Manchester City have another away match ahead of them on Wednesday night.
Specifically, following on from Saturday’s 2-2 draw against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in the Premier League, City travel to Turin to take on Juventus for their latest Champions League tie.
Pep Guardiola’s side head into this game off the back of a mixed run of form.
After drawing 3-3 with Feyenoord at the Etihad Stadium in their previous European outing, the Blues have picked up a defeat, a win and a draw in their three most recent matches.
From the Italian club’s side of things, Thiago Motta’s side haven’t lost a game since their 1-0 defeat to Stuttgart back in October, but have only won two of their nine matches across all competitions since then.
With Wednesday’s big tie in mind between City and Juventus – who were recently drawn in the same group for the upcoming Club World Cup – one particular figure at the Serie A side could end up being a thorn in the Manchester club’s side.
Kenan Yildiz (L) of Juventus FC celebrates with Khephren Thuram (C) and Federico Gatti (R) of Juventus FC after scoring a goal from a header during...
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City must be wary of one particular Juventus star
Appearing in all 20 of Juventus’ matches this season across Serie A and the Champions League -starting 16 of them – Kenan Yildiz has shown not only how important he is for the club but also how much of a dangerous player he is.
With four goals and three assists to his name this season, one of those goals were described as “spectacular” (via Il Bianconero) by former Juventus striker Alessandro Del Piero – who knows a thing or two about scoring goals.
Yildiz could be a problem for Kyle Walker
Juventus’s Yildiz has predominantly featured on the left wing this season. If he starts there on Wednesday, he could face Kyle Walker.
Kenan Yildiz – 2024/25 Serie A Champions League
Goals 3 3
Assists 1 0
Shots 22 9
Key Passes 17 3
Progressive Carries 54 20
Tackles 18 4
With Walker being outpaced by Adama Traore in City’s win over Fulham earlier in the season and then seeing the same thing happen to him again by Timo Werner in the club’s 4-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur, Yildiz could cause some serious problems for the City captain on Wednesday.