Return of the Champions League with the 5th day this Wednesday evening from 9 p.m. The Old Lady travels to England to face the Aston Villa team and their coach Unai Emery.
Juventus is challenging an Aston Villa team which is having a very good season and in continuity with last season. Currently ranked in eighth place in the Premier League with 19 points and a record of 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. In the Champions League, the English find themselves twelfth and in ambush for a hypothetical direct qualification for the round of 16 of the competition. With 3 wins for 1 loss in the European Cup, the team based in the city of Birmingham can take a big step if they succeed against our Turinese. For this match, Emery will have to do without Jacob Ramsey, Amadou Onana and Boubacar Kamara.
On the other hand, the British team will be able to count on its attackers Olie Watkins (6 goals in PL), Jhon Duran (4 goals in PL) or Morgan Rogers (3 goals in PL) but also in midfield with Youri Tielemans, Ross Barkley and John McGinn and Pau Torres. Also wary with Emiliano Martinez recently named best goalkeeper in the world during the Ballon d'Or ceremony. Villa, second best defense in the C1 with only one goal conceded. Regarding the history of confrontations between the two clubs, Juventus leads 2 victories to 0, the last in 1983, in other words another era and 41 years of waiting.
A vengeful Juventus but still decimated by injuries
For Juventus, Thiago Motta is forced to do without injured Juan Cabal, Dusan Vlahovic, Vasilije Adzic, Douglas Luiz, Gleison Bremer, Arkadiusz Milik, Nico Gonzalez and Weston McKennie. In other words, Thiago Motta will have to make choices and field a second Juventus for this match with a 4-2-3-1 system. Thus, Michele Di Gregorio will be in goal with a central defense composed of Pierre Kalulu and Federico Gatti or Danilo. On the sides, Andrea Cambiaso on the left and Nicoló Savona on the right. In the midfield, Manuel Locatelli and Khephren Thuram who will have a lot of work.
A little higher up the pitch, Teun Koopmeiners should play as playmaker, while Francisco Conceiçao and Kenan Yildiz will lead the sides. Up front, it is Timothy Weah who could start in the absence of the team's other attackers and more particularly Dusan Vlahovic. With 7 points in this Champions League, Juventus occupies 16th place and can move ahead of their evening opponent in the event of a victory. The Old Lady remains in two matches without a victory in this C1 and a record of 2 victories for 1 draw and 1 defeat.
The Turin group can be found here
Compo probale Aston Villa (4-2-3-1) : Martinez / Cash – Konsa – Torres – Digne / Barkley – Tielemans / Bailey – Rogers – McGinn / Watkins.
Compo probable Juventus (4-2-3-1) : Di Gregorio / Savona – Kalulu – Gatti (Danilo) – Cambiaso / Locatelli – Thuram / Conceição – Koopmeiners – Yildiz / Weah.
Match information
J5 Champions League: Aston Villa – Juventus
Date, time: Wednesday November 27, 2024 / 9 p.m.
Stade : Villa Park (Birmingham, England)
Coaches: Unai Emery (ESP, Aston Villa) – Thiago Motta (ITA, Juventus)
Diffusion : Canal+ Live 4
Referee: Gil Manzano (ESP, 40 ans)
Weather report : -1 degree slightly cloudy
