Villarreal and Juventus Meet in First Leg of Champions League Tie
Villarreal CF vs Juventus FC - 22/02/2022
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The round of 16 in the Champions League continues this week and on Tuesday the 22nd of February we have a meeting between Villarreal and Juventus at Estadio de la Cerámica.
The hosts qualified for this round by finishing second in Group F, 1 point behind Manchester United and the visitors qualified as winners of Group H, 2 points clear of Chelsea.
Villarreal come into the match on the back of a convincing 4-1 win at Granada in La Liga on the weekend. The Yellow Submarine were 2-0 up at half-time and Arnaut Groeneveld bagged himself a hattrick, with 2 of his 3 goals coming from the penalty spot.
That was the 4th match in succession without defeat for Villarreal. They had previously defeated Mallorca at home and Real Betis away plus held Real Madrid to a 0-0 draw at home, with all 3 games coming in La Liga.
Villarreal finished the group stages of the Champions League strongly and they recorded 3 wins from their final 4 group fixtures. There were wins at Young Boys and Atalanta plus at home against Young Boys. The victory at Atalanta was particularly impressive.
Trends show Villarreal have won only 2 of their last 11 home Champions League matches, with the wins coming in their last 2 matches. They have failed to keep a clean sheet in 6 of their last 7 home Champions League games.
Juventus come into the game having been held to a 1-1 draw at home by rivals Torino in Serie A. it was a disappointing result for Juventus, especially as they opened the scoring after only 13 minutes of the match.
Torino scored the equalising goal in the 62nd minute and Juventus could not force a winning goal in the remaining time.
That result means Juventus are undefeated in each of their last 7 matches in all competitions. However, they have picked up only 2 wins in their last 5 games, with the victories coming at home against Verona in Serie A and Sassuolo in the Coppa Italia.
Form in the Champions League is good and Juventus have won 6 of their last 7 games in the competition. Their away form shows 5 wins from their last 7 matches and Juventus have scored at least 1 goal in 6 of those 7 away games.
Team news and Villarreal are without the injured trio of Gerard Moreno, Rubén Peña, and Francis Coquelin. There are also doubts over the fitness of Giovani Lo Celso and Etienne Capoue.
Juventus travel without Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini plus there are doubts over the fitness of Luca Pellegrini and Daniele Rugani, leaving them with issues in defence. Federico Chiesa is injured and Paulo Dybala is a doubt.
We expect to see goals in this game but it is difficult to split the two teams. We should see both teams find the back of the net and there is a good chance the match will end level, setting up an exciting second leg.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
UCL
273835
X
2 - 2
2.56
15°
3.20
2.45
3.20
3.00
no
no
no
1 - 1(0 - 1)
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