Juventus will host the best club in Israel in the match of the 3rd round of the Champions League group stage. Our sports portal gives a forecast for the meeting.
Juventus
The Turin club got off to a bad start in the new Champions League draw. In the 1st round, Massimiliano Allegri's team lost to PSG on the road (1:2). The visitors conceded two goals before the break, and it seemed that they were in for a rout. However, in the second half, black and white won back one ball, but they didn't have enough for more. A week later, Juventus lost to Benfica with the same score on their field, but this time the Torino team took the lead at the beginning of the game, and then missed twice. Last weekend, Juventus defeated Bologna (3-0) in the match of the 8th round of Serie A, but so far it occupies seventh place in the table, seven points behind the leader.
Maccabi Haifa
The best team, like Juventus, has not scored a single point yet. In the 1st round, Maccabi lost on the road to Benfica (0:2), although after the first half, the scoreboard was on fire. A week later, Maccabi opened an account in the game with PSG, but in the end was defeated — 1:3. The club from Haifa played the last match in the championship with Maccabi Tel Aviv and won with a score of 2:0. Now the current champion of Israel is on the first line in the table, he is separated from the nearest pursuer by only one point.
Statistics and figures:
- Juventus is the favorite of the match according to bookmakers;
- Maccabi has three defeats in the last five matches;
- Juventus have won just one in their last six games;
- Previously, the teams met each other twice, Juventus won two victories with a score of 1-0.
Forecast
Juventus urgently needs to rectify the situation if they still expect to reach the Champions League playoffs. Maccabi is the opponent that Max Allegri's team is quite capable of. We will bet on a confident victory of the Turin club.
