The Juventus Males’s First Staff are again on the street for Serie A Matchday 21, heading to Sardinia to tackle Cagliari. Kick-off is fastened for Saturday night at 20:45 CET.
The Bianconeri come into this weekend in a superb run of type, and sit fourth within the desk with 39 factors from 20 video games performed.
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Cagliari, for his or her half, occupy sixteenth place with 19 factors from 20 matches.
Let’s rise up to hurry with the pre-match statistics forward of Saturday.
Fascinating Details
Juventus have received 47 Serie A matches in opposition to Cagliari, and the Sardinians have solely misplaced extra in opposition to Milan (48). The Biancoenri have additionally received 22 of the 28 league video games in opposition to them since 2010, solely managing extra in that interval in opposition to Udinese (23 of 32).
Since Luciano Spalletti’s arrival as coach, the Bianconeri are averaging 2.2 factors per recreation, up from 1.5 per recreation earlier than his appointment.
After the 3-0 in opposition to Sassuolo and the 5-0 in opposition to Cremonese, Juventus will likely be trying to win three straight league matches whereas conserving clear sheets for the primary time since doing so between February and March of this yr. They might additionally rating no less than three objectives in three video games on the bounce for the primary time since Could 2021.
Kenan Yildiz has scored seven objectives in 19 league outings this time period, as many as he managed in 35 in 2024/25. Yildiz can also be the most-fouled participant within the closing third on this Serie A season (15).
Jonathan David has scored in back-to-back league video games for the primary time since March 2025, when he was nonetheless a Lille participant – he hasn’t scored in three consecutive matches since March 2024. The Canadian has additionally taken half in 4 objectives in his final 4 league appearances (two objectives, two assists).
Because the starting of December, Weston McKennie has been concerned in 4 Serie A objectives for the Bianconeri (two objectives, two assists), leaving him degree with Kenan Yildiz and David because the facet’s best participant. He might rating in back-to-back matches for the primary time in Europe’s top-five leagues in what will likely be his 250th look in these competitions.
Pierre Kalulu has performed extra minutes throughout all competitions than some other outfield Serie A participant this season – 2,430, which is 100% of the minutes performed by Juventus.
Opposition Focus
Cagliari have 19 factors from their first 20 video games this season, which is their finest return at this stage of the marketing campaign in any of the final 5 seasons within the prime flight.
The Isolani have failed to attain in two of their final three league matches (drawing one, dropping two), and after their loss at Genoa final day out they might lose back-to-back matches with out scoring a aim for the primary time since December 2024 (then in opposition to Fiorentina and Atalanta).
Gianluca Gaetano has had a direct hand in two objectives in his final three Serie A video games with one aim and one help. He’ll come up in opposition to Luciano Spalletti on Saturday, below whom he made 10 appearances and scored one aim throughout their time at Napoli.
Sebastiano Esposito’s final league aim got here in opposition to Juventus within the first recreation between the 2 sides this season, and he’s the Cagliari participant to be concerned in essentially the most objectives this season (5, from three objectives and two assists). He has additionally had a hand in three objectives in his final 5 house appearances.
No Cagliari participant has received extra duels than Marco Palestra’s 21, and none have been fouled extra usually within the closing third than his 9 instances. As effectively, throughout Europe’s top-five leagues, solely Rayo Vallecano’s Andrei Ratiu (33) has accomplished extra dribbles than his 31 (degree with Brentford’s Michael Kayode).