Juventus vs AS Monaco – UEFA Champions League – Preview

Posted on May 9, 2017 by Sreya

Juventus vs AS Monaco – Juventus hosts AS Monaco at the Juventus Stadium, Turin on 9th May, Tuesday in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League.

Juventus won 2-0 in the first leg and are at a huge advantage in terms of qualification for the finals. AS Monaco have been a revelation this season, but are unlikely to produce a miraculous recovery needed for them to knock-out Juventus tonight.

Real Madrid will face Atletico Madrid in the other semi-final tomorrow, having already taken a 3-0 lead in the first leg.

Team News

Marko Pjaca is sidelined through an injury while Daniele Rugani will face a late fitness test. AS Monaco will be without the injured Boschilia and Almamy Toure.

Juventus Possible Starting Lineup: Gianluigi Buffon, Dani Alves, Leonardo Bonucci, Giorgio Chiellini, Alex Sandro, Miralem Pjanic, Sami Khedira, Juan Cuadrado, Paulo Dybala, Mario Mandzukic, Gonzalo Higuain.

AS Monaco Possible Starting Lineup: Danijel Subasic, Nabil Dirar, Jemerson, Kamil Glik, Djibril Sidibe, Bernardo Silva, Fabinho, Tiemoeu Bakayoko, Thomas Lemar, Kylian Mbappe, Radamel Falcao.

“We’ve not won anything yet. Tomorrow we’ll be going after a positive result that gets us in the final. Monaco will be up for playing an open game and will approach the fixture in a carefree fashion. We must be aggressive in order to beat Monaco. We’ll need to be better than them from a technical aspect and also remain patient for our scoring opportunities.”

– Massimiliano Allegri, Juventus.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Juventus vs AS Monaco H2H Stats, Juventus have won two and drawn one of the previous three meetings with AS Monaco, keeping a clean sheet in each of those games.

Juventus are undefeated in their last thirteen UEFA Champions League matches and have kept a clean sheet in their previous six games in this competition.

A 2-0 win for Juventus is the most probable result with Massimiliano Allegri’s side the favorites to progress to the semi-finals.