Juventus renews rivalry with Inter Milan

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11/02/2007 - Turin, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - After a one-year absence from Serie A because of match fixing, Juventus is back and will take on Inter Milan for the first time this season at Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino on Sunday.

These two old rivals have had many title-altering contests over the years, and Sunday's battle promises to be no different.

After winning the league title in relatively easy fashion last season, Inter has picked up where it left off, winning seven of its first 10 games without a loss to take a three-point lead on the rest of the field.

Juve has also seen success in its return to the top flight, taking 20 points from its first 10 games to sit in third place, four points adrift of Inter, making Sunday's game a big one for both sides.

The home team will be able to close to within one point with a win, while Inter will be looking to put even more distance between itself and the rest of the league.

The game features two of the league's top scorers with Inter's Zlatan Ibrahimovic and David Trezeguet of Juventus. Ibrahimovic has scored seven goals in seven games this season, while Trezeguet tops the league's scoring chart with 10 goals in 10 contests.

Both star strikers will be facing tough defenses, but with such an abundance of attacking talent on the field, expect a few goals to be scored in this one.

Juventus will be playing at home, but Inter boasts the tighter defense and if they can slow the red-hot Trezeguet, should put themselves in a good position to take at least one point back to Milan.

On Saturday, fourth-place Fiorentina visits struggling Lazio and AC Milan tries to win its first game at home this season when the Rossoneri welcome Torino to the San Siro.

In other action on Sunday, Cagliari brings a four-game winless into its contest against Sampdoria, Atalanta and Catania Calcio have both started strong this season and reside in the top half of the table and those two sides will square off at Stadio Angelo Massimino. Second-place Roma will visit Empoli after earning a 3-2 win over Lazio in the Rome derby in midweek, Palermo travels to a Genoa team that has earned just one point from its last three games, Livorno entertains fifth-place Udinese, Reggina meets up with Napoli and Parma plays host to Siena.

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