Preview: Juventus Women vs Napoli

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·1 février 2025

Juventus Women are in home action again on Serie A Matchday 17, with bottom-placed Napoli paying a visit to take on the league leaders in Biella.

The previous meeting between the two sides saw Juventus win 3-0 in Campania back in November.

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Juventus have won each of the seven Serie A matches they’ve played against Napoli, with an aggregate score of 18-3. Of the sides that Napoli have met more than three times in Serie A, Juventus are the only side against whom they’ve never avoided defeat.
Juventus have won each of the three home Serie A matches played against Napoli.
Napoli have never scored more than one goal in any game against Juventus, while the Bianconere have always scored at least two goals against the Partenopee.

Juventus are one of two sides in Europe’s top-five leagues to have surpassed 40 points (41), and second only to Barcelona (48).
The Bianconere haven’t conceded at home in back-to-back matches (vs Inter and Sampdoria), not managing three straight home clean sheets since September-October 2022 (against Roma, Pomigliano, and Fiorentina then).
Juventus have scored at least two goals in each of their last nine home league games, totalling 26 (an average of 2.9 goals per game).
No Serie A side has more clean sheets than Juventus’ eight (along with Inter).
This game sees the league’s best attack (Juventus, 44 goals) take on the least-potent frontline (Napoli, five goals).
Only Roma (14) have more goalscorers than Juventus’ 12 in Serie A this season. Napoli have just five, the lowest in the league.
Juventus have scored more headers (eight) than any Serie A side this season. Napoli are one of three teams (along with Lazio and Samp) to have conceded the most headed goals with five.

In just 14 appearances this season, Cristiana Girelli is one goal off her tally of goals from lat season (11 goals in 22 games).
Girelli has scored in five consecutive home Serie A matches.
Sofia Cantore has eight goals in 15 league games this season, and only managed more in a single season in 2020/21 (nine than with Florentia in 22 matches).
Lindsey Thomas has five Serie A goals against Napoli, including each of her last two goals in the league, making them her favourite opponent (alongside Empoli and Inter).
Barbara Bonansea has four goals against Napoli, but hasn’t netted against them since May 2021.

Now on loan from Juventus at Napoli, the first of Manuela Sciabica’s three Serie A goals came against the Bianconere on 15 January 2023 with Sassuolo.
Tecla Pettenuzzo (1,365 minutes) is the Napoli player with the most minutes in the league this season.
Natalie Muth (15) has had a hand in more shots than anybody for Napoli this season, with 11 of her own and four created for her teammates.