Prior to tomorrow night's match, Udinese had faced Juventus four times in the Coppa Italia, drawing both home matches (2-2 in 1980 and 0-0 in 1991) and losing both away matches (3-0 in 1991 and 4-0 in 2020). In total, they have played 55 matches in Turin against Juventus, with their record standing at eight wins, five draws, and 42 defeats, the last coming just over a month ago, a 3-1 defeat in a Serie A match.
In this Coppa Italia season Udinese have already progressed through two rounds, beating Carrarese 2-0 and Palermo 2-1, while this game will be Juventus’s first in the competition this season. The winner of this match will then face the winner of the Atalanta v Genoa game in early February. In the two rounds played so far Udinese have had the most shots on goal (20), as well as producing the most expected goals (7.3) out of all the teams participating in the competition.
Udinese's four Coppa Italia goals so far have come from four different scorers: Arthur Atta, Iker Bravo, Lennon Miller and Nicolo Zaniolo, who scored his first goal for Udinese and first in the Coppa Italia in the round of 32 against Palermo. If he were to join this list of scorers then Sandi Lovric would reach the threshold of ten goals for Udinese, while Keinan Davis would need a brace to do so. If Oier Zarraga features against Juventus he would be making his 50th appearance for the Zebrette. Meanwhile, Juventus coach Luciano Spalletti is the only player or coach between the two sides to have featured for both. He managed Udinese for 133 games over two separate spells – 2001 and 2003-05.