Aston Villa host Juventus within the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday with Unai Emery’s residence aspect in faltering type of late. Nonetheless, two wins from two at Villa Park in Birmingham has helped them to 9 factors from a attainable 12 to date to sit down forward of Thiago Motta’s Bianconeri guests who can leapfrog the Premier League outfit with a win right here.

Villa have simply 5 wins from their first 12 EPL video games after a 2-2 draw at residence to Crystal Palace this previous weekend. 4 consecutive losses earlier than the November internationals noticed the Villans slip to eighth within the English topflight standings however Emery is able to rallying his troops in Europe. Each Sevilla and Villarreal have overwhelmed Juve in Europe underneath the Basque whereas he additionally coached counterpart Motta with Paris Saint-Germain.

That is Villa’s first assembly with Juventus since 1983 when the Italians gained 5-2 on combination within the European Cup which the English aspect had been making an attempt to defend. Hamburger SV noticed off the Previous Girl that 12 months with seven continental closing losses to their identify in addition to two European title triumphs. Juve really wouldn’t have an excellent document in England with simply three wins from their final 15 visits with 9 of these losses. The Turin giants have gained simply as soon as in seven video games on the highway within the Champions League which was towards RB Leipzig though they’re the one unbeaten aspect in Serie A after 13 video games with simply seven objectives conceded and 9 clear sheets.

Listed here are our storylines, how one can watch the match and extra:

The best way to watch and odds

• Date: Wednesday, November 27 | Time: 3 p.m. ET
• Location: Villa Park — Birmingham, England
• Watch: Paramount+
• Odds: Villa +130; Draw +230; Juve +225

League part to date

Villa began their return to European soccer’s high desk in very good type with three consecutive wins over Younger Boys, Bayern Munich and Bologna earlier than a 1-0 defeat to Membership Brugge. Nonetheless, eight of the final 9 residence video games in Europe have been gained by Villa with the one exception a UEFA Convention League semifinal first-leg loss to Olympiacos final 12 months. Juve beat PSV Eindhoven and RB Leipzig earlier than shedding to VfB Stuttgart and drawing with Lille OSC. That defeat in Germany is the one one which Motta’s aspect has misplaced throughout all competitions to date however seven factors from 12 implies that the Bianconeri have work to do to succeed in the UCL knockout rounds.

Staff information

Villa: Jacob Ramsey and Amadou Onana are injured whereas Boubacar Kamara and Ezri Konsa are additionally anticipated to overlook out. Ross Barkley and Matty Money might begin whereas Ollie Watkins is more and more underneath strain from Jhon Duran who has scored in each UCL video games at Villa Park to date this season.

Potential Villa XI: Martinez; Money, Carlos, Torres, Digne; Barkley, Tielemans; Bailey, Rogers, McGinn; Watkins.

Juve: Dusan Vlahovic has performed a task in 5 objectives from six Champions League away appearances however is fighting a knock whereas Arkadiusz Milik is out for the remainder of this 12 months. Motta went with out a striker towards Milan which didn’t work properly so don’t anticipate a repeat of that. Bremer and Juan Cabal are long-term absentees whereas Nico Gonzalez can even miss out. Douglas Luiz and Weston McKennie might additionally each miss out on what might have been the Brazilian’s Villa Park return.

Potential Juve XI: Di Gregorio; Savona, Kalulu, Gatti, Cambiaso; Locatelli, Thuram; Conceicao, Koopmeiners, Yildiz; Weah.

Prediction

This one appears destined to be a draw and probably a low-scoring one at that with Villa tiring and exhibiting indicators of pressure and Juve lacking gamers regardless of remaining exhausting to beat. Decide: Villa 1, Juve 1.