The magic of the cup as Barcelona greet Juventus visitors in Champions League tie

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 08.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Camp Nou (98787 seats)

Juventus have traveled here for an interesting Champions League fight against Barcelona. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

These teams have little in common geographically as Juventus have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Barcelona form and stats

Last season, Barcelona's Champions League journey ended in the quarter-finals.

Barcelona have collected 10 points from their La Liga home games so far after 3-1-1. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition. Two home wins in a row for Barcelona bring valid hopes of a third.

Before that match, a Champions League win away at Ferencváros.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Barcelona have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won one time, drawn one and lost two.

Goals are plentiful at Camp Nou in the league this season as Barcelona has scored 15 goals here in 5 home games. On the other hand, Barcelona have conceded 6 goals.

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Juventus form and stats

Juventus's mission in Champions League last season failed in the 8th finals.

As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Juventus have produced an overall stat of 1-4-0 so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away. Two points from the last two away games for Juventus, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Dynamo Kyiv.

Juventus are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and zero defeats. From a total of one match.

Juventus are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. Juventus have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Juventus - Barcelona 0-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: four - two - one (Barcelona wins - draws - Juventus wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

JuventusC. Ronaldo
C. Ronaldo
8 goals
BarcelonaA. Fati
A. Fati
4 goals
BarcelonaL. Messi
L. Messi
4 goals

Barcelona missing players

Juventus missing players

Barcelona Juventus
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   11 25
16 9   Won W   3 13
3 2   Drew D   5 7
6 3   Lost L   3 5
61 37   Scored S   21 52
29 23   Conceded C   18 31
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
84% 93%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 100%
72% 86%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 64%
52% 71%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 36%
20% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   36% 24%
56% 79%   BTTS BTTS   82% 68%
36% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   9% 24%
8% 0%   Failed to Score F T   9% 8%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.6 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2.2
3 2   Red cards R C   3 5
 
13.2 12.6   Shots (avg) S (   15.3 16.4
6 5.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.3 5.4
41% 45%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 39%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Barcelona 5 5 0 0 16 2 2 2 0 0 7 2 3 3 0 0 9 0 14 15
2 Juventus 5 4 0 1 11 4 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 6 1 7 12
3 Dynamo Kyiv 5 0 1 4 3 13 2 0 0 2 0 6 3 0 1 2 3 7 -10 1
4 Ferencváros 5 0 1 4 5 16 3 0 1 2 3 9 2 0 0 2 2 7 -11 1
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Madrid 10 8 2 0 21 2 6 5 1 0 15 1 4 3 1 0 6 1 19 26
2 Real Sociedad 11 7 3 1 22 5 6 3 2 1 10 3 5 4 1 0 12 2 17 24
3 Real Madrid 11 6 2 3 17 12 4 2 0 2 6 4 7 4 2 1 11 8 5 20
4 Villarreal 11 5 5 1 15 11 6 4 2 0 11 5 5 1 3 1 4 6 4 20
5 Cadiz 12 5 3 4 11 13 6 1 2 3 4 8 6 4 1 1 7 5 -2 18
6 Sevilla 10 5 1 4 12 9 5 3 0 2 6 4 5 2 1 2 6 5 3 16
7 Barcelona 10 4 2 4 20 11 5 3 1 1 15 6 5 1 1 3 5 5 9 14
8 Granada 10 4 2 4 11 17 5 3 1 1 7 5 5 1 1 3 4 12 -6 14
9 Athletic Club 11 4 1 6 12 12 5 3 0 2 8 4 6 1 1 4 4 8 0 13
10 Elche 9 3 4 2 9 10 5 1 3 1 4 6 4 2 1 1 5 4 -1 13
11 Eibar 11 3 4 4 8 9 6 0 3 3 1 5 5 3 1 1 7 4 -1 13
12 Deportivo Alaves 11 3 4 4 11 13 6 1 3 2 4 6 5 2 1 2 7 7 -2 13
13 Getafe 11 3 4 4 9 13 6 3 1 2 7 5 5 0 3 2 2 8 -4 13
14 Celta de Vigo 12 3 4 5 13 20 5 2 0 3 6 11 7 1 4 2 7 9 -7 13
15 Valencia 11 3 3 5 17 17 6 2 2 2 11 9 5 1 1 3 6 8 0 12
16 Real Betis 11 4 0 7 12 23 5 2 0 3 7 9 6 2 0 4 5 14 -11 12
17 Levante 11 2 5 4 13 15 5 1 3 1 6 5 6 1 2 3 7 10 -2 11
18 Osasuna 10 3 2 5 8 13 5 2 1 2 6 7 5 1 1 3 2 6 -5 11
19 Real Valladolid 12 2 4 6 11 18 6 1 3 2 6 8 6 1 1 4 5 10 -7 10
20 Huesca 11 0 7 4 8 17 5 0 3 2 3 6 6 0 4 2 5 11 -9 7
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Milan 9 7 2 0 21 8 5 3 2 0 12 5 4 4 0 0 9 3 13 23
2 Inter 10 6 3 1 26 14 5 3 1 1 14 10 5 3 2 0 12 4 12 21
3 Juventus 10 5 5 0 20 8 5 4 1 0 11 2 5 1 4 0 9 6 12 20
4 Sassuolo 9 5 3 1 20 12 5 1 3 1 8 8 4 4 0 0 12 4 8 18
5 Napoli 9 6 0 3 20 10 5 3 0 2 15 6 4 3 0 1 5 4 10 17
6 Roma 9 5 2 2 19 15 4 3 1 0 12 4 5 2 1 2 7 11 4 17
7 Lazio 10 5 2 3 16 17 5 1 2 2 6 10 5 4 0 1 10 7 -1 17
8 Hellas Verona 9 4 3 2 12 7 5 3 1 1 7 3 4 1 2 1 5 4 5 15
9 Atalanta 9 4 2 3 18 16 4 1 1 2 7 8 5 3 1 1 11 8 2 14
10 Bologna 10 4 0 6 15 17 5 3 0 2 11 8 5 1 0 4 4 9 -2 12
11 Sampdoria 9 3 2 4 14 15 4 1 1 2 7 6 5 2 1 2 7 9 -1 11
12 Cagliari 9 3 2 4 16 19 4 2 1 1 8 6 5 1 1 3 8 13 -3 11
13 Udinese 9 3 1 5 10 12 5 2 0 3 5 7 4 1 1 2 5 5 -2 10
14 Spezia 10 2 4 4 14 19 5 0 2 3 5 12 5 2 2 1 9 7 -5 10
15 Benevento 9 3 1 5 12 21 5 1 1 3 5 11 4 2 0 2 7 10 -9 10
16 Parma 9 2 3 4 10 17 4 1 2 1 3 4 5 1 1 3 7 13 -7 9
17 Fiorentina 9 2 2 5 10 15 4 2 0 2 5 5 5 0 2 3 5 10 -5 8
18 Torino 10 1 3 6 17 24 5 0 2 3 9 13 5 1 1 3 8 11 -7 6
19 Genoa 9 1 2 6 8 18 5 1 0 4 7 10 4 0 2 2 1 8 -10 5
20 Crotone 9 0 2 7 6 20 4 0 1 3 2 7 5 0 1 4 4 13 -14 2

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.