Juve away to Frosinone to try to catch up
With the 4 goals scored past Napoli at the Maradona on Tuesday night still in mind, Frosinone is gearing up to play another big match in their league campaign, this time against Juventus. The Ciociari sit on 19 points after having only won 2 in the first 3 games this season and are far from danger in the table. They will anyway want another excellent result to climb even higher up the standings. Different situation for a Juventus side that drew in their last game against Genoa (they haven’t drawn 2 games in a row since September 2022) and lost ground in the table compared to Inter who are now 4 points ahead. The goal will be to win and get the Nerazzurri back in sight.
DID YOU KNOW?
Despite conceding a goal in each of their last two away matches, Juventus have kept five clean sheets in eight away games this season; over the last two seasons, Juventus are the team that has kept the most clean sheets away from home in Serie A: 15 (with Lazio second at 14) If Juventus win 1-0, Massimiliano Allegri would become the coach with the most wins by this scoreline in the three-points-per-win era (since 1994/95) in Serie A: he is currently tied at 75 matches with Carlo Ancelotti.
HEAD TO HEAD
Frosinone have never won in six encounters against Juventus across all competitions, with one draw and five losses, and an overall score of 1-11. Frosinone remain unbeaten in their last seven home league matches (W5 D2); during this period, only Juventus and Bologna are also undefeated in the topflight, while only Juventus (20), Bologna (19), and Milan (18) have earned more points than Frosinone (17) at home this season.
PLAYERS
Matías Soulé has been involved in 72 shots (total shots + chances created) this season: fewer only than Matteo Politano (73) and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (77), and at least 50 more than any other Frosinone player (Luca Mazzitelli, 22). Arkadiusz Milik has been involved in at least one goal in both matches played against Frosinone in Serie A (a brace in December 2018 and an assist in April 2019, both with Napoli); Frosinone could become the third team against which the Polish player contributes to a goal in his first three Serie A matches, after Parma and Hellas Verona. Among players who have scored at least five goals this season, only Gianluca Scamacca has played fewer minutes (508) than Dusan Vlahovic (866); the Serbian has not scored in an away Serie A match since the first matchday of the current tournament, against Udinese (a goal and an assist in that match).
DISCIPLINE
Suspended: Okoli (Frosinone) Cautioned: Oyono (Frosinone); Danilo, Locatelli, Gatti e Cambiaso (Juventus)
REFEREE
Mariani (Del Giovane-Di Monte), IV: Minelli, VAR: Marini, AVAR: Pagnotta
UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A TIM
Lazio-Frosinone (Friday 29 December, 20:45 CET) Juventus-Roma (Saturday 30 December, 20:45 CET) (Photo LaPresse)