Juventus vs Lyon Prediction Betting Tips & Match Prediction
Juventus vs Lyon Prediction
Juventus host Lyon in the Champions league last-16 second leg, with the French visitors leading 1-0 from the first leg, thanks to a goal from Lucas Tousart.
All the pressure will be on manager Maurizio Sarri’s Juventus, with the club having invested heavily to kick on and win Europe’s top-prize, but they stand on the edge of elimination to a French side struggling for consistency domestically.
Recent Form
Juventus at home in the Champions League this season remain perfect, a 100% winning record against Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen and Lokomotiv Moscow, that will give a club-boasting world-class superstar Ronaldo plenty of confidence of overturning a 1-0 deficit to Lyon in Turin. Domestically it’s a similar story, Juventus have not lost in the league, at home, all-season, winning 12 out of 13 matches – with just one draw.
Lyon’s away form in Europe has been sketchy to say the least. With two losses and one victory – that coming way back in October against Leipzig, the French club won’t travel with all too much confidence of keeping a clean-sheet in northern-Italy. Domestically Lyon have been enduring some very patchy away from, with six losses and three draws in 15 – losing three in their last five.
Juventus vs Lyon Recent Meetings
In what will be the sixth meeting between Juventus vs Lyon, it’s the Italian’s that hold the advantage in previous Champions League meetings. Juventus have won three of the past five, drawing just once, with Lyon recording their only ever victory against the Italian champions this past February.
Good news for Juventus, and not so great for Lyon, is that when playing in Turin the French club has never won. Juventus have won twice and drawn 1-1 once against a team they must beat to progress the Champions League quarter-finals.
Juventus vs Lyon Stats & Analysis
The Italian champions have real ambitions to lift this season’s trophy and are among the top five performing clubs in the competition, with a 71% win ratio, having won five of their seven games. However, the Italians are among the lowest scorers left in the round of 16, with 12 scored in seven played. Defensively Maurizio Sarri’s side are joint-second best, with just five conceded.
Lyon have just a 43% win rate in this season’s Champions League, that was bolstered by a shock win against Juventus last time out in the 1st leg. On top of an underwhelming win record, the French club aren’t proving prolific in-front of goal, with just 10 goals scored and a further eight conceded, the stats show vulnerability heading to Juventus.
Nine of Juventus’ goals in this season’s tournament are being scored in the second half, with their games averaging 2.43 goals per match. As for Lyon six of their 10 goals are being scored in the second half, with an almost identical average total of goal per game as their Italian opponents – 2.57 per match.
Juventus vs Lyon Madrid Bets
Juventus would be expected to be the favourites for the 2nd leg in Italy, and with only a 1-0 deficit to turnaround it doesn’t look too much of a tall order. To Qualify for the next round of the Champions League it’s surprising to see that a potentially lucrative yielding EVENS are on-offer for Juventus to advance, while Lyon are just 4/5 to qualify.
The Win to Nil market is another that could be one to take advantage of, with Juventus at 11/8 – there’s plenty of value there, especially with the Italians keeping two clean-sheets in their three home matches in the Champions League this season.
With a close game anticipated and neither proving too prolific this season in Europe, the Over/Under market is another to look to. Under 1.5 goals is at 3/1, while Under 2.5 goals is 19/20 – both are good value bets.
