Juventus face Chievo test with Mirko Vucinic, Antonio Conte serving bans
Vucinic was one of several players cautioned for aggressive behaviour, and handed a one-match ban, towards the match referee after he refused to award an apparently valid penalty claim in the final minute of a 1-1 draw with Genoa last weekend.
Juventus' three-point lead over Napoli at the top of Serie A could come under threat this weekend when the champions make a potentially challenging trip to Chievo missing striker Mirko Vucinic and coach Antonio Conte.
Vucinic was one of several players cautioned for aggressive behaviour, and handed a one-match ban, towards the match referee after he refused to award an apparently valid penalty claim in the final minute of a 1-1 draw with Genoa last weekend.
Other absentees from the Turin club's touchline after suspensions will be defender Giorgio Chiellini (one match) and Leonardo Bonucci (two). Conte's ban is also for two games.
In midweek, Juve were knocked out of the Italian Cup semi-final by Lazio - who sit third in Serie A, six points off the lead - following a late winner by Sergio Floccari at the Olympic Stadium.
Influential midfielder Claudio Marchisio is also likely to be sidelined for a week to 10 days after "taking a knock to his left hip", according to Juventus, who signed French striker Nicolas Anelka from Shanghai Shenhua this week.
The possibility of Juve dropping more points will not be lost on Napoli, who closed the gap to three with a late winner against Parma last week courtesy of Uruguayan Edinson Cavani.