Last night Juventus won 4-0 against Cagliari and qualified for the quarter-finals of the Italian Cup. Here is a set of curiosities and statistics from the match:
“Dusan Vlahovic took part in at least one goal for four consecutive matches in all competitions (vs Bologna, Manchester City, Venezia and Cagliari) for the first time since wearing the Juventus shirt;
Since his first season scoring in the Italian Cup (2019/20), no player has scored more goals than Dusan Vlahovic in the tournament (nine, like Gianluca Scamacca);
Since playing in Italy (2018/19), Cagliari is the team against which Dusan Vlahovic has scored the most goals in all competitions (eight);
Only Lamine Yamal (6G+11A – born 2007) is younger than Kenan Yildiz (4G+4A – May 2005) among the players who have scored at least four goals and provided at least four assists in the current Big-5 European championships among all competitions;
Teun Koopmeiners is the only player to have scored at least one goal from a direct free kick with two different Serie A teams in 2024 across all competitions (one with Atalanta vs Genoa in the league on 11 February 2024 and one vs Cagliari in Italian Cup, today);
Among Serie A teams, only Empoli (one) and Bologna (two) have conceded fewer goals than Juventus in the first half of the game in home matches across all competitions this season (three);
Juventus is the only team that has reached the round of 16 in all the last 17 editions of the Italian Cup;
For the fourth time since he has been in Italy (2021/22), Nicolás González has scored at least one goal and provided at least one assist in the same match across all competitions – the first since 17 September (vs PSV in the Champions League );
Weston McKennie today made his 150th appearance for Juventus considering all competitions.”
