Overview
Juventus and AC Milan both missed the opportunity to win tickets to the Champions League last season in a regretful way. Roma and Como surpassed these two teams to take the top 4 positions in the final round of Serie A.
However, the situation has changed after the first two rounds of the 2026-2027 season. Juventus and Milan both won all 6 points, thus having a favorable start before this confrontation.
Juventus successively defeated Frosinone 1-0 and Parma 2-0 in their first full season under Luciano Spalletti. Bianconeri are facing the opportunity to keep a clean sheet in all 3 opening matches of Serie A for the second time in 10 years. The last time they did this was in the 2024-2025 season, when Juventus had 6 consecutive matches without conceding a goal at the beginning of the season.
The Turin team can also win in all 3 of their first matches in Serie A for the second consecutive season, after achieving this achievement in the 2025-2026 season under Igor Tudor.
If they continue to defeat Milan, Juventus will win all 3 opening matches for the second time in history in two consecutive seasons under the leadership of two different coaches. The first time occurred in the 1985-1986 and 1986-1987 seasons, when Giovanni Trapattoni and Rino Marchesi respectively led the team.
On the other side of the front line, Milan also had a promising start in the Ruben Amorim era. The Rossoneri defeated Torino 2-1 before overcoming Venezia 2-0.
Amorim could become the fourth coach in Milan's history to win all 3 of the first matches in Serie A as captain. Before him, Mario Sperone in 1952, Giuseppe Viani in 1956 and Luigi Bonizzoni in 1958 had done this.
The victory over Venezia also marked a memorable milestone for Goncalo Ramos when the Portuguese striker scored his first goal in Serie A. After joining Paris Saint-Germain for a record fee of 74 million Euros, Ramos is gradually proving his worth.
This striker also does not lack opportunities to look for goals. After two rounds, Ramos has launched 13 shots, the most in Serie A and equal to Armand Lauriente of Sassuolo. Ramos's expected goal score (xG) is 1.46, only lower than Donyell Malen of Roma (2.78), Francesco Pio Esposito of Inter Milan (1.56) and Kieron Bowie of Sassuolo (1.48).
Juventus must also pay special attention to Adrien Rabiot. Rabiot used to play for Juventus for 5 years from 2019 to 2024. In Milan's most recent away match, also taking place in Turin against Torino, the French midfielder scored 1 goal and assisted 1 time.
On Juventus' side, Randal Kolo Muani has not scored this season despite owning 1.33 xG, the fifth highest among players after the first two rounds. This striker's missed opportunity has even received criticism from the head coach himself in the previous round.
Head-to-head record
Four of the last five encounters between Juventus and Milan in Serie A ended with a 0-0 score, including the last 2 matches.
The two teams have never had a longer draw streak since 1973, when they went through 4 consecutive matches without a goal. This is also the only time they have had such a long streak of matches without goals.
Score prediction: Juventus 1-2 AC Milan
The match between Juventus and AC Milan takes place at 1:45 am on September 7 (Vietnam time).
