Juventus host Fiorentina in the first leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final in Torino on Thursday evening.
La Viola have only won five of the 40 matches they’ve played against La Vecchia Signora, although they’ve only played Juventus once in the Coppa Italia before.
That fixture came in the 2005/06 season, which ended in a 2-2 draw before the replay saw the Bianconeri run out 4-1 winners.
Their most recent meeting in the league, however, ended in a goalless draw, but Fiorentina have lost 18 times in Serie A to the reigning champions.
Juventus are joint with Roma in holding the most Coppa Italia titles, on nine each, while Fiorentina have only won it six times.
However, The Old Lady last won the tournament in 1995, while the Gigliati last won it in 2001.
Recent form favours Massimiliano Allegri’s side, who haven’t lost since the end of October last year and have won three out of their last six league games, scoring 13 goals.
The Italian champions have gone unbeaten in their last 16 matches, which is a current record streak in Europe’s top five leagues.
Vincenzo Montella’s men aren’t too far away from that, though, having also won half of their last six in Serie A and not losing since the start of January.
Fiorentina will be without goalkeeper Ciprian Tatarusanu who was injured in late February, and influential striker Khouma Babacar who was injured in their clash with Inter on Sunday evening.
Octavio and Mounir El Hamdaoui are also missing after their injuries in January, while Giuseppe Rossi, Federico Bernadeschi and Cristiano Lupatelli also remain out.
Meanwhile, key Juventus player Andrea Pirlo remains injured as well as Stefano Sturaro and Luca Marrone, while Kwadwo Asamoah and Romulo are also missing after picking up knocks last year.
Form Guide: Juventus (W-D-W-D-W-D) Fiorentina (D-D-W-W-D-W)
Expected Starting XIs
Juventus: Buffon; Chiellini, Bonucci, Caceres; Evra, Vidal, Marchisio, Pereyra, Lichtsteiner; Tevez, Morata
Fiorentina: Neto; Pasqual, Basanta, Rodriguez, Richards; Borja Valero, Badeli, Mati Fernandez; Ilicic, Salah, Diamanti
