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September 16 2024, 14:38 · Alex Lawes

Juventus vs PSV Eindhoven Preview & Prediction | 2024-25 UEFA Champions League | League Phase

Juventus vs PSV Eindhoven Preview & Prediction | 2024-25 UEFA Champions League | League Phase
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It has been a positive start to life in Turin for Thiago Motta but Juventus need to regroup after a frustrating draw with Empoli at the weekend as they now welcome Peter Bosz and PSV Eindhoven to the J Stadium to kick off the new season of the UEFA Champions League.

KICK-OFF DATE/TIME: Tuesday 17th September, 2024 - UK – 5:45pm / US ET – 12:45pm / US PT – 9:45am

HOW TO WATCH ON TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – Not televised

HOW TO WATCH ONLINE: UK – TNT Sports / US – Paramount+, ViX

JUVENTUS PREVIEW: BIANCONERI BOUNCE

Former Bologna boss Thiago Motta was given the job of rebuilding and rejuvenated an ageing Juventus squad with a younger and more dynamic side playing in a modern and more progressive way. The Old Lady did start the season very well but have endured frustrating results either side of the September international break.

Juventus went into the break on the back of a goalless draw with Roma at the J Stadium before then being held to the same scoreline by Empoli at the weekend. Signs of improvement and progression were there, though, as they began the season with back-to-back 3-0 hammerings against Como and then Hellas Verona.

PSV EINDHOVEN PREVIEW: ANOTHER STRONG START

Last season, PSV Eindhoven enjoyed what was quite a ridiculous first few months of the season in the Eredivisie and Peter Bosz managed to lead them to the Dutch title with just one defeat all season in the league. This season has also started brightly as they seek to leave a mark on the UEFA Champions League, too, after reaching the Round of 16 before losing to eventual runners’ up Borussia Dortmund last season.

PSV began the 2024/25 campaign with a 5-1 thrashing of RKC Waalwijk and ever since then they have been utterly rampant in the Netherlands. They sit at the top-of-the-table with five victories from five matches, scoring 20 goals and conceding just three in the process.

JUVENTUS TEAM NEWS: CHANGES AFOOT

Juventus rested a few players against Empoli at the weekend. For example, Michele Di Gregorio, Danilo, Juan Cabal and Timothy Weah would all be expected to come back into the lineup this weekend.

Summer signing Francisco Conceicao, who joined from Porto last month, remains unavailable whilst Khephren Thuram, who also joined this summer, returned to the first-team squad and came off the bench against Empoli.

PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Di Gregorio; Danilo, Gatti, Bremer, Cambiaso; Locatelli, Douglas Luiz; Gonzalez, Koopmeiners, Weah; Vlahovic

UNAVAILABLE: Conceicao (Injured)

QUESTIONABLE: Milik (Injured)

PSV EINDHOVEN TEAM NEWS: CARRYING ON THE MOMENTUM

In what is quite a heavily American influenced PSV squad, the Dutch side will likely have to work without one of their key Americans as former Barcelona full-back Sergino Dest remains a doubt for this one alongside Armando Obispo at the back.

Mexico international Hirving Lozano has not been a fulcrum of PSV’s recent success so the winger remaining injured for this weekend should not be a massive deal as they head down across to Italy.

PREDICTED XI (4-3-3): Benitez; Ledezma, Flamingo, Boscagli, Dams; Til, Schouten, Veerman; Bakayoko, De Jong, Tillman

UNAVAILABLE: Hirving Lozano (Injured)

QUESTIONABLE: Obispo (Injured), Dest (Injured)

KEY STATS

  • This is the first UEFA competition match between these two teams.
  • Juventus have lost only one of their last 15 UEFA competition matches against Dutch teams (W7 D6). However, they did lose their last such fixture, that was in the 2018/19 Champions League quarter-finals at home against Ajax (L 2-1).
  • Juventus have lost six of their last seven UEFA Champions League matches (W1).
  • Juventus have not failed to score in their last ten UEFA competition matches.
  • Juventus have never lost on Matchday 1 of the UEFA Champions League at home (W5 D3). The only previous time they hosted a Dutch club on Matchday 1 was in 1997/98 when they defeated Feyenoord 5-1.
  • Juventus have lost only one of their last 24 competitive matches at home (W15 D8).
  • PSV have won only three of their last 12 UEFA competition matches against Italian clubs (D4 L5).
  • PSV were unbeaten in their last five UEFA Champions League group matches last season (W2 D3).
  • PSV have lost on Matchday 1 without scoring a goal in their last three UEFA Champions League campaigns.
  • PSV have never won away from home on Matchday 1 of the UEFA Champions League (D2 L5).
  • PSV have won four and drawn one of their last five competitive matches away from home.
  • Luuk de Jong is PSV’s top scorer in the UEFA Champions League competition proper with nine goals.

JUVENTUS VS PSV EINDHOVEN PREDICTION

Juventus will be expected to dominate the play in most games. Possession-based play is the modus operandi for Thiago Motta but with a bit of intensity and incision in the final third. However, patient and ineffective build-up will be punished by a PSV side that are in a really good state at the moment. This has the potential to be a surprisingly very entertaining encounter in which both teams scoring seems a good bet.

JUVENTUS VS PSV EINDHOVEN TIP: BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE