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Barcelona and Juventus will clash at Camp Nou on Tuesday 12th September 2017 for their UEFA Champions League group stage .
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Barcelona vs Juventus predictions, betting tips and match preview
Barcelona vs Juventus Predictions, Betting tips and Match preview
Barcelona and Juventus will clash at Camp Nou on Tuesday 12th September 2017 for their UEFA Champions League group stage.
Barcelona vs Juventus
Tuesday, September 12th 2017
Barcelona and Juventus have developed a rivalry in recent years and they have met this year in the International Champions Cup, with Barcelona winning 2-1 thanks to a Neymar double.
Barcelona and Juventus have met in the 2015 UEFA Champions League final and Barcelona won, but Juventus had their revenge when they met at the quarter-final stage last season, triumphing 3-0 on aggregate on their run to the UCL final.
Ousmane Dembele will hope to make his first start for Barcelona after making his debut in last weekend's 5-0 win against Espanyol.
Rafinha (Rafael Alcántara do Nascimento) will miss out as he continues to recover from injury. Arda Turan will also be unavailable for this encounter. Ivan Rakitic played the full match against Espanyol and should be fit.
Barcelona starting lineup: Ter Stegen; Alba, Umtiti, Pique, Semedo; Rakitic, Iniesta, Busquets; Dembele, Lionel Messi, L. Suarez.
Gianluigi Buffon dropped to the bench for the 3-0 victory over Chievo on Saturday, with Wojciech Szczesny taking his place, but the Italy goalkeeper is likely to return to the starting XI.
Chiellini will miss out with a calf injury despite returning to training on Sunday. Claudio Marchisio and Marko Pjaca are long-term absentees. Juan Cuadrado is suspended. Alex Sandro and Sami Khedira in doubt.
Juventus starting lineup: Buffon; De Sciglio, Benatia, Rugani, Asamoah; Pjanic, Matuidi, Costa, Dybala; Mandzukic, Gonzalo Higuain.
Betting odds:
Barcelona are @ 4/5 favorites to win according to Bet365. Juventus are @ 10/3 to defeat Barcelona.
The draw is available @ 11/4.
Lionel Messi is @ 5/2 to score first. Luis Suarez following @ 3/1 and Gonzalo Higuain is @ 5/1 to open the scoring in this encounter. Ousmane Dembele is @ evens to score anytime.
A lot has changed since Barca and Juve met back in April and it will be interesting to see how the coaches approach this match as they attempt to lay down an early marker in the UCL tournament.
Barcelona are without Neymar and have a new boss (Ernesto Valverde).
Juventus no longer boast the talents of Leonardo Bonucci and Dani Alves in their team. Alex Sandro and Sami Khedira, who both featured in the 3-0 win over Barcelona in Torino, will miss this clash, meaning that the Juventus team that takes to the field on Tuesday will have a distinctly different lineup.
This clash will serve as the first big test for both sides this season, who have easily tallied 9 points from their opening 3 league matches and crucially for Barcelona it represents an opportunity to expunge the memory of their disappointing quarter-final defeat last UCL term.
Barcelona lost Neymar but they signed Ousmane Dembele. The 20-year-old gave fans a glimpse of what he has in store on Saturday by laying on a goal for Luis Suarez in the demolition of rivals Espanyol. Lionel Messi bagged a hat-trick in that victory and the Argentine comes into this match in outstanding form.
With Lionel Messi getting into his stride and Luis Suarez returning from injury, Barcelona are well primed to kick-start their UEFA Champions League campaign, but they will have to pay close attention to Juventus's talisman Paulo Dybala, who engineered their demise last UCL season.
Source: thebet.info