Preview: Roma vs Juventus Women

Juventus Women face a huge Serie A Matchday 15 fixture away to Roma in the capital on Sunday afternoon. Kick-off is fixed for 15:30 CET.

Last time these two met back in October, the Bianconere won 2-1 at the Allianz Stadium.

Get up to speed ahead of Sunday's game with our preview.

Head-to-head

• Only one of the last 16 competitive games between Roma and Juventus has ended in a draw, with the Bianconere winning 11 to Roma’s four. That draw came on 5 March, 2022.

• Juventus are the team to have beaten Roma the most in Serie A - 11 times, at least six times more than any other side.

• Juventus are the side against whom Roma have conceded the most goals in Serie A (37).

• In the last eight Serie A matches between these two, 36 goals have been scored - 19 for Juventus, 17 for Roma.

Interesting Facts

• Juventus are one of four unbeaten teams in Europe’s top-five leagues this season, along with Barcelona, Chelsea and Lyon. As well, only Barcelona (eight) and Real Madrid (seven) have more away wins than the Bianconere’s six.

• Juventus have scored at least three goals in each of their last four Serie A outings - only managing a longer such run of two or more goals in straight games between December 2020 and March 2021 (six then).

• The Bianconere have won each of their last two league games without conceding a goal (3-0 vs both Sampdoria and Fiorentina). They haven’t recorded three straight wins with clean sheets since December 2021 against Sampdoria, Lazio and Sassuolo.

• Juventus (eight) and Roma (six) are the two sides with the most headed goals scored in Serie A this season.

• The Bianconere and Giallorosse are the two teams with the most different scorers in this Serie A season (12 each).

Player Numbers

• Cristiana Girelli has more goals than anybody against Roma in Serie A - nine in 22 games. She has also scored in each of her last seven league outings, last managing seven on the bounce back in February 2021.

• Roma are, along with Fiorentina and Empoli, one of Sofia Cantore’s favourite opponents in Serie A - five goals against each. She also has three goals in her last two games against the Giallorosse in Serie A.

• Sofia Cantore has seven goals and two assists this Serie A season, only having a better record in 2022/23 with seven goals and three assists. As well, she already has 13 goals across all competitions this season and scored last time out away at Lazio in midweek.

• Among the players with more than three goal involvements in Serie A this season, Valentina Bergamaschi (three goals, one assist) and Amalie Vangsgaard (two and two) are two of the three players to have done so with the fewest minutes played - 429 for Vangsgaard, 507 for Bergamaschi.

Opposition Focus

• Nobody has more Serie A goals against Juventus than Evelyne Viens’ four in five matches - as many as Daniela Sabatino has, but in 17 outings. And since the start of last season, only Cristiana Girelli (20) has more goals than her 17.

• Manuela Giugliano has scored two goals against Juventus in Serie A - both for Roma and both last season. The Bianconere could become the fifth club against whom she has scored more than two goals for Roma - after AC Milan (four), Fiorentina (four), Sassuolo (eight) and Napoli (six).

• Emilie Have has scored one goal and assisted two against Juventus in Serie A. Those all came in her first five games against them, and she hasn’t managed a goal contribution in the subsequent four.