On Wednesday, in the Champions League Group D, there will be an important match that could determine the second place winner in the future. The teams competing will be "Juventus" and Lisbon's "Sporting".
Here are some of the most interesting facts about the match:
- it will be the first test of strength for both clubs in continental tournaments - in the previous round, a 2-0 victory against Piraeus' "Olympiacos" allowed the Italians to extend their unbeaten home match streak in European tournaments to 24 games (15 wins, 9 draws) - Juventus has faced Portuguese teams 13 times, achieving 7 victories, 2 draws, and 4 losses. Interestingly, all the losses were against the "Benfica" club - the only time the Turin team lost at home to Portuguese opponents was in the 1967/68 season - "Sporting" has never beaten an Italian club away (3 draws, 10 losses) - the overall record of the Lisbon team against "Serie A" representatives is slightly better (5 wins, 10 draws, 12 losses) - Sporting coach Jorge Jesus already knows how to beat Juventus - in the 2013/14 Europa League semi-final, Benfica defeated the Italians with a total score of 2:1 - this season, Sporting suffered only one defeat in 14 matches, which happened in the Champions League tournament against Barcelona (0:1) - the biggest victory for Juventus in UEFA tournaments in front of their own fans was 7:0 (achieved three times). The biggest losses were 1:4 and 0:3 (against Bayern and Man Utd)
