Paul Higham heads to Serie A on Tuesday with a warning for Juventus to watch out for Salernitana's Senegal striker Boulaye Dia...
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Salernitana have scored in eight of nine at home
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Juventus have lost every away game when they've conceded first
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It's a worrying time for Juventus who have just one point in three games, adding to their 15-point deduction all of a sudden seeing them having to look over their shoulders.
The Old Lady head to Salernitana on Tuesday night knowing defeat would see their opponents go above them in the Serie A table, and piled the nerves, tension and pressure on Max Allegri.
Juve were hammered at leaders Napoli and held to a 3-3 draw at home by Atalanta - disappointing but not terrible results - before a shock 2-0 loss at Monza really stuck the knife in.
Salernitana are 11/2 to inflict another shock loss on Juve, and if they score first them history says they'll pull it off - as Juve have lost every away game this season when conceding first.
With the hosts also unbeaten when they score first at home this season, that's an in-play nugget you can act upon if the odds-on favourites do ship the first goal.
Helping Juve is the fact Salernitana have the worst defensive record in the league which may encourage the visitors to score more than just the one goal they've managed to score in their last five away games.
Four of those games did end up as 1-0 wins for Juve though, but as Salernitana have scored in eight of nine at home, it may take more than one for Juve to grab three points.
And the main danger for Salernitana has to be Boulaye Dia, who has scored in two of his last three outings - he's actually got a goal and an assist in both of those games.
The Senegal striker now has seven goals in Serie A this season and crucially he scores in bunches, so 9/2 on him scoring against Juventus really looks like an interesting prospect.