Juventus forward Randal Kolo Muani completed a third consecutive Serie A appearance without a goal or an assist on Sunday, as Juventus drew 1-1 with Milan at home in Round 3 of the 2026-27 campaign. Alphadjo Cisse opened the scoring for the visitors, and Federico Gatti equalised in stoppage time to rescue a point for Luciano Spalletti's side.
The so-what is blunt: Kolo Muani has now gone three matches into the new season without contributing directly to a goal, carrying an average match rating of 5.88 and an AI overall of 63 out of 100, with a potential assessed at 68. For a forward selected in a starting line-up assembled in part by circumstance, the expectation was that necessity would sharpen purpose. The numbers suggest it has not yet.
Juventus sit fifth in Serie A with seven points from three matches — two wins and a draw — so the team's early-season structure is holding. The defensive record, one goal conceded across three games, reflects a side that is not being torn apart. But with four goals scored in those same three matches, and Kolo Muani yet to claim any of them, the question of where the Bianconeri's attacking production is actually coming from grows louder each week.
Milan's Ruben Amorim, in his post-match remarks, framed the result as one neither side deserved to lose rather than one either deserved to win — a reading that captures the evening's ambiguity without flattering anyone in a Juventus shirt. Gatti's late equaliser, arriving in stoppage time, meant Juventus avoided defeat, but it also underlined that the forward line had not done enough to make the result comfortable before a defender had to rescue it.
Kolo Muani, 27, was named in the starting eleven alongside Nico Gonzalez and Kerim Alajbegovic — a combination assembled in part by circumstance. Whether Spalletti's hand is forced again in the next fixture, or whether a fully available squad changes the calculus around the Frenchman's place, the pressure on him to produce something tangible is no longer abstract. Three blank matches is a pattern, not a slow start.