It is one of the big matches of this sixth day of the Champions League and involves two teams that really need to get a win: both to avoid the current bad moment and to significantly get closer to the possibility of qualification or, better, to distance the possibility of elimination. For Juventus and Manchester City on the pitch on Wednesday night, the period is certainly not the best but the match at the Allianz Stadium will be equally intense, hard-fought and very important.

Juventus' shape and main statistics

1 win and 4 draws: this statistic relating to Juventus' last five matches is a very faithful cross-section of the entire season and of the so-called drawitis that is afflicting the Bianconeri who, however, are now paying for these points in the championship that for now distance them at -7 from the top.

In the Champions League, however, the defeat has arrived but the initial victories against PSV and Leipzig still give Thiago Motta's men every chance of both qualifying for the playoffs and landing in the top 8.

If the eventual point that will come out of the challenge is seen as a good point, then the Bianconeri's prospects are good because Juventus, at home, has collected 25 useful results in the last 26 games played, including, obviously, also last season but it is precisely the last of these "positive" results, namely the 2-2 with Bologna, which has brought with it the first real discontent around the team.

Manchester City's form and main statistics

It seemed impossible to write about a Guardiola's Manchester City capable of losing 5 consecutive games and, instead, this sequence occurred and ended only a few days ago.

Despite Manchester City having returned to scoring points, however, the crisis is still fully underway and the last act of it coincides with the disappointing Premier League draw against Crystal Palace (2-2) which nips in the bud any thoughts of a possible comeback against Liverpool.

In the Champions League, Haaland (also in this very complicated season very present in the goal area with 18 seasonal goals) and his teammates are instead, with their 8 points in 5 matches although far from the top, in a less problematic position as long as they score points in Turin and, for what was written above, it is not at all a given but if, as we have seen for Juventus, a home defeat is a rarity, the same can be said for Manchester City in the Champions League, beaten only 1 time in the last 28 appearances.

Match Prediction and Tactical Overview

There is also a motivation of pride and desire for revenge for both teams, in seeking success Wednesday night, for this reason, we expect a match where the tactics, perhaps, will be more limited than one might expect.

Juventus and Manchester City, tied at 8 points in the Champions League, want to win to chase away the crisis that, in the case of the Citizens is certainly clear but that would also become such at Juventus with a defeat. Also for this reason, the BetMines algorithm sees the possibility of Juventus and Manchester City scoring slightly higher than that of seeing at least one of the two without goals:

• The BetMines algorithm's prediction for the Champions League match between Juventus and Manchester City is that both teams will score at least one goal with a 64% probability.

Juventus vs Manchester City probable lineups

Juventus (4-2-3-1): Di Gregorio; Savona, Gatti, Kalulu, Danilo; Locatelli, Thuram; Conceicao, Koopmeiners, Yildiz; Vlahovic. Coach: Thiago Motta.

Manchester City (4-2-3-1): Ortega; Walker, Dias, Guardiol, Lewis; Bernardo, Gundogan; Savinho, De Bruyne, Grealish; Haaland. Coach. Guardiola.