Aston Villa vs Juventus facts

Aston Villa will look to get their UEFA Champions League campaign back on course at home to Juventus, who are also in need of an upturn in results on Matchday 5.

The English side's first Champions League participation began with three wins, at Young Boys (3-0) and at home to Bayern München (1-0) and Bologna (2-0), before they went down 1-0 at Club Brugge on Matchday 4.

Juve kicked off with wins against PSV Eindhoven (3-1) and at Leipzig (3-2) but have since lost 1-0 at home to Stuttgart before a 1-1 draw at LOSC Lille.

Previous meetings

1982/83 European Cup quarter-finals
Aston Villa 1-2 Juventus
Juventus 3-1 Aston Villa
Villa's defence of the trophy was ended by Juve, who would go on to lose to Hamburg in the final. Paolo Rossi opened the scoring in the first minute in the first leg at Villa Park and, though Gordan Cowans levelled six minutes after half-time, Zbigniew Boniek struck decisively for the visitors seven minutes from time.

A Michel Platini double (14, 68) either side of Marco Tardelli's 27th-minute goal sealed Juventus's aggregate progress in Turin, Peter Withe giving Villa the last word in the tie with an 81st-minute consolation.

Form guide

Aston Villa

Record vs Italian clubs: W3 D0 L4 F7 A9
Home record vs Italian clubs: W3 D0 L1

Unai Emery's side have already beaten an Italian side in Birmingham in the 2024/25 Champions League, defeating Bologna 2-0 on Matchday 3.

That was Villa's first game against an Italian club since September 1994 when, having lost 1-0 at Inter Milan in the UEFA Cup first round, they won by the same scoreline at Villa Park and progressed 4-3 on penalties.

Villa's only other win against Serie A sides – indeed, the only other of their seven games they have not lost – was a 2-0 home victory against Inter in the second round of the same competition in 1990/91. They were beaten 3-0 in the Milan return.

Villa have therefore won their last three home matches against Italian teams, keeping clean sheets in all three.

This is Villa's first Champions League campaign – they are the 11th English club to feature in the competition proper.

Villa are taking part in the European Cup for the third time overall, and a first since 1982/83.

The Villans were involved in European competition for the first time since 2010/11 in 2023/24, Emery's team reaching the UEFA Europa Conference League semi-finals where they lost to eventual champions Olympiacos (2-4 h, 0-2 a).

The Birmingham club have won eight of their last nine home European games, the exception that first-leg defeat by Olympiacos.

Emery guided Villa to fourth place in the Premier League in 2023/24 – their highest finish since 1995/96, when they were also fourth.

Villa are one of five clubs making their Champions League debuts in 2024/25, along with Brest, Bologna, Girona and Slovan Bratislava.

Juventus

Record vs English clubs: W21 D12 L17 F60 A56
Away record vs English clubs: W5 D6 L13

Juve's last games against a Premier League team came in the 2021/22 group stage, when they won 1-0 at home to holders Chelsea but lost 4-0 away – their heaviest defeat by an English club.

That was also Juve's second loss in their last three games against English teams, although those are their only defeats in 12 (W6 D4).

Juve had won their previous three games in England and were unbeaten in five (W3 D2).

Juventus are making their 24th appearance in the Champions League proper – an Italian record, three more than AC Milan.

The Bianconeri were not involved in 2023/24, missing out on European competition for the first time since 2011/12.

The 2022/23 campaign was their 11th in succession in the Champions League, Juve missing out on the round of 16 for the first time since 2013/14 after finishing behind Benfica and Paris Saint-Germain in their section.

They went on to win three Europa League ties before losing 3-2 on aggregate to eventual champions Sevilla in the semi-finals.

Juve had lost three successive away Champions League matches, conceding eight goals, before the Matchday 2 victory at Leipzig – their only win in seven (D2 L4).

Champions of Europe in 1985 and 1996, Juve have lost seven European Cup finals including five in the Champions League era – more than any other club.

