Barcelona vs Juventus Match Analysis and Prediction

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Barcelona will seek to make it four wins from their opening four pre-season matches this summer when they take on Juventus on Tuesday.

The Catalan giants head into the contest off the back of a 1-0 victory over Real Madrid on Saturday, while Juventus opened their preparations for the new season with a 2-0 win over Guadalajara.

Barcelona began their preparations for the new campaign with a 1-1 draw against Olot on July 13, before heading to North America for their pre-season tour, and they opened their schedule with a 6-0 victory over Inter Miami on July 19.

Xavi’s side then had the small matter of a Clasico with Real Madrid in Las Vegas on Saturday, with a first half goal from Raphinha proving to be the decisive one.

New signings Robert Lewandowski, Andreas Christensen and Franck Kessie were involved, with the latter making a strong impression in the early stages of his time at the club.

Barcelona will now take on Juventus and New York Red Bulls in their final two friendlies on tour before facing Pumas UNAM in the Joan Gamper Trophy on August 7.

Meanwhile, Juventus began their preparations for the new season with a 2-0 victory over Mexican side Guadalajara on Saturday.

Marco Da Graca and Mattia Compagnon got on the scoresheet for Massimiliano Allegri’s side, who are building towards their 2022-23 Serie A opener against Sassuolo on August 15.

The Old Lady will face Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid in their final three friendlies of the summer, and they will be looking to improve on last season, having finished fourth in Serie A, 16 points behind the champions AC Milan.

Allegri’s side have signed Angel Di Maria, Paul Pogba, Andrea Cambiaso and Bremer this summer, while Matthijs de Ligt has been their major outgoing, moving to Bayern Munich.

Barcelona vs Juventus head to head

The two teams have previously met on 11 occasions across all competitions, where Barcelona have claimed five victories while Juventus have won three, and they have drawn in three. Barcelona have scored 15 goals and concedee 11. In their last five meetings, Juventus have won one, Barcelona three with one draw.

Barcelona 3-0 Juventus 12/09/17

Juventus 0-0 Barcelona 22/11/17

Juventus 0-2 Barcelona 28/10/20

Barcelona 0-3 Juventus 08/12/20

Barcelona 3-0 Juventus 08/08/22

Barcelona latest home form

Barcelona have recently failed to keep a good run of form at home, as they have won just two of their six most recent matches. They lost 2-0 to Villarreal in their last home game in La Liga. In their last five matches, they have scored five goals and conceded six.

Barcelona 0-1 Cadiz 18/04/22

Barcelona 0-1 Rayo Vallecano 24/04/22

Barcelona 2-1 Mallorca 01/05/22

Barcelona 3-1 Celta Vigo 10/05/22

Barcelona 0-2 Villarreal 22/05/22

Barcelona latest away form

Barcelona have recently been on a good run of form on the road, and have been unbeaten in their five most recent matches. They managed to defeat Real Madrid 1-0 in their last away game in a friendly. In their last five matches, they have scored 11 goals and conceded three.

Getafe 0-0 Barcelona 15/05/22

A-League All Stars 2-3 Barcelona 25/05/22

Olot 1-1 Barcelona 13/07/22

Inter Miami 0-6 Barcelona 20/07/22

Real Madrid 0-1 Barcelona 24/07/22

Juventus latest home form

Juventus have recently been on a relatively good run of form at home, having lost just one of their six most recent matches. They managed to defeat Guadalajara 2-0 in their last home game in a friendly. In their last five matches, they have scored 10 goals and conceded seven.

Juventus 2-0 Fiorentina 20/04/22

Juventus 2-1 Venezia 01/05/22

Juventus 2-4(E) Inter Milan 11/05/22

Juventus 2-2 Lazio 16/05/22

Juventus 2-0 Guadalajara 23/07/22

Juventus latest away form

Juventus have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having lost each of their two most recent matches. They lost 2-0 to Fiorentina in their last away game in the Serie A. In their last five matches, they have scored eight goals and conceded seven.

Sampdoaria 1-3 Juventus 12/03/22

Cagliari 1-2 Juventus 09/04/22

Sassuolo 1-2 Juventus 25/04/22

Genoa 2-1 Juventus 06/05/22

Fiorentina 2-0 Juventus 21/05/22

Barcelona news

Xavi is unlikely to make many changes from the side that started against Real Madrid, as a number of the players only played 45 or 62 minutes.

However, Franck Kessie could come back into the midfield potentially replacing Gavi, while Sergino Dest may be handed a start at right-back, with Ronald Araujo moving inside.

Juventus news

Allegri is expected to make changes to the side that started against Guadalajara, with summer signings Bremer and Pogba coming into the starting XI.

Denis Zakaria could come into the midfield, but there are not likely to be changes in the full-back places, with Alex Sandro and Juan Cuadrado set to contnue in the side.

Prediction and Odds

Both managers are again likely to make wholesale changes throughout this contest, which makes it difficult to know what to exactly expect at the end of the game.

However, Barcelona have been in strong form during pre-season, which leads us to back the Catalan giants to come away with a victory in Texas.

Odds: 1 2.20 X 2.05 2 2.26