Serie A

Frosinone, baptism of fire as they take on Juventus

Luciano Spalletti’s Juventus take on Frosinone who are set on bringing the three points home.

It’s also time for Frosinone and Juventus to make their season debut as they face off at the Stadio Benito Stirpe. The home side begin their campaign in pursuit of a historic first-ever Serie A survival, but to achieve it they will need to reverse a trend that has seen them lose all three of their previous top-flight openers, against Torino, Atalanta and Napoli. Juventus, meanwhile, are the team with the most opening-day victories in Serie A history, with 61 wins, and will be expected to start with three points as they begin their push towards the top of the table.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

There have been 4 meetings between the two sides in Frosinone: all Juventus wins, the latest a 1-2 victory in 2023/24.

DID YOU KNOW?

Frosinone are making their fourth Serie A appearance: previous campaigns came in 2015/16, 2018/19 and 2023/24.

Frosinone are winless on Matchday 1, with 3 defeats (1-2 against Torino in 2015, 0-4 against Atalanta in 2018 and 1-3 against Napoli in 2023).

Frosinone are unbeaten in official matches since 7 February: 11 wins and 5 draws in 16 games. Their last defeat came against Venezia (1-2, Serie B).

Frosinone have reached the Coppa Italia Round of 32: in their first official match of the season, they eliminated Juve Stabia 4-1 at the Stirpe, with a Kvernadze brace and goals from Cichella and Raimondo.

Juventus are unbeaten on Matchday 1 for 10 consecutive seasons, with 9 wins and 1 draw.
Juventus have kept a clean sheet on Matchday 1 for 368 minutes: their last goal conceded came on 22 August 2021 (Udinese-Juventus 2-2, Deulofeu).

COACHES and PLAYERS

Massimiliano Alvini and Luciano Spalletti will meet for the second time in an official match: in the only previous meeting, the Juventus coach won (Cremonese-Napoli 1-4 in 2023/24).

Massimiliano Alvini is embarking on his second Serie A spell: in his first season, at Cremonese in 2023/24, he managed 18 matches, recording 7 draws and 11 defeats.

Only Nico Paz (46) had more shots on target than Kenan Yildiz (40) in the 2025/26 season.

No player completed more dribbles than Kenan Yildiz (102) in the 2025/26 season.

No player completed more passes than Manuel Locatelli (2,524) in the 2025/26 season.

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: none

Cautioned: none

REFEREE

AYROLDI (ROSSI L. – MORO) IV: MARIANI VAR: MARINI AVAR: PICCININI

UPCOMING MATCHES

Fiorentina-Frosinone (29/8, 18.30)

Juventus-Parma (29/8, 20.45)

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