Preview: Juventus Women vs Sassuolo

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·16 novembre 2024

Preview: Juventus Women vs Sassuolo

The Juventus Women’s First Team return to league action this Sunday afternoon with Sassuolo coming to Biella to take on the Bianconere on Serie A Matchday 10. Kick-off is in the early slot of 12:30 CET on Sunday.

The visit of the Neroverdi marks the beginning of the second half of the regular season, and the Bianconere remain unbeaten in league action this season with eight wins and a draw from their nine games to date leaving them top of the table.

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Sassuolo, meanwhile, are ninth in the table, having overtaken Sampdoria last time out to climb off the bottom.

Get yourself up to speed with our Matchday 10 preview below.

Head-to-head

Juventus have won more Serie A matches against Sassuolo than against any other opponent (14, just like against Fiorentina). The Neroverdi are also the side against whom Juventus have scored the most Serie A goals, with 47.
The Bianconere have scored in each of their 17 Serie A matches against Sassuolo, only managing the same 100% scoring rate against Fiorentina, though in that case it is 18 matches.
Of the teams against whom Sassuolo have never won an away match, Juventus (a draw and seven losses) are the side they have taken on the most times (along with Roma, also one draw and seven losses).

Interesting Facts

The Bianconere currently boast the longest unbeaten run in Serie A - 12 matches, 11 of those wins - and haven’t conceded a goal in five of their last six in the league.
Juventus have kept three straight clean sheets and haven’t kept four in a row since between May and September 2021 - then reaching seven.
Since the beginning of last season, Juventus are the only Serie A squad to have scored more than 50 goals (53).
Juventus are the team with the most goalscorers in Serie A this season with 12.
Juventus (10) and Sassuolo (eight) are the two sides with the most set-piece goals scored in Serie A this season.

Player Numbers

Chiara Beccari scored five goals and assisted five more for Sassuolo last season in 21 appearances with the Neroverdi, and her first goal of this season came on Matchday 1 away in Emilia-Romagna.
Cristiana Girelli (along with Valentina Giacinti) is one of two players with at least 10 goals scored against Sassuolo in Serie A. She has also scored in her last two Serie A appearances, not managing three straight scoring games since between November 2020 and February 2021 - seven then.
Alisha Lehmann’s first - and so far only - goal in Serie A came away at Sassuolo on Matchday 1.

Opposition Focus

Lana Clelland is one goal away from becoming the first foreign player to score 100 Serie A goals in the last 15 seasons. She scored against Juventus earlier this season, and in her last away match at Juventus she provided an assist for then-teammate Chiara Beccari.
Daniela Sabatino scored twice and assisted last time out against Sampdoria, as many goal involvements as she had managed in her previous 13 matches.
Gina Chmielinski has four Serie A goals already this season, and has never had a better scoring season in her last three seasons in Europe’s top-five leagues.