Manchester City travel to Turin on matchday six as they look to secure a victory that would significantly improve hopes of a last-16 place in the UEFA Champions League.
Pep Guardiola’s side have faltered over the last few weeks across competitions, with their last two matches in Europe’s premier club competition bringing a heavy 4-1 defeat away to Sporting and a 3-3 home draw against Feyenoord.
Whilst collective performances have undoubtedly been below par in the last run of matches, the return of Ruben Dias to the back-line has brought an assured presence, whilst Mateo Kovacic’s return to training will bring fresh hope of stability in defensive midfield.
Last time out saw Manchester City come from behind twice to take a point at Selhurst Park, maintaining their position of fourth in the Premier League table, but potentially losing ground on league leaders Liverpool.
As for Juventus, they have drawn all of their last four matches across Serie A and in the Champions League, with their last European outing bringing a 0-0 tie against Aston Villa in Birmingham.
Ahead of a big night of European action for Pep Guardiola and Manchester City, here is everything you need to know ahead of the encounter at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy!
Match Details
Juventus and Manchester City are scheduled to go head-to-head at the Allianz Stadium in Turin on Wednesday 11 December, with kick-off pencilled in for 20:00 (UK).
Match Officials
UEFA have confirmed that French match official Clément Turpin will take the role of match referee at the Allianz Stadium for Wednesday night’s meeting between Juventus and Manchester City.
You can find the full list of match officials for the game, HERE!
Team News
Having battled numerous fitness and injury problems throughout the course of the season, things seems to be falling back into place for Juventus, with striker Dusan Vlahovic having returned from a three-week thigh injury, and Nicolo Savona back in contention.
Elsewhere and all of Nico Gonzalez, Juan Cabal, and Bremer remain ruled out, whilst Andrea Cambiaso, Weston McKennie and Douglas Luiz are doubtful despite featuring with the wider group in training on Tuesday.
As for Manchester City, their injury list remains damning and the Premier League champions’ 22-man travelling squad touched down in Turin on Tuesday evening without Nathan Ake, Manuel Akanji, John Stones, Scott Carson, Rodri, and Oscar Bobb.
However, there was some positive news to come the club’s way ahead of the game as both Mateo Kovacic and Phil Foden returned to training and joined the group on their trip to Italy, despite Pep Guardiola ruling out the possibility of too much involvement in this one.
Head To Head
Juventus and Manchester City have faced off against each other just six times prior to this week’s match-up, with their most-recent meetings coming prior to the Pep Guardiola era in a group stage double-header in the 2015/16 edition of the Champions League.
City would lose both of those contests, falling to a 1-2 defeat at the Etihad Stadium before losing 1-0 away from home in Turin, whilst their only victory against Juventus came in the 1976/77 edition of the UEFA Cup courtesy of a Brian Kidd goal at Maine Road.
As such, the total record across the six all-time meetings between Juventus and Manchester City sees one victory in favour of the Premier League club, two draws, and three wins for the Italian giants.
Statistics
Manchester City’s current winless run against Juventus is their joint-longest against an opponent in European competition (5), along with a five-game run against Barcelona between 2014 and 2016.
Juventus have lost four of their last six home matches in the UEFA Champions League (W2), including their most recent one against Stuttgart (0-1 on MD3). This is as many defeats as they had suffered in their previous 40 home matches in the competition combined (4), between October 2013 and December 2021.
Manchester City have conceded seven goals in their last two UEFA Champions League games (4 v Sporting CP and 3 v Feyenoord), after having kept a clean sheet in their first three this term. In his managerial career in the competition, Pep Guardiola has never seen his side concede more than twice in three consecutive matches (across all clubs).
Juventus have drawn their last two games in the UEFA Champions League, playing out stalemates against Lille (1-1) and Aston Villa (0-0). The last time they drew three in a row in the competition was back in 2012-13, doing so in their first three games of that campaign under Antonio Conte.
How To Watch
For viewers in the United Kingdom, Manchester City’s trip to face Juventus will be available to watch live on TNT Sports 2, with radio commentary from BBC Radio Manchester and BBC Radio 5 Live.
As for viewers in the United States, Wednesday night’s heavyweight European contest will be available courtesy of Paramount+.
You can find full global TV listings for the matchday six encounter in the UEFA Champions League HERE!
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