Get ready for the first of two legs in this Champions League clash between Villarreal and Juventus

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 22.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de la Cerámica (23500 seats)

Villarreal and Juventus will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this Champions League 8th Finals battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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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Villarreal form and stats

7 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Villarreal have to build on here at Estadio de la Cerámica in the La Liga. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Villarreal has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.

It's back home for Villarreal, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Granada away with the result 4-1. Danjuma (3) and Gómez found the net in that victory. Danjuma, who usually features in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, earning a rating of 8.62 (out of 10). Danjuma scored three goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 8 times.

Before that, Villarreal drew at home versus Real Madrid.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Villarreal have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won two, drawn four and lost one.

The Villarreal manager Tortajada has got the team scoring with 29 from 13 home games in the league.

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Juventus form and stats

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

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 6 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 5W-0D-1L. This is both home and away.

Juventus's last game was the home draw against Torino (1-1). de Ligt, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.03. Ligt scored one goal and won 8 of 11 duels.

A 1-1 draw at Atalanta's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Juventus in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Juventus, zero draws and three defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Juventus now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Serie A game at Empoli is waiting in only four days.

Juventus has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 13 games. As opposed to that, Juventus have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

VillarrealG. Moreno Balaguero
G. Moreno Balaguero
8 goals
VillarrealA. Groeneveld
A. Groeneveld
8 goals
JuventusP. Exequiel Dybala
P. Exequiel Dybala
7 goals

Villarreal missing players

Juventus missing players

Villarreal Juventus
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   12 25
13 6   Won W   5 14
4 3   Drew D   4 6
8 3   Lost L   3 5
59 25   Scored S   16 39
29 14   Conceded C   14 23
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
84% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 80%
60% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 32%
44% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 16%
32% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 12%
52% 42%   BTTS BTTS   50% 48%
32% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 44%
20% 17%   Failed to Score F T   17% 12%
 
5.7 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   3.6 4.9
4.4 4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.2 5
1.9 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.8
0 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
14.6 14.2   Shots (avg) S (   12.8 15.5
5.9 5.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 5.3
40% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 29%
 
10.7 10   Shots against (avg) S A   14.1 11.5
3.8 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.7 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 Real Madrid 25 17 6 2 51 20 13 9 4 0 28 8 12 8 2 2 23 12 31 57
2 Sevilla 24 14 8 2 36 16 12 9 3 0 26 10 12 5 5 2 10 6 20 50
3 Real Betis 24 13 4 7 45 29 12 6 2 4 23 14 12 7 2 3 22 15 16 43
4 Atletico Madrid 25 12 6 7 45 34 12 7 3 2 21 12 13 5 3 5 24 22 11 42
5 Villarreal 25 10 9 6 42 24 13 7 4 2 29 13 12 3 5 4 13 11 18 39
6 Barcelona 23 10 9 4 38 27 11 7 2 2 23 13 12 3 7 2 15 14 11 39
7 Real Sociedad 23 10 8 5 24 21 12 6 4 2 9 6 11 4 4 3 15 15 3 38
8 Athletic Club 24 8 10 6 25 21 11 5 2 4 15 13 13 3 8 2 10 8 4 34
9 Osasuna 25 8 8 9 25 30 13 2 6 5 10 19 12 6 2 4 15 11 -5 32
10 Celta de Vigo 24 8 7 9 28 25 12 4 2 6 15 15 12 4 5 3 13 10 3 31
11 Rayo Vallecano 24 9 4 11 28 29 12 8 2 2 20 8 12 1 2 9 8 21 -1 31
12 Valencia 24 7 9 8 36 38 12 4 6 2 18 13 12 3 3 6 18 25 -2 30
13 Elche 25 7 8 10 28 34 12 5 5 2 15 12 13 2 3 8 13 22 -6 29
14 Espanyol 24 7 7 10 29 34 12 6 3 3 18 15 12 1 4 7 11 19 -5 28
15 Getafe 25 6 8 11 24 28 12 6 2 4 17 11 13 0 6 7 7 17 -4 26
16 Mallorca 23 6 8 9 22 36 12 4 6 2 13 11 11 2 2 7 9 25 -14 26
17 Granada 25 5 9 11 27 40 12 4 3 5 17 21 13 1 6 6 10 19 -13 24
18 Cadiz 25 3 11 11 21 39 13 0 8 5 9 18 12 3 3 6 12 21 -18 20
19 Deportivo Alaves 25 5 5 15 19 42 13 4 3 6 10 15 12 1 2 9 9 27 -23 20
20 Levante 24 2 8 14 24 50 12 1 6 5 13 21 12 1 2 9 11 29 -26 14
  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 26 17 5 4 52 28 13 8 2 3 21 11 13 9 3 1 31 17 24 56
2 Inter 24 16 6 2 55 20 12 9 2 1 30 10 12 7 4 1 25 10 35 54
3 Napoli 25 16 5 4 46 17 13 8 2 3 23 9 12 8 3 1 23 8 29 53
4 Juventus 26 13 8 5 38 23 13 7 3 3 17 9 13 6 5 2 21 14 15 47
5 Atalanta 24 12 8 4 46 29 12 3 5 4 20 18 12 9 3 0 26 11 17 44
6 Lazio 25 12 6 7 52 39 12 7 4 1 31 16 13 5 2 6 21 23 13 42
7 Roma 26 12 5 9 44 34 14 7 4 3 19 14 12 5 1 6 25 20 10 41
8 Fiorentina 24 12 3 9 43 34 11 7 1 3 29 15 13 5 2 6 14 19 9 39
9 Hellas Verona 26 10 7 9 49 42 13 7 2 4 27 17 13 3 5 5 22 25 7 37
10 Torino 25 9 6 10 32 26 13 7 3 3 25 13 12 2 3 7 7 13 6 33
11 Empoli 26 8 7 11 38 50 13 3 2 8 20 34 13 5 5 3 18 16 -12 31
12 Sassuolo 25 7 9 9 41 44 13 3 5 5 17 21 12 4 4 4 24 23 -3 30
13 Bologna 24 8 4 12 29 40 12 5 2 5 16 16 12 3 2 7 13 24 -11 28
14 Sampdoria 26 7 5 14 35 42 14 4 3 7 22 25 12 3 2 7 13 17 -7 26
15 Spezia 25 7 5 13 27 46 12 3 3 6 13 16 13 4 2 7 14 30 -19 26
16 Udinese 23 5 9 9 30 40 11 3 5 3 15 18 12 2 4 6 15 22 -10 24
17 Cagliari 25 4 9 12 25 46 12 2 5 5 15 21 13 2 4 7 10 25 -21 21
18 Venezia 24 5 6 13 22 43 12 2 3 7 13 23 12 3 3 6 9 20 -21 21
19 Genoa 25 1 12 12 21 46 12 0 6 6 9 19 13 1 6 6 12 27 -25 15
20 Salernitana 24 3 5 16 19 55 12 1 3 8 9 28 12 2 2 8 10 27 -36 14

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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.