Juventus heedful for Tottenham test
Juventus and Tottenham Hotspur FC have never met before and both will know a significance of a certain outcome as they make familiarity in Turin in a UEFA Champions League turn of 16 initial leg.
• Tottenham have by distant a reduction knowledge of a dual – this is usually their second last-16 tie – though will not wish for certainty carrying finished tip of a territory including holders Real Madrid CF and collected 16 points, some-more than any other organisation in this season’s competition.
• Juventus finished second behind FC Barcelona in Group D though are in a turn of 16 for a ninth time and have copiousness of new knockout pedigree, carrying reached a final in 2015 and 2017.
Match background
Juventus
• The Italian side’s record in a turn of 16 is W5 L3. Twelve months ago they kick FC Porto 3-0 on total during this theatre (2-0 away, 1-0 home) carrying mislaid to FC Bayern München during a same theatre in 2014/15 (2-2 home, 2-4 divided after additional time).
• Juve non-stop this deteriorate with a 3-0 detriment during Barcelona though are dominant in their final 5 games (W3 D2), subordinate for a knockout stages interjection to a 2-0 win during Olympiacos FC on matchday six.
• At home in this season’s competition, Juve have beaten Olympiacos 2-0 and Sporting Clube de Portugal 2-1, drawing 0-0 with Barça.
• That stretched a Bianconeri’s dominant home run in UEFA foe to 26 games (W16 D10), dating behind to a 2-0 retreat opposite Bayern in Apr 2013. That is their usually European better in 31 matches during a Juventus Stadium (W19 D11).
• That Bayern better is also Juve’s usually home retreat in their final 24 knockout games in UEFA foe (W15 D8), subordinate included. They won all 3 matches in Turin in a 2016/17 knockout rounds.
• Juve are on a six-match (W3 D3) dominant run opposite Premier League clubs, winning their final 3 fixtures – many recently a 1-0 home better of Manchester City FC in a 2015/16 organisation stage.
• The Bianconeri’s record during home to English clubs is W13 D5 L3.
• Juve’s record in two-legged knockout ties opposite English clubs is W5 L8. They have mislaid a final 5 ties, many recently to Fulham FC in a 2009/10 UEFA Europa League turn of 16 (3-1 home, 1-4 away).Â
Tottenham
• The Lilywhites’ usually prior knowledge of a turn of 16, in 2010/11, brought a 1-0 total win opposite AC Milan (1-0 away, 0-0 home).
• Mauricio Pochettino’s side collected 7 points from their dual divided games in Group H, winning 3-0 during APOEL FC and 2-1 during Borussia Dortmund possibly side of a 1-1 pull divided to Real Madrid on matchday three.
• The London bar have but won usually 4 of their final 14 European divided matches (D4 L6).
• Tottenham’s 15 fixtures opposite Italian teams have finished W5 D6 L4 (W1 D3 L4 in Italy).
• They exaggerate a clever record in two-legged ties opposite Italian opponents: W4 L1. The solitary better was a 3-1 total retreat opposite ACF Fiorentina in a 2014/15 UEFA Europa League turn of 16 (1-1 home, 0-2 away); they kick a Viola in their many new diversion opposite Italian opposition, winning 3-0 during home during a same theatre of a 2015/16 foe to finish a 4-1 total success.
Coach and actor links
• Fernando Llorente played for Juventus between 2013 and 2015, scoring 27 goals in 92 games in all competitions and winning a Scudetto twice and a Coppa Italia once.
• Llorente scored Sevilla’s leader opposite Juve on matchday 6 in 2015/16, condemning a Bianconeri to second place in a group.
• Juan Cuadrado played 13 Premier League games for Chelsea in 2015.
• Wojciech Szczęsny done 132 joining appearances for Arsenal between 2010 and 2015. He faced Spurs 8 times (W4 D2 L2).
• Erik Lamela scored 19 goals in 62 Serie A matches for AS Roma between 2011 and 2013, with a record W1 D1 L2 opposite Juve. He was sent off in a Coppa Italia 3-0 better in 2012.
• Lamela was in CA River Plate’s girl complement when Gonzalo HiguaÃn was personification for a Argentinian giants between 2005 and 2006.
• Toby Alderweireld scored in AFC Ajax’s 2-0 win during Massimiliano Allegri’s AC Milan in a 2010/11 UEFA Champions League organisation stage.
• Harry Kane and Eric Dier both scored as England degraded 3-2 a Germany side including Sami Khedira in a Mar 2016 friendly.
• Italy, featuring Gianluigi Buffon, Andrea Barzagli and Giorgio Chiellini, kick Toby Alderweireld and Jan Vertonghen’s Belgium 2-0 in a UEFA Euro 2016 organisation stage. Vertonghen had scored past Buffon as Belgium degraded a Azzurri 3-1 in a Nov 2015 friendly.
• Have played together:
Miralem Pjanić Hugo Lloris (Olympique Lyonnais, 2008–11)
Blaise Matuidi Serge Aurier (Paris Saint-Germain, 2014–17)
• International team-mates:
Blaise Matuidi Hugo Lloris, Moussa Sisssoko (France)
Juan Cuadrado Davinson Sánchez (Colombia)
Gonzalo HiguaÃn, Paulo Dybala Erik Lamela (Argentina)