Comments and predictions for PSV Eindhoven vs Juventus: Difficult for the home team
The match between PSV Eindhoven vs Juventus in the Champions League takes place at 3:00 a.m. on February 20. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
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PSV Eindhoven vs Juventus latest team news
PSV will be without Ricardo Pepi, who is out for the rest of the season with a serious knee injury, while two other Americans, Sergino Dest and Malik Tillman, are also long-term sidelined.
In addition, the availability of full-backs Rick Karsdorp and Olivier Boscagli – who has been absent since suffering a muscle injury in the match against Liverpool – remains uncertain.
Mauro Junior, Richard Ledezma and on-loan Manchester United player Tyrell Malacia will continue to compete for playing places, while main striker Luuk de Jong will take on the role of leading the attack.
For Juve, with Dusan Vlahovic out of favour, Randal Kolo Muani will lead the attack. Since joining on loan from Paris Saint-Germain, the French striker has scored five goals in his last five games, becoming the first player in the 21st century to score five goals in his first three Serie A games.
Always keen to refresh his squad – even if they win – coach Thiago Motta is likely to make a few changes for Wednesday’s game. Manuel Locatelli, Kenan Yildiz and returning full-back Andrea Cambiaso will all be in contention for a starting spot.
Bremer, Juan Cabal and Arkadiusz Milik are all long-term sidelined, while Pierre Kalulu is still recovering and Douglas Luiz continues to struggle with a thigh problem.
PSV Eindhoven vs Juventus latest expected lineup
PSV Eindhoven:
Benitez; Ledezma, Flamingo, Obispo, Junior; Schouten, Veerman; Bakayoko, Saibari, Perisic; De Jong
Juventus:
Di Gregorio; Weah, Gatti, Veiga, Cambiaso; Thuram, Locatelli; Gonzalez, McKennie, Yildiz; Kolo Muani
Latest football commentary PSV Eindhoven vs Juventus
Despite almost drawing the first leg, PSV eventually lost to Juventus for the second time in five months. An equaliser from Ivan Perisic – who became the club’s oldest goalscorer in the Champions League – wasn’t enough to save them.
A goal from Juve substitute Samuel Mbangula in the 82nd minute ended the Dutch champions' hopes of turning the tie around, meaning PSV will need to work harder to make up the one-goal deficit in the return leg this midweek.
Recent form has not been kind to PSV. They have not won a European knockout game since knocking out Arsenal in 2007, and have only progressed after losing the first leg three times.
However, when playing at home, they are on a 12-match unbeaten run in European competition, including three consecutive wins against Girona, Shakhtar Donetsk and Liverpool.
Manager Peter Bosz has seen his side fail to replicate the impressive form they showed last season in the domestic league, most recently needing Isaac Babadi’s stoppage-time equaliser to salvage a point against Utrecht.
PSV are currently second in the Eredivisie, having lost the top spot to Ajax and have won just two of their last eight games, and their worst start to a new year since 1980.
Bosz will hope that, with a Champions League last 16 place in sight, the recent struggles can be forgotten when they host Juventus at the Philips Stadion in midweek.
PSV have not lost at home since November 2022, and the last time they failed to score in a home game was over two years ago, so they should be able to cause Juventus trouble.
As for Juventus, after Weston McKennie opened the scoring to give them a win in the first leg, they travel to the Netherlands to face PSV, where they have drawn their last three away Champions League games – another draw would see them through.
The Italian champions started their group stage campaign impressively with a 3-1 home win over PSV, with McKennie also getting on the scoresheet, but they finished 20th, two points and six places behind PSV.
However, history suggests that Juve can continue their impressive run, having won all three of their last knockout matches, a run that stretches back to 1979.
The black and white striped team have recently made a strong recovery after a difficult mid-season period in which they won just one of their eight games. They have now won four in a row in recent weeks.
Their only defeat in Serie A this season came against Napoli, although they have drawn 13 of their domestic league games (a disappointing 17 points loss), and are currently fourth in the table.
Juventus secured a dramatic win over defending champions Inter Milan in Sunday night's Derby d'Italia thanks to a late goal from Francisco Conceicao, making it three consecutive wins in the competition for the first time in a year.
Juve could be facing Inter in the last 16 of the Champions League – while Arsenal are another potential opponent – but first they need to get their work done against PSV.
PSV Eindhoven vs Juventus latest score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.PSV Eindhoven vs Juventusas follows:
- Sportsmole:PSV Eindhoven 2-3 Juventus
- WhoScore:PSV Eindhoven 2-2 Juventus
- Our newspaper predicts:PSV Eindhoven 2-2 Juventus
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