Juventus Vs Stuttgart: Old Lady Wants To Extend Perfect Record

Juventus has ambitions to extend his perfect record in the Champions League (Instagram/@juventus).

JAKARTA - Juventus will host VfB Suttgart on the third matchday of the 2024 Champions League at Juventus Stadium, Wednesday, October 23, 2024, early morning WIB.

The Old Lady is aiming for the target of extending their perfect record in the Champions League. Juventus have a slick record against the German team.

In the final match of the Champions League, they defeated RB Leipzig at the Red Bull Arena with a score of 3-1.

They showed great enthusiasm to turn things around even though they only played with 10 players. Juventus bounced back twice to claim the win.

If it can realize ambitions to maintain a perfect record, Thiago Motta will be the third Juventus coach to win his first three Champions League games.

Before Motta, there were already the names of legendary coaches who did it, such as Fabio Capello (2004) and Marcelo Lippi (1995).

Juventus juga sedang dalam tren positif 10 pertandingan tanpa kekalahan, enam kemenangan dan empat seri.

Most recently before hosting Stuttgart, Juventus were able to beat Lazio 1-0 despite playing with 10 people on weekends.

That success brought them back to the top of Serie A for at least a few hours. At the same time, the achievement ended three winning games at Juventus Stadium in a domestic competition.

The Old Lady is now seventh in the Champions League standings with six clubs that achieved perfect results in the previous two matches.

Meanwhile, Stuttgart is in 24th position with only one point. No wonder, Die Schwaben is not favored when he travels to Turin.

Moreover, they did not have good results against the Italian team. Stuttgart has only won once in 11 matches against the Italian team since winning against Torino in the 1979 UEFA (Erupa League) Cup until now.

Sebastian Hoeness's men are currently in a fairly bad mental condition. Stuttgart has never won in the last league of matches in all competitions, four draws and one loss.

Their only new defeat suffered just before leaving for Turin. Die Schwaben lost 4-0 at Bayern Munich headquarters.

In addition, history also does not side with Stuttgart in terms of travel in the Champions League.

They have won only three of their last 19 matches in the biggest tournament between European clubs.

Karena itu, favoritism terhadap Juventus memang layak meski mereka dipastikan tidak diperkuat sejumlah pilar.

Thiago Motta will again be unable to lower Bremer and Arkadiusz, which are still recovering after knee surgery.

Two players who were recruited expensive this summer were also absent, namely Teun Koopmeiners (rib bones) and Nico Gonzalez (paha).

In addition, Michele main goalkeeper Di Gregorio had to undergo a suspension.

However, it's not that worrying Motta. He wanted to be able to play Weston McKennie and Francisco Conceicao.

Juventus is also predicted to return to field graduates from the Nicolo Savona academy and Turkish teenager Kenan Yildiz. Finally, of course there is Dusan Vlahovic who has the support of the two names up front.

Vlahovic has scored or provided assists in his last three games in the Champions League.

So, he is now in high motivation to try to become the first Juventus striker to do so (gol or assist) in four consecutive Champions League appearances since Cristiano Ronaldo.

Formation Forecast

Juventus (4-2-3-1): Perin; Savona, Kalulu, Gatti, Cabal; Locatelli, Fagioli; Cambiaso, Yildiz, Mbangoula; Vlahovic

Stuttgart (4-2-3-1): Nubel; Stenzel, Rouault, Chabot, Mittelstadt; Karazor, Stiller; Millot, Undav, Leweling; Demirovic