Preview: Juventus Women vs Inter

Juventus FC

·24 gennaio 2025

Preview: Juventus Women vs Inter

Juventus Women are back in action for a big one this Friday, 24 January, with a Derby d’Italia on the agenda as second-placed Inter visit the Serie A leaders.

At the start of play on Matchday 16, the Bianconere sit top with 38 points, four clear of Inter in second.

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The last meeting between the two ended 0-0 back in October.

Get up to speed ahead of Friday’s big game with our preview!

Head-to-head

Juventus are, along with Roma, one of the two teams against whom Inter have suffered the most Serie A losses - 10 each. They have, though, gone unbeaten in their last three against the Bianconere.
This is the second time these two have met in Serie A in January, with the last coming in 2021 when Juventus won 3-0 with goals from Cristiana Girelli, Aurora Galli and Sofie Junge Pedersen, the latter currently a Nerazzurre player.
Both Juventus and Inter’s highest number of Serie A draws have come against the other, including the 0-0 they played out in the previous meeting this season on 20 October.

Interesting Facts

Juventus haven’t lost any of their last eight home Serie A matches, winning seven of those. They haven’t managed a longer streak since going 49 unbeaten at home between April 2018 and January 2023.
Juventus have scored at least two goals in 17 of their last 20 league matches - 52 in total, averaging 2.6 per game. Inter account for two of the games wherein they didn’t manage to score twice - 26 April and 20 October of last year - while last weekend’s loss to Roma is the other.
Both Juventus and Inter boast four players with more than five goal involvements in this Serie A season - the four Bianconere are Cristiana Girelli (10), Sofia Cantore (nine), Arianna Caruso (nine), and Barbara Bonansea (six).
Juventus have taken more shots than anybody in Serie A this season (108), while only Roma (55) have given up fewer shots to their opponents than Inter’s 59.
The Bianconere’s eight Serie A goals is a league-best this season, but no side has conceded fewer headers than Inter’s one - along with Fiorentina.
Juventus have scored more set-piece goals than anybody in Serie A this season with 15, at least six more than any other side. Inter have conceded 62.5% of their goals (five of eight) from such situations, the highest percentage in the league.
Juventus (nine) and Inter (six, along with Milan) are two of the three teams with more than five goals scored by substitutes this season.

Player Numbers

Against Inter, Cristiana Girelli could make her 200th appearance for Juventus across all competitions. She will become the fourth player to hit the milestone after Arianna Caruso (236), Lisa Boattin (218), and Barbara Bonansea (202).
Girelli has scored eight Serie A goals against Inter in 15 games, and nobody has scored more than her against the Nerazzurre (Valentina Giacinti also has eight).
Barbara Bonansea has scored in four straight Serie A appearances, never before netting in five consecutive games. She has four goals against Inter in her career.
Inter could join Roma, Empoli and Fiorentina as the fourth team against whom Sofia Canotre has scored at least five Serie A goals against (currently four).
Only against Napoli (five) has Arianna Caruso scored more Serie A goals against than Inter (four, just like against Milan).
Chiara Beccari has been involved in three goals against Inter, only boasting a better record against Fiorentina (five). She is just one assist away from equalling her career-best number of assists in a single season, currently on four.

Opposition Focus

Elisa Polli has scored in her last three Serie A outings, never before managing to score in four consecutive appearances.
Since debuting in Serie A on 20 January, 2024, Lina Magull has been involved in 20 goals (13 goals, seven assists), alongside only Evelyne Viens and Manuela Giugliano.
Juventus could join Fiorentina (five) and Chievo (four) as the third team against whom Annamaria Serturini has score more than three goals against in Serie A - currently three.