Juventus vs Manchester City facts

Matchday 6 brings a heavyweight contest in Turin as former UEFA Champions League winners Juventus and Manchester City meet for the first time in nine years.

Both teams have already shared goalless draws against teams from their opponents' country in the league phase and are level on eight points. Juve are without a win in three matches, drawing the last two, most recently 0-0 at Aston Villa; City have taken one point from their last two matches, conceding three times in the last 15 minutes to draw 3-3 at home to Feyenoord on Matchday 5.

Previous meetings

Matches 6
Juventus wins 3
Manchester City wins 1
Draws 2
Juventus goals 7
Manchester City goals 4

1976/77 UEFA Cup first round
Manchester City 1-0 Juventus
Juventus 2-0 Manchester City
Brian Kidd, City's assistant manager by the time the teams met again in 2010 and 2015, scored the only goal of the first leg, but Juventus turned the tables in Italy, triumphing through goals from Gaetano Scirea and Roberto Boninsegna.

2010/11 UEFA Europa League group stage
Manchester City 1-1 Juventus
Juventus 1-1 Manchester City
Vincenzo Iaquinta's early goal for Luigi Delneri's visitors in Manchester was cancelled out before half-time by Adam Johnson; Juventus again struck first in Turin, through Niccolò Giannetti, but a late Jô equaliser earned Roberto Mancini's side a point.

2015/16 Champions League group stage
Manchester City 1-2 Juventus
Juventus 1-0 Manchester City
Massimiliano Allegri's Juventus recovered from a Giorgio Chiellini own goal to triumph in Manchester thanks to strikes in the final 20 minutes from Mario Mandžukić and Álvaro Morata. Mandžukić got the only goal in Turin to ensure Juve joined Manuel Pellegrini's City in the round of 16.

Form guide

Juventus

Record vs English clubs: W21 D13 L17 F60 A56
Home record vs English clubs: W15 D6 L4

The Matchday 5 draw at Villa was Juve's first game against a Premier League club since a 4-0 loss at Chelsea in 2021/22 – their heaviest defeat by an English team.

Juventus were unbeaten in nine matches against English teams (W5 D4) before a 1-2 home defeat by Manchester United in the 2018/19 group stage but have now lost two of the last four.

The Bianconeri beat Chelsea 1-0 in their last game against English visitors in Turin; the defeat by United is their only reverse in their last ten home matches against Premier League clubs (W4 D5).

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

The Bianconeri have returned to the competition after missing out in 2023/24. The previous season was their 11th consecutive Champions League campaign, and the first time they missed out on the round of 16 since 2013/14 as Juve finished behind Benfica and Paris Saint-Germain in their section.

Juve have lost four of their last six home Champions League matches – including 0-1 at home to Stuttgart on Matchday 3 – having won ten of the previous 11, losing once.

The Turin team went on to win three UEFA Europa League ties in 2022/23 before losing 3-2 on aggregate to eventual champions Sevilla in the semi-finals.

Juventus did not feature in UEFA competition in 2023/24 for the first time since 2011/12.

Champions of Europe in 1985 and 1996, Juve have also 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.

Allegri left Juventus in May – he had also coached the club between 2014 and 2019, leading them to the Champions League finals in 2015 and 2017 – to be replaced by Thiago Motta.

Manchester City

Record vs Italian clubs: W7 D7 L4 F27 A18
Away record vs Italian clubs: W2 D3 L3

The 0-0 draw at home to Inter on Matchday 1 made it six games unbeaten against Italian opponents (W4 D2), a sequence that includes a 1-0 defeat of the Nerazzurri in the 2023 Champions League final, since the 1-0 loss at Juve in 2015.

Before that run, City had managed three wins in 12 games against Italian opponents (D5 L4).

City's last game in Italy was a 1-1 draw at Atalanta in the 2019/20 group stage. The Cityzens failed to win in their first four games away to Serie A sides (D2 L2) but have two victories in their subsequent four visits (D1 L1).

This is City's 14th successive season in the Champions League; they have featured in every campaign since 2011/12 and have reached the knockout stages in each of the last 11.

Having claimed the club's first Champions League title in 2022/23, Pep Guardiola's side won all six group games for the first time last season, the seventh successive season in which City had come first in their group.

