Juventus are back in action just a few days on from snatching a draw in the Europa League as the club aims to stay second in Serie A with Cremonese merely aiming to stay in the Italian top flight.
Juventus looked to be heading to Sevilla in next week's second leg of the semi-finals in the Europa League with a 1-0 deficit to make up after Youssef En-Nesyri scored in the first half.
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The Old Lady never once looked at their best, but Federico Gatti finally got one back for the club in the dying embers of the game.
Paul Pogba returned to action that day in the second half with the former Manchester United man assisting Gatti in the 97th minute of the game.
This also kept Juventus unbeaten in the past four games after defeating Atalanta in Bergamo in what was a fantastic result that saw the club move back into third in the table.
They also beat Lecce 2-1 before that after drawing Bologna 1-1 as well. In the past month, however, they were beaten by Inter Milan in the Coppa Italia semi-finals.
Max Allegri's side now sit second in the table and two points ahead of Lazio after their 15 points were added back on. The Turin outfit have won 20 times in the league so far, and only Napoli has secured more victories.
They have let in just 28 goals too from 34 games, and Juventus are ahead of AC Milan in fifth by five points, meaning they have all but secured a spot back in the Champions League for next season.
As for Cremonese, they can be all but relegated into Serie B alongside Sampdoria this weekend if they fail to win and other results go their way.
Although they cannot mathematically be relegated in this game, if Cremonese lose this game and see Hellas Verona win their match, it will create a gap of nine points with just nine to play for. Should this happen, it would mean Cremonese can only survive on goals difference.
This in itself is inferior with the club letting in 59 goals and scoring just 31 of their own. It means Cremonese likely have to collect at least seven points from the remaining 12, which seems incredibly unlikely after winning just four times and losing 18.
Forebet predicts a win for Juventus and for the game to see under 2.5 goals.