At 3:45 a.m. Beijing time on February 19, the 26th round of the 2021-22 Serie A season will usher in the Turin derby: Juventus host Turin.
In Turin City, the impression is that Juventus is a big club, big brother, and Turin is a small club, little brother. It's true to say juve that, but it's right and wrong to say that about Turin. It is right to say that serie A from the 1980s to the present, Milan, Inter, Juve "three northern finals" show a three-legged trend, Napoli, Lazio, Roma, Parma has also been strong, and then it is Also Fiorentina, Udinese, Sampdoria, several people have noticed the existence of Turin, after winning the Italian Cup in the 1992-93 season, Turin has become a "lift" for Serie A and Serie B. No, Turin has won eight Serie A titles in their history, and is only inferior to Juve, Inter, Milan and Genoa, dominating the Apennines in the 1940s and winning the Most recent Serie A title in the 1975-76 season.
Of course, Juve are too strong, Turin is too weak, and today's Turin derby is far less interesting than the Milan derby and The Roma derby in the first place.
Juve are currently fighting in serie A, coppa Italia and the Champions League, and the cup can impact the championship, and the league cannot be lost.
In the 24th round of Serie A, Juventus beat Verona 2-0 at home and Atalanta lost 1-2 at home to Cagliari, and Juve were able to replace Atalanta to rise to fourth in the Serie A table with one more round, reaching the Champions League for the first time this season. In the 25th round of Serie A, Juventus had a direct dialogue with Atalanta away and ushered in a "life and death battle" for the fourth, resulting in a 1-1 draw.
In the current Serie A standings, Juventus ranks fourth with 46 points from 25 games, Fifth with 44 points from 24 games, and Juve in fourth place.
With 32 points in 24 games, Turin is 10th in the Serie A table, and there is little hope of impacting European qualifications, and there is no fear of relegation.
Juventus are unbeaten in their last 10 games with 6 wins and 4 draws.
Turin has won 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats in all competitions in the last 10 matches, and 2 consecutive defeats in serie A in the last 2 rounds.
The two sides have met in the last 10 times, Juventus 8 wins and 2 draws unbeaten in the upper hand, the first leg of this season's Serie A, Juventus away to 1-0 small victory over Turin.
Whether it is the overall strength or the recent record, Juventus is far above Turin, and in this game, Juve wins with almost no suspense.