Juventus vs. Sampdoria

The home side were without Tiago Mendes, Vincenzo Iaquinta, Martin Caceres, Alessandro Del Piero, Hasan Salihamidzic, Claudio Marchisio and Jonathan Zebina, but Franco Semioli and captain Angelo Palombo missed out for Samp. Amauri started despite a flu bug.

Diego has been disappointing recently, but seemed on fire in the opening stages and created a double chance charged down for Fabio Grosso and himself. On 10 minutes his corner found Giorgio Chiellini's header and a spectacular one-handed Luca Castellazzi save off the line.

Juventus had the better of the first half-hour and took a deserved lead. Amauri netted for the third game running, as his header from a corner was charged down, but he was quicker than anyone else to react and tap in the loose ball from six yards.

It was 2-0 before the break thanks to Chiellini. He won back the ball in midfield and spread it for Amauri, ensuring he was ready to tap in the cross back from the left.

Straight after the restart, Castellazzi needed another stunning one-handed save to stop Stefano Lucchini scoring an own goal from a Diego free kick.

Giovinco so nearly made it 4-0 on the counter from another Diego assist, but his snapshot only hit the side-netting. Diego's flying backheel flick set up Grosso to flash a shot across the face of goal.

Amauri got the fourth with a diving header on Camoranesi's taut cross from the right flank, glancing it into the far bottom corner.

Sampdoria at least got a consolation goal in Turin, as Giampaolo Pazzini got in front of his defender for a precise header from seven yards.

Daniele Mannini's cross-shot gave Buffon a scare late on, but substitute David Trezeguet took Juve's tally to five with a header from Grosso's cross.