Villarreal vs Juventus

Villarreal had 17 shots in this match – their most in a UEFA Champions League game since they had 20 against Napoli in September 2011.

Lloyd Kelly is the first English player to score and assist for Juventus in the UEFA Champions League, having netted against Dortmund in MD1.

Georges Mikautadze’s goal vs Juventus was Villarreal’s first in the UEFA Champions League since Francis Coquelin scored against Liverpool in the semi-final second leg in May 2022

This will be the first time Villarreal have hosted an Italian side since February 2022, which was also a UEFA Champions League game against Juventus. Dusan Vlahovic opened the scoring after just 33 seconds, but Villarreal came back to draw 1-1 in the first leg of a last 16 tie.

The previous two meetings between Villarreal and Juventus came in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League in 2021-22, with the Spaniards progressing after a 1-1 draw at home and a 3-0 win away in Turin (4-1 on aggregate).

Juventus have only lost one of their last six away games against Spanish sides in the UEFA Champions League (W3 D2), with that lone defeat coming at Atlético Madrid in February 2019 (0-2 in a last 16 first leg).

Villarreal have only won two of their last 12 home matches in the UEFA Champions League (D5 L5), while scoring just 10 goals across those 12 outings. They’ve also lost five of their last nine (W2 D2), after going unbeaten in their first 11 home matches in the competition (W4 D7).

Since winning their opening two games of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League campaign (3-1 v PSV, 3-2 v RB Leipzig), Juventus have only won two of their last nine matches in the competition (D4 L3).