Having won a record nine successive Serie A titles between 2012 and 2020, Juve finished third in 2023/24 – their highest final placing since being crowned champions in 2019/20.

Massimiliano Allegri was replaced as Juve coach by Thiago Motta in the summer.

Links and trivia

Douglas Luiz played for Villa between 2019 and 2024, when he joined Juventus, scoring 20 goals in 175 Premier League games.

Unai Emery coached Thiago Motta at Paris Saint-Germain between 2016 and 2018.

Timothy Weah made his professional debut under Emery at Paris Saint Germain in 2017/18.

Have played in England:
Danilo (Manchester City 2017–19)
Weston McKennie (Leeds 2023 loan)
Arthur (Liverpool 2022/23 loan)

Have played in Italy:
Lucas Digne (Roma 2015/16)
Robin Olsen (Roma 2018/19, Cagliari 2019/20 loan)

Have played together:
Ross Barkley & Khéphren Thuram (Nice 2022/23)
Amadou Onana & Timothy Weah (LOSC Lille 2021/22)
Boubacar Kamara & Arkadiusz Milik (Marseille 2021/22)

International team-mates:
Emiliano Martínez & Nicolás González (Argentina)
Matty Cash and Arkadiusz Milik (Poland)
Jhon Durán & Juan David Cabal (Colombia)
Boubacar Kamara & Khéphren Thuram (France)
Ian Maatsen & Teun Koopmeiners (Netherlands)
Kosta Nedeljković & Dušan Vlahović (Serbia)

Latest news

Aston Villa

Villa have won five of their first 12 Premier League games (D4 L3). On Saturday they twice came from behind to draw 2-2 at home against Crystal Palace, Ross Barkley scoring a late equaliser for his second goal in as many games.

A 2-0 loss at Liverpool on 9 November was Villa's fourth in a row in all competitions.

Ollie Watkins, who got Villa's first goal on Saturday, opened the scoring in England's 3-0 UEFA Nations League win in Greece on 14 November, Morgan Rogers coming on to make his international debut.

John McGinn's late goal gave Scotland a 1-0 win at home to Croatia on 15 November. The Villa midfielder opened the scoring in a 2-1 victory in Poland three days later.

Two days later Lucas Digne marked his 50th cap with three assists in France's 3-1 victory in Italy.

Ezri Konsa was taken off at half-time with a hip injury in Greece and missed Villa's weekend draw.

Boubacar Kamara, who was out between 11 February and 22 October with a knee injury, picked up an injury at Liverpool, as did Jacob Ramsey (hamstring); both were absent on Saturday, as was Amadou Onana with a foot injury.

On 19 November Rogers signed a new contract until 2030.

Juventus

Juve are the only unbeaten side left in Serie A after 13 games (W6 D7); they drew 0-0 at AC Milan on Saturday.

The Bianconeri have the best defensive record in Serie A with only seven goals conceded and nine clean sheets.

Juventus were 2-0 derby winners against Torino on 9 November with Kenan Yıldız and Timothy Weah scoring the goals.

Yıldız already has three goals this season, one more than in the whole of 2023/24 while Weah has four league goals this season, a new career best.

Juan Cabal is likely to be sidelined for the rest of the campaign after suffering a cruciate ligament injury in training with Colombia.

Bremer is also not expected to play again this season after suffering a knee ligament injury against Leipzig on Matchday 2.

Nicolás González pickedup a thigh injury in the same game and has not played since.

Arkadiusz Milik is yet to play this season after suffering a knee injury with Poland in June.

Dušan Vlahović limped out of the goalless draw between Serbia and Denmark with a thigh injury and missed Saturday's draw.

Andrea Cambiaso scored Italy's goal in a 1-3 home UEFA Nations League defeat by France on 17 November.

Teun Koopmeiners scored in Netherlands' 4-0 win against Hungary the previous day.

Weah was on target as the United States beat Jamaica 4-2 in the CONCACAF Nations League quarter-final second leg on 18 November.

A day later, Yıldız's goal was not enough to prevent Türkiye losing 3-1 in Montenegro.