On Tuesday night time, Lille will host Juventus on the Stade Pierre Mauroy within the fourth matchday of the Champions League group stage.
The Bianconeri at present sit 14th within the general desk after seeing their excellent begin interrupted by a shocking defeat by the hands of Stuttgart. The Ligue 1 facet is true behind the Outdated Girl in fifteenth place.
Forward of tomorrow’s vital contest, the official Juventus web site has offered us with essentially the most fascinating stats and details resulting in the encounter.
To begin with, it ought to be famous that this would be the maiden assembly between the 2 golf equipment in any official competitors.
Furthermore, Lille have a humble document in opposition to Serie A golf equipment, solely profitable one among their earlier Champions League contests in opposition to Italian opposition, whereas drawing one and dropping two. Their solitary victory was in opposition to Milan in December 2016.
However, Juventus even have an abysmal document in opposition to French sides not too long ago, solely registering one win of their final 4 conferences with Ligue 1 golf equipment. They misplaced residence and away in opposition to Paris Saint-Germain of their catastrophic group-stage run within the 2022/23 marketing campaign.
9 completely different Juventus gamers have made their Champions League debuts this season. Kenan Yildiz, Andrea Cambiaso, Nico Gonzalez, Douglas Luiz, Michele Di Gregorio, Nicolo Savona, Vasilije Adzic, Jonas Rouhi and Juan Cabal have all made their bow in Europe’s elite membership competitors this time period. That is the best variety of Juventus UCL debutants because the 2012/13 season (eleven in that case)
Lille coach Bruno Genesio has really been rotating his ranks in Europe this season. Because the supply notes, the French membership has modified 10 gamers of their beginning XI within the Champions League this season: no workforce has made extra over the primary three matches. Solely RB Salzburg have made as many adjustments.
Lastly, this can be a special day for Timothy Weah who rose to prominence throughout his time at Lille earlier than signing for Juventus in 2023.