Juventus will be looking to return to the winning ways in the Champions League when they take on Malmo at Allianz Stadium for their final group stage campaign. This amazing showdown is scheduled for kickoff on 8th December 2021 at 20:45 EAT.
Chelsea and Juventus have already booked their places in the knockout stages of the competition from Group H while Zenit Saint Petersburg will head into the Europa League knockout round playoffs. Juve are occupying the second place with 12 points same Chelsea, but the blues are on top due goal difference.
The hosts prepares for this match coming off 2-0 Serie A victory versus Genoa in their most recent fixture. In that game, Juventus had 70% possession, 27 shots with 12 of them on target and goals scored by Juan Cuadrado (9′) and Paulo Dybala (82′). The opponents, Genoa didn’t manage any shots.
Malmo is winless in the competition, they have lost four and drawn in one of their games in this group, scoring only once, and are already guaranteed to finish bottom. The Swedes earned their first point in the competition in a 1-1 draw with Zenit Saint Petersburg in their previous outing but has done well in Allsvenskan where they managed to secure the league title.
The visitors held each other to 1-1 draw with Halmstads BK in their previous match. In that match, Malmö FF got 63% possession, and 18 shots with six on target. Halmstads BK managed five shots with one of them on target.
Juventus vs Malmo head to head
I Bianconeri has an excellent record playing against Malmo; there have been three meetings since 2014 with all of them coming in the UEFA Champions League. Juventus have a 100% record having won in all the three games.
Two of three previous meetings between these sides have featured a low-scoring outcome and we expect to see the same outcome at the end of this game.
- Malmo 0-3 Juventus 14/09/21
- Malmo 0-2 Juventus 26/11/14
- Juventus 2-0 Malmo 16/09/14
Home
- Juventus 2-0 Genoa
- Salernitana 0-2 Juventus
- Juventus 0-1 Atalanta
- Chelsea 4-0 Juventus
- Lazio 0-2 Juventus
Away
- Malmo 0-0 Halmstad
- Kalmar 0-1 Malmo
- Malmo 1-1 Saint Petersburg
- Malmo 2-2 Hacken Gothenburg
- Goteborg 0-2 Malmo
Juventus team news
Massimiliano Allegri will not be able to call upon Danilo, Mattia De Sciglio, Aaron Ramsey, Federico Chiesa and Weston McKennie who are recovering from injuries.
Malmo team news
Long-term absentees for the Swedish side remain to be Felix Beijmo, Jonas Knudsen and Ola Toivonen. Otherwise the hosts have no fresh injuries.
Prediction and odds
- Juventus Win
- Goals Under 2.5
- Both teams to score (No)
