A clash of the titans will take place at Juventus Stadium on Tuesday as Serie A champions Juventus take on LaLiga champions Barcelona in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter-finals tie. The two teams have last met in the 2015 Champions League final and Barcelona ran away with the trophy after a 3-1 victory in Munich, with goals from Ivan Rakitic, Luis Suarez and Neymar.
Juventus continue to dominate Italian football, they already have one hand on the Serie A title after having won 25 of their 31 matches so far and they are also through to the Coppa Italia final. The Champions League remains their only failure in the past few seasons, a dream that they are determined to reach sooner or later. Marko Pjaca is the only injury concern for head coach Massimiliano Allegri before Tuesday's big match.
Things are not going so well for Barcelona, they lost 2-0 at Malaga this weekend and bitter rivals Real Madrid are now in pole position for the LaLiga title. However, Barcelona's heroics in the Champions League against Paris Saint-Germain in the previous round will give Luis Enrique's men the confidence they need ahead of the trip to Turin. Sergio Busquets is suspended for this match, his absence might prove quite important for the team's balance in midfield.
Probable line-ups:
Juventus: Buffon - Alves, Bonucci, Chiellini, Sandro - Pjanic, Khedira - Cuadrado, Dybala, Mandzukic - Higuain
Barcelona: Ter Stegen - Roberto, Pique, Umtiti, Alba - Rakitic, Iniesta, Gomes - Messi, Suarez, Neymar
My prediction: Juventus to win 1-0.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Juventus win - 2.63
Draw - 3.40
Barcelona win - 2.88
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