Juve host Genoa with the hope that the possible absence of key players has the same effect as it did last week when the champions beat Udinese 4 goals to 0 to open up a 5-point gap at the top of Seria A.
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Juventus were without several key players, including midfielders Andrea Pirlo and Claudio Marchisio, last week but still ran away with a 4-0 victory after french teenager Paul Pogba scored two fantastic goals.
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With rivals Napoli and Lazio both being held, Juventus strethched their lead and are favourites to do so again against Genoa which has just replaced sacked coach Gigi Del Neri with Davide Ballardini.
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Del Neri was sacked late on Sunday as the north-west coast team returned to the relegation zone following a 2-0 home defeat to minnows Catania.