Preview: Juventus Women vs Fiorentina

Juventus Women continue their Poule Scudetto campaign with what is Matchday 21 of this Serie A season, as Fiorentina visit Biella. Kick-off is locked in for Saturday, 15 March at 15:00 CET.

The two sides met just over a week ago, with the BIanconere seeing off the Viola to reach the Italian Cup final.

Get up to speed ahead of Saturday's game with our preview.

Head-to-head

• Fiorentina are the team have beaten (15) and taken on (19) the most times in Serie A. The Bianconere have also kept clean sheets in each of their last four games against them, only managing a longer such run against Verona (seven between April 2019 and February 2022).
• Juventus have always managed to score against Fiorentina in Serie A, totalling 46 goals in those 19 matches - averaging 2.6 per game. Only against Sassuolo (49) have they scored more in the top flight.
• Taking only the four Poule Scudetto fixtures into consideration, Juventus' games against Fiorentina have seen as many as 4.8 goals per game on average. The Bianconere have scored 12 of those to the Viola's seven.
• Among sides they have faced more than once away from home in all competitions, only against Roma (0%) have the Viola got a lower percentage of wins than against the Bianconere (8%).

Interesting Facts

• Having drawn last time out against Milan, Juventus could draw consecutive Serie A matches for the first time since April and May 2023, then drawing against Inter and Milan in back-to-back outings.
• Juventus are unbeaten in the 10 home Serie A matches played this season (winning eight of those), and only against Napoli (1-1) have they scored fewer than two goals.
• Fiorentina have drawn 0-0 in each of their last two Serie A games, as many goalless games as they'd had in their previous 60. In the era of three points for a win (since 1995/96), only once has a team had three straight 0-0s - ACF Milan between November and December 1997).
• Fiorentina have lost their last three away matches in Serie A, against Como W., Lazio and Inter, and all by a scoreline of 2-0. They have never lost four in a row on the road.
• Juventus are the team with the most headed goals in Serie A this season (10), while Fiorentina are the only side without a headed goal this term.
• This game sees the two sides with the most goals scored from penalties this season face off (four each).
• Juventus have 12 goals scored by substitutes this season - a league high. Three of those goals have come agaisnt Fiorentina as well, courtesy of Paulina Krumbiegel, Martina Rosucci and Barbara Bonansea.

Player Numbers

• In Europe's top-five leagues, only Barcelona's Ewa Pajor (17) and Alexia Putellas (10) boast more goals than Juventus' pairing of Cristiana Girelli (17) and Sofia Cantore (nine).
• Girelli has 17 league goals this season, and hasn't had a better scoring season since netting 22 in 2021/22.
• Fiorentina are Barbara Bonansea's favourite Serie A opponent. She has 11 goals against them, and only has more (12) against Tavagnacco. In fact, no player has more goals against the Viola than Bonansea, and second in that list is Cristiana Girelli with nine (along with Valentina Giacinti and Lana Clelland).
• Sofia Cantore has five goals against Fiorentina in Serie A, making them one of her favourite opponents (along with Inter, Empoli and Roma, against each of whom she has scored five).
• Fiorentina are the team against which Chiara Beccari has been involved in the most Serie A goals (five, three goals and two assists). On target last time out in Milan, Beccari has only ever. netted in consecutive league games once in her career - a run of three in 2022 with Como Women, and the third game then was against the Viola.

Opposition Focus

• Excluding own goals, Emma Severini has been involved in 100% of Fiorentina's six goals this calendar year (three goals, three assists). She also has four goals to her name this season in 17 outings, one more than she had managed in all of her previous five seasons (three goals in 62 appearances since 2019/20).
• Only Clarisse Le Bihan (40) and Emilie Haavi (35) have created more open-play chances than Veronica Boquete's 33 this season. She is also the player with the most league assists this season (seven).
• Agnese Bonfantini made 64 appearances and scored 14 goals for Juventus. The Bianconere could become the fifth team - after Inter, Sampdoria, Roma and Fiorentina - against whom she has netted both for and against in Serie A.
• Michela Catena has three Serie A goals against Juventus, and doesn't have a better record against any other team (also three against San Zaccaria and Sassuolo).