Even with some of their top talent culled by injury, Juventus should have more than enough guile to pick off a Sampdoria side which has endured abject form for many months now and have failed to benefit from a summer refresh.
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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 Juventus win with a probability of 48.06%. A win for Sampdoria had a probability of 27.81% and a draw had a probability of 24.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a Juventus win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.47%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (9.31%) and 0-2 (7.78%). The likeliest Sampdoria win was 2-1 (6.88%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.31%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 5.6% likelihood.