Aiming to move back within two points of top spot in Serie A, Juventus welcome recent bogey team Sassuolo to Turin on Tuesday evening.
Though Juve are on a five-game winning streak and have just cruised into the Coppa Italia semi-finals, they now meet the only team to beat them so far this season.
A tally of 36 points from then on is three more than title rivals Inter Milan, and following last week's late win against 10-man Salernitana, the Bianconeri have accrued an overall total of 46 from the first half of the season.
Juve have gone on to win the Scudetto on the last five occasions they have fared so well at this stage, and a stoppage-time strike from Dusan Vlahovic down at Stadio Arechi kept them on track for a potential domestic double.
Coming after a 6-1 thrashing of the same opponents in the Coppa Italia just three days earlier, that much more closely fought 2-1 win was to be followed by another cup success on Thursday evening, when Max Allegri's men strode past Frosinone and into the semi-finals.
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