Champions League preview and statistics: Juventus vs Paris Saint Germain full pre-match guide

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 02.November
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Stadium (41507 seats)

This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Juventus at Allianz Stadium when the Champions League tournament arrives in town and Paris Saint Germain with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!

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.

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Juventus form and stats

Juventus was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Champions League. Villarreal was too strong.

Juventus are steadily winning Serie A games and points here at Allianz Stadium. 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games. 1W-0D-4L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Juventus.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Juventus, as their goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny has completely shut out the opponents for 306 minutes in the Serie A.

A strong away win for Juventus against Lecce the last match, as Fagioli were on target. Manager Allegri felt very clever after Fagioli scored the winning goal against Lecce, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 46th minute. Cuadrado was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.6 out of 10. The defender Cuadrado hit four key passes and won 8 of 13 duels.

Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against Benfica in the Champions League.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Inter are coming to town in four days.

The Juventus manager Allegri has got the team scoring with 15 from 6 home games in the league. Juventus have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Paris Saint Germain form and stats

Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 8th finals against Real Madrid.

Paris Saint Germain have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 19 points collected from 7 Ligue 1 games. 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats is the record so far. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 3W-2D-0L. This is both home and away.

Paris Saint Germain had fun at their own home (Allianz Stadium) last time out, beating Troyes 4-3. Neymar, Mbappé, Soler and Messi scored. As you can tell from the result, the match against Troyes was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Which player has bagged at least one goal three games in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Mbappé and Messi and that is quite the feat! Neymar, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.54. Neymar scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 81 successful passes (of 90 total).

A home victory as expected against Maccabi Haifa preceding that, in the Champions League.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Ligue 1 trip to Lorient.

PSG are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (22 goals from 7 away games). Paris Saint Germain's manager Galtier has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {1 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Juventus and Paris Saint Germain have faced off previously this season: Paris Saint Germain - Juventus 2-1. Data for the preceeding two meetings involving these two contenders are: one win for Juventus, zero draws and one win for Paris Saint Germain. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: zero games. Mbappe loves to play against Juventus and have scored 2 goals in these matches.

Top Goalscorers

Paris Saint GermainK. Mbappé
K. Mbappé
11 goals
Paris Saint GermainNeymar
Neymar
10 goals
Paris Saint GermainL. Messi
L. Messi
7 goals

Juventus missing players

Paris Saint Germain missing players

Juventus Paris Saint Germain
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   10 25
8 6   Won W   8 21
6 3   Drew D   2 4
11 3   Lost L   0 0
35 25   Scored S   30 76
36 16   Conceded C   3 17
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 96%
84% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 84%
52% 75%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   70% 68%
32% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 40%
8% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 28%
44% 50%   BTTS BTTS   30% 48%
32% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   70% 52%
28% 8%   Failed to Score F T   10% 4%
 
4.3 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   6.3 5.1
5.8 5.5   Corners against (avg) C A   2.8 2.9
1.9 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.8
3 2   Red cards R C   1 1
 
11.9 14.6   Shots (avg) S (   16.5 16.7
4.6 5.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   8 7.7
31% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 40%
 
