One-nil has often been Allegri's favourite scoreline, as they won by that margin three times in a row before the international break, and the manager relishes a pragmatic approach in potentially tough away games.
Monza themselves are no strangers to cagey affairs, and they will try their best to stifle Juve, but may come up just short here.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Monza win with a probability of 38.45%. A win for Juventus had a probability of 34.61% and a draw had a probability of 26.9%.
The most likely scoreline for a Monza win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.56%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.27%) and 2-0 (6.83%). The likeliest Juventus win was 0-1 (9.9%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.8%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 7.8% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted that Juventus would win this match.