Juventus have won all 20 Serie A games at home in 2016 — and didn’t concede a single goal until start of this season
Roma are only other unbeaten home team in calendar year, while Red Bull Leipzig and Real Madrid have lost just one and drawn two
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JUVENTUS will end 2016 with an incredible record of having won every single home match in the league throughout the calendar year.
This remarkable run of 20 wins out of 20 underlines just how strong the Bianconeri’s dominance of Serie A is.
After a slow start to the 2015-16 in which they lost their first two matches and picked up just three wins in their first ten games, Max Allegri’s men went on the rampage.
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They won 26 of the remaining 28 matches from October 31, 2015 — 14 of which were at home — to storm to a fifth-consecutive title.
And, even more remarkably, from December 13 onwards, their defence was never breached in front of their home fans.
In all, they won all 11 matches at the Juventus Stadium last season after the turn of the year without conceding.
Their winning run continued into the following campaign, where they have so far notched up nine home victories in a row, taking their stunning run to 23 consecutive victories.
However, their defence has been a little shakier this time around, as they have only kept three clean sheets, conceding one goal in every other match.
This is the second time Juventus have gone a whole calendar year with maximum home points, achieving the feat in 1946 — though 70 years ago, they only played seven home games.
In 2014, they won 17 and drew one of the 18 encounters in front of their own fans to show they really are Europe’s biggest home banker.
Perhaps surprisingly, Roma are the only other unbeaten side at home in Europe's top five leagues in 2016.
The Giallorossi have won all nine matches at the Olimpico this season, and drew four of their 11 since the turn of the year in the previous campaign.
Bundesliga surprise package, Red Bull Leipzig boast the second-best home record so far this season.
They have dropped just two points, and suffered only a draw and defeat in front of their own fans in the second half of their promotion campaign.
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Juventus' incredible Serie A home record in 2016
2015-16
Juventus 3 Verona 0
Juventus 1 Roma 0
Juventus 1 Genoa 0
Juventus 1 Napoli 0
Juventus 2 Inter Milan 0
Juventus 1 Sassuolo 0
Juventus 1 Empoli 0
Juventus 4 Palermo 0
Juventus 3 Lazio 0
Juventus 2 Carpi 0
Juventus 5 Sampdoria 0
2016-17
Juventus 2 Fiorentina 1
Juventus 3 Sassuolo 1
Juventus 4 Cagliari 0
Juventus 2 Udinese 1
Juventus 4 Sampdoria 1
Juventus 2 Napoli 1
Juventus 3 Pescara 0
Juventus 3 Atalanta 1
Juventus 1 Roma 0
Zinedine Zidane was appointed Real Madrid boss on January 4, 2016 and has not looked back since.
Under the Frenchman, the Bernabeu became a fortress, and Atletico Madrid’s 1-0 victory was the only time Los Blancos failed to take maximum points at home in ten games in the second half of that season.
Real Madrid’s unbeaten start to this campaign has seen them draw just twice in front of their home fans in eight matches.
Just down the road, but in the same city, Atletico have also only lost once at home in 2016 — a Cristiano Ronaldo hat-trick sealing a sensational 3-0 win for the European champions earlier this season.
And it may surprise some to learn that Barcelona have lost three and drawn three in an up-and-down year.
Meanwhile, in the Premier League, it's Liverpool who boast the fewest defeats of any English side in the past 12 months.
A 1-0 defeat to Manchester United in January was their only reverse, with seven draws — only two of which were this season.
Meanwhile, the Red Devils themselves have lost twice, once in each season, with five draws.
Leicester didn’t lose a single home match in the second half of their title-winning campaign.
Though, a shocking start to the 2016-17, has seen them lose two already.
Chelsea’s defeat against Liverpool is the only time Antonio Conte’s side have not taken maximum points at Stamford Bridge this season.
And that was only their second home loss in the calendar year, with seven draws in that time.
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Tottenham are unbeaten at White Hart Lane this season, with two draws the only times they have failed to win all three points, but lost twice in the previous campaign after the turn of the year.
Manchester City have lost four times — three under Manuel Pellegrini and one under Pep Guardiola — with Arsenal on the losing side on three occasions in 2016.
Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain suffered just one defeat apiece at home in the past 52 weeks, as did Ligue 1 leaders, Nice.