Spal 2-1 Juve: Home side delays Bianconeri Scudetto celebrations with shock win
MATCH FACTS
- SPAL have won only 3% of their previous encounters against Juventus in Serie A (W1 D12 L22) - this victory came back in February 1957 (3-1).
- Since the start of the 2017-18 season, SPAL have drawn five home games by a 0-0 scoreline in Serie A. The first of those came against Juventus in March 2018.
- SPAL have won 32 points in Serie A this season, five more than they had last season after 31 matchdays.
- SPAL have won their last two home games in Serie A, while they haven’t more in succession in the same campaign since 1968.
- If Juventus avoid defeat in this game, they’ll be crowned league champions with six matchdays remaining – a new record for the earliest title win in Serie A.
- Juventus have lost only one of their last 28 Serie A matches away from home (W23 D4).
- Juventus have scored 30 goals in the last 30 minutes of play in Serie A this season, more than any other side. SPAL, meanwhile, have scored the fewest in this period (three).
- Juventus have scored the most set piece goals of any team in Serie A this season (22), while SPAL are the side who’ve scored the highest percentage of their goals from set pieces (46%).
- SPAL’s Sergio Floccari scored his first two goals in Serie A against Juventus back in February 2006 - of strikers with 10+ appearances in the competition this season, only Sergio Pellissier is older than him.
- Juventus striker Moise Kean has scored in each of last three Serie A appearances, the youngest player to do so since Mario Balotelli in 2009. Should he score in this game, he would become the youngest player to net in four consecutive Serie A games in the three points per win era.