Juventus have an epic job after shedding the Champions League play-off first leg 5-2 to Victor Osimhen’s Galatasaray, hoping Kenan Yildiz and Jonathan David can flip this round.
It kicks off at at 20.00 GMT (21.00 CET).
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MILAN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 14: Luciano Spalletti, Head Coach of Juventus, seems to be on previous to the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and Juventus FC at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on February 14, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photographs)
The Bianconeri have plunged right into a deep disaster in current weeks, scraping one draw from their final 5 aggressive video games.
That noticed them crash out of the Coppa Italia quarter-final, slide to fifth place in Serie A, and be on the verge of Champions League elimination.
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They’d been main 2-1 in Istanbul via a Teun Koopmeiners brace, however a disastrous Juan Cabal look off the bench noticed him
ISTANBUL, TURKEY – FEBRUARY 17: Teun Koopmeiners of Juventus celebrates scoring his crew’s first objective through the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Knockout Play-off First Leg match between Galatasaray A.S. and Juventus at Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi on February 17, 2026 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Picture by Burak Kara/Getty Photographs)
Cabal is due to this fact suspended together with Andrea Cambiaso, whereas Gleison Bremer is barely match for the bench after a muscular difficulty.
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Kenan Yildiz isn’t absolutely match both, however the star man is their greatest hope of staying in Europe, and helps David upfront with Francisco Conceicao.
It means the ever-versatile Weston McKennie fills in at left-back this time, with Emil Holm, Dusan Vlahovic and Arek Milik injured.
Mattia Perin takes over the gloves following a sequence of Michele Di Gregorio howlers, together with within the weekend’s 2-0 dwelling defeat to Como.
PARMA, ITALY – FEBRUARY 01: Weston McKennie of Juventus celebrates scoring his crew’s second objective through the Serie A match between Parma Calcio 1913 and Juventus FC at Stadio Ennio Tardini on February 01, 2026 in Parma, Italy. (Picture by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photographs)
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Former Napoli striker Noa Lang scored twice within the Galatasaray dwelling sport and begins once more this night, whereas Osimhen has shaken off a knee damage to play upfront.
Mario Lemina is out there to face his former membership, having missed the primary leg via suspension.
Because the away targets rule not applies, Juventus should win by three clear targets to drive additional time and even penalties.
Juventus vs. Galatasaray line-ups
Juventus: Perin; Kalulu, Gatti, Kelly, McKennie; Koopmeiners, Locatelli, Ok Thuram; Conceicao, David, Yildiz
Galatasaray: Cakir; Sallai, Sanchez, Bardakci, Jakobs; Torreira, Lemina; Alper Yilmaz, Gabriel Sara, Lang; Osimhen
Ref: Joao Pinheiro (POR)
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