Champions League football tips – Juventus vs Monaco prediction.

Juventus will be delighted to welcome back Andrea Pirlo for this vital Champions League quarter-final match. Manager Massimiliano Allegri will welcome back the likes of Buffon, Bonucci, Evra, Tevez and Morata in to the team, having been rested during the shock 1-0 defeat to Parma on the weekend. The big loss will be the continued absence of Paul Pogba through injury.

Monaco will also have a number of players in their team for this match, who did not start the 3-0 win over Caen on the weekend. In will come Berbatov, Wallace, Fabinho and Kurzawa, who all started the match at Caen on the bench.

Probable Line-ups

Juventus: 4-3-1-2 formation: Buffon; Evra, Chiellini, Bonucci, Lichtsteiner; Marchiso, Pirlo, Pereyra; Vidal; Tevez, Morata

Monaco: 4-3-3 formation: Subasic; Fabinho, Abdennour, Wallace, Kurzawa; Moutinho, Toulalan, Kondogbia; Dirar, Berbatov, Ferreira-Carrasco

  • Juventus have won 7, drawn 1 and lost 2 of their last 10 matches
  • Monaco have won 5, drawn 3 and lost 2 of their last 10 matches
  • Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Juventus have scored an average of 1.5 goals and conceded an average of 0.5 goals per game
  • Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Monaco have scored an average of 1.6 goals and conceded an average of 0.8 goals per game
  • There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 4 of Juventus’ previous 10 matches
  • There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 5 of Monaco’s previous 10 matches
  • The last time these teams met in Turin was in the 1998 Champions League, Juventus won 4-1