Juventus look to join Manchester City in last 16

Juventus host Manchester City FC on matchday five looking to secure their place in the UEFA Champions League knockout rounds.

• City are through and will clinch first place with victory. Juventus qualify with a win, or with any result if Sevilla FC do not triumph at VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Previous meetings
• Brian Kidd, City's assistant manager, scored in a 1-0 home win against Juventus in a September 1976 UEFA Cup first round tie. Juventus turned the tables in Italy, triumphing 2-0 through Gaetano Scirea and Roberto Boninsegna.

• The clubs played out two 1-1 draws in the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League group stage, with Jô cancelling out Niccolò Giannetti's strike for Juventus in the match in Italy. City ended up as group winners; Juventus finished third after six draws.

• The lineups in Turin on 16 December 2010 were:
Juventus: Manninger, Grygera, Legrottaglie, Chiellini, Traoré (Boniperti 67), Krasić (Camilleri 57), Melo, Sissoko, Pepe, Giannetti (Buchel 79), Del Piero.
Man City: Given, Richards, Boateng, Boyata, Bridge, Wright-Phillips (Chantler 90+2), Milner, Vieira, Johnson, Jô, Nimely (Zabaleta 61).

Match background

Juventus
• Juventus are one of five sides still undefeated in the group stage.

• The Bianconeri are on a 15-match unbeaten home run (W9 D6) in UEFA competition, dating back to a 2-0 loss to FC Bayern München in April 2013.

• Juventus last hosted Premier League opposition when beating Chelsea FC 3-0 in the 2012/13 UEFA Champions League group stage. Their overall home record against English clubs is W12 D5 L3.

Manchester City
• City's 3-1 win in Seville on matchday four was their third in succession since their 15 September loss to Juventus. It means they will compete in the round of 16 for the third year running.

• Manuel Pellegrini's men are looking to emulate their feat of winning all three away fixtures in the 2013/14 group stage.

• City won in Italy for the first time on 10 December last year when Samir Nasri and Pablo Zabaleta earned them a 2-0 victory at AS Roma. Their overall record away to Serie A opposition is W1 D2 L2.

Coach and player links
• Rival coaches Pellegrini and Massimiliano Allegri met in the 2012/13 group stage when the former's Málaga CF side defeated Allegri's AC Milan 1-0 at home and drew 1-1 at San Siro.

• With Milan, Allegri also suffered a round of 16 defeat by Tottenham Hotspur FC in 2010/11 but oversaw victory over Arsenal FC at the same stage in 2011/12.

• As Villarreal CF coach, Pellegrini brought Martín Cáceres to Europe in 2007, although the player was immediately loaned to RC Recreativo de Huelva and never played for the Chilean.

• Patrice Evra made his Manchester United FC debut in a 3-1 derby loss to City in January 2006 – and was taken off at half-time. His record against City as a United player was W8 D1 L9.

• Paul Pogba made only seven substitute appearances as a United player (2009–12).

• Stephan Lichtsteiner and Raheem Sterling were direct opponents on 8 September when the Juventus full-back's Switzerland team lost 2-0 to Sterling, Joe Hart and Fabian Delph's England in a UEFA EURO 2016 qualifier.

• Claudio Marchisio scored past Hart in Italy's 2-1 victory over England at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

• David Silva registered against Gianluigi Buffon in Spain's 4-0 UEFA EURO 2012 final victory over Italy.

• As an SS Lazio player, Aleksandar Kolarov did not defeat Juventus in four attempts in Serie A but did prevail in the 2008/09 Coppa Italia semi-final, where the Biancocelesti won 2-1 home and away, with the Serbian scoring past Buffon in the second leg in Turin.

• On 13 November, Belgium's Kevin De Bruyne scored against an Italy side for whom Marchisio, Buffon, Leonardo Bonucci, Andrea Barzagli, Giorgio Chiellini and Simone Zaza appeared.

• Four days later, Pogba played the second half of France's 2-0 friendly loss to an England team featuring Sterling and Hart. Bacary Sagna completed the 90 minutes for Les Bleus. 

• Players who have played together:
Lichtsteiner & Kolarov (Lazio, 2008–10)
Alex Sandro & Eliaquim Mangala, Nicolás Otamendi, Fernando (Porto 2010–14)
Cáceres & Yaya Touré (Barcelona 2008–09)
Cáceres & Jesús Navas (Sevilla 2010–12)
Paulo Dybala, Roberto Pereyra & Sergio Agüero, Martín Demichelis, Otamendi, Zabaleta (Argentina)
Evra, Pogba & Sagna, Nasri (France)
Álvaro Morata & Navas, Silva (Spain)

Match facts

Juventus
• Hernanes begins a two-match ban following the red card he received in the 1-1 draw against Mönchengladbach on 3 November.

• After suffering three defeats in their first seven games of the season, Juventus have lost just one of their last ten in all competitions.

• Evra's first goal since 14 December helped the Old Lady to a 3-1 success at Empoli FC on 8 November.

• Marchisio scored his first goal of the campaign, a penalty, as Italy and Romania drew 2-2 in Bologna on 17 November.

• Pereyra has not played since sustaining a thigh injury in the 2-0 home victory against Atalanta BC on 25 October.

Manchester City
• The Citizens were nine games unbeaten – seven wins – prior to the 4-1 home loss to Liverpool FC on Saturday.

• Agüero (out since 8 October, hamstring) made a scoring return at the weekend, when Zabaleta (28 October, knee) was an unused substitute. Silva (9 October, ankle) is close to a comeback.

• Wilfried Bony sustained a hamstring injury in the 0-0 draw at Aston Villa FC on 8 November.

• Nasri will be out until February with a hamstring injury. On 18 November, the French international posted a picture of himself on crutches on his Instagram page, saying: "I will be back better than ever – see you in three months."

• Former Juventus and City midfielder Patrick Vieira, manager of the club's UEFA Youth League squad, was named coach of Major League Soccer franchise New York City FC on 9 November. He will take up his new role in January.