It is Derby d’Italia time this weekend, as Juventus host fierce rivals Inter Milan on the Allianz Stadium in Matchday 25 of this season’s Serie A marketing campaign.
Equip yourselves with all of the must-knows forward of Sunday’s 20:45 CET kick-off:
Head-to-head
This would be the 184th assembly between Inter and Juventus in Serie A. The Bianconeri lead the top to heads with 87 wins to 49, with 47 attracts finishing the image. Towards no different workforce within the historical past of the match have the Bianconeri been extra profitable (87 additionally towards Lazio).
Inter are unbeaten of their final three matches towards Juventus within the league (1W, 2D) – during the last 45 years, solely as soon as have they recorded 4 consecutive matches with out defeat towards the Bianconeri in Serie A: between 2003 and 2005 (3W and 1D in that case).
After the 4-4 draw within the first leg on 27 October final yr, Juventus and Inter may draw each Serie A fixtures for simply the fourth time in historical past, after the 2001/02, 1994/95 and 1988/89 seasons.
Juventus are the workforce towards whom Inter have suffered probably the most defeats (87) and conceded probably the most objectives (263) in Serie A.
Within the final 9 matches performed between Inter and Juventus in Serie A, there have been three wins earned for all sides together with three attracts, with precisely 12 objectives scored apiece.
Attention-grabbing Info
Within the first leg match between Juventus and Inter, eight objectives have been scored (4-4) for the primary time in a Serie A match between these two groups since 10 June 1961.
Within the 91 house matches Juventus have performed towards Inter in Serie A, the Nerazzurri have misplaced 62 of these matches (12W, 17D) – towards no different opponent have they tasted defeat so many occasions away from house within the competitors.
Juventus have remained unbeaten in 10 of their final 11 house matches towards Inter within the league (7W, 3D); the Nerazzurri’s solely victory in that interval on the Allianz Stadium in Serie A got here on 3 April 2022 (0-1 with Hakan Çalhanoglu’s aim from a penalty kick).
Inter misplaced their final away league sport (3-0 towards Fiorentina) and haven’t suffered two away defeats in a row in Serie A since February and March 2023 (towards Bologna and Spezia in that case).
Juventus is the one workforce nonetheless undefeated in house video games this Serie A season (5W, 7D). They’re additionally the one workforce that has not misplaced any matches in Serie A after conceding the primary aim.
Randal Kolo Muani (5 objectives in three matches) is the primary participant to attain at the least 5 objectives in his first three Serie A appearances within the three-point-per-win period (since 1994/95). The Frenchman may additionally turn into solely the second footballer to attain in all of his first 4 Serie A matches within the three-point-per-win period (amongst those that made their debut on this interval), after Krzysztof Piatek, who scored in all of his first seven matches within the 2018/19 league marketing campaign.
Within the first leg towards Inter, Kenan Yildiz (19 years and 176 days) grew to become the youngest participant to attain at the least two objectives in a single match between Inter and Juventus in Serie A historical past. The final Bianconeri participant to attain extra objectives in a single season towards the Nerazzurri within the league was Roberto Baggio in 1991/92 (three).
Timothy Weah, who scored towards each Inter Milan and AC Milan this season, has 5 objectives to his identify in Serie A this marketing campaign, after failing to attain a single aim within the competitors final season. The American can turn into the fourth non-European Bianconero to attain in each single-season matches towards the Nerazzurri after Raimundo Orsi in 1931/32, Arturo Vidal in 2013/14 and Paulo Dybala in 2019/20.
Nicolas Gonzalez is closing in on 100 appearances in Serie A, presently sitting on 99, 13 of which have been with the Bianconeri.
Dusan Vlahovic made his Serie A debut towards Inter Milan on 25 September 2018; towards the Nerazzurri, he has scored twice within the final three conferences.
Opposition Focus
Solely Yann Sommer (11), Alex Meret (9) and Mike Maignan (9) have stored extra clea sheets than Michele Di Gregorio (eight) on this Serie A season.
The gamers with the very best common variety of touches per 90 minutes within the league this season face off on this match: Alessandro Bastoni (95.4), Pierre Kalulu (95.4), Hakan Calhanoglu (95.0) and Manuel Locatelli (87.5) – min. 15 appearances.
Previous to the primary leg, the one earlier assembly between Marcus and Khephren Thuram in all competitions with groups in Europe’s high 5 leagues was on 29 January 2019 in Guingamp-Monaco within the Coupe de la Ligue, by which the Nerazzurri striker additionally scored. Marcus has scored 13 league objectives this season, as many as in each the 2022/23 and 2023/24 seasons with Borussia Monchengladbach, equalling his highest season whole up to now.
Lautaro Martínez, who has scored 9 objectives on this league, may turn into the primary international participant in Inter’s historical past to enter double figures in objectives in six completely different Serie A seasons, presently stage on 5 with Stefano Nyers and Mauro Icardi.
Taking the sphere towards Fiorentina 79 days after his earlier look in Serie A, Francesco Acerbi is one match away from making 100 appearances throughout all competitions in an Inter shirt.