Juventus vs. AC Milan match preview: Time, TV schedule, and how to watch the Serie A

Another big game arrives with something other than a draw — in a positive way — hopefully taking place.

For the first time in 2025, Juventus are set to play at the friendly confines of Allianz Stadium. The last time they played at their lovely home stadium in Turin, the result was like so many others that we’ve seen during the 2024-25 season so far.

In other words, it was a draw.

That Dec. 29 result against Fiorentina set quite the final tone to the calendar year. Unfortunately, it’s the kind of tone that has carried right into the new year — and then some.

We sit here in the middle of Juventus’ massive three-game domestic test where they will face some of the best Serie A has to offer within the span of less than two weeks. The first one, Tuesday night against Atalanta, saw Thiago Motta’s squad record their 13th draw in 20 games so far this season. Now, as Juve play their first home game of 2025, the same AC Milan club that handed Juve their only loss against Italian opposition this season is about to roll into the Allianz looking to replicate the same kind of result that happened two weeks ago in Saudi Arabia at the Supercoppa. Not only does the latest Juve-Milan showdown come at a time in which everybody is wondering when the Bianconeri will actually will again, but also Saturday night’s proceedings come at a time in which there’s plenty of off-field anxiety having to do with who’s both arriving and potentially leaving during the January transfer window.

Sounds like an interesting night is afoot, isn’t it?

Well, who the heck knows.

What we do know is that Juventus have already faced Milan once since Sergio Conceição took over as manager. Sure, it was only a couple of days since Conceição Sr. took over for Paolo Fonseca, but it was also the kind of performance that we’ve seen a lot of from Juventus over the last couple of months. You know, the kind where they get the lead but aren’t able to hold onto to it late in the game. Against Milan in the Supercoppa, it ended up in a loss, not a draw like so many other results over the past few weeks and months.

But now, this is the meeting with Milan that certainly counts for more.

This is the chance to either get the much-need respite to what has turned into a string of draws we haven’t seen before in Serie A at this point of a season or see Milan pull even with Juventus in the standings on 34 points if they replicate the result we saw in Saudi Arabia.

Things are all … uneasy right now when it comes to Juventus. You can feel it when the players talk about the draws stacking up, when Motta talks about the same things and most certainly amongst a fan base who expected more than what the team is currently providing.

Just as was the case in the Supercoppa, Juventus will be facing a Milan team that is far from full strength due to injuries. In theory, that would mean they are very much ripe for the taking considering the likes of Christian Pulisic, Alvaro Morata and multiple players in defense are back home in Milan due to injury. (An opposing team having a longer injury list than Juventus? This is wild, wild stuff!)

Milan’s form since Conceição took over just a couple of days before New Year’s Day has been far from a massive step forward in a post-Fonseca world. For as impressive as their two comeback wins at the Supercoppa were, there’s also been a draw against 18th-place Cagliari and Tuesday’s late rally against Como thrown in there as well.

At the very least, Juventus’ performance against Atalanta going forward was better than what we had seen a good amount of the time since the draws started piling up. Maybe, just maybe, if Juventus can come close to replicating that, then Juve’s first Serie A win since Dec. 22 might actually be obtainable.

If not, then it might just end up being more talk about draws and points dropped from winning positions. And we all know how much we’ve enjoyed that lately.