Preview: Sassuolo vs Juventus Women

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·31 August 2024

Preview: Sassuolo vs Juventus Women

The 2024/25 Serie A season begins away at Sassuolo for Juventus Women. After a summer that has seen a lot of changes and a successful pre-season, the Bianconere will want to start on the right foot away in Emilia-Romagna.

Get yourself up to speed with our Matchday 1 preview below.

Head-to-head

Sassuolo and Juventus have met 16 times in Serie A, with the Bianconere winning 13 of those and the Neroverdi managing just one triumph.
Sassuolo are, along with Fiorentina, the team against whom Juventus have won the most matches in Serie A - 13.
Juventus have scored more goals - 41 - against Sassuolo than against anybody else (also 41 goals scored against AC Milan).
Juventus have scored in each of their 16 Serie A matches against Sassuolo.

Interesting Facts

Juventus (55.1%) and Sassuolo (52.8%) were two of the three sides with the highest shot accuracy in Serie A last season (as well as Inter, 53.2%).
Juventus scored more headed goals (13) than any other Serie A side last season, at least four more than any other team and more than twice the number of Sassuolo's six. Five of those were scored by Cristiana Girelli.
No Serie A team conceded fewer shots than Juventus' 269, level with Roma.
Juventus scored more goals in the last half hour of matches last season than anybody - 26. Sassuolo scored just 28% of their goals (12 of 41) in the final third of matches, the lowest percentage in the top flight.

Player Numbers

Cristiana Girelli has scored 84 goals in the last six Serie A seasons, more than any other player. Eleven of those have come against Sassuolo, more than she's managed against any other opponent in that period.
Bianconera Chiara Beccari spent last season on loan at Sassuolo, and of all the players to have scored and assisted at least five times in Europe's top-five leagues, only Mara Alber is younger than her.
Lisa Boattin ended last season as the defender with the most assists in Serie A (five). She also scored one of her two league goals last term against the Neroverdi.
Arianna Caruso, along with Manuela Giugliano, is one of two midfielders to have scored and assisted at least five times in 2023/24, with Caru boasting seven goals and six assists.

Opposition Focus

Sassuolo have opened their last two seasons with a loss, both 2-1, against Sampdoria and Fiorentina, respectively. They had previously gone unbeaten in four of five opening-day fixtures.
Among Italy's top-flight sides, only Roma (28) are on a longer run than Sassuolo of homes games without a draw. The Neroverdi have chained together 12 games at home since last drawing with Pomigliano on 1 October, 2023. Since, they've won five and lost seven, with two of those defeats coming against Juventus.
Sassuolo ended last season's Poule Scudetto with four losses from seven (winning two and drawing the other), conceding an average of three goals per game in that run.