Juventus vs Valencia 1-0, Mandzukic and Ronaldo send Juve to last 16 stage
MATCH PREVIEW:
- The only previous meeting between Juventus and Valencia came on matchday one – the Italians winning 2-0 in Spain thanks to two Miralem Pjanic penalties.
- This will be Valencia’s first away game in Italy in any European competition since December 2009, when they won 2-1 vs Genoa in the Europa League.
- Juventus have lost just three of their 32 previous home games against Spanish opponents in all European competition (W19 D10), though one of these was in their most recent such game (0-3 vs Real Madrid in April).
- Juventus lost their last home match against Man Utd – they’ve never lost consecutive home games in all European competition in their history.
- Juventus have kept a clean sheet in five of their last six Champions League group stage games, with the exception being their 1-2 loss against Man Utd last time out.
- None of Valencia’s last seven away Champions League games have seen more than two goals (W2 D3 L2), with the Spanish side scoring four and conceding five in that time.
- Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo received his first ever Champions League red card in the reverse fixture against Valencia in September.
- Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo has scored against 32 different opponents in the Champions League. If he scores against Valencia, he’ll equal Raul’s competition record of having scored against 33 different teams.
- Carlos Soler has been directly involved in 75% of Valencia’s four Champions League goals this season (1 goal, 2 assists).
- Juventus’ Paulo Dybala has scored five goals in his last five Champions League games – as many has he’d scored in his first 24 appearances in the competition.
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