Preview: Juventus vs Torino

Juventus FC

·8 novembre 2024

Preview: Juventus vs Torino

City bragging rights are at stake as Juventus host Torino in the 159th instalment of the Derby della Mole, taking place at the Allianz Stadium on Saturday evening.

Ahead of the 20:45 CET kick-off, here's a breakdown of the two sides' form, head to head record and star players:

Head-to-head

This will be the 159th Derby played between Juventus and Torino in Serie A. The Bianconeri hold the head-to-head advantage with 77 wins compared to Torino’s 35, with 46 draws completing the picture.
Juventus have gone unbeaten in 35 of the last 36 derbies against Torino in Serie A (26W, 9D), drawing the most recent match against the Granata in the league (0-0, on 13 April). The two teams have not drawn two matches in a row in the competition since the period between October 2001 and February 2002.
The Bianconeri have kept 62 clean sheets against the Granata in Serie A (in 158 games): only against Inter have they kept more (64).
1-0 to Juve is the most frequent result in matches between Juventus and Torino in Serie A. This has been the final score of 22 matches, the last coming on 15 October 2022.
Juve has recorded 13 wins and five draws in their last 18 home meetings against Torino in Serie A, including the last 12 played at the Allianz Stadium (9W, 3D) - against no other side do the Bianconeri boast more matches without a loss at their current stadium.

Interesting Facts

All of the last five goals scored in the Derby della Mole in Serie A have come from set-pieces (four from corners and one from an indirect free-kick), and all by Juventus (Danilo, Gleison Bremer, Adrien Rabiot, Federico Gatti and Arek Milik).
Torino have not won away against Juventus in Serie A since 9 April 1995, when they won 2-1 at the Delle Alpi, thanks to a Ruggiero Rizzitelli double, under coach Nedo Sontetti.
Juventus have not suffered defeat in 19 Serie A matches (7W, 12D): among all the teams in the top five European leagues, they are the side with the longest unbeaten run, and the only team that has not lost since the beginning of April. The Bianconeri have kept a clean sheet in 12 of these 19 matches, at least two more than any other team across these leagues.
Torino have lost five of their last six Serie A matches (1W), including the most recent two without scoring. The Granata could record three straight defeats without a goal to their credit in the competition for the first time since February-March 2014.
Juventus are the team that has recorded the highest percentage of successful dribbles in Serie A (94/170 - 55%); on the other hand, only Inter (29/93 - 31%) have done worse than Torino (38/105 - 36%) in the current campaign.

Player Numbers

Federico Gatti's first goal in Serie A came against Torino on 7 October 2023. Only five defenders in Juventus' history have scored more than one goal against the Granata in Serie A: Matthijs de Ligt (2), Alex Sandro (2), Gaetano Scirea (3), Antonello Cuccureddu (3) and Antonio Cabrini (3).
The first of Teun Koopmeiners' two Serie A hat-tricks came against Torino, with Atalanta, in September 2022.
Dusan Vlahovic, with his goal against Lille in the Champions League, became the first Juventus player to score more than 20 goals (21 for him so far) in a calendar year in all competitions since Cristiano Ronaldo in 2020 (41).
Among players born from 1/1/2005 onwards, only Lamine Yamal has been involved in more goals (12) than Kenan Yildiz (four - two goals, two assists) in the top five major European leagues this season.
Weston McKennie's first goal in the top-flight came against Torino, on 5 December 2020; the American has scored six, of his total of 10 goals, by header, including the last three: since his first Serie A goal (December 2020), only Sergej Milinkovic-Savic has scored more (eight) with this fundamental among midfielders than the Bianconeri (six, like Adrien Rabiot).

Opposition Focus

Juventus could become the first opponent against whom Antonio Sanabria has scored more than three goals in a Torino shirt in Serie A.
Nikola Vlasic has so far scored nine goals and provided 10 assists in Serie A in three seasons at Torino. The Croatian could become only the third foreign player to reach double figures in both goals and assists in the colours of the Granata in the last 20 seasons of the Italian top-flight (since 2005/06), after Adem Ljajic (16G+18A) and Iago Falque (30G+20A).
Among players with at least 90 minutes played in this league, only Jeff Ekhator is younger (2006, 284‘) than Alieu Njie and Kenan Yildiz (both May 2005, but 171’ the former and 752' the latter).
Vanja Milinkovic-Savic is the goalkeeper with the most saves in this league: 38 in total. In addition, the Torino goalkeeper has made 24 saves on shots from inside the box - fewer only than Maduka Okoye (28) - and 14 on shots from outside the box, fewer only than Simone Scuffet (15).
The last seven goals scored by Torino have come from seven different players: Che Adams, Saul Coco, Duvan Zapata, Nikola Vlasic, Antonio Sanabria, Karol Linetty and Alieu Njie.