FOCUS ON JUVENTUS VS TORINO
* Torino have won only one of the last 31 Mole derbies in Serie A against Juventus (D7 L23) - 2-1 in April 2015, with Matteo Darmian and Fabio Quagliarella scoring their two goals.
* Juventus have found the net in each of their last 21 Serie A games against Torino - the last time they ended a Turin derby without scoring was in February 2008 (0-0 under Claudio Ranieri).
* Among teams currently in the competition, Juventus’ scoring streak against Torino is their longest active run against any opponent.
* Torino are the side that Juventus have collected the most wins (74) and scored the most goals (237) against in Serie A history.
* Juventus have won their last two home games in the league without conceding a goal, while they haven’t won three in a row with a clean sheet under Massimiliano Allegri since December 2018 (three).
* Torino have lost their last two league games, having remained unbeaten in seven of the previous eight (W4 D3); the Granata could suffer three consecutive defeats in the competition for the first time since December 2020.
* Juventus have faced the most shots from outside the box in 2022 in Serie A (50), conceding three goals in this period from distance - fewer only than Spezia (five).
* Torino have not yet taken a penalty in the current campaign, despite making 515 touches in the opponent box. This is lower than the current Serie A average (544), however.
* Juventus’ last eight goals in Serie A have all been scored by different players, with six of these coming in the final 30 minutes of play.
* Juventus forward Paulo Dybala is one away from reaching 50 assists in Serie A (currently on 49), while he could become the third Argentine player to reach this milestone in the last decade (after Papu Gómez, 70, and Rodrigo Palacio, 57).
* Josip Brekalo has scored three of Torino's last seven Serie A goals - the Croatian has scored a total of six goals in the current campaign, only one fewer his best scoring in a single season within the big five European leagues (seven goals in 2020/2021 for Wolfsburg).
(Photo LaPresse)
