For the fifth round of the 2024-2025 Champions League , Aston Villa will host Juventus at Villa Park this Wednesday .
The English team is looking to recover after the last defeat against Bruges, while the Vecchia Signora has gone two games without a win and cannot drop any more points along the way.
In their first Champions League appearance, Aston Villa started with three consecutive wins against Young Boys, Bayern Munich and Bologna, but lost their unbeaten record in their visit to Belgium. Immersed in a negative streak of six games without being able to add three points – counting all competitions – Unai Emery’s team is looking for a reaction to stay in the top eight.
Juventus are 11th in the table with seven points. After a perfect start with a 3-1 win over PSV and a 3-2 win over Leipzig, they lost by a narrow margin to Stuttgart in Turin and are coming off a draw against Lille.
Unbeaten away from home in their last 11 games, they will be hoping to take a win in Birmingham.
If Aston Villa already did a great job against Bayern Munich at Villa Park, they are in a position to repeat it against Juventus. Although their current form is not the best, the Villains showed a reaction in the recent 2-2 draw against Crystal Palace and an exciting match is on the horizon.
Beyond the offensive power of the home team, with names like Watkins, Durán, Rogers Barkley, Juve has scored 16 goals in the last 10 matches and scored in both Champions League games away from home.
Aston Villa (4-2-3-1): Martinez; Cash, Torres, Konsa, Digne; Kamara, Tielemans; Bailey, Rogers, McGinn; Watkins.
Juventus (4-2-3-1): Di Gregorio; Savona, Gatti, Kalulu, Cambiaso; Locatelli, Thuram; Conceicao, Koopmeiners, Yildiz; Weah.
