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Juventus-Benevento 2-1, as it happened

Juventus-Benevento 2-1, as it happened

Welcome to our live coverage of Juventus-Benevento. This is what you need to know ahead of the kick-off.

This will be the first ever meeting between Juventus and Benevento.
 
Juventus have picked-up 28 points from the first 11 match-days in four of the last six Serie A seasons.
 
Juve have scored 33 goals so far – only in 1933/34 had they netted more in the first 11 games of a Serie A season (35).
 
The Bianconeri have scored in each of their last 40 Serie A fixtures.
 
Juve have conceded goals in their last two home games – the last time they conceded in three home games in a row was in October 2016.
 
To date, only Brescia in 1994/95 lost more consecutive games than Benevento in a single Serie A campaign (15).
 
Juve have scored 16 goals before half-time so far, more than any other Serie A side, while Benevento have conceded the most before the break (15).
 
Only Werder Bremen (3) have scored fewer goals than Benevento (4) across Europe’s top-5 leagues this season.
 
Only one of Juve’s last 12 goals in the league has been scored by a newly-signed player (Bernardeschi vs SPAL).
 
The next will be Gonzalo Higuain’s 50th league appearance for Juventus.
 
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