Preview: Juventus vs Fiorentina

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·27 December 2024

Juventus host Fiorentina in their final Serie A fixture of 2024, taking place at the Allianz Stadium on Sunday, 29 December.

Sharpen your pre-match knowledge with these stats and facts:

Juventus are the team that has won the most matches against Fiorentina in Serie A: 82 in 170 previous matches, with 53 draws and 35 Viola wins completing the tally. In addition, only against AC Milan (58) have the Bianconeri recorded more draws in the tournament than against Fiorentina (53).
Juve have won their last three league games against Fiorentina, all by the score of 1-0: the Bianconeri have never recorded a longer series of consecutive wins while keeping their goal unbeaten against the Viola in their Serie A history.
Fiorentina have lost more away matches against the Bianconeri (58) than against any other team in Serie A.
The Bianconeri could only record at least four clean sheets in a row against the Viola for the second time in Serie A, after the period between May 1980 and February 1983 (seven in that case).
Juventus have been unbeaten in 30 of their last 32 home matches against Fiorentina in Serie A (25W, 5D), with the Viola's last away success against the Bianconeri dating back to 22 December 2020.

Juventus have won their final Serie A match of the calendar year in 11 of the last 12 occasions - the only exception being in 2020, against Fiorentina when they lost 0-3 at home.
After a run of eight consecutive wins, Fiorentina have lost their last two league games (against Bologna and Udinese) and could suffer three defeats in a row in the top-flight for the first time since October-November 2023 (vs Empoli, Lazio and Juventus).
Only Napoli (12) have conceded fewer goals than both Fiorentina and Juventus (both 13) this Serie A season.
Fiorentina won their last year-ending match in Serie A 1-0 against Torino exactly one year ago, on 29 December 2023 - the Viola have not won two matches in a row in the closing game of the calendar year since 2012-2013.
Juventus and Fiorentina are two of the four teams, along with Lazio and Parma, to have scored the most goals as a result of counter-attacks in this league (all with four), and are the two teams that have scored the most goals from direct free-kicks in Serie A in the calendar year 2024: three each.

Dusan Vlahovic scored 44 goals in 98 matches with Fiorentina in Serie A - only three other foreign players scored more goals with the Viola in the league: Gabriel Omar Batistuta (152), Kurt Roland Hamrin (150) and Adrian Mutu (54). The Serbian is Serie A’s highest scorer in 2024, with 24 goals in 43 appearances with Juventus.
After goals against Cagliari in the Coppa Italia and Monza in Serie A, Nicolss Gonzalez could score in three matches in a row between all competitions for the third time since his arrival in Italy, after May-June 2023 and May 2022 (both previously with Fiorentina). In his time at Fiorentina (2021/22 to 2023/24), the Argentine was the Viola's top scorer in all competitions with 38 goals in 125 appearances, at least 18 more goals than any other teammate.
Teun Koopmeiners made his Serie A debut against Fiorentina on 11 September 2021 against Atalanta. The Dutch midfielder has been involved in four goals in his last six appearances between all competitions with Juventus: two goals and two assists.
Seven of Weston McKennie's 11 Serie A goals have come from set-piece plays, including all of the last three from corners.
Nicolo Fagioli is a match away from making his 50th appearance in Serie A with Juventus.

Moise Kean has scored 10 goals in this Serie A, reaching double figures in goals in a season for only the second time in Europe's top five leagues, after 2020/21 (13 goals with PSG). The Italian made 95 appearances and scored 18 goals with the Bianconeri in Serie A.
Only Mattia Perin (81%) boasts a higher percentage of saves than David de Gea (80%) in this Serie A season (min. five appearances).
Albert Gudmundsson's first of 18 Serie A goals came against Juventus, on 6 May 2022 against Genoa. Overall, he has scored two goals against the Bianconeri in Serie A, against no team has done better in the tournament.
In the 2016/17 season, Rolando Mandragora played one Serie A match in the Juventus shirt, a team against which he also made his Serie A debut, on 29 October 2014 with Genoa.
Next will be Michael Kayode's 50th appearance in a Fiorentina shirt across all competitions.