Juventus face Verona to defend fourth place

After a 0–0 draw at San Siro against AC Milan, Juventus host Verona as they look to maintain their advantage over the other contenders for fourth place. A victory would mark their ninth consecutive unbeaten result and allow them to approach the next three fixtures (against Lecce, Fiorentina and Torino) with greater confidence. Verona, meanwhile, are fighting to keep their Serie A hopes alive and must win to avoid an early relegation.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

There have been 42 official matches between the two sides in Turin: Juventus have won 35 (most recently 2-0 in the 2024/25 Serie A season), there have been 6 draws (most recently 1-1 in the 2020/21 Serie A season) and one win for the Gialloblù (0-1 in the 1962/63 Coppa Italia).

Verona’s only win at Juventus dates back to 3 April 1963, a 0-1 victory in the Coppa Italia, with Maioli scoring in the 90th minute.

Juventus are on a run of 40 consecutive positive results in all competitions against Verona at home: 34 wins and 6 draws, with 88 goals scored and 21 conceded.

Juventus are on a run of eight consecutive positive results in all competitions against Verona (at the Allianz Stadium and the Bentegodi): a record of six wins and two draws. Their last defeat was a 2-1 loss in Veneto on 30 October 2021.

Juventus are on a run of four consecutive clean sheets against Verona at home: the last goal scored by the Gialloblù at the Bianconeri’s home ground came in the 60th minute of the 1-1 draw between Juventus and Verona on 25 October 2020, scored by Andrea Favilli. Since then, the Scaligeri have gone 390 minutes without scoring.

DID YOU KNOW?

Juventus are on a run of 4 consecutive clean sheets: this is their best run in this Serie A campaign. To find a better run in the league, one has to go back to August–October 2024, with six clean sheets. Furthermore, the Bianconeri have kept a clean sheet for 398 minutes, the last goal conceded coming from Andrea Pinamonti in the 52nd minute of the Juventus v Sassuolo 1–1 draw on 21 March.

Juventus fail to score against Milan: the Bianconeri have ended a run of seven consecutive matches scoring in Serie A (the last time they failed to score was in the Juventus 0-2 Como match on 21 February). For the Turin side, this was their second-best run in this league campaign (surpassed only by the period between November 2025 and January 2026, when they scored in nine consecutive matches).

Only Inter (159) make more passes on average in Juventus’ attacking third (145) in the 2025/26 Serie A season.

Juventus are the 2025/26 Serie A side that attempt the most dribbles on average (16.9).

Since Luciano Spalletti’s arrival (Matchday 10, Cremonese v Juventus), Juventus are the 2025/26 Serie A side with the fewest goals conceded (20, level with Inter and Milan).

Juventus are the 2025/26 Serie A side who have gained the most points in the second half compared to their first-half results (+15, the same as Milan), while Verona are the side who have lost the most (–12).

Verona are the 2025/26 Serie A side with the fewest different players to have scored (10, like Torino) and the fewest goals scored by substitutes (2, like Udinese).

Verona have scored just 1 goal in their last 6 Serie A matches (Torino 2-1 Verona on 11 April): they have equalled their own worst run of this season, set between August and October 2025 (also 1 goal in 6 matches, between matchdays 2 and 7).

Verona are the 2025/26 Serie A side with the lowest percentage of shots converted into goals (5.9%).

Amin Sarr is the 2025/26 Serie A player who comes on as a substitute most often during a match (23 times, the same as Konan N’Dri).

COACHES and PLAYERS

This is the first official meeting between Luciano Spalletti and Paolo Sammarco.

Only Santiago Pierotti (129) and Morten Frendrup (124) make more tackles than Manuel Locatelli (114) in the 2025/26 Serie A season.

Gift Orban ranks 6th in the 2025/26 Serie A among players who generate the most xG (11.5), behind Moise Kean (14.98), Lautaro Martinez (13.5), Nikola Krstovic (13.3), Rasmus Hojlund (12.9) and Marcus Thuram (11.8).

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: Valentini (Verona) 

Cautioned: Bremer, Kelly (Juventus); Orban, Nelsson, Al-Musrati, Akpa Akpro (Verona)

REFEREE

AYROLDI (VECCHI – CAVALLINA) IV: DI MARCO, VAR: DI BELLO, AVAR: MERAVIGLIA

UPCOMING MATCHES

Lecce-Juventus (Saturday May 9th, 20.45 CEST)

Verona-Como (Sunday May 10th, 12.30 CEST)

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