24 November 2023
Juventus host Serie A leaders Inter Milan in a highly-anticipated Derby d'Italia at the Allianz Stadium on Sunday evening, with the top two teams in the standings going head to head in the first league fixture following November's international break.
Inter hold a two point lead over the Bianconeri heading into this encounter, having lost just once in their 12 league games so far this campaign, winning 10.
Find out 10 more facts about our opposition as we count down to Sunday's 20.45 CET kick-off.
1. Inter kept a clean sheet in eight of the first 12 matches this season - only five times have they achieved at least nine clean sheets in their first 13 Serie A matches, the most recent in 2015/16, when they finished in fourth place.
2. The Nerazzurri have won all of their last six Serie A away games and have not done better away from home since a streak of seven consecutive victories between September and November 2019; this is their longest streak of away victories in the competition.
3. Victory on Sunday would result in just a second streak of 11 wins in the first 13 matches of a single season for Inter, achieved in 1950/51 and in 2019/20, which ended in a second place finish in both campaigns.
4. Considering Europe's top five leagues this seaons, no team has scored more goals from penalties than Inter (six, like Arsenal); considering all competitions, the Nerazzurri's goals from the penalty spot reach eight, more than any other team in the top five European leagues.
5. Inter is the team that has scored the most goals following an offensive recovery this season (five).
6. Among the teams faced more than five times in Serie A, Juventus is the side against which Lautaro Martínez has the worst goal average (just one goal in 676 minutes against the Bianconeri).
7. Marcus Thuram has provided the most assists in Serie A so far this season; in the top five European leagues, he only lies behind four players: Pedro Neto, Xavi Simons (seven), Kieran Trippier and Leroy Sané (six).
8. Among goalkeepers with at least five matches played in the top five European leagues, only Marcin Bulka (86%) boasts a higher percentage of shots saved than Yann Sommer (81%): the Nerazzurri stopper has saved 26 shots on target so far this campaign.
9. Francesco Acerbi has only two victories in 19 matches against Juventus in Serie A - among the teams he has faced more than 10 times, the Old Lady is the side against which the Inter defender has the worst success rate (11%).
10. Juventus is the team against which Simone Inzaghi has lost the most games in Serie A: 10 defeats, with just three wins and two draws.
