Ahead of the 21:00 CET match-up at Allianz Stadium, here's your pre-match preview:

This match will be the 35th meeting between Juventus and Empoli in all competitions: the Bianconeri have 24 wins to their name, with five victories for the Tuscans and five draws to date. Of the teams that have faced each other at least 20 times over the last 40 years (since 1986, when the two teams first met), only against Chievo (74%) do the Bianconeri boast a higher success rate than against the Azzurri (71%).

The only time Juventus and Empoli faced each other in the Coppa Italia was in 2007/08, when in the Round of 16 the Bianconeri won by an aggregate score of 6-5 (2-1 to the Tuscans in the first leg and 5-3 in favour of the Bianconeri in the return).

Juventus have scored 57 goals in their last 26 encounters against Empoli in all competitions (an average of 2.2 per game): since the year 2000, only against Sassuolo (2.3) do the Bianconeri have a higher goal average than against the Tuscans among the opponents they have faced on more than 10 occasions across all competitions.

Juventus have lost just one of their 17 home games against Empoli counting all competitions (14W, 2D): 1-0 in Serie A, on 28 August 2021.

Juve were the team that took the most shots on goal in the Round of 16 of the 2024/25 Coppa Italia: 27, against Cagliari (second was Atalanta with 17, against Cesena). Conversely, Empoli (15) were the team that suffered the most shots in the last round of the tournament among those that qualified for the quarter-finals.