Barcelona take on Juventus in a UEFA Champions League fixture this week.
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will face each other for the time time since the latter’s departure to Italy.
When is the Match between Ferencvaros and Juventus ?
The match will take place at the Camp Nou on Tuesday.
Kick Off Time
The match will start 8:30 PM (GMT).
Team News & Tactics
Barcelona
Barcelona were dealt with a major blow on Sunday after the club confirmed that Ousmane Dembele picked up a knock. He is said to be out for the remainder of the month, thus joining Gerard Pique, Sergi Roberto and Ansu Fati in the list of injury-related absentees for the home side.
Predicted Lineup (4-2-3-1): ter Stegen; Dest, Araujo, Lenglet, Alba; Pjanic, de Jong; Pedri, Messi, Coutinho; Griezmann
Juventus
Juventus have to deal with some of key absentees of their own including Merih Demiral and veteran defender Giorgio Chiellini. They do have reliable alternatives, though, with Leonardo Bonucci and Matthijs de Ligt set to continue featuring at the heart of the four-man backline.
Predicted Lineup (4-4-2): Szczesny; Cuadrado, Bonucci, de Ligt, Sandro; Kulusevski, Rabiot, Bentancur, Chiesa; Morata, Ronaldo
Barcelona vs Juventus Head-to-Head and Results
Barcelona and Juventus have faced each other on a total of 12 occasions in the UEFA Champions League. The Spanish giants have a slight edge of their Italian rivals and have won five matches as opposed to Juventus’ three victories.
Key Stats
Barcelona have gone unbeaten in their last four meetings with Juventus in the Champions League, winning two of the three games in this run that occurred in the group stages.
Juventus’s only away victory against Barcelona in the Champions League came back in April 2003 (2-1), having failed to win either of their two trips there in the competition since.
Juventus have not scored in any of their last four meetings with Barcelona in the Champions League. Since Giorgio Chiellini’s goal in the 3-0 win in April 2017, they have gone 385 minutes of play without scoring against the Spanish side in the competition.
Barcelona have won more final group stage games in the Champions League than any other side in the competition, with the Catalans grabbing all three points in 19 of their 27 such games.
Juventus have won nine of their last ten Champions League group stage matches – the one game they failed to win was against Barcelona in the reverse fixture on Matchday 2 this season.