City then brushed past Copenhagen in the round of 16 (3-1 a, 3-1 h) but lost an epic quarter-final against eventual champions Real Madrid (3-3 a, 1-1 h, 3-4 pens) – the third season in a row in which they had faced the Spanish side.

The Cityzens have won 20 of their last 36 away European matches (D10 L6), including 4-0 at Slovan Bratislava on Matchday 2, and were unbeaten in 12 (W6 D6), since a 3-1 extra-time loss at Real Madrid in the 2021/22 semi-final second leg, before going down 4-1 at Sporting CP on Matchday 4.

Guardiola's side claimed a fourth successive Premier League title in 2023/24 – a new English record – but lost to neighbours Manchester United in the FA Cup final to miss out on a second successive double.

Links and trivia

Danilo scored four goals in 60 appearances for City between 2017 and 2019, winning the Premier League and League Cup in both his seasons in Manchester and adding the FA Cup in 2018/19.

Motta played for Barcelona B when Guardiola was in the senior team between 1999 and 2001.

Have also played in England:
Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa 2019–24)
Weston McKennie (Leeds 2023 loan)
Arthur (Liverpool 2022/23 loan)

Has played in Italy:
Mateo Kovačić (Inter 2013–15)

Have played together:
Douglas Luiz & Jack Grealish (Aston Villa 2019–21)

International team-mates:
Teun Koopmeiners & Nathan Aké (Netherlands)
Douglas Luiz, Bremer, Danilo & Ederson, Savinho (Brazil)

Guardiola finished his playing career in Europe with spells at Brescia (2001/02, 2003) and Roma (2002/03).

Latest news

Juventus

Juventus fought back from two goals down to draw 2-2 at home to Bologna on Saturday, substitute Samuel Mbangula scoring a 92nd-minute equaliser to make it four successive draws in all competitions.

On 1 December injury-hit Juventus themselves conceded an added-time equaliser to draw 1-1 at Lecce.

Juventus are still undefeated in Serie A after 15 games but have drawn nine, more than any other team.

The Bianconeri's 19 Serie A draws in 2024 is their most in a calendar year, surpassing the 17 in 1956.

Juventus have the joint-best defensive record alongside Napoli with ten goals conceded in 15 games, four of them in a 4-4 draw against Inter on 27 October.

Dušan Vlahović started on Saturday having not played since suffering a thigh injury in the goalless draw between Serbia and Denmark on 18 November.

Nicolò Savona (out since 27 November) came on on Saturday after recovering from a thigh injury while Vasilije Adžić, who had been out since 31 October with a similar problem, was an unused replacement.

Nicolás González (out since 2 October), Douglas Luiz (19 October) and Weston McKennie (23 November) have also been sidelined by thigh injuries.

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

Juan Cabal and Bremer are not expected to play again this season due to knee ligament injuries.

On 2 December Teun Koopmeiners, who scored Juve's first goal on Saturday, was named in the Serie A Team of the Season for his performances for Atalanta in 2023/24.

Manchester City

On Saturday City twice came from behind to draw 2-2 at Crystal Palace.

Erling Haaland has 13 goals in 15 Premier League matches this season although Saturday's goal was only his third in his last ten.

A 3-0 win at home to Nottingham Forest on 4 December is City's only victory in nine games in all competitions (D2 L6).

Pep Guardiola's side had lost their four previous Premier League games, going down 2-0 at leaders Liverpool on 1 December.

City's unbeaten start to the Premier League season (W7 D2) was ended by a 2-1 loss at Bournemouth on 2 November. They had been 32 league matches undefeated (W26 D6) stretching back to 6 December 2023, a new club record, but also lost their next three games.

Nathan Aké (hamstring) and Manuel Akanji suffered injuries against Nottingham Forest – a game Phil Foden missed with bronchitis; all were absent on Saturday.

John Stones has been out since going off with a foot problem at half-time of a 0-4 home defeat by Tottenham on 23 November.

Mateo Kovačić has not played since 18 November.

Rodri suffered a cruciate ligament injury against Arsenal on 22 September and has undergone surgery that is expected to rule him out for the rest of the season.

Oscar Bobb suffered a leg fracture in training on 14 August.