Europa League PREVIEW I Freiburg v Juventus

Juventus travel to Germany as theyโ€™re set to face Bundesliga side Freiburg in the second leg of Europa Leagueโ€™s last 16.

The Bianconeri won the first leg 1-0 in Turin thanks to a header from Angel Di Maria and they can get through with a win or a draw.

This upper hand is backed by numbers as Juventus have progressed from each of their last nine major European knockout ties when theyโ€™ve won the first leg.

On top of that, they have won their only Europa League away game of this season when theyโ€™ve beaten Nantes 3-0 in the playoff with Di Maria scoring a hat-trick.

On the other side of it, Freiburg have never lost the second leg of a major European knockout tie.

Results from their last five matches in all competitions:

Freiburg:

W L D D W

Juventus:

W W L W W

Team News:

Angel Di Maria is back. El Fideo, who has scored four goals in three Europa League matches, is not fully fit after a minor muscle injury but coach Massimiliano Allegri has stated that the Argentinian could be useful from the bench.

Federico Chiesa too has overcome his knee injury and heโ€™s back but like Di Maria, heโ€™ll be starting from the bench.

The lone striker will be Dusan Vlahovic, who has not scored in his last six appereances across all competitions included the last Serie A game against Sampdoria where he missed a penalty.

Fabio Miretti is likely to start the game next to him with Moise Kean initially on the bench.

Leonardo Bonucci will be missing the match after a knock on his fabula during the match against Sampdoria.

Federico Gatti is the main candidate to replace him in the back-three alongside Danilo and Bremer as Alex Sandro is till out injured.

Predicted XIs

Freiburg (3-4-2-1): Flekken; Kubler, Ginter, Lienhart; Gunter, Eggestein, Hofler, Doan; Holer, Grifo; Gregoritsch.ย 

Juventus (3-5-1-1): Szczesny; Gatti, Bremer, Danilo; Cuadrado, Fagioli, Locatelli, Rabiot, Kostic; Miretti; Vlahovic.

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Andrea Agostinelli I GIFN

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