Preview: Inter vs Juventus Women

The Juventus Women’s First Team will go looking to continue their 100% start to this Serie A season in Milan on Sunday, taking on Inter in the season’s first Derby d’Italia. Kick-off at the Arena Civica in Milan is set for 12:00 CEST.

The Bianconere are six from six so far domestically, though fell to their first loss of the season in their tenth outing in midweek against Bayern Munich in the Women’s Champions League.

Inter, for their part, come into this Matchday 7 fixture in third place behind Juventus and Fiorentina, and have four wins from their six games so far and are the only other unbeaten side in Serie A.

Get yourself up to speed with our Matchday 7 preview below.

Head-to-head

• This Sunday’s game will be the 19th meeting of Inter and Juventus, with the Bianconere winning 12 of those and Inter just one.
• Juventus are, along with Roma, the side against whom Inter have lost the most times in Serie A (10).
• Along with Fiorentina, Juventus are the side against whom Inter have drawn the most times in Serie A (three), including their most recent meeting in Milan (3-3 on 17 March, 2024).

Interesting Facts

• Juventus are on a nine-match winning run in Serie A and could reach double digits for a winning run for the third time in the competition, previously managing 17 between September 2017 and March 2018, and 36 between February 2020 and January 2022.
• No team in Europe’s top-five leagues has scored more set-piece goals than Juventus’ eight this season, while Inter have conceded the highest percentage of their goals from set pieces (three of the four they’ve conceded).
• Juventus already have 12 different scorers this Serie A season, with only Barcelona (13) managing more across Europe’s major leagues.

Player Numbers

• Two of the three defenders to have had a hand in more than one Serie A goal this season will face off in this game - Estelle Cascarino (three assists) and Beatrice Merlo (one goal and one assist).
• Inter, along with Napoli, are Arianna Caruso’s favourite opponents in Serie A, scoring four goals against each. Caruso also netted in the 17 March meeting in Milan.
• Sofia Cantore could make her 100th appearance for Juventus against Inter, and the Nerazzurre could become the third opponent against whom she has scored five goals after Roma and Empoli (currently four).
• Inter are, along with Empoli and Napoli (five each) one of the sides that Lindsey Thomas has scored most against in Serie A.
• Cristiana Girelli is along with Valentina Giacinti as the player with the most goals scored against Inter in Serie A (eight each).

Opposition Focus

• Elisa Poll is currently the only Inter player with more than one goal against Juventus - two.
• Since her arrival in Serie A at the beginning of 2024, Lina Magus has been involved in at least one goal in 11 of her 20 appearances (11 goals and five assists).
• Ghoutia Karchouni has been involved in four goals against Juventus in Serie A (one goal and three assists).