Villarreal vs Juventus: UCL Match Preview, Lineups, And Dream11 Team Prediction

Villarreal vs Juventus is the upcoming Round of 16 match as The Yellow Submarine hosts the Bianconeri at Estadio de la Cerámica on 23rd February. Read the full match preview, lineups, and Dream11 team prediction. 

Match Preview:

Unai Emery's experience of winning the Europa League will guide Villarreal this time against a strong Juventus lineup. In group stages, Villarreal finished behind Manchester United in Group F and Juventus topped Group H above Chelsea.

Villarreal vs Juventus: Round of 16 – UCL Match Details

Date– 23/02/2021
Time– 1:30 AM
Venue– Estadio de la Cerámica, Spain
Where to watch in India– Sony Network and Jio TV
Referee– Daniel Siebert (Germany)
Assistant Referees– Jan Seidel (Germany) Rafael Foltyn (Germany)

Team News: Villarreal vs Juventus

Villarreal CF:

An experienced manager like Unai Emery, who has a beautiful career in winning the Europa League several times is now guiding his side Villarreal to the Champions League title this season. With a decent run in the Group stages, Villarreal finished 2nd to Manchester United. Now in this round of 16 ties, they are now facing the mighty Juventus who has a good record in knockout stages. 

In La Liga, Villarreal maintained a four-game unbeaten run and have taken 10 points from a possible 12 and conceded just one goal.

Suspensions:

No one is suspended for the upcoming fixture.

Injuries/doubtful: 

Gerard Moreno, Francis Coquelin, Ruben Pena, Etienne Capoue, and Giovani Lo Celso all are out of contention for the upcoming fixture.

Comebacks:

Raul Albiol, Samuel Chukwueze, and Juan Foyth are all back and are available for their starting XI.

Villarreal CF's recent form in all competitions:

4-1 win against Granada
0-0 draw against Real Madrid
2-0 win over Real Betis
3-0 win over Mallorca
1-0 loss against Elche

Juventus FC:

A finish above the reigning champions Chelsea, Juventus are again into the knockout stages. A great performance in the group stages apart from a horrific 4-0 defeat against Chelsea. Juventus have found their place at the top of the Group table.

However, in Serie A, Juventus suffered quite an unfortunate night as they failed to get the win against Torino and ended with a 1-1 draw. But anyway Juventus are on a 7 game unbeaten streak, with Villarreal will like to break.

Suspensions:

No players are suspended for the upcoming fixture.

Injuries/Doubtful:

A concerning number of players such as Federico Chiesa, Leonardo Bonucci, Giorgio Chiellini, Daniele Rugani, Paulo Dybala, and Luca Pellegrini are going to be a big miss out for Juventus.

Comebacks:

However, Dybala might be able to take part in this clash, Danilo is back after serving his suspension.

Juventus FC's recent form in all competitions:

1-1 draw against Torino
1-1 draw against Atalanta
2-1 win over Sassuolo
2-0 win over Hella Verona
0-0 draw against AC Milan

Villarreal vs Juventus: Head-to-Head

The teams are meeting for the very first time in any European Competition.

Villarreal vs Juventus: Possible Line-ups:

Villarreal CF: Asenjo; Foyth, Albiol, Torres, Pedraza; Trigueros, Capoue, Parejo; Chukwueze, Dia, Danjuma

Juventus FC: Szczesny; Cuadrado, Danilo, De Ligt, Sandro; Locatelli, Zakaria, McKennie; Bernardeschi, Morata; Vlahovic

VIL vs JUV: Dream11 Prediction: