Turin Derby to headline Serie A matches this weekend

Torino and Juventus will meet at the Grande Olimpico Stadium in Turin on the early evening of Saturday 11 January 2025. The Bianconeri will be chasing a league ‘double’ over their local rivals after a 2-0 home triumph in November courtesy of goals from Timothy Weah and Kenan Yildiz.

In fact, Il Toro have not won a match in the Turin derby since April 2015 – the better part of a decade ago!

Yet Juventus come into the match having endured a frustrating season, with manager Thiago Motta struggling to get his team playing consistently, and with the kind of attacking creativity and bite that made his Bologna team of last season so impressive.

“We must be united and keep going forward for the good of Juventus. We all want to change this situation. The fans have every right to express themselves, but we should remain united and together change things,” said Motta.

Juventus’ Khephren Thuram celebrates after scoring the 2-1 goal in the Italian Serie A soccer match Juventus FC vs ACF Fiorentina at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy, 29 December 2024. PHOTO EPA/ALESSANDRO DI MARCO

Lazio have enjoyed a far better campaign than they would have hoped for, and will get the round underway on Friday night when they welcome Como to the Olimpico Stadium in Rome – with club president Claudio Lotito recently praising manager Marco Baroni for the impact he has had.

“When I chose him [Baroni] I did it with conviction, certainly not to relegate Lazio. This summer there were protests against me, but I did this restructuring to start again and I was convinced that Baroni could be the right person,” said Lotito.

“This turnover is an automatic fact, when you have a highly competitive squad it is right that the most ready and most functional people for the opponents play. We must not chase names, those are part of history. We must think about the future, Lazio must become a point of arrival and not of departure.”

Lazio’s Boulaye Dia during the Serie A soccer match between Roma and Lazio at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, southern italy – Sunday, January 05 , 2025. Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/LaPresse/Shutterstock

The round will also feature Atalanta away to Udinese; AC Milan welcoming Cagliari to the iconic San Siro; Inter Milan face a potential banana skin away to Venezia; Napoli will back themselves to beat Verona at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium; and Fiorentina will close out the round on Monday night away to Monza.

Jackson Tchatchoua Of Hellas Verona FC Play The Ball During Hellas Verona FC Vs Udinese Calcio, 19° Serie A Enilive 2024-25 Game At Marcantonio Bentegodi Stadium In Verona (Vr), Italy, On January 04, 2025. Photo by Davide Casentini/IPA Sport/ipa-agency.net/Shutterstock

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Broadcast details

Friday 10 January

21:45: Lazio v Como – LIVE on SuperSport Football and SuperSport Maximo 360

Saturday 11 January

16:00: Empoli v Lecce – LIVE on SuperSport Variety 1 and SuperSport Maximo 1

16:00: Udinese v Atalanta – LIVE on SuperSport Football and SuperSport Maximo 360

19:00: Torino v Juventus – LIVE on SuperSport Football and SuperSport Maximo 360

21:45: AC Milan v Cagliari – LIVE on SuperSport Football and SuperSport Maximo 360

Sunday 12 January

13:30: Genoa v Parma – LIVE on SuperSport Football and SuperSport Maximo 360

16:00: Venezia v Inter Milan – LIVE on SuperSport Football and SuperSport Maximo 360

19:00: Bologna v Roma – LIVE on SuperSport Football and SuperSport Maximo 360

21:45: Napoli v Verona – LIVE on SuperSport Football and SuperSport Maximo 360

Monday 13 January

21:45: Monza v Fiorentina – LIVE on SuperSport Football and SuperSport Maximo 360

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