A deepening crisis engulfs Juventus after their latest defeat to Lazio, their second loss in Serie A this season after the setback against Como, and third in succession when including the Champions League reverse at Real Madrid. The Bianconeri are mired in a worrying collapse — a team that can no longer find a way to win, nor even to score.
Four consecutive matches without finding the net paint a bleak picture of their current form. At the Stadio Olimpico, Juventus managed an unenviable feat: matching a negative record that dates back sixteen years.
Eight Games Without Victory
Across Serie A and the Champions League, Juventus are now winless in eight consecutive matches. Since their last victory — against Inter on 13 September — Tudor’s side have collected five consecutive draws (Borussia Dortmund, Verona, Atalanta, Milan, Villarreal) before falling three times to Como, Real Madrid and Lazio.
The team’s disastrous run raises serious questions over Igor Tudor’s leadership, with additional scrutiny on the alarming statistic that Juventus have failed to score in their last four games. The last goal came from Conceição against Villarreal on 1 October.
Tudor Matches Ranieri’s 2009 Record
As unwelcome as the comparison may be, this eight-match winless streak equals the run recorded under Claudio Ranieri in the spring of 2009, when Juventus went eight games without victory between April and May. It’s a statistic that reflects the club’s worst spell since that era — one that now looms uncomfortably large over Tudor’s reign.
How That Season Ended
The 2008/09 campaign was a period of rebuilding for Juventus, still finding their footing in the years immediately following Calciopoli. Despite a promising start and a respectable Champions League campaign, the side entered a downward spiral as spring arrived. Performance levels dipped, results dried up, and the board decided to part ways with Ranieri.
Ciro Ferrara, then youth team coach and former Juventus defender, took charge for the final two league fixtures — both of which ended in victory — guiding the team to a second-place finish behind José Mourinho’s Inter.
