Matchday 24 of this season’s Serie A sees Como host Juventus in Friday soccer motion, kicking off at 20:45 CET on the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia.
Prepare for the encounter with our pre-match preview beneath:
Head-to-head
Como and Juventus will face off on the Sinigaglia Stadium in Serie A for the primary time since 22 February 2003, when the Bianconeri earned a 3-1 win with targets from Camoranesi, Di Vaio and a Juarez personal objective.
The subsequent match would be the twenty eighth between Como and Juventus in Serie A: Juve lead with 14 wins to a few for Como, with 10 encounters ending in a draw.
Juve are unbeaten of their final 22 matches in opposition to Como in Serie A (13V, 9D): the final time Como beat the Bianconeri within the top-flight was on 20 January 1952.
Como misplaced the primary leg in opposition to Juventus 3-0, and will go two video games in a row with out scoring in opposition to the Bianconeri in Serie A for the primary time for the reason that interval between October 1988 and February 1989. They haven’t scored in 14 of the 27 conferences in opposition to Juventus – in opposition to no different workforce do they depend extra video games with out a objective scored in Serie A.
Fascinating Information
Solely Lazio (5) have scored extra targets than Juventus (4, like Napoli and Parma) after the ninetieth minute, whereas Como is the workforce that has conceded essentially the most targets in added time this season (seven).
For the primary time of their historical past, Como will play a house Serie A match on a Friday: of their three earlier Serie A matches performed on a Friday – all away from dwelling – they suffered two defeats (vs Napoli and Torino) and one draw (vs Lazio).
The subsequent match might be Juventus’ 3100th in Serie A historical past: solely Inter (3136) have extra within the top-flight; the Bianconeri (5396) are additionally 4 targets away from 5400 within the competitors.
Como are the workforce who’ve scored the fewest targets from crosses this season: only one – Patrick Cutrone’s objective from Gabriel Strefezza’s cross in opposition to Lazio on 10 January.
Randal Kolo Muani (three targets in two Serie A matches) may grow to be the primary Juventus participant to attain in every of his first three Serie A appearances within the three-points-per-win period (since 1994/95). The final participant to attain at the least 4 targets in his first three Serie A matches was Krzysztof Piatek with Genoa in 2018 – nobody has ever scored 5 targets of their first three matches within the match since 1994/95.
Dusan Vlahovic is closing in on a double milestone: his subsequent objective might be his fiftieth objective contribution in a Juventus shirt in Serie A (at present at 49 – 41G+8A), whereas he’s simply two away from his one hundredth objective contribution general within the top-flight (98 – 85G+13A).
After a objective in opposition to AC Milan and an help in opposition to Empoli, Timothy Weah could possibly be concerned in at the least one objective in three appearances in a row for the primary time.
Contemplating the final two seasons in Europe’s prime 5 leagues, solely Lamine Yamal (seven) is youthful than Kenan Yildiz amongst gamers who’ve scored at the least 5 away targets in these leagues over this era (5).
Francisco Conceicao has already supplied three assists in 15 appearances this Serie A marketing campaign and solely as soon as in his profession has he served extra in a single season – 4 with Porto in 27 matches in 2023/24. The Portuguese ahead may rating in two matches in a row for under the second time in his profession, after having finished so between November-December 2023 with Porto.
Opposition Focus
Nico Paz has scored within the final 4 video games on the Sinigaglia within the league, solely two midfielders have scored in additional dwelling appearances in a row in Serie A within the three-points-per-win period: Stefano Mauri (six between April and December 2014) and Eugenio Corini (5 between September and November 2006).
Patrick Cutrone has scored 4 dwelling targets in 11 appearances this season – solely in 2019/20 (5 in 16 matches between Wolverhampton and Fiorentina) and 2017/18 (six in 16 matches with AC Milan) had the striker finished higher in entrance of his dwelling followers within the prime 5 European leagues.
Assane Diao has already scored two targets in dwelling matches on this Serie A, the identical variety of dwelling targets he had scored within the two earlier seasons with Actual Betis within the Spanish top-flight.
The primary of Alberto Dossena’s two complete Serie A targets got here in opposition to Juventus, away from dwelling in a Cagliari shirt on 11 November 2023.
New signing Tasos Douvikas scored 10 targets and supplied two assists during the last two seasons with Celta Vigo in La Liga.