01 October 2024
Matchday 2 of the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League sees Juventus travel to Germany to take on Bundesliga side Leipzig, looking to build on their opening day victory over PSV.
Ahead of the 21:00 CEST kick-off, here's five quick facts to prepare you for Wednesday night's clash:
GERMAN JOY | Juventus have won their last four challenges against German teams in major European competitions, always keeping a clean sheet (two against Bayer Leverkusen in the 2019/20 Champions League, two against Freiburg in the 2022/23 Europa League).
OPPOSITION WATCH | Leipzig lost 2-1 to Atletico Madrid on the first day of this season’s Champions League; in addition, the German side lost their first two matches in two of the previous three seasons (2021/22 and 2022/23).
THIAGO EYES TWO | Juventus won 3-1 against PSV in their first Champions League game with Thiago Motta on the bench; the coach could become the third Bianconeri coach to win his first two matches in the competition, after Marcello Lippi in 1995 and Fabio Capello in 2004.
PROVIDER DUSAN | Dusan Vlahovic has been involved in four goals in eight Champions League appearances with Juventus (two goals and two assists), providing an assist in each of the last two matches. Only three Bianconeri players have provided an assist in three matches in a row: Alessandro Del Piero (1998), Zinedine Zidane (1998/99) and Juan Cuadrado (2020/21, four in a row).
STRONG START | Teun Koopmeiners created six chances against PSV on matchday one; the last player to record more on his Champions League debut with Juventus was Sebastian Giovinco in September 2008 (seven against BATE Borisov).
