When Juventus arrived at the San Siro this past weekend, their matchday squad was very much one that was shorthanded, with seven injured players back in Turin and forced to miss one of the bigger fixtures of the 2024-25 season.

Pau Torres has already beaten Juventus once in the Champions League. Now the defender has sights on making it a double and digging Villa out of their current malaise. Torres was among the scorers when Villarreal beat Juve 3-0 in Turin to claim a 4-1 aggregate win in a 2022 quarter-final, the moment ranking among the proudest of his career.

Thiago Motta insisted that he is not ‘bluffing’ when it comes to the severity of Juventus’s injury crisis when asked what he made of Unai Emery’s claim that the Bianconeri are favourites

Juventus head into Wednesday's Champions League clash at Aston Villa in the midst of an injury crisis and as yet unconvincing form under new coach Thiago Motta. Villa's most recent Champions League loss to Club Brugge means two points separate the two sides heading to Wednesday's fixture,

Juventus have travelled to Birmingham with only 14 outfield players but Aston Villa coach Unai Emery insists the Bianconeri are favourite in a Champions League meeting on Wednesday.Juventus will have

Aston Villa are starting to feel the effects of a European gauntlet as the Premier League side hope to pull themselves out of a recent winless run as they host Juventus on Wednesday.