In sub-zero temperatures: This man is really heating things up for Juve.

Juventus are back on track: Italy's record champions celebrated a thrilling victory against Sassuolo in the freezing cold of Reggio Emilia. The match-winner was a striker who had recently been heavily criticized.

06 January 2026

From: fop

Jonathan David last scored in Serie A on the opening day of the season; recently, he became the scapegoat for a woefully missed penalty in the draw against Lecce. But that's all water under the bridge. In temperatures of -2 degrees Celsius, David himself was firing on all cylinders. Juventus He got off to a good start and led his team to a 3-0 victory against with a goal and two goal involvements. Sassuolo.

The opening goal for Juventus' dominant performance came courtesy of none other than Sassuolo's Muharemovic, who headed a Kalulu cross into his own net. After the break, the impressive Miretti made it 2-0. He is now the 15th Juve player to score this season – an absolute league record!

Just one minute after Miretti's goal, David sealed the victory with a solo effort, whereupon all the Turin players rushed off the pitch and from the substitutes' bench to give the Canadian a hearty cheer.

No home goals on Tuesday

With this victory, Juventus climbs – at least temporarily – to fourth place in the table, closely followed by the RomeGasperini's team had celebrated a resounding away victory just a few hours earlier in Lecce. Strikers Ferguson and Dovbyk fired the Romans to victory.

The third game of the day also resulted in an away win and not a single goal from the home team. Just like drove for the struggling newly promoted team Pisa – thanks to a strong second half – a 3-0 victory. All remaining matches of the first half of the Serie A season will be played on Wednesday and Thursday.

Matchday 19 of Serie A:

Pisa – Como 0:3
Goals: 0-1 Perrone (68th minute), 0-2 Douvikas (76th minute), 0-3 Douvikas (penalty/96th minute)

Lecce – Rome 0:2
Goals: 0:1 Ferguson (14th), 0:2 Dovbyk (60th)

Sassuolo – Juventus 0-3
Goals: 0-1 Own goal Muharemovic (16th minute), 0-2 Miretti (62nd minute), 0-3 David (63rd minute)

Bologna – Atalanta (Wednesday, 6:30 pm)
Napoli – Verona (Wednesday, 6:30 pm)
Torino – Udinese (Wednesday, 8:45 pm)
Lazio – Fiorentina (Wednesday, 8:45 pm)
Parma – Inter (Wednesday, 8:45 pm)
Cremonese – Cagliari (Thursday, 6:30 p.m.)
Milan – Genoa (Thursday, 8:45 pm)

	SP	G	U	V	TV	P
1. Inter	19	15	0	4	41:15	45
2.Milan	19	12	6	1	32:15	42
3. Naples	19	12	3	4	28:15	39
4. Juventus	19	10	6	3	27:16	36
5. Roma	19	12	0	7	22:12	36
6. As	19	9	6	4	27:15	33
7.Bologna	19	8	5	6	28:21	29
8. Atalanta	19	7	7	5	23:19	28
9. Lazio	19	6	7	6	20:16	25
10.Udinese	19	7	4	8	20:30	25
11. Torino	19	6	5	8	21:30	23
12. Sassuolo	19	6	5	8	23:25	23
13. Cremonese	19	5	7	7	20:23	22
14. Cagliari	19	4	7	8	21:27	19
15. Parma	19	4	7	8	12:21	19
16. Lecce	19	4	5	10	12:26	17
17. Genoa	19	3	7	9	19:29	16
18. Hellas Verona	19	2	7	10	17:33	13
19. Fiorentina	19	2	7	10	20:30	13
20. Step on	19	1	9	9	13:28	12