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JUVE LOOK TO CONTINUE GOOD WEEK
Juventus will hope for more celebrations against Napoli.
Juventus are looking to end an impressive week on a high when they host Napoli on Saturday.
The Bianconeri beat Siena 1-0 at the weekend before thrashing Sampdoria 5-1 on Wednesday to climb to second in the Serie A standings in the best performance from Ciro Ferrara's men so far this season.
"What we did against Sampdoria was not fireworks but rather like a nuclear explosion," said Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.
"No-one expected such a performance from Juve, not even us.
"We have quality and we wanted to win and convince, which we did."
Juve expect to continue to put further pressure on Serie A leaders Inter Milan this weekend.
However, they will make a mistake to take Napoli lightly and for good reason.
The Partenopei stunned AC Milan by scoring twice in the final two minutes of Wednesday's game to take a point at the San Paolo.
Inter travel to Tuscany to meet an invigorated Livorno on Sunday.
The promoted side have won two consecutive games since the arrival of coach Serse Cosmi to the club and know that a win this weekend will see them climb to safety.
Third-placed Sampdoria expect to erase the humiliation at the hands of Juve and focus on maintaining their unbeaten run at the Luigi Ferraris stadium against Bari.
Promoted side Parma are determined to defend their fourth position in the standings when they travel to the San Siro to meet AC Milan on Saturday.
The Ducale club are one point clear of the Rossoneri after the midweek 2-0 triumph over Bari.
A draw at the San Siro would benefit Genoa, who ended a negative run when they beat Fiorentina 2-1 in midweek.
The Grifoni are level on 16 points with AC Milan and face a challenge when they make the journey to Sicily to face red-hot Palermo.
Defeats against Napoli and Genoa have seen Fiorentina drop to eighth in the table. The Viola will be expected to bounce back with a win against strugglers Catania on Sunday.
Lazio coach Davide Ballardini will be under pressure to clinch a win at bottom-side Siena with his future at the club hanging in the balance.
Sunday's 1-0 loss against Cagliari left the Biancoceleste just one point clear of the drop zone.
Lazio have failed to win in the league since August 30.
Roma fans can take no joy from Lazio's troubles with the Giallorossi just one point clear of their city rival.
Claudio Ranieri's side lost their third game in a row at Udinese and host Bologna still having to do without injured captain Francesco Totti.
Cagliari host Atalanta looking to make it three wins a row.
Chievo meet Udinese desperate to claim their second win in Verona this season.