14.7 13.9   Shots against (avg) S A   12.7 10.4
4.7 5.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 5 3 2 0 14 6 3 2 1 0 10 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 8 11
2 Benfica 5 3 2 0 10 6 3 2 1 0 7 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 11
3 Juventus 5 1 0 4 8 11 2 1 0 1 4 3 3 0 0 3 4 8 -3 3
4 Maccabi Haifa 5 1 0 4 6 15 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 3 3 12 -9 3
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Napoli 12 10 2 0 30 9 6 5 1 0 16 4 6 5 1 0 14 5 21 32
2 Milan 11 8 2 1 24 11 6 5 0 1 16 7 5 3 2 0 8 4 13 26
3 Lazio 11 7 3 1 23 5 6 4 1 1 12 4 5 3 2 0 11 1 18 24
4 Inter 12 8 0 4 25 17 6 5 0 1 13 3 6 3 0 3 12 14 8 24
5 Atalanta 11 7 3 1 16 8 6 3 2 1 8 6 5 4 1 0 8 2 8 24
6 Juventus 12 6 4 2 18 7 6 4 2 0 15 3 6 2 2 2 3 4 11 22
7 Roma 11 7 1 3 13 10 5 3 0 2 6 3 6 4 1 1 7 7 3 22
8 Udinese 11 6 3 2 20 12 6 3 2 1 11 5 5 3 1 1 9 7 8 21
9 Sassuolo 12 4 3 5 14 17 6 3 1 2 10 6 6 1 2 3 4 11 -3 15
10 Torino 11 4 2 5 10 13 5 1 2 2 2 3 6 3 0 3 8 10 -3 14
11 Salernitana 11 3 4 4 13 16 6 3 1 2 10 6 5 0 3 2 3 10 -3 13
12 Empoli 11 2 5 4 9 15 5 1 2 2 4 6 6 1 3 2 5 9 -6 11
13 Bologna 11 2 4 5 12 17 6 2 3 1 7 5 5 0 1 4 5 12 -5 10
14 Fiorentina 11 2 4 5 11 16 6 2 2 2 9 11 5 0 2 3 2 5 -5 10
15 Monza 11 3 1 7 10 19 5 2 0 3 5 6 6 1 1 4 5 13 -9 10
16 Spezia 11 2 3 6 9 20 5 2 3 0 9 7 6 0 0 6 0 13 -11 9
17 Lecce 12 1 5 6 9 15 6 0 4 2 5 7 6 1 1 4 4 8 -6 8
18 Sampdoria 12 1 3 8 6 21 6 0 2 4 2 9 6 1 1 4 4 12 -15 6
19 Hellas Verona 11 1 2 8 10 21 5 1 0 4 6 11 6 0 2 4 4 10 -11 5
20 Cremonese 11 0 4 7 9 22 5 0 1 4 2 11 6 0 3 3 7 11 -13 4
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 13 11 2 0 36 8 6 5 1 0 14 7 7 6 1 0 22 1 28 35
2 Lens 13 9 3 1 22 8 7 7 0 0 16 5 6 2 3 1 6 3 14 30
3 Lorient 12 8 3 1 23 16 5 4 1 0 10 5 7 4 2 1 13 11 7 27
4 Rennes 12 7 3 2 25 12 6 5 0 1 16 5 6 2 3 1 9 7 13 24
5 Olympique Marseille 13 7 3 3 22 11 7 4 1 2 11 7 6 3 2 1 11 4 11 24
6 Lille 12 7 1 4 25 21 6 4 0 2 13 14 6 3 1 2 12 7 4 22
7 Monaco 12 6 3 3 23 18 6 2 2 2 11 12 6 4 1 1 12 6 5 21
8 Olympique Lyonnais 12 5 2 5 21 16 6 4 1 1 14 5 6 1 1 4 7 11 5 17
9 Clermont 12 5 2 5 16 19 6 3 0 3 7 12 6 2 2 2 9 7 -3 17
10 Toulouse 13 4 4 5 19 23 7 3 3 1 13 12 6 1 1 4 6 11 -4 16
11 Troyes 13 3 4 6 24 28 6 1 4 1 9 10 7 2 0 5 15 18 -4 13
12 Nice 12 3 4 5 11 15 6 1 2 3 5 9 6 2 2 2 6 6 -4 13
13 Montpellier 12 4 0 8 22 24 7 3 0 4 10 12 5 1 0 4 12 12 -2 12
14 Reims 12 2 6 4 14 20 6 1 3 2 6 10 6 1 3 2 8 10 -6 12
15 Nantes 12 2 5 5 14 20 5 2 2 1 8 6 7 0 3 4 6 14 -6 11
16 Strasbourg 13 1 7 5 14 21 7 0 4 3 6 12 6 1 3 2 8 9 -7 10
17 Brest 12 2 3 7 14 26 5 0 2 3 3 12 7 2 1 4 11 14 -12 9
18 Auxerre 12 2 3 7 12 25 6 1 3 2 6 9 6 1 0 5 6 16 -13 9
19 Ajaccio 12 2 2 8 8 19 6 0 1 5 2 11 6 2 1 3 6 8 -11 8
20 Angers SCO 12 2 2 8 14 29 7 1 1 5 8 16 5 1 1 3 6 13 -15 8

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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.