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Juventus-Atalanta, match valid for the 28th round of the Serie A championship: curiosity and statistics on the match scheduled for Sunday, March 9th at 8:45 PM.

Closing the Sunday of the 28th round of Serie A will be Juventus-Atalanta. The two teams, only three points apart, will be playing for the third place.

All eyes will be on the big match between Thiago Motta’s squad and Gasperini’s, as there are crucial points at stake for the Champions League and the title race.

Both teams, respectively the fourth and third force of the championship, are candidates to compete for the final victory after recent results.

Below are curiosities, statistics, and past encounters.

KOLO MUANI AND KHEPHREN THURAM CELEBRATING (PHOTO BY SALVATORE FORNELLI)

Juventus-Atalanta: curiosity and statistics

Juventus has remained unbeaten in 38 of the last 40 matches against Atalanta in Serie A (25W, 13D), with Atalanta’s only two wins in the period against Juventus both occurring in 2021 (between April and November).

Since Gasperini’s arrival in Bergamo (since 2016/17), the match between Juventus and Atalanta has seen the most draws in Serie A: 11 in 17 games (comprising four Juventus wins and two Atalanta victories).

The last three matches between Juventus and Atalanta in the league have ended in a draw; only once have the two teams recorded more consecutive draws in Serie A: five between March 1964 and January 1966.

Juventus’ last victory against Atalanta at the Juventus Stadium in Serie A dates back to March 14, 2018 (2-0 with goals from Higuaín and Matuidi); since then, in six games at the Allianz Stadium between the two teams in the league, there have been five draws and one win for the Bergamaschi.

Juventus has won the last five league games, the last time they achieved at least six consecutive wins in Serie A was between October 2022 and January 2023 (eight wins in that case).

Atalanta has kept a clean sheet in four consecutive Serie A matches for the first time in the 2000s; overall, only three times in its history in the top league has it recorded at least five clean sheets in a row: six between December 1996 and January 1997, five between October and November 1985, and five between January and February 1967.

Gian Piero Gasperini has coached Atalanta in 331 league games; with the next game, he will equal Nils Liedholm with Roma (332) as the 2nd coach with the most matches at the helm of a single team in Serie A history – ahead of them is only Giovanni Trapattoni with Juventus (402).

On one hand, Atalanta is the team that has scored the most goals from open play (45) in this championship, on the other hand, Juventus is the team that has conceded the fewest goals from this style of play (12).

Khéphren Thuram has set his record for active appearances in a season in the top five European leagues: seven (three goals, four assists) – he had reached six in 2021/22 and 2022/23 with Nice. In addition, only Dusan Vlahovic (10, nine goals and one assist) has been involved in more goals than the French midfielder among Juventus players in the current championship (seven, equal to Timothy Weah, who has five goals and two assists).

With the next match, Marten De Roon (260 appearances so far with Gian Piero Gasperini in the league) will equal Sebastien Frey with Cesare Prandelli (261) as the player with the most games played under the guidance of a single coach in Serie A in the era of three points for a win (since 1994/95).

Source: Opta