Preview: Fiorentina vs Juventus Women

Juventus Women are in action for the first time since being crowned as Italian champions last week, with the Bianconeri heading to Tuscany to take on Fiorentina in Serie A on Friday. Kick-off in Florence is fixed for 12:30 CEST.

The last time the two met in Tuscany, Juventus ran out 3-2 winners in the first leg of the Italian Cup semi-final.

Get up to speed ahead of Friday’s game with our statistical preview.

Head-to-head

• Fiorentina are the side that Juventus have beaten the most times in Serie A (15). The Viola won 2-0 last time the two sides met, but have never won back-to-back games against the Bianconere.
• Juventus failed to score against Fiorentina in their last Serie A meeting after having netted in each of the previous 19 matches against the Viola.
• Only against Sassuolo (49), having Juventus scored more goals than against Fiorentina (46).
• Juventus and Fiorentina have never drawn in the Poule Scudetto - Juventus have won three to Fiorentina’s two, with 21 goals scored for an average of 4-2 per game.
• Seven of the last eight goals scored in games between these two have come in the second half.

Interesting Facts

• Juventus are hoping to win back-to-back games while keeping clean sheets in Serie A for the first time since the beginning of the Poule Scudetto.
• With 11, the Bianconere are the team with the most headed goals scored this Serie A season. Fiorentina, though, are the only side not to have scored any such goals. The Viola have also conceded the fewest headed goals in the league (two).
• Juventus and Fiorentina are the teams with the most penalties scored this season (five for Juve, four for the Tuscans).
• No team has more goals from substitutes than Juventus’ 12 this Serie A season. The Bianconere also boast the most different goalscorers this term with 15.

Player Numbers

• Cristiana Girelli (nine) could become the second player to hit double digits for goals against Fiorentina in Serie A. The first was Barbara Bonansea, who currently has 11 agains them.
• Girelli has 19 goals this season and could surpass 20 for the fifth time in her career, most recently doing so in 2020/21.
• Fiorentina are the team against whom Barbara Bonansea has scored the most goals since joining Juventus (nine).
• Sofia Cantore has five goals against Fiorentina, and only has more against Roma and Inter (each six).
• Cantore has 11 goals this league season and could become the third Italian to net at least 12 in a single Serie A season for Juventus after Girelli (five times) and Bonansea (twice).
• Fiorentina are the side against whom Chiara Beccari has had a hand in the most goals against (five: three goals, two assists). She has assisted in each of her last two away league games against the Viola.

Opposition Focus

• Fiorentina have lost each of their last two Serie A games, having gone unbeaten in the previous four. They haven’t lost three on the bounce in the league since between February-March 2024.
• After four straight clean sheets in the league, Fiorentina have conceded seven goals in their last two.
• Fiorentina have lost just one of their 11 games at home this Serie A season - 3-0 against Juventus in December.
• Since her arrival in Serie A, only Cristiana Girelli has as many games in which she has scored more than one goal as Madelen Janogy - five apiece. Janogy is also one goal shy of her league tally from last season (six this).
• Including her double last time out against Juve, Veronica Boquete is one of two midfielders (along with Lazio’s Clarisse Le Bihan) with more than six goals and six assists this season.
• Emma Severino has had a hand in six goals this season (four goals, two assists) and could equal her record-high of seven. Juventus, though, are the side she has met the most without ever having a hand in a goal (11 games).