When Group D of the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League was drawn, there were two clear favourites to progress to the knockout stages of the competition.
With 3 games played by each team in the group, Juventus and Atletico Madrid are sitting at the top with 7 points to their name. Both know that one more victory on match day 4 should be enough to see them qualify for the round of 16.
On Wednesday 6th of November, Juventus travel to play Lokomotiv Moscow at the RZD Arena. A win for the Italian champions would see them move 7 points clear of their Russian opponents.
However, Lokomotiv Moscow have won 3 points in the Champions League this season and know a win for them in this game would see them close the gap on Juventus to just one point. Lokomotiv Moscow have won one of their 3 games in Group D and that came in the first round of fixtures away to Bayer Leverkusen. Since then, they have lost 2-0 at home to Atletico Madrid and 2-1 away to Juventus.
Having led after 30 minutes In Italy, Lokomotiv Moscow could not hold on and conceded 2 goals in the 77th and 79th minute to lose the game. Trends show they have won only 2 of their last 11 Champions League matches and have lost 4 of their last 5 at home. Lokomotiv Moscow have failed to score a goal in 3 of those 5 games.
Juventus are in a strong position having won 2 and drawn one of their three games in this group. However, they were leading 2-0 in Spain against Atletico Madrid only to concede 2 goals, one of which was in the 90th minute. The 3-0 home win against Bayer Leverkusen was never in doubt but Juventus struggled at home in the reverse fixture against Lokomotiv Moscow.
Juventus have lost just one of their last 6 Champions League matches but have failed to win any of their last 4 away from home. They have been defeated by Young Boys and Atletico Madrid plus held to a draw by Ajax and Atletico Madrid. Trends show Juventus have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 4 away Champions League games but have manage to get on the score sheet themselves in 9 of their last 10 on the road.
Team news and Lokomotiv Moscow are definitely without Jefferson Farfan who has a knee injury. There are also doubts over the fitness of Anton Miranchuk, Boris Rotenberg, Fedor Smolov and Luka Djordjevic.
Juventus Travel without Giorgio Chiellini who is not expected back until February. Marko Pjaca and Matia Perin Could both be back in contention following injury.
Lokomotiv Moscow pushed Juventus Close in Italy 2 weeks ago but ultimately lost the game. This should be another tight match but expect to see the visitors come away with a narrow victory.
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