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Three important points in Juve vs. Venezia
Serie A

Three important points in Juve vs. Venezia

Juventus need a win after three consecutive draws, while Venezia want to move off the bottom

Juventus will face Venezia in a 20:45 CET kick-off at the Stadium with the aim of recording their first win in over a month; Tiago Motta (who is suspended today) and his team last picked up three points when they beat Torino in the derby on 9 November. Venezia also need a win as they look to move off the bottom. After four consecutive wins, Di Francesco’s side came away with a draw against Como last week and are now hoping to spring a surprise to start climbing the table.

HEAD TO HEAD

Across their last 12 matches against Venezia in Serie A, Juventus have recorded 10 wins and two draws; the last Venezia success in the top-flight against the Bianconeri dates back to April 1962, 3-0 at home with goals from Siciliano, Rossi and Santon. Juventus have won each of their last 10 home matches against Venezia in Serie A, scoring 28 goals (2.8 on average per match): among current top-flight teams, the orange-black-green team are the side against which the Bianconeri boast their longest on-going streak of home successes.

DID YOU KNOW?

Juventus have drawn nine of their opening 15 games of a Serie A season for the first time while they have not won so few games (6) at this stage of a campaign since 2001-02 (also 6 in that case); if they also fail to win against Venezia, the Vecchia Signora would establish their worst result in terms of wins after their first 16 league matches of a season since 1998-99. Across their last 15 Serie A away games, Venezia have lost 12 times and drawn three times; in the current Serie A campaign the Venetians have won the fewest away points (2) and hold the worst defenseive record away from home (17 goals conceded). Venezia have lost 16 points from leading positions this season, the joint mostin the big five European Leagues along with Valencia - 11 of those 16 points were lost away from home (69%).

PLAYERS

The only player in the current Juventus squad who has scored in Serie A against Venezia is Teun Koopmeiners (in a 4-0 win for Atalanta inNovember 2021); the Dutchman - who scored last time out against Bologna - has not been on the scoresheet in two Serie A appearances in a row since last March. Three of the four youngest players to have recorded 2+ goals and 2+ assists in Serie A this season could be involved in this match: Kenan Yildiz (born 2005), Samuel Mbangula (2004) and Gaetano Oristanio (2002). Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (11 appearances for Juventus in Serie A, including his debut in the competition in March 2019) has scored three goals in Serie A this season, one more than Koopmeiners, McKennie, Douglas Luiz, Thuram, Fagioli, Locatelli and Adzic - all the Juventus central midfielders available to Thiago Motta – have combined

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: Thiago Motta (Juventus) Cautioned: Locatelli e Fagioli (Juventus)

REFEREE

GIUA (DI IORIO – PAGLIARDINI) IV: PRONTERA, VAR: MERAVIGLIA, AVAR: DI BELLO

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A

Monza-Juventus (Sunday 22 December, 20.45 CET) Venezia-Cagliari (Sunday 22 December, 15.00 CET) (Photo Getty Images)