Despite putting in an impressive shift at Stadio Olimpico, Juventus had to settle for one point from their tussle with fellow top-four contenders Roma, having failed to preserve a lead earned by midfielder Manuel Locatelli.

Named club captain by new coach Igor Tudor, Locatelli has now scored three of his last four league goals from outside the box - including last week's strike in the capital - but his latest mid-range strike was cancelled out just after half time.

That leaves the Bianconeri a point shy of fourth-placed Bologna with only seven games to go, while both Rome clubs, Fiorentina and even ailing AC Milan are still in contention.

As well as exiting Europe and the Coppa Italia before the latter stages, Juve have put a modest total of 56 points on the board in Serie A - their worst tally at this stage of any season for 14 years.

After winning his first home fixture since arriving as interim manager - 1-0 against Genoa - Tudor now takes his team back to their Turin headquarters in search of more precious points.

For all their failings, Juventus have won five of their last six league games at the Allianz Stadium - as many as throughout the previous 16 combined - and no team has kept more clean sheets on home turf in 2025.

Having also lost only one - and won 13 - of 18 previous home games against Lecce in Serie A, history is firmly on their side too.

To that effect, Lecce have won just four of the clubs' 37 top-flight meetings to date, failing to even score on 18 occasions.

The Salento side did draw 1-1 in December's reverse fixture down at Via del Mare, though, as Ante Rebic netted a last-gasp leveller.

With their survival in some jeopardy, Marco Giampaolo's men would love to repeat that result on Saturday evening, as they sit two points above the drop zone after last week's draw against second-bottom Venezia.

Powerhouse defender Federico Baschirotto - one of only four outfield players to have played all 2,790 minutes possible in Serie A this season - headed home the Giallorossi's equaliser, ending a run of five consecutive defeats.

However, Lecce have now gone eight league games without a win, which represents their worst such run since 2023, so a weekend trip to Turin is far from ideal.

Juventus possible starting lineup:

Di Gregorio; Kalulu, Veiga, Kelly; Cambiaso, Locatelli, Thuram, McKennie; Gonzalez, Yildiz; Vlahovic

Lecce possible starting lineup:

Falcone; Guilbert, Gaspar, Baschirotto, Gallo; Coulibaly, Ramadani; Pierotti, Helgason, Morente; Krstovic