Juventus vs. Venezia | Serie A | Pre Match

Fresh from success in Europe, Juventus will try to revive their Serie A title challenge on Saturday night, when they play host to rock-bottom Venezia.

Juve stunned Manchester City in the Champions League earlier this week, but a series of domestic draws have dented dreams of reclaiming the Scudetto.

Giving a shot in the arm to their Champions League campaign on Wednesday evening, Juventus beat the English champions 2-0 in Turin, piling more misery on Pep Guardiola's faltering City side.

Strikes from Dusan Vlahovic and Weston McKennie - plus a couple of super saves from recalled goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio - helped Juve secure a win that took them up to 14th in the league phase table, meaning they trail the top eight by just two points with two games remaining.

They may have shut out a sub-par Man City, but Thiago Motta's men have uncharacteristically conceded goals in both of their last two league fixtures - they have yet to go three without keeping a clean sheet since Motta took charge.

Under his watch, Juventus have faced the fewest shots and fewest shots on target per game in the Italian top flight, but they are not always fluent at the other end despite some lavish summer spending.

Occupying sixth place after fighting back to draw 2-2 with Bologna last weekend, the Bianconeri have now shared the spoils in nine of their first 15 Serie A matches - and they have not won so few games at this stage of a season since 2001.

Nonetheless, Juve are the only team still unbeaten, and they can claim to be in contention for three trophies as things stand; the third being the Coppa Italia, in which they will start their defence against Cagliari next week.

Having lost all of their last 10 top-flight meetings with Juventus in Turin, conceding goals at an average of 2.8 per game, Venezia are up against both form and precedent this weekend.

The Lagunari's last league success against Juve dates all the way back to April 1962, and few would bet on them ending that drought at the Allianz Stadium, due to their dismal start to the season.

Three points adrift of safety, last term's Serie B playoff winners have posted only two victories so far - and none since October - in addition to exiting the Coppa Italia.

Only Gaetano Oristanio's second-half equaliser salvaged a draw with fellow strugglers Como last week, when Venezia once again squandered an advantage.

Eusebio Di Francesco's side have now spilled some 16 points from leading positions since earning promotion, which is the joint-most across all clubs in Europe's top five leagues, along with Valencia - notably, 11 were lost on the road.

Not surprisingly, then, the Arancioneroverdi have claimed the fewest points and hold the worst defensive record away from home, having shipped 17 goals on their travels.