Serie A: Saturday betting previews, tips and TV details

Juventus v Parma

FreeSports, 7.30pm Saturday

Juventus's Coppa Italia defence crumbled with a 3-0 loss at Atalanta in Wednesday's quarter-final but their stroll to the Serie A title can be maintained with an easy victory over Parma in Turin.

Parma have registered back-to-back away victories – at Fiorentina (1-0) and Udinese (2-1) – but will struggle to land a glove on Juve, who have dropped just four points.

Dan Childs's recommendation
Juventus to win 2-0
1pt 9-2 general

Key stat
Juventus have kept clean sheets in five of their last six home fixtures.

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Napoli v Sampdoria

5pm (FreeSports from 5.15pm)

Napoli's minor slump in form has seen Juventus go as short as 1-100 for the Serie A title and Carlo Ancelotti's men could be in for a tough afternoon against a Sampdoria side with more to play for.

The Naples outfit are 11 points adrift of leaders Juve having been sunk by a brace from Milan debutant Krzysztof Piatek last time out, but have an eight-point advantage over third-placed Inter.

Sampdoria meanwhile are on the fringes of a European berth, having won four of their last six league games, holding Fiorentina and finishing marginal losers to Juventus in the other two.

Veteran striker Fabio Quagliarella shows no sign of slowing, eclipsing Cristiano Ronaldo at the top of the scoring charts with 16 goals, averaging a strike every 108 minutes.

The visitors have begun to couple that front-line threat with an organised back four, having kept three clean sheets in their last six league fixtures.

They made a serious statement of intent in September when they ripped through Napoli in a 3-0 win in the reverse fixture.

They did so with inferior possession and having lost the shot count 18-9 that day and their counter-attacking approach could catch out a sluggish Napoli side who have fired blanks in their last two games.

Liam Flin's recommendation
Sampdoria-draw double chance
2pts 11-5 bet365, Hills

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