Champions League Matchday 5: Bodø/Glimt vs Juventus facts

A single point separates Bodø/Glimt and Juventus as they meet in Norway on Matchday 5 looking to boost their UEFA Champions League prospects.

Last match

This is the teams' first fixture.

Bodø/Glimt have won their last four home matches against Italian teams – scoring 13 goals – most recently 2-0 against Lazio in last season's UEFA Europa League quarter-final first leg, a tie they won on penalties after a 1-3 away loss.

Juventus are unbeaten in their eight games against Norwegian opposition; this is their first fixture since taking on Rosenborg in the 2001/02 Champions League first group stage (1-1 a, 1-0 h). They have won all four home fixtures and drawn all four in Norway.

Bodø/Glimt

This is Bodø/Glimt's fourth Champions League campaign – all since 2021. They have reached the competition proper for the first time, the third Norwegian team to do so after Rosenborg (11 times) and Molde (once) and the first since Rosenborg in 2007/08.

Bodø/Glimt entered this season's Champions League in the play-offs, beating Sturm Graz 6-2 on aggregate (5-0 h, 1-2 a).

Juventus

Juventus are making their 25th appearance in the Champions League proper – extending their Italian record.

The Bianconeri were 20th in last season's league phase (W3 D3 L2), losing to PSV Eindhoven in the knockout phase play-offs (2-1 h, 1-3 a aet).

Juve parted company with coach Igor Tudor on 27 October, appointing Luciano Spalletti three days later.

Key stats

Beaten 1-0 at home by Monaco on Matchday 4, Bodø/Glimt have won only one of their last nine European games (D2 L6). Their record in this season's league phase is D2 L2.

Bodø/Glimt, on two points, are aiming to be the first Norwegian team to win a match in the Champions League proper since Rosenborg beat Valencia in the 2007/08 group stage.

Juventus have drawn six of their last nine league phase matches (W1 L2); a 1-1 draw at home to Sporting CP on Matchday 4 left them on three points this season.

The Turin team have won only two of their last 12 European games (D6 L4).

Juventus have won only one of their last 12 away matches in the Champions League proper (D5 L6).

Juve have scored 498 European Cup goals; no Italian side has reached 500.