Preview: Pisa vs Juventus

Following the victory over Roma on Matchday 16, the Juventus Men's First Team are on the road to face Pisa on Matchday 17 of the Serie A season.

The Tuscan side sit in the relegation zone heading into the match.

Let’s get up to speed ahead of Saturday evening’s 20:45 CET kick-off.

Interesting Facts

• Only against Cremonese (17) and Piacenza (16) have Juventus played more matches in the top flight without ever suffering a defeat than against Pisa (14, 10W, 4D).

• All of the last nine matches between these two teams in Serie A have seen both sides score, with 37 goals in total, an average of over four per match.

• The last Serie A match between these two teams in Pisa ended 1-5 on 13 January 1991: Pierluigi Casiraghi scored a hat-trick and Roberto Baggio scored twice (the last Juventus player to score away against Pisa in the top flight). Diego Simeone, the current coach of Atletico Madrid, scored for the Tuscan side in that match.

• After scoring only three goals in their first five away games against Pisa in Serie A, Juventus have scored nine goals in their last two; the Tuscan side have never scored more than one goal in these seven games.

• Pierre Kalulu is one of five outfield players to have played the most minutes in Serie A this season. He has played 1,440 minutes, and is joined in the top five by Pisa player Simone Canestrelli.

• Among the players who have played at least 270 minutes in Serie A this season, Manuel Locatelli is the one who touches the ball the most on average per 90 minutes (95); in addition, Locatelli is second only to Luka Modric (970) for successful passes (933).

Opposition Focus

• Pisa have failed to score in nine matches in this league season, with only Wolverhampton Wanderers (10) and Real Oviedo (13) performing worse in the five major European leagues currently underway.

• Pisa have scored just one goal at home in this league season, fewer than any other team in the five major European leagues and their respective second divisions in 2025/26.

• Pisa have never won their last Serie A match of the calendar year, with a record of seven draws and five defeats (five of the draws coming at home). Furthermore, the Tuscan side have failed to score in their last two such matches: in 1990 against Lazio and in 1991 against Roma.

• Among Italian players with at least four goal contributions in this league season, none are older than Stefano Moreo (three goals, one assist, born on 30 June 1993). Considering all nationalities, only Jamie Vardy and Kevin De Bruyne were born earlier.

• Only Francesco Camarda (2008) and Jeff Ekhator (November 2006) are younger than Lorran (4 July 2006) among the players who have scored in this Serie A season; Lorran scored his only goal away from home, against Napoli on 22 September.