PREVIOUS MATCHES

Juventus have won 50% of their total Serie A matches against Cagliari (37 out of 74), with 26 draws and 11 Sardinian successes comprising the rest of the results, with only Milan (39) having won more matches against Cagliari than Juventus (37) in Serie A.

The Bianconeri are unbeaten in 15 Serie A games against Cagliari (12 wins, three draws), and in the four most recent encounters have not conceded a goal. The most frequent score between these two teams in Serie A is actually 1-1, with the most recent of those coming in May 2015.

Juventus have lost only one of the last 32 home games of Serie A against Cagliari (19 win 12 draws).

OPPOSITION WATCH: CAGLIARI

Cagliari are unbeaten in their last three (two wins, one draw), having not gone four games in a row without defeat in Serie A since January 2014. Away from home the Sardinians haven't failed to score more than one goal since March 2018 against Benevento, in total they have netted a total of just five times in 10 away games since.

Cagliari and Juventus are two of the only three teams (along with SPAL) who haven't yet conceded goals from outside the box this season. Finally, the Rossoblu are the league's topscorers on headed goals, notching five this campaign, accounting for more than half of their total goals (nine).

JUVECAGLIARI CURIOSCITIES

• Cagliari's Leonardo Pavoletti has scored 19 headed goals in Serie A since his first goal with head (May 2015). To date only one other player boasts so many headed goals in the five major European leagues, Cristiano Ronaldo (also with 19).

• Filippo Romagna played in Juventus Primavera, without ever making a first team debut with the Bianconeri.

• Simone Padoin has played 84 Serie A matches with Juventus, scoring three goals.

IN THE DUGOUTS

Massimiliano Allegri is unbeaten against Rolando Maran in Serie A with eight wins and one draw. Maran has never won against Juventus in Serie A, one draw and nine losses.

Allegri, with 11 wins and two draws, is unbeaten in 13 league matches against Cagliari. He was their coach from May 2008 until April 2010, with his Serie A record in charge standing at 26 wins 15 draws and 30 defeats.