Preview: Juventus vs Cagliari

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·4 October 2024

Preview: Juventus vs Cagliari

Following their midweek Champions League success in Germany, Juventus are back home for their last domestic fixture before the international break, hosting Cagliari in Sunday's early kick-off at the Allianz Stadium.

Read along for this weekend's match preview:

Head-to-head

Juventus have won 45 Serie A matches against Cagliari (27D, 12L) - only AC Milan (47) have more wins against the Rossoblu in the competition.
The Bianconeri have won 12 of their last 14 Serie A matches (1D, 1L) against Cagliari, scoring at least two goals in 12 games of these encounters (including exactly two goals in all of their last four match-ups).
From 2016/17 onwards Juve have won 12 Serie A matches against Cagliari - against no team in that period have they done better (12 wins also against Udinese and Bologna).
Juventus have scored at least two goals in all of their last six Serie A matches against Cagliari; only against Chievo (seven), Alessandria (eight) and Pro Patria (13) do they have a better scoring streak of 2+ goals.
The most frequent scoreline between Juve and Cagliari in Serie A is 1-1, the final result of 16 previous meetings, the most recent of which, however, dates back to 2015.

Interesting Facts

Juventus will feature in an early Serie A kick-off for the first time since March 17, 2024 against Genoa (0-0): prior to that draw, the Bianconeri had won all six previous Serie A matches played at 12:30pm, scoring at least two goals in all of them.
The Bianconeri now boast 540 minutes of having their goal unbeaten since the start of the season, a record in the three-point-per-win era.
After their 3-2 success against Leipzig in the Champions League and their previous 3-0 win over Genoa in Serie A, Juventus could score at least three goals in three consecutive matches in all competitions for the first time since January (vs Frosinone, Sassuolo and Lecce).
Juventus is the team that has made the most passes (3571) and the team with the highest percentage of successful passes (91%) in the league.

Player Numbers

Dusan Vlahovic has scored six goals in nine Serie A matches played against Cagliari - against no other team has he scored more goals in the top-flight. Two of the five direct free-kick goals scored by the Serbian in the competition have come against the Sardinians, including the last of these in April.
Michele Di Gregorio and Mattia Perin are two of the four goalkeepers, along with Juan Musso and Elia Caprile, to have 100 per cent of shots saved this season.
Nicolo Savona is one of four defenders born from 2003 onwards to have made at least five appearances so far this season, along with Diego Coppola, Patrick Dorgu and Pietro Comuzzo.
In the last two matches played between the league and Champions League, Francisco Conceicao scored two goals and provided an assist in the space of just 106 minutes on the pitch.
Of the players who have played at least 180 minutes in this league, Pierre Kalulu ranks highest among most balls played on average per 90 minutes (107), with teammate Manuel Locatelli in third (98).

Opposition Focus

Jakub Jankto scored a goal in his first Serie A fixture against Juventus (15/10/2016 with Udinese) and provided an assist in the most recent meeting (11/11/2023 with Cagliari).
Since 2020/21, only Ciro Immobile and Riccardo Orsolini (eight) have scored more goals than Roberto Piccoli (seven) in the last five minutes of Serie A play - the Cagliari forward has already scored against Juventus in Serie A on 22 May 2023 in an Empoli shirt.
Among players who have been involved in at least 10 goals over the last two Serie A seasons, only Matias Soule (14, 2003) is younger than Zito Luvumbo (2002): 10, four goals and six assists for the Cagliari forward.
Both Yerry Mina's debut and first goal in Serie A came against Juventus: he made his debut on 5 November 2023 with Fiorentina and on 19 April 2024 with Cagliari he scored his first goal in the competition.
Gabriele Zappa (149) could make his 150th appearance across all competitions with Cagliari.