Preview: Milan vs Juventus

The first match back after the international break sees Juventus make the short trip across to Milan, taking on the Rossoneri at San Siro Stadium on Saturday evening.

Here’s all your pre-match reading ahead of the 18:00 CET kick-off:

Head-to-head

• This is the 179th meeting between Juventus and Milan in Serie A: the Bianconeri lead the head-to-head stat with 68 wins against 53 for the Rossoneri, with 57 draws.
• Juventus has won all of the last five Serie A matches played against Milan after the international break, most recently on October 22, 2023.
• Juventus (sixth) and Milan (seventh) face each other in the league at a time when both teams are outside the top five in the Serie A standings at the start of the matchday for the first time since November 21, 2015.
• The Bianconeri are the team against which Milan has drawn the most home matches in Serie A – 34 - at least eight more than against any other opponent.
• Juve is the team that has won the most Serie A away matches against Milan at San Siro since the beginning of last decade (from 2010 onward) – 8W, 2D, 5L).

Interesting Facts

• In the last seven matches between Juventus and AC Milan in the league, only once have both sides found the back of the net: in the 1-1 draw on September 19, 2021.
• Manuel Locatelli, who scored the last time these two sides faced off in Milan, is one of just 10 players to have scored in both jerseys in this match-up.
• Prior to Juventus in 2024/25, the last team to keep nine clean sheets in the first 12 Serie A matches of the season was also Juventus in 2014/15 - in that case, the Bianconeri stopped at nine after 13 matches played.
• Juve is one of three teams to have not yet lost in the top five major European leagues, along with Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich.
• Juventus could become the first team in the history of Serie A to achieve 1700 wins (currently at 1699).

Player Numbers

• The three best American goalscorers in Serie A history - Timothy Weah (four goals), Weston McKennie (10) and Christian Pulisic (17) - face each other in this game.
• Manuel Locatelli's first 48 Serie A appearances came in the Milan shirt between 2016 and 2018, in which he scored two goals, including one against Juventus on October 22, 2016.
• Among players who have attempted at least five shots in the current five major European leagues, Timothy Weah has the highest scoring percentage (57%, with four goals scored). The American has already set a personal record for the most goals scored in a single season between Serie A and Ligue 1.
• Danilo (149) is close to recording 150 wins in Europe's top five leagues, including victories with Real Madrid (32), Manchester City (27) and Juventus (90).
• Only Nico Paz (born in 2004) is younger than Francisco Conceicao (born in 2002) among players who have contributed at least three assists this season. The Portuguese's three assists have come in his last four appearances in the competition.

Opposition Focus

• Rafael Leao is the player who has successfully completed the most dribbles in Serie A in 2024 – 74. He has scored nine goals over this period and could become the fourth player to reach double figures in goals in the competition in each of the last three calendar years, after Paulo Dybala, Lautaro Martínez and Dusan Vlahovic.
• Tijjani Reijnders has been involved in five goals in his last four appearances with AC Milan among all competitions (four goals and one assist), as many as in his previous 38 matches with the Rossoneri.
• Christian Pulisic is one of three players to have scored at least 10 goals and provided five assists in home games since the start of last season’s Serie A (10G, 5A), along with Ademola Lookman and Paulo Dybala.
• Alvaro Morata scored 35 goals in 130 Serie A appearances across two stints with Juventus. The Spaniard could become the first non-Italian to score for both teams in a Juventus vs Milan match.
• Noah Okafor (49) is closing in on 50 appearances in all competitions with AC Milan; since his arrival in the 2023/24 campaign, no player has scored more goals from the bench in Serie A (six, alongside M'Baye Niang).