UEFA Champions League - Juventus VS VfB Stuttgart Prediction
UEFA Champions League - Juventus VS VfB Stuttgart
Match Time: 23-10-2024 03:00 Wednesday (GMT+8)
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Juventus
Thiago Motta will miss several of his stars, including summer arrivals Nicolas Gonzalez, Teun Koopmeiners, and Michele Di Gregorio. The latter will have to serve a suspension following his red card against RB Leipzig, while the other two have thigh and rib issues, respectively, that rule them out of the VfB Stuttgart tie.
Weston McKennie is in line to return following a muscular problem sustained on international duty. Motta may not include the USMNT star immediately, as he does have other options to use there, with Manuel Locatelli and Nicolo Fagioli the preferred choices in central midfield.
With Gleison Bremer out for the season, Motta is still finding the right partnership, at least until January, when he can use the transfer window to find solutions. For this clash, Federico Gatti and Pierre Kalulu are well-placed for the central defensive role, while Mattia Perin will replace the suspended Di Gregorio in goal.
VfB Stuttgart
Sebastian Hoeness will have to contend with the absence of several of his first-team stars. Dan-Axel Zagadou, Chris Fuhrich, Leonidas Stergiou, Nikolas Nartey, and Justin Diehl are all out of the picture ahead of midweek.
The manager will still hope to name a strong setup in his usual 4-2-3-1 formation. Anthony Rouault and Jeff Chabot are expected to be named the preferred central defensive pairing. Pascal Stenzel and German international Maximilian Mittelstadt are expected to feature as the full-backs. Atakan Karazor and Angelo Stiller are the choices in central midfield.
Hoeness will hope that newly-capped German international Jamie Leweling will bring his national team form to the Champions League. He also has the joint-most shots without scoring a goal alongside PSG pair Achraf Hakimi and Ousmane Dembele.
Juventus possible starting lineup:
Perin; Savona, Kalulu, Gatti, Cabal; Locatelli, Fagioli; Cambiaso, Yildiz, Mbangoula; Vlahovic
Stuttgart possible starting lineup:
Nubel; Stenzel, Rouault, Chabot, Mittelstadt; Karazor, Stiller; Millot, Undav, Leweling; Demirovic
Juventus vs VfB Stuttgart Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
*Juventus have never played a match against VfB Stuttgart on the European stage and will need to adapt to a new opponent in the UEFA Champions League this week.
*VfB Stuttgart have won only one of their 11 matches against opponents from Italy in major European competitions, with their only such victory coming by a 1-0 scoreline against Torino in the UEFA Cup in 1979.
*Juventus have won each of their last five matches against opponents against Germany in the UEFA Champions League - their longest such run in the history of the competition.
*Juventus have won their first two games in the UEFA Champions League this season and will look to begin a European campaign with three consecutive victories for the first time since the 2021-22 season
Prediction: Juventus 2-0 Stuttgart
Not only have new-look Juventus kept several clean sheets this season, but they also have a 14-match unbeaten streak behind them on home soil. As Stuttgart have won only twice on the road in 2024-25 - and one was against lower-level opponents in the DFB-Pokal - they have little hope of taking anything away from Turin.
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