Preview: Sampdoria vs Juventus Women

The Juventus Women's First Team face their second game this week after having played on Monday evening as they travel to take on Sampdoria in Liguria on Matchday 5 of this Serie A season. Kick-off is set for 18:00 CEST on Saturday, 5 October.

The Bianconere remain unbeaten in Serie A with maximum points after four games, and their impressive 4-0 win at home to Fiorentina last time out has them sitting alone at the top of the table.

Samp, for their part, managed a 1-1 draw against Como Women last weekend, and sit on two points so far, having also drawn with Lazio.

Get yourself up to speed with our Matchday 5 preview below.

Head-to-head

• Having lost their first five Serie A fixtures against Sampdoria, the Bianconere did fall to defeat last time they met the Blucerchiate, with Asia Bragonzi (then on loan from Juventus and now back with the Bianconere) scoring the game's only goal on 16 December, 2023.
• Only against Roma (one) have Samp scored fewer goals than their three against Juventus.

Interesting Facts

• Juventus' seven-match winning streak is the longest in Serie A at the moment, and they haven't managed more wins on the bounce since a phenomenal 36-match run between February 2020 and January 2022.
• The Bianconere have won each of their last four away matches in Serie A, as many as they had in their previous eight on the road.
• Juventus have scored at least twice in 13 of their last 15 away Serie A outings, netting 45 goals in that time and conceding 18. They have recorded five clean sheets in those 15 matches.
• The Bianconere are the team with the best conversion rate (25%) in Serie A this season, while Sampdoria have the lowest (4.7%).
• Sampdoria have allowed 80 shots on their goal this season, the second-highest number of any side in Europe's top-five leagues (after only Carl Zeiss Jana, 86).
• No Serie A side has scored more from set pieces than Juventus' seven. Samp have one such goal.

Player Numbers

• Sofia Cantore has scored four goals in six Serie A matches against Sampdoria (two with Sassuolo and two with Juventus) and she only has a better record against Empoli (five goals). She is also the highest-scoring Bianconera this season across all competitions.
• Amalie Vangsgaard could score in back-to-back league games for the first time since doing so with Paris Saint-Germain in October-November 2023.
• Of the midfielders to have a direct hand in more than two goals this season, only Como's Nadine Nischler is younger than Paulina Krumbiegel.
• Arianna Caruso has scored three in her last six Juventus appearances across all competitions, as many as in her previous 20. She could score in back-to-back games for the first time since November 2023.
• Cristiana Girelli has scored five Serie A goals against Samp, only netting more against Sassuolo (seven).

Opposition Focus

• Of the players to have scored at least eight goals in 2024 across Europe's top-five leagues, only Barcelona's Vicky Lopez is younger than Samp's Victoria DellaPeruta.
• Elena Pisani and Cecilia Re (both 20) are two of the top-four players for the number of blocks made in Serie A this season.
• So far this season, only Como's Liucija Vaitukaityte (32) has recovered more balls than Nicole Arcangeli's 23.