The numbers of Juve's Serie A campaign
The 2024/25 Serie A season has officially drawn to a close, and so, as always, we take a look back at some of the standout numbers from the past campaign:
Juventus is the team with the second-lowest average age among starters and substitutes in this Serie A season: 24 years and 288 days, behind only Parma (24 years and 98 days).
No team drew more games than Juventus in the top five European leageus this season: 16, along with Osasuna. In their Serie A history, only in 1955/56 (17) did the Bianconeri record more draws in a single season, while they also drew 16 matches in the 1965/66 season.
The Bianconeri scored 11 goals from direct counter-attacks, only fewer than Eintracht Frankfurt (12) and Liverpool (14) in the top five European leagues.
Among the players with at least 10 goal contributions this season, Kenan Yildiz (04/05/2005) is the youngest (with seven goals and four assists).
With Igor Tudor, Juventus earned an average of 2.0 points per game (5W, 3D, 1L), while with Thiago Motta the average was 1.8 (13W, 13D, 3L). Only Antonio Conte, Simone Inzaghi and Claudio Ranieri had a better average points per game than the Croatian across the 2024/25 season.
SERIE A RANKINGS
Juve ranked second across all 20 Serie A teams in terms of total successful passes (17,372, behind Inter); third for ball possession (57.7%) behind the Nerazzurri and Bologna; first on a par with Inter for passing accuracy (88.1%) and third for shots on target conceded (122, only Napoli and Bologna were better).
Among player rankings, Yildiz was second on a par with Rafael Leao and behind only Nico Paz in terms of successful dribbles (59), while Manuel Locatelli closed out the season in third place in terms of balls played (2,817), behind Rrahmani and Ndicka.
JUVE RANKINGS
It is no coincidence that Yildiz and Locatelli also lead numerous in-team rankings. Kenan is first in the locker room for crosses (115), chances created (57) and, as mentioned above, successful dribbles, while Loca, in addition to balls played, leads the rankings in terms of successful passes (2121), tackles made (72) and balls recovered (141).
Joining them is Dusan Vlahovic, first in terms of total shots (77) and shots on target (30), as well as obviously for goals scored (15).
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