Juventus saw off Palermo 2-0 in a Club Friendlies fixture on Monday evening, the match played on 11 August 2026. The result came after a loss to Inter the previous weekend and a victory over Chelsea before that, continuing a familiar pattern of mixed form in their summer preparation. And here's the thing — you don't need a full ninety minutes to see which side was playing football.
Kenan Yildiz opened the scoring in the forty-fourth minute, his first goal of the pre-season campaign. The home side had been probing all through the opening period, their sixty-one per cent possession telling you where the pressure lived. Palermo defended compactly but eventually cracked, and by then the pattern was clear enough.
Alessandro Milik doubled the lead in the eighty-seventh minute, a late finish that felt more like a formality than a surprise. Juventus created four big chances against Palermo's one, their expected goals figure of 1.92 versus 0.70 showing the gap in quality. To be fair, Palermo's goalkeeper made four saves, but he couldn't stop the inevitable.
Substitutions came thick and fast after the interval, with six changes on each side as both managers rotated their squads. F. Conceicao, P. Ceccaroni, R. Kolo Muani, W. McKennie, T. Koopmeiners, and J. Joronen all featured for Juventus, while Palermo brought on T. Cassandro and Z. Celik among others. The coaching staff were clearly managing minutes rather than chasing results.
The statistics underlined the one-sided nature of the contest: 125 attacks to 90, twelve corners to three, and 174 passes into the final third compared with 43. Shots accuracy sat at thirty-three per cent for the hosts against thirty-six for the visitors, though the difference in volume told the real story. Six shots on target for Juventus against four for Palermo — not a lot, but enough.
For Palermo, the friendly ended a run that included a 2-0 win over Melbourne City and a 1-1 draw with Iraklis 1908. They'll take something from the physical battle and the missed opportunities, but the result left them with little to carry forward. Juventus, meanwhile, showed flashes of the passing game they'll hope to build on as the season approaches.