Following back-to-back wins away from home, Juventus return to Turin on Sunday, when they play host to Serie A strugglers Cagliari.
Having moved within touching distance of top spot in Italy, Juve then emerged victorious in a five-goal thriller against RB Leipzig; meanwhile, Cagliari recently secured their first league win of the season.
Demonstrating their resilience under the regime of head coach Thiago Motta, Juventus clawed their way back from 2-1 down with 10 men to secure maximum points in their second Champions League fixture, with star striker Dusan Vlahovic rising to the challenge by providing two crucial goals.
The Bianconeri overturned RB Leipzig on German soil, despite Bremer suffering a serious knee injury within the first few minutes and goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio being sent off with half an hour left to play.
Against the odds, a superb strike from Vlahovic pulled the visitors level, before substitute Sergio Conceicao embarked on a solo run and fired home a late winner.
Juve had previously beaten Eredivisie champions PSV Eindhoven 3-1, and those Champions League goals remain the only ones conceded by their disciplined defence across all competitions – though they will now be missing Bremer for the rest of the campaign.
Only Bayern Munich have faced fewer shots on average throughout Europe’s top five leagues, while the Turin giants have conceded fewer shots on target (an average of 1.3 per game) than any other side.
Including last week’s 3-0 win over Genoa, Motta’s men have kept a clean sheet in each of their first six Serie A matches, setting a new record for Italy’s most successful club: only three teams have managed shut-outs in all of their first seven, and none since the great AC Milan team of 1993-94.
As Juve have won their last seven league meetings with Cagliari on home turf – keeping five clean sheets in the process – they will expect to continue in that vein on Sunday and sign off for the international break in style.
