Preview: Juventus vs Venezia

The Allianz Stadium plays host to Serie A Matchday 16's Juventus-Venezia this Saturday, 14 December, as the Venetians visit Turin.

Below, your match preview ahead of the 20:45 CET kick-off:

Head-to-head

• In their last 12 matches against Venezia in Serie A, Juventus have claimed 10 wins and two draws. The last time Venezia won in the top-flight against the Bianconeri was on 15 April 1962.
• The Bianconeri are one of the two sides against whom Venezia have lost the most matches in Serie A: 17, the same as against AC Milan. Furthermore, the Bianconeri are the team that has scored the most goals against the Arancieroverdi in the competition (52 goals in 26 matches).
• Juve have scored in each of their last 12 matches against Venezia in Serie A (26 goals in total, an average of 2.2 per match); among the teams currently in the competition, only against Hellas Verona (23) and Bologna (17) do the Bianconeri have a longer scoring streak.
• Juventus are unbeaten in the 13 matches against Venezia played in the first half of the Serie A season: eight wins and five draws, including the most recent, a 1-1 draw on 11 December 2021.
• The Bianconeri are unbeaten in their last 10 Serie A matches against newly-promoted teams with six wins and four draws, the most recent being the 2-2 against Parma on 30 October.

Interesting Facts

• Juventus is one of the three teams, along with Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich, still unbeaten in the top five European leagues this season, and are the team with the most clean sheets in these competitions (10 in 15 matches).
• Over the last 15 Serie A away matches, Venezia have lost 12 and drawn three; in this championship the Venetians have the worst away record (just two points won) and the worst away defensive record (17 goals conceded).
• Juventus, currently on 1699 wins, are one step away from 1700 victories in Serie A; the Bianconeri are the team that has won the most matches in the competition so far, 117 more than Inter (1582).
• Juve are the team with the most successful passes (7599) and the highest average ball possession (61%) this campaign.
• Venezia is the only team that has yet to score with substitute players this season. On the other hand, Juventus has four goals ‘from the bench’ in the current campaign, including the last one in Serie A (Samuel Mbangula vs Bologna).

Player Numbers

• Among players who have scored at least four goals in this championship, Timothy Weah is the one who has the fewest number of shots on target: the American has scored four goals in only nine attempted shots, an average of one goal for every two shots.
• The only player in Juventus' current squad who has scored against Venezia is Teun Koopmeiners, who scored against the Venetians in the 4-0 win for Atalanta on 30 November 2021.
• Juve has two of the four forwards with the highest percentage of dribbles completed in the league so far (min. 35 attempted): Francisco Conceicao (51.4% - 19/37) and Kenan Yildiz (51.1% - 24/47); alongside Rafael Leao (61.5%) and Moise Kean (51.4%).
• Among defenders counting at least 500 passes attempted in this league, Federico Gatti is the one who has completed the most in percentage terms: 96% - 711/741. Pierre Kalulu is fourth in this ranking (94.7% - 878/927) - between Malick Thiaw (95%) and Francesco Acerbi (94.8%).
• Nicolo Savona has played 13 matches with the Juventus shirt in Serie A this season and among the defenders who count at least as many appearances in the current tournament, only Pietro Comuzzo (born in 2005) and Patrick Dorgu (born in 2004) are younger than the Juventus full-back, born in 2003.

Opposition Focus

• Gaetano Oristanio has been involved in four goals in 15 appearances in the league (two goals, two assists), already one more than in 25 appearances with the Cagliari shirt last season (three - two goals, one assist).
• Michael Svoboda (1282) is the Venezia player with the most minutes played in the league. In addition, the defender has the most intercepted balls (22), the most defensive rebounds (62) and the most shots blocks (11) among his teammates in the competition.
• Hans Nicolussi Caviglia made 11 appearances with the Juventus shirt in Serie A, including his debut in the competition on 8 March 2019, and has scored three goals so far this season with Venezia.
• This season, only Nico Paz (34) has completed more dribbles than Gaetano Oristanio (32, on a par with Rafael Leao). Furthermore, the Venezia player could score a goal in two consecutive Serie A matches for the first time in the competition.
• Domen Crnigoj's is a match away from his 100th appearance with Venezia across all competitions. Only against Lazio (227) and Hellas Verona (213) does he count more minutes played than against Juventus (162) in Serie A.