© Daniele Buffa
Juventus` official website has released pre-match statistics for today`s Serie A game against Genoa at the Allianz Stadium.
GENERAL STATISTICS
- Juventus boasts the best pass accuracy in Serie A this season (89%), while Genoa ranks third-worst (79%), ahead of only Hellas Verona (76%) and Empoli (75%).
- Juventus has conceded the fewest goals from open play in Serie A (17). Genoa, Udinese (41%), and Roma (40%) have conceded a higher percentage of goals from set-pieces compared to Juventus (39%, or 11 out of 28).
- Genoa (52.3) ranks second in Serie A for duels won per game, just behind Bologna (52.5). Juventus (45) performs better than only Inter, Roma, and Torino in this metric.
- 96% of Genoa`s goals have come from inside the penalty area (27/28), a league-high percentage shared with Lazio (48/50) in Serie A.
- Genoa has scored the fewest goals in the first half of matches (seven) and also the fewest goals in the first 15 minutes of games (two) in this Serie A season.
PLAYER FOCUS: JUVENTUS
- Dusan Vlahovic is close to reaching 100 goal involvements in Serie A (99 – 86 goals, 13 assists). He has already scored four goals against Genoa in the competition, including a brace in the reverse fixture, his last multi-goal game in Serie A.
- Pierre Kalulu`s first Serie A goal was against Genoa on December 16, 2020, while playing for Milan. He has also provided two of his three Serie A assists against them.
- Khephren Thuram has been involved in seven goals this league campaign (three goals, four assists), already a personal record for a single season in Europe`s top five leagues.
- One more goal for Kenan Yildiz (six) would tie him with Moise Kean (seven) as the Juventus player with the most Serie A goals scored before turning 20 in the three-points-per-win era.
- Francisco Conceição scored his first Serie A goal in the reverse fixture against Genoa on September 28.
PLAYER FOCUS: GENOA
- Ruslan Malinovskyi has scored three goals against Juventus – his joint-favorite opponent in Serie A along with Bologna. He provided two assists in his last match, equaling his total of goal involvements in the previous 22 Serie A appearances (two goals).
- Andrea Pinamonti (currently at 48 goals) is nearing 50 Serie A goals, potentially becoming the first Italian born after January 1, 1999, to reach this milestone in the top Italian league.
- Morten Frendrup has made the most tackles in Serie A this season (89, at least 27 more than any other player).
- Morten Thorsby has contested 172 aerial duels in this league, winning 87, both records among midfielders. Overall, he has 308 total duels, second only to Tomas Suslov (319) among midfielders.
- Koni De Winter is close to his 50th appearance in all competitions for Genoa, currently at 49. The defender has played two games for Juventus in the Champions League in 2021.