Preview: Inter vs Juventus

The Juventus Men’s First Team continue their Serie A campaign this weekend, with the Bianconeri set to visit the San Siro for Matchday 25 in the away game versus Inter Milan. Kick-off is fixed for Saturday at 20:45 CET.

Juventus come into the weekend in fourth place with 46 points following Kalulu's late header securing a point against Lazio last week.

Inter, meanwhile, are in form and sit in first place with 58 points. 

Let’s get up to speed with the pre-match statistics ahead of Saturday evening’s game.

Interesting Facts

• Since the Serie A was founded with a single round-robin format (in 1929/30), Inter and Juventus have faced each other 227 times across all competitions: the Bianconeri boast 105 victories compared to 64 Nerazzurri victories and 58 draws.
• Inter and Juventus have faced each other 185 times in the league, with no other match having been played more in the history of Serie A. Juventus are the team that has beaten the Milanese side the most times in the top flight, and the team that has scored the most goals against them in the tournament.
• The Bianconeri have lost only one of their last 12 matches against the Nerazzurri played on a Saturday.
• Juventus have scored 17 goals in their last six league games, an average of 2.8 goals per match: 1.5 more than the average recorded in their first 18 league matches.
• Kenan Yildiz could become the first Juventus player to score at least nine goals in a Serie A season before turning 21 since Roberto Bettega, who scored 13 in 1970/71.
• Since Luciano Spalletti took over as coach, Weston McKennie has been Juventus' top scorer in all competitions with seven goals. During this period he is the Serie A midfielder who has scored the most goals in all competitions.
• Jonathan David has been involved in six goals in his last six league games (4G+2A): exactly double the number he had in all his previous 17 league matches. The 2000-born player could become the first Canadian player ever to score in a Serie A Derby d'Italia.

Opposition Focus

• Inter are the team against which Juventus have received the most cards in Serie A in the three points for a win era: 159.
• In the head-to-head clashes between the top four teams currently in the Serie A standings, Inter have earned the fewest points, just one, while Juventus, Napoli, and Milan all have seven points.
• Inter and Juventus are the two teams that have recorded the most sequences of at least 10 passes in this Serie A season (383 and 374, respectively).
• Despite Juventus being the team against which Lautaro Martínez has played the most minutes (1,100) in Serie A, the Argentine has only scored two goals in 15 league matches against the Bianconeri, recording his worst minutes/goals average (one every 550 minutes) against a single opponent he has faced at least three times in his career in the competition.
• Hakan Çalhanoglu and Piotr Zielinski are the two players currently in the Inter squad who have scored the most goals in the league against Juventus: both three. Piotr Zielinski (48) is also one step away from equalling Arkadiusz Milik (49) in 1st place among the top Polish scorers in Serie A.