they conceded two or more goals - something they'll need to fix against a firing Juventus attack.

The Bianconeri needed an injury-time goal to make it five wins in a row in all competitions but will be confident coming into this one, although they have just one clean sheet in their last six fixtures and with a lot of defensive struggles right now, Benevento will be hopeful they can keep that streak going for a chance at some points.

Morata scored an injury time winner in midweek / MIGUEL MEDINA/Getty Images

Here's how each side has fared in their last five games:

Juventus

Juventus 2-1 Ferencvaros (24/11)
Juventus 2-0 Cagliari (21/11)
Lazio 1-1 Juventus (8/11)
Ferencvaros 1-4 Juventus (4/11)
Spezia 1-4 Juventus (1/11)

Benevento

Fiorentina 0-1 Benevento (22/11)
Benevento 0-3 Spezia (7/11)
Verona 3-1 Benevento (2/11)
Benevento 2-4 Empoli (28/10)
Benevento 1-2 Napoli (25/10)

Prediction

Qualification from their Champions League group in midweek means Juventus can put all their attention towards the Serie A title race.

Pirlo will be looking to build on a positive start in the league and the quality of his squad should prove far too much for the newly-promoted Benevento side. Ex-Juventus striker Inzaghi will be keen to boost his sides chances of survival with a win, while also helping his other former side Milan in their quest for the title.

Ronaldo has scored six goals in his last five Juventus appearances / MIGUEL MEDINA/Getty Images

Overall, Juventus are in far too rich a vein of form to pass up the opportunity of putting this leaky defence to the sword especially with the form of Morata.

Prediction: Benevento 1-4 Juventus