A huge clash awaits at San Siro on Sunday night, as Juventus make their way to the Giuseppe Meazza for a titanic battle against current Serie A leaders Milan.
The Bianconeri have traditionally done well in their first encounters following a FIFA international break, and will look to continue this trend against the Rossoneri on Matchday 9.
Ahead of the 20:45 CEST kick-off, here’s five pre-match facts to sharpen your Milan-Juve knowledge:
BACK WITH A BANG | Juventus have won each of the last four matches played against Milan in Serie A following the international break, scoring an average of 3.3 goals in each match - the most recent of these being a 3-1 victory on 31 March 2018. Over the last three Serie A seasons, no team has won more matches after the international break than Juventus: seven (alongside Roma).
RELIABLE RABIOT | Adrien Rabiot, who scored his first Serie A goal on 7 July 2020 against Milan, is one of the four ever-present midfielders on the pitch in the league (720 minutes on the pitch, like Bryan Cristante, Marten de Roon and Morten Frendrup).
SUPER TEK | Wojciech Szczesny has saved three of the four penalties he faced against Milan in Serie A: only Samir Handanovic against Napoli (four) has saved more penalties against a single team in the competition since Opta has collected this data (since 2005/06). In the 2023 calendar, no Serie A side has obtained more clean sheets than Juventus (15, equal to Napoli).
YOUNG GUNS | The two youngest players with at least three appearances in Serie A this season are Juve’s Kenan Yildiz (4/5/2005) and Milan’s Davide Bartesaghi (29/12/2005).
ADVANTAGE MAX | Massimiliano Allegri is the coach who has won the most games against Stefano Pioli in Serie A: 11, with five draws and two successes for the Emilian coach. Allegri has nine victories in 18 matches against Milan in Serie A (3D, 6L) and can become the sixth coach to reach double figures in victories against the Rossoneri in the competition, after Giovanni Trapattoni (15), Luciano Spalletti (15), Hermann Felsner (12), Árpád Weisz (11) and Eugenio Bersellini (10).