Juventus dey ready to continue their perfect start for the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League campaign as dem host VfB Stuttgart at the Allianz Stadium on Tuesday, October 22. After winning their first two Champions League matches, including a 3-1 victory over PSV Eindhoven and a dramatic 3-2 comeback win against RB Leipzig despite playing with one man down, Juventus dey full of confidence. Dem just beat Lazio 1-0 in Serie A over the weekend, thanks to an 85th-minute own goal by Mario Gila.
VfB Stuttgart, on the other hand, dey struggle. Dem lose 4-0 to Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga over the weekend and have only one point from their first two Champions League games, including a 3-1 defeat to Real Madrid and a 1-1 draw against Sparta Prague. Stuttgart’s injury list include key players like Chris Fuhrich, Dan-Axel Zagadou, Justin Diehl, Leonidas Stergiou, and Nikolas Nartey, all of whom will miss the match.
Juventus go miss some of their own players, including goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio who dey suspended, and Gleison Bremer, Teun Koopmeiners, and Arkadiusz Milik who dey injured. Weston McKennie and Nico Gonzalez are also doubtful due to muscle and thigh issues respectively. Mattia Perin will replace Di Gregorio in goal, while Francisco Conceiçao will return to the starting lineup after serving a one-match ban in Serie A.
The match will kick off at 9:00 p.m. local time at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy. For those in the US, the game will be available to watch and stream live through Paramount+ and ViX. In the UK, you can watch it on TNT Sports 4, and in Italy, it will be broadcast on Sky Sport Uno, Sky Sport 252, Sky Sport 4K, or streamed on NowTV.
This will be the first-ever competitive meeting between Juventus and VfB Stuttgart. Juventus fans dey optimistic about their team’s chances, given their strong defensive record and clinical performance in front of goal in the Champions League so far).
