Preview: Milan vs Juventus Women

Juventus Women continue their Serie A Poule Scudetto campaign on Sunday evening with a trip to take on Milan in Lombardy. It is the second Poule Scudetto fixture for the Bianconere, which corresponds to Matchday 20 of the Serie A season and kick-off is set for 18:00 CET on 9 March.

The last time these two sides met, the Bianconere ran out 6-0 winners in Milan in February.

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

Head-to-head

• Juventus are the side against whom Milan have lost the most Serie A matches (10, and at least four more than against any other team). They also suffered their worst loss against the Bianconere (6-0 last time out in February), and have conceded more goals (37) against them than against any other team.
• The Bianconere have scored in 14 consecutive games against Milan, averaging 2.6 per match, since last failing to score against them on 4 November, 2018.
• Milan have lost each of their last four games against Juventus, and could lose five in a row against a single opponent for the first time. They previously lost four in a row against the Bianconere between 2020 and 2022.

Interesting Facts

• Juventus have won five of their last seven away league matches.
• The Bianconere have scored in 12 straight Serie A matches, not managing a longer scoring streak since their 26-game run in 2022/23.
• No Serie A side has a higher cross-completion rate than Juventus’ 27.5% this season, and the Bianconere have scored more goals (11) resulting from crosses than anybody.
• Only Lyon (11) have scored more headed goals than Juventus (10, along with Manchester City) in Europe’s top-five leagues this season. Milan, meanwhile, have conceded four, and three of those have been against Juventus - all scored by Cristiana Girelli.
• The Bianconere have scored more goals in the first 30 minutes of Serie A games than anybody this season with 19. Milan have conceded 12 in this time period.

Player Numbers

• Cristiana Girelli has scored back-to-back league hat-tricks, the first of which came against Milan in the 6-0 win in February.
• Half of Girelli’s goals this season have come this calendar year (eight of 16). Nobody in Europe’s top-five leagues has managed more in this timeframe (along with Martina Piemonte).
• Girelli has scored more goals against Milan than any other player with seven. The player with the next-best record against the Rossonere is Barbara Bonansea with five.
• Chiara Beccari has two Serie A goals against Milan in Serie A, and only has a better record against Fiorentina (three).
• In the last three games between Milan and Juventus, Sofia Cantore has scored two goals. She is one goal away from being in double figures in Serie A for the first time in her career.

Opposition Focus

• Evelyn Ijeh is the only Milan player in double digits for goal contributions this season (six goals, four assists). She is the youngest player in the league to have had a hand in at least 10 goals.
• Valentina Cernoia made 143 Juventus appearances and scored 30 goals between 2017/18 and 2022/23. She has had a hand in three goals (two goals, one assist) in her last three home appearances in the league.
• Chante Dompig has been involved in three goals against Juventus in Serie A (a goal with Milan in April 2023, and two assists with Empoli in February 2022). She has only managed better against Sampdoria (five= and San Marino Academy (four).