Juventus forward Edon Zhegrova has scored twice in three Serie A appearances this season, posting an average rating of 8.04 as the bianconeri sit eighth in the table with seven points from four matches. The 27-year-old Kosovar, who had gone two years without a league goal before breaking through earlier this month, is no longer a peripheral figure in Luciano Spalletti's plans — he is becoming a reason to watch Juventus.
The significance of that shift should not be understated. Spalletti's side have won two, drawn one, and lost one, conceding four goals while scoring six. They are not yet the team the club expects them to be, and the scrutiny around Jonathan David — who has scored twice in three matches for Atlético Madrid since leaving on loan — keeps the pressure on every forward still in Turin. Zhegrova is answering that pressure with goals.
An AI overall of 47 out of 100, with a potential of 58, suggests the analytical models still regard him as a work in progress rather than a finished product. That gap between current output and ceiling is precisely what makes the early-season numbers interesting. A rating above 8.00 across three matches is not a fluke; it reflects consistent involvement in a team that has not yet found its best shape.
The next test arrives in Europe, where Spalletti has acknowledged that Juventus could face an uncomfortable evening against NEC. The coach's framing — warning of a difficult contest ahead — is telling. It implies he sees the readiness of his squad as the variable most likely to determine the result, and it places the burden squarely on players like Zhegrova to carry their domestic form into a different kind of contest.
Zhegrova has the momentum. Whether Spalletti trusts him with a European starting berth will say as much about the coach's confidence in him as any rating or goal tally.