Preview: Atalanta vs Juventus

Following recent Serie A and Champions League appointments, the Juventus Men’s First Team’s attention turns back to the Italian Cup this week, with Thursday night seeing them take on Atalanta in their quarter-final clash. Kick-off in Bergamo is set for 21:00 CET.

Let’s take a look at the stats ahead of the midweek match.

INTERESTING FACTS

• This will be the 19th Italian Cup game between Juventus and Atalanta, of which the Bianconeri have won eight. The last two Cup meetings between the two ended in Bianconeri final successes in 2021 and 2024.
• Juventus have avoided defeat in 18 of the last 20 away games against Atalanta across all competitions.
• The Bianconeri are the only side to have always progressed beyond the Round of 16 in the Italian Cup in the last 19 seasons (since 2007/08).
• No midfielder has more goals across all competitions this season than Weston McKennie’s four (along with Scott McTominay).
• Jonathan David has had a hand in 10 goals (six goals, four assists) in 20 appearances under Luciano Spalletti, having managed just two (one goal, one asssit) in 10 before his arrival on the bench.
• Teun Koopmeiners made 129 appearances for Atalanta between 2021 and 2024, scoring 29 goals and assisting 15 more. He is yet to score against them in 225 of play since joining Juventus. 
• Kenan Yildiz and Francisco Conceicao could become the first Juventus players to score in four competitions this season, having netted in Serie A, the Champions League and the Club World Cup.

OPPOSITION FOCUS

• Atalanta have won three of the last four home matches in all competitions by keeping clean sheets, losing the other, which is as many clean sheets as they’d managed in their previous 24 games.
• The Nerazzurri haven’t scored in either of their last two games across all competitions.
• Since joining Atalanta in 2023/24, Charles De Ketelaere is the only Serie A player to have scored more than 30 goals (32) and provided more than 25 assists (28). Juventus, curiously, are the side against whom he has played the most minutes (364) without having scored or assisted.
• Juventus are the team that Marten de Roon has faced the most as an Atalanta player (22 times, level with Fiorentina).  
• Mario Pasalic is the only Atalanta player to have scored in every competition this season - two in Serie A and one in the Champions League and Italian Cup.