Juventus are again dwelling for Matchday 6 of the League Part of this season’s UEFA Champions League, internet hosting Premier League champions Manchester Metropolis in a scintillating conflict on the Allianz Stadium.
This is your match preview forward of Wednesday’s 21:00 CEST kick-off:
HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD | Juventus and Manchester Metropolis have confronted one another on six earlier events in Europe. After shedding their first assembly in September 1976 (0-1 within the UEFA Cup), Juventus have remained unbeaten in every of their final 5 matches towards the English aspect (3W, 2D).
STRONG STREAK | Manchester Metropolis’s present winless streak towards Juventus is the longest towards an opponent in a European competitors (5), together with a five-match sequence towards Barcelona between 2014 and 2016.
LEAKING GOALS | The Cityzens have conceded seven objectives of their final two Champions League matches (4 towards Sporting and three towards Feyenoord), after holding their objective unbeaten of their first three UCL matches this season. In his teaching profession within the competitors, Pep Guardiola has by no means seen his group concede greater than two objectives in three consecutive video games (amongst all golf equipment).
LIVEWIRE | Francisco Conceicao has accomplished 18 dribbles in his 4 matches on this Champions League. His common of 5.2 dribbles accomplished per 90 minutes is presently the very best ever recorded by a Juventus participant in a single season (since 2003/04, min. 300 minutes performed).
ONE TO WATCH | Rico Lewis of Manchester Metropolis is the youngest participant to have performed each minute for his group on this Champions League (20 years and 20 days on the day of this match). Within the first 5 matchdays of the 2024/25 version, he’s first amongst all gamers below the age of 21 in each probabilities created (13) and Anticipated Assists (2).