Torino-Juventus, Motta launches Douglas Luiz. Probable formations and TV schedule

Turin, 10 January 2025 - The Mole derby between Turin e Juventus It is one of the most anticipated matches of the day and it pits two teams looking for a scorer against each other. The Bianconeri, undefeated in the league, closed the first half of the season with the record number of draws in the club's history at this point in the season, 11 in 18 matchdays, while the team coached by Paolo Vanoli after an exciting start, they were sucked into the relegation battle. The Granata, who have not won in the derby since 2017, will have to deal with one of the most solid defenses in the league and will no longer be able to afford mistakes to avoid slipping dangerously into the lower areas of the table. On a tactical level, neither team excels in offensive pressing: the boys from Thiago Motta They are fourth from bottom for offensive recoveries and have scored only one goal in this way; the Granata have not yet scored following an offensive recovery and are second from bottom for balls recovered in the final third of the pitch (47).

Previous 

The next one will be the 183rd Turin derby considering all competitions (since 1929/30); in the 2000s, Torino won only one of the 36 official matches played against Juventus, losing on 27 occasions – eight draws complete the partial. Juventus have an open streak of 21 consecutive matches without losing against Torino in all competitions (16W, 5D) and only against Bologna (27) do they have a longer ongoing streak without defeat between the league and cups; the last Granata success dates back to 26 April 2015 (2-1 at home with goals from darmian e Quagliarella; Pirlo for the Bianconeri). In 10 of the last 13 league derbies against Torino, the Old Lady has scored at least one goal from the 70th minute onwards; overall, the Bianconeri have scored 12 goals in this period of the match against the Granata in the last seven seasons, a record for a Serie A team against a single opponent in the period (since 2018/19). Madama has not conceded a goal in three consecutive league derbies against Torino: it has not reached at least four consecutive Turin derbies with a clean sheet since the streak of 10 obtained between 2002 and 2014.

The curiosity 

This is the third time in its history that Juventus remains undefeated in the first 18 games of a Serie A championship: it had already happened in 2011/12 and 2018/19; in the first case they finished the tournament without losing, in the second the first defeat came on matchday 28. Torino closed the first half of this Serie A with six points less (21 vs 27) than last season; considering the previous 11 major tournaments of the Granata, only in 2020/21 (14 points at the end of the first half) the Piedmontese team did worse. Teun Koopmeiners – who against Torino boasts the first of his two hat-tricks in Serie A (September 2022) – has collected one goal and three assists in 14 appearances so far: in the 2023/24 tournament, considering the first 18 games of Atalanta, he had three goals and three assists in 17 appearances, in the 2022/23 one six goals and three assists in 18 games. Considering the last two seasons (2023/24 and 2024/25), among the goalkeepers of the major five European tournaments only Summer (29) and Remiro (25) have collected more clean sheets than Vanya Milinkovic-Savic (24); among the goalkeepers with more than 20 appearances in this period, furthermore, the Serbian from Torino is third for save percentage (76%), behind only Donnarumma (79.3%) and Sommer (77.8%).

Vanoli's thought

"We had a good week. Coco has returned to the group - commented mister Vanoli - Let's hope Ricci and Gineitis are there too. The first leg derby? It taught me how important this challenge is for our people: last time was my first as a Granata coach, now I feel it even more. We didn't put in a performance worthy of Toro. Vlahovic and Conceicao out? I'm not interested in watching them. We'll find a strong Juve, even without them two they have important values ​​on the bench. We must learn from the first leg, we are lucky enough to play with our fans and it must be a different game. You win not only on an organizational level, but also with heart and passion".  

The words of Thiago Motta

These are the declarations of Thiago Motta on the eve of the derby della Mole: "It will be a complicated match, special for us, for our fans and for the Club. We can't wait to get on the pitch, we want to win. We are a very young team that has put in good performances, our need is to commit ourselves in every training session, day after day, to always get to the victory and our desire, game after game, is to concede as few chances as possible, create more and finish better. The attitude and character have always been good in the team, sometimes we had difficulty finding the reaction, but many other times instead we had it. In a big team like this, winning is a need, we know very well that it is the most important thing. I speak every day with the team: about how we are, about what we will find during the next challenge. Every moment in a season is important, we must put all our energy into the next match tomorrow. Today we have many leaders and space to create others. The recognition of the leader in the locker room is that of the teammates, this is the aspect that counts. There will be no Bremer, Cabal, Milik, Vlahovic, Conceicao e Locatelli who is disqualified. Douglas Luiz? He is a high-level midfielder who can play in all positions in our midfield. He can score goals, he can make the final pass because he has great creativity, he knows how to build play." 

Probable lineups

Turin (3-5-2): Milinkovic-Savic; Vojvoda, Maripan, Masina; Lazaro, Ilic, Linetty, Vlasic, Sosa; Sanabria, Adams. Coach Vanoli.

Juventus (4-2-3-1): Di Gregorio; Savona, Kalulu, Gatti, McKennie; Douglas Luiz, Thuram; Yildiz, Koopmeiners, Mbangula; Nico Gonzalez. All. Motta.

Time and where to see the meeting

Empoli-Juventus is scheduled for Saturday January 11, with kick-off set for 18pm. The match will be broadcast exclusively by Dazn. To follow it on TV, in addition to a subscription to the platform, you must have a smart TV on which to download the app, or you will have to connect a device such as Google Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV Stick, or a Sky Q decoder to your television or a console such as PlayStation 4 or 5, XboX One, One S and One X. It will also be possible to follow the match in streaming, through the Dazn website or application.

Referee appointments

Will Michael Fabbri, from the AIA section of Ravenna, the referee of the match of Torino-Juventus. Assistants will be Mr. Rossi M. and Mr. Rossi L., fourth official Mr. Ayroldi. VAR will be Mr. Meraviglia, AVAR Mr. Paterna.