Juventus Serie A Analysis: 8th Place, 14 Points After 9 Games

Juventus are 8th in the Serie A with 14 points from 9 games (4W 2D 3L) and a goal difference of +1.

Season at a glance

They trail the leaders Inter Milan by 11 points, and are 6 points behind fourth place.

They are 11 points above bottom-placed Venezia.

Juventus's season marks: biggest wins 2-0 at home and 0-2 away; heaviest defeats 0-3 at home and 2-0 away; a best winning run of 2; a longest losing run of 1.

Against top-half opponents Juventus have 1W 2D 1L (1.25 points per game from 4 games); against the bottom half it is 3W 0D 2L (1.8 per game from 5).

Attack

Juventus have scored 11 goals (1.22 per game), the 13th-best attack in the Serie A. The league average is 1.58 per team per game, so they sit 23% below it. They failed to score in 2 of 9 games. They average 1.3 goals per home game and 1.2 per away game.

Defence

They have conceded 10 (1.11 per game), the 5th-best defence, with 4 clean sheets in 9 games. Clean sheets: 2 at home and 2 away. They concede 1.0 per home game and 1.2 per away game.

When the goals come

Juventus's 11 league goals are spread by minute band, with the most productive spell 76-90 (6 goals); 7 (64%) came after half-time and 6 after the 75th minute. they have conceded most between minutes 61-75 (3 of 10 goals), including 3 after the 75th minute.

Tactics and discipline

Juventus's most used formations: 4-2-3-1 (5 games), 3-4-2-1 (2 games), 4-4-2 (1 game).

Juventus have collected 10 yellow and 1 red cards.

Home and away

Juventus have 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat at home (7 points from 4 games, 1.75 per game), scoring 1.25 and conceding 1.0 per game. They kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score in 1 of those 4.

Juventus have 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats away from home (7 points from 5 games, 1.4 per game), scoring 1.2 and conceding 1.2 per game. They kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score in 1 of those 5.

Form and streaks

Juventus's last 5 results in the Serie A, newest first (opponent position in brackets): 0-2 at Genoa (13th, L); 2-0 at Lecce (14th, W); 0-3 vs Lazio (2nd, L); 1-1 at Cagliari (10th, D); 2-0 vs Atalanta (12th, W). That is 7 points from a possible 15, with 5 goals scored and 6 conceded.

Squad leaders

Juventus's league contributors: goals - Bremer 2, E. Zhegrova 2, W. McKennie 1; assists - R. Kolo Muani 1, Z. Çelik 1, M. Locatelli 1.

Highest average ratings among regulars (270+ minutes): M. Locatelli 7.53, Douglas Luiz 7.34, Bremer 7.20.

Workload and impact: most minutes - Bremer (810), P. Kalulu (810); most key passes - Douglas Luiz (12); most tackles and interceptions - P. Kalulu (32); goalkeeper G. Vicario has made 14 saves; most yellow cards - J. Lucumí (2).

The schedule ahead

Next up: vs Napoli (7th), at Fiorentina (18th), vs Venezia (20th). The average league position of those opponents is 15.0, a kinder run.

Outlook

At 1.56 points per game, a full 38-game season would end near 59 points, and at 1.22 goals per game near 46 goals. That is a projection from the current rate, not a prediction.