Pre-match information
Juventus drew 0-0 with Empoli in their last match. They had 3 shots on target and had 66% possession in the match at the Carlo Castellani Stadium.
Meanwhile, PSV Eindhoven beat NEC Nijmegen 2-0 at home in the Dutch league. Peasants had 77% possession and 11 shots on target. Luuk de Jong and Guus Til were the two players who scored for PSV.
In terms of form in the last 10 matches, Juventus have 4 wins and 6 draws. On average, they have scored 1.4 goals per match, with 4.8 shots on target. Thiago Motta's team has an average of 50.1% possession, 460.2 passes and 4.9 corners per match, and conceded 0.5 goals.
Dusan Vlahovic leads the team's scoring charts in the last 10 games with 3 goals, Federico Chiesa has 2 goals, Nicolo Savona and 2 others have 1 goal. The top assist providers are Samuel Mbangula and Kenan Yildiz with 2 assists for teammates.
With PVS, they have won 9, drawn 1 in the last 10 matches. They score an average of 4.2 goals/match, have 9.3 shots on target/match. In addition, the Dutch team has an average of 73.2% ball possession, has 677 passes/match. They have only conceded an average of 0.7 goals/match.
Luuk de Jong leads the team's scoring charts with seven goals, while Guus Til, Hirving Lozano, Malik Tillman and Johan Bakayoko each have five. Joey Veerman is the top assist provider with nine assists. Meanwhile, goalkeeper Walter Benitez has kept four clean sheets in his last 10 games.
What did the coach say?
Thiago Motta (Juventus): “It’s a great feeling to be in this competition, and playing at home. I’m really looking forward to the game against PSV. We have to do well for ourselves and the fans. I like the new format of the Champions League. We’ll be playing against different teams, which is exciting because it’s different from before.”
Peter Bosz (PSV): "I'm very curious about the new format of the Champions League, I'm looking forward to it. Last year, our squad had many players who didn't have Champions League experience but now they do. We will have players who are new to the Champions League but that doesn't scare us. We are a very competitive team."
Expected lineup of 2 teams
Juventus: Michele Di Gregorio, Pierre Kalulu, Federico Gatti, Gleison Bremer, Juan Cabal, Manuel Locatelli, Nicolo Fagioli, Andrea Cambiaso, Teun Koopmeiners, Kenan Yildiz, Dusan Vlahovic.
PSV Eindhoven: Walter Benitez, Richard Ledezma, Ryan Flamingo, Olivier Boscagli, Mauro Junior, Guus Til, Jerdy Schouten, Joey Veerman, Johan Bakayoko, Luuk de Jong, Malik Tillman.
Forecast
PSV have never won a UEFA Champions League away game in Italy (D2 L4) and the Opta supercomputer doesn’t expect them to end that streak here. Based on 10,000 pre-match simulations, Opta gave Juventus a 49.3% chance of winning, while the visitors had a 25.2% chance of taking all three points.
Score prediction: Juventus 2-1 PVS
