Preview: Juventus Women vs AC Milan

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·8 novembre 2024

Preview: Juventus Women vs AC Milan

The Juventus Women's First Team return to Serie A action on Saturday, with AC Milan visiting Biella for Matchday 9. The Bianconere had been in Italian Cup action in midweek, beating Hellas Verona to reach the quarter-finals. Kick-off on Saturday is locked in for 16:00 CET.

The Bianconere remain unbeaten in Serie A this season with seven wins and a draw having them top of the table with 22 points.

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Milan, meanwhile, have four wins to their name and sit fifth.

Get yourself up to speed with our Matchday 9 preview below.

Head-to-head

Juventus are unbeaten in 10 of their 13 Serie A meetings with AC Milan. The Rossonere could follow Fiorentina, Sassuolo, Inter and Roma as another side that the Bianconere have avoided defeat against on more than 10 occasions.
Of the teams AC Milan have played at least five away matches against, Juventus are the side against whom they have the lowest win percentage - just 16%.
Juventus are the team against whom Milan have lost the most Serie A matches (eight), conceded the most goals (28), and have the longest run of games in which they’ve conceded at least one goal (12).

Interesting Facts

The Bianconere are on an 11-match unbeaten run in Serie A (10 wins, one draw), which is the best such run in the Italian top flight. The last time they enjoyed a better run was between March and October 2022, then hitting 13 (10 wins, three draws).
This Matchday 9 fixture will see the best two defensive records in Serie A in 2024 facing off. Milan have conceded 24 to Juventus’ 25.
Juventus could become the first team to record 10 clean sheets in Serie A this calendar year - currently nine, four in the last five matches.
Juventus have won each of their last four home Serie A matches, only twice recording five on the bounce.

Player Numbers

Nobody in Serie A has scored more goals against Milan than Barbara Bonansea’s five, each of those coming at home and the last coming in the most recent meeting of the two sides in January.
Arianna Caruso has three goals against AC Milan, and she is the midfielder with the most goals in Serie A since debuting with Juventus in 2017/18 with 37 goals in 151 games.
Valentina Bergamaschi played 151 times for AC Milan, scoring 20 goals between 2018 and 2024. The Rossonere could become the first team that she has scored both for and against in Serie A.
Only against Fiorentina (three) has Chiara Beccari scored more goals than against AC Milan. Chiara is also one of just three players born in or after 2004 to have more than 10 goals in Europe’s major leagues alongside Vicky Lopez and Erika Gonzalez.

Opposition Focus

Marta Mascarello and Arianna Caruso are two of the three midfielders with the most assists in the last three Serie A seasons. The Milan midfielder has 12, while Caruso and Fiorentina’s Veronica Boquete have 18 each.
Evelyn Ijeh scored her fourth Serie A goal last time out in her eighth appearance, overtaking her tally of last season (then in 12 appearances).
Chante Dompig could become the youngest foreign player to reach double figures for goals scored for AC Milan (currently on nine). She currently sits fourth in their overall foreign goalscorers’ list behind Lindsey Thomas and Kosovare Asllani (each 15) and Natasha Dowie (12).