Preview: Lazio vs Juventus

The Juventus Men’s First Team turn their attention back to Serie A, after the midweek trip to face Real Madrid in Spain, heading to the capital to take on Lazio for Matchday 8.

Kick-off in Rome is fixed for Sunday, 26 October, at 20:45 CEST.

Let’s get up to speed ahead of the game with our statistical preview.

Interesting Facts

• Juventus have defeated Lazio more times than any other club in Serie A history. There have so far been 87 wins for the Bianconeri, 36 for the Biancocelesti and 39 draws.
• After the 1–1 draw on May 10, Lazio and Juventus could draw two consecutive Serie A matches for the first time since between December 2005 and April 2006.
• Lazio have lost more home games against Juventus than against any other team in Serie A history. There have been 34 Bianconeri wins in Rome, 20 draws and 27 wins for the Biancocelesti. As well, Juventus, have found the net in 19 of their last 20 Serie A visits to the Stadio Olimpico to take on Sunday’s hosts.
• Statistically, Juventus are among the busiest attacking teams in Serie A. The Bianconeri rank third for total shots (111, behind only Inter and Napoli).
• Dusan Vlahovic has scored seven goals against Lazio across all competitions since arriving in Italy. Only against Cagliari (nine) has he scored more.
• Manuel Locatelli has played more minutes against Lazio than any other team in Serie A (1,199 in 16 appearances). He has never scored against the Biancocelesti in the league, but has found the net twice at the Stadio Olimpico against Roma (April 2025 and January 2022).

Opposition Focus

• Lazio come into this fixture on the back of two consecutive Serie A draws (against Torino and Atalanta). The Biancocelesti haven’t recorded more back-to-back league draws since the spell between November and December 2018 under Simone Inzaghi, when they went four in a row.
• Lazio have won just two of their last 15 Serie A home games (nine draws, four defeats), keeping only one clean sheet in that stretch.
• Lazio are the team with the highest percentage of goals scored in the first halves of matches in this Serie A season: 70%, seven out of their 10 total. Overall, only Inter (nine) have found the net more often than the Biancocelesti before the break so far.
• Across the last two Serie A seasons (since 2024/25), Lazio have won all 10 matches in which Mattia Zaccagni has scored. More generally, the Biancocelesti are unbeaten in their last 21 league games in which he has scored.
• Matteo Guendouzi (99) is one appearance away from reaching 100 games in all competitions with Lazio, while Elseid Hysaj (99) is on the verge of 100 Serie A appearances for the Biancocelesti.
• Pedro has faced Juventus more times than any other club in Europe’s top-five leagues without ever scoring or providing an assist - he has made nine appearances and 467 minutes against the Bianconeri.
• Maurizio Sarri won his only career Serie A title with Juventus in 2019/20.