All you need to know about the Italian Super Cup: rules, subs and previous winners

Italian champions Inter are set to take on 2020/21 Coppa Italia winners Juventus at 21:00 CET at San Siro on Wednesday 12 January in the 34th edition of the Italian Super Cup.

EXTRA TIME AND PENALTIES IF SCORES ARE LEVEL

If the teams cannot be separated after 90 minutes, extra time will be played. If the scoreline remains tied, a penalty shootout will determine the winner.

SUBSTITUTIONS: SIXTH CHANGE ALLOWED IN EXTRA TIME

As in league fixtures, teams can make up to five substitutions across three different slots as well as at half time. If the match goes to extra time, a fourth slot for substitutions will be made available as well as before the first and second halves of extra time kick off. Teams are allowed to make a sixth substitution in extra time.

SUPER CUP HALL OF FAME

The game at San Siro will be Inter’s tenth involvement in the Italian Super Cup, with the first way back in 1988. The Nerazzurri have won five of the previous nine appearances in the competition: 1989, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2010.

Juventus have taken part in the Super Cup 16 times, winning it on nine occasions: 1995, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018 and 2020.

Inter and Juventus have only met once in the Super Cup, which was in 2005 at the Delle Alpi in Turin. The Nerazzurri ran out 1-0 winners after extra time thanks to a goal by Juan Sebastian Veron.

During nine Super Cup appearances, seven of which were in a row from 2005 to 2011, Inter played extra time on three occasions, winning two of them after 120 minutes and emerging victorious in a penalty shootout once (in 2008 against Roma).

Juventus 9 (1995, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2020) AC Milan 7 (1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2004, 2011, 2016) Inter 5 (1989, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010) Lazio 5 (1998, 2000, 2009, 2017, 2019) Roma 2 (2001, 2007) Napoli 2 (1990, 2014) Sampdoria 1 (1991) Parma 1 (1999) Fiorentina (1996)

INDIVIDUAL STATS

Gianluigi Buffon and Dejan Stankovic are the two players with the most Super Cup appearances to their names, having played in it nine times. The Serbian featured twice for Lazio and seven times for Inter, while Buffon leads the way in terms of victories (seven) ahead of the former midfielder’s six wins. Paulo Dybala is the top goalscorer in the competition with four goals. Samuel Eto’o sits behind the Argentine on three goals, making him Inter’s leading scorer in the Super Cup, alongside Alessandro Del Piero, Carlos Tevez and Andriy Shevchenko.

Mario Balotelli, who found the net in Inter’s clash with Roma in 2008 aged 18 years and 12 days, is the youngest goalscorer in Super Cup history. The oldest is Cristiano Ronaldo who bagged a goal for Juventus in 2020 aged 35 and 350 days.

Fabio Capello and Marcello Lippi are the most decorated coaches in Super Cup history with four successes apiece. Simone Inzaghi won the competition twice with Lazio in 2017 and 2019, overcoming Juventus on both occasions.