Real Madrid vs Juventus preview, prediction, team news and head-to-head

While the Spanish side are boast of a perfect record after the opening two UCL matches, the Italian side have only recorded two draws.

After a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Marseille, Madrid mauled Kairat Almaty 5-0 on matchday two, with Kylian Mbappe bagging a hat-trick. 

The French man was also the hero against Getafe in a La Liga game at the weekend, scoring the only goal in a 1-0 victory. Xabi Alonso’s side are now top of La Liga, two points ahead of Barcelona, and are only Bayern on the UCL log due to goal scored technicalities.

Meanwhile, Juventus have been at both the receiving and beneficial end of drama in their two UCL games. 

The Bianconeri played a 4-4 home draw against Borussia Dortmund on match day one, scoring twice in stoppage time to level, despite letting in two late in normal time.

On match day two, they conceded a leveller late in stoppage time to draw 2-2 with Villarreal. 

That draw was one of the five straight stalemates recorded by the Italian side, before they lost 2-0 to Como last weekend, making it six matches without victory across all competitions.

These teams have met 21 times in the UCL, with Juventus edging with 10 wins compared to Madrid’s nine.

This will be their first meeting since the 2018 quarterfinal which Los Blancos edged 4-3 on aggregate, with the away team winning in each of the legs.

Madrid’s injury crisis is in the defence, with formerJuve centre-back Dean Huijsen, Antonio Rudiger and Dani Carvajal all sidelined with injury.

Trent Alexander-Arnold and Ferland Mendy recently returned to training, but they might play little to no part, with one mind on the El Clasico this weekend.

David Alaba left the win at Getafe at some point with an injury, while Dani Ceballos missed the game totally.

Juventus’ injury issues is not as much, with only Bremer and left-back Juan Cabal sidelined.

Real Madrid: Courtois; Valverde, Militao, Asencio, Carreras; Tchouameni, Camavinga; Mastantuono, Guler, Vinicius; Mbappe

Juventus: Di Gregorio; Gatti, Rugani, Kelly; Kalulu, Locatelli, Thuram, Cambiaso; Conceicao, Yildiz; David

Juventus have failed to win in six games, and they have a leaky defence that you can almost always bet on to concede. Coming up against an in-form Mbappe and a Madrid side on three successive wins will prove too much for the Italian side.

Correct score prediction: Real Madrid 3-1 Juventus

Betting tips:

• Bet on Real Madrid to score over 1.5 goals

• Bet on Mbappe to score

• Goal in both halves