Juventus and Olympique Lyon meet in a match in the last 8 of the UEFA Champions League. The return match will be played on Friday, at 20:00, at Allianz Stadium, without spectators.
Maurizio Sarri’s team won its 9th title, but the Italians have not impressed since the resumption of the season. After losing the Italian Cup final to Napoli, Juventus recorded four victories in a row in the championship. From that moment, Ronaldo & co. they only got two more victories in the next eight stages, having three defeats in the last four stages.
On the other hand, Lyon resumed its competition season with a failure suffered on penalties in the final of the French League Cup. Rudi Garcia’s students failed to score in front of PSG, although they evolved against one of the best scorers in the group, Kylian Mbappe. In the friendly matches, Olympique had relatively good evolutions, winning four of the five training matches, the only failure being suffered in front of Ianis Hagi’s team, Glasgow Rangers (0-2).
In the previous season of the UEFA Champions League, also in the round of 16, Juventus managed to return from the score of 0-2 in general to those of Atletico Madrid. The Italians prevailed in the return from Turin with the score of 3-0, thanks to a hat-trick managed by Cristiano Ronaldo. This time, the hosts’ mission seems to be a bit more difficult, even if Atletico is a more solid team than Lyon. The game of Juventus has not convinced since the resumption of the season in Italy and it is hard to believe that they will be able to change this in just a few weeks.
Even without a brilliant game, the pressure on Lyon should exist, a pressure that we expect to lead to at least six corners obtained by the hosts. Lyon is a dangerous team especially on the offensive phase. Given the way in which Juventus’ defense was presented in the last rounds in Italy, it is not excluded that the French will score at least one goal in this return.
In the tour, Lyon prevailed on its own field, with the score of 1-0;
In the five direct disputes between Juventus and Lyon (official competitions), the Italians are in the lead, with three victories, a draw and a defeat;
In four of the five direct meetings, less than 2.5 goals were scored;
Juventus won its 9th consecutive Serie A title;
Lyon finished second in Group G of the Champions League, three points behind Leipzig;
In the current Champions League season, the French have achieved only one away success and suffered two defeats;
Juventus won Group D of the UEFA Champions League with five wins and a draw;
Juventus: Szczesny – Cuadrado, Ligt, Bonucci, Sandro – Bentancur, Pjanic, Matuidi – Bernardeschi, Dybala, Ronaldo;
Absent: Douglas Costa, Mattia De Sciglio (injured);
Coach: Maurizio Sarri;
Lyon: Lopes – Dubois, Anderson, Denayer, Marcal – Aouar, Mendes – Ekambi, Reine-Adelaide, Depay – Dembele;
Absent: Youssouf Kone (injured);
Coach: Rudi Garcia;
PREDICTION: Juventus to win @ 1,44
