Champions League match preview: Maccabi Haifa versus Juventus

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 11.October
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: Sammy Ofer Stadium (30874 seats)

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

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

It's no vacation for neither Maccabi nor Juventus as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Maccabi Haifa form and stats

Maccabi Haifa participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the 1st qualifying round and lost against Kairat.

As mentioned below, Maccabi Haifa are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Ligat ha'Al games. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses in this competition.

In their previous game, the manager Bakhar led his Maccabi Haifa to a defeat away at Maccabi Bnei Raina. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Sammy Ofer Stadium.

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

From these home matches, Maccabi have conceded only 2 goals.

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Juventus form and stats

They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the 8th finals, when Villarreal drew the shortest straw.

As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Juventus have produced an overall stat of 0-2-2 so far. Total Champions League statistics for Juventus: 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses.

Two away games in a row for Juventus, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Milan. Attacker Milik got a player rating of 7.41 in the game. "Man of the match" Milik hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A home win as anticipated against Maccabi Haifa before that, in the Champions League.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Serie A trip to Torino.

Juventus are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {1 goals} from 4 away games.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have met earlier this season: Juventus - Maccabi 3-1. Maccabi Haifa-Juventus H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Maccabi Haifa zero wins, Juventus three wins, zero draws. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MaccabiO. Atzili
O. Atzili
6 goals
JuventusD. Vlahović
D. Vlahović
5 goals
JuventusA. Milik
A. Milik
3 goals

Maccabi Haifa missing players

Juventus missing players

Maccabi Haifa Juventus
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 10   Played P   11 25
11 6   Won W   2 9
4 2   Drew D   3 7
10 2   Lost L   6 9
41 24   Scored S   9 35
31 12   Conceded C   16 34
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 96%
80% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 92%
56% 70%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   45% 56%
44% 70%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   9% 24%
8% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 4%
44% 70%   BTTS BTTS   55% 56%
28% 30%   Clean Sheets C S   9% 24%
28% 0%   Failed to Score F T   45% 24%
 
5.5 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   2.8 3.8
3.9 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 5.6
2.3 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.8
2 0   Red cards R C   1 3
 
12.5 13.4   Shots (avg) S (   9.6 12.4
6.4 7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 4.2
27% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 33%
 
9.8 8.5   Shots against (avg) S A   15.8 14.6
3.9 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 4.7

  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 3 2 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 4 2 3 7
2 Benfica 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 7
3 Juventus 3 1 0 2 5 5 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
4 Maccabi Haifa 3 0 0 3 2 8 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 5 -6 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Maccabi Haifa 7 5 0 2 12 7 3 3 0 0 9 2 4 2 0 2 3 5 5 15
2 Hapoel Katamon 7 4 2 1 13 5 4 2 1 1 8 3 3 2 1 0 5 2 8 14
3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 4 1 1 18 3 3 3 0 0 12 1 3 1 1 1 6 2 15 13
4 Bnei Sakhnin 7 4 1 2 8 4 3 1 1 1 2 1 4 3 0 1 6 3 4 13
5 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 6 4 0 2 13 7 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 3 0 0 10 3 6 12
6 Hapoel Hadera 7 2 4 1 8 12 4 1 2 1 4 9 3 1 2 0 4 3 -4 10
7 Ashdod 6 2 3 1 5 6 3 1 2 0 2 1 3 1 1 1 3 5 -1 9
8 Maccabi Bnei Raina 7 2 3 2 8 12 4 1 2 1 4 4 3 1 1 1 4 8 -4 9
9 Hapoel Haifa 6 1 4 1 6 5 3 1 1 1 3 2 3 0 3 0 3 3 1 7
10 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 6 1 4 1 7 7 3 0 3 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 7
11 Maccabi Netanya 7 1 3 3 7 10 3 1 0 2 5 5 4 0 3 1 2 5 -3 6
12 Sektzia Nes Tziona 7 1 1 5 6 15 4 1 1 2 5 9 3 0 0 3 1 6 -9 4
13 Hapoel Tel Aviv 6 1 0 5 8 14 3 0 0 3 3 8 3 1 0 2 5 6 -6 3
14 Beitar Jerusalem 7 1 0 6 7 19 3 0 0 3 2 9 4 1 0 3 5 10 -12 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 8 6 2 0 18 6 4 3 1 0 9 2 4 3 1 0 9 4 12 20
2 Milan 9 6 2 1 18 9 5 4 0 1 12 6 4 2 2 0 6 3 9 20
3 Atalanta 8 6 2 0 12 3 4 2 2 0 6 3 4 4 0 0 6 0 9 20
4 Udinese 8 6 1 1 17 8 4 3 1 0 8 1 4 3 0 1 9 7 9 19
5 Lazio 8 5 2 1 17 5 5 4 0 1 12 4 3 1 2 0 5 1 12 17
6 Roma 8 5 1 2 10 8 3 2 0 1 4 1 5 3 1 1 6 7 2 16
7 Inter 9 5 0 4 16 14 4 3 0 1 8 3 5 2 0 3 8 11 2 15
8 Juventus 9 3 4 2 12 7 5 3 2 0 11 3 4 0 2 2 1 4 5 13
9 Sassuolo 9 3 3 3 11 10 5 2 1 2 8 5 4 1 2 1 3 5 1 12
10 Torino 8 3 1 4 7 10 3 1 1 1 1 1 5 2 0 3 6 9 -3 10
11 Fiorentina 8 2 3 3 7 7 4 2 2 0 6 3 4 0 1 3 1 4 0 9
12 Spezia 8 2 2 4 7 15 4 2 2 0 7 5 4 0 0 4 0 10 -8 8
13 Lecce 8 1 4 3 7 9 4 0 3 1 4 5 4 1 1 2 3 4 -2 7
14 Salernitana 8 1 4 3 10 13 4 1 1 2 7 5 4 0 3 1 3 8 -3 7
15 Empoli 8 1 4 3 7 10 4 0 2 2 3 6 4 1 2 1 4 4 -3 7
16 Bologna 9 1 4 4 8 14 5 1 3 1 5 5 4 0 1 3 3 9 -6 7
17 Monza 8 2 1 5 7 14 4 1 0 3 3 6 4 1 1 2 4 8 -7 7
18 Hellas Verona 8 1 2 5 7 15 4 1 0 3 5 9 4 0 2 2 2 6 -8 5
19 Cremonese 8 0 3 5 6 15 3 0 1 2 1 6 5 0 2 3 5 9 -9 3
20 Sampdoria 9 0 3 6 5 17 5 0 2 3 2 8 4 0 1 3 3 9 -12 3

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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.