LOSC Lille vs Juventus facts

LOSC Lille will look for a third successive high-profile UEFA Champions League scalp on Matchday 4 as Juventus come to northern France needing to rebuild after a home defeat.

The French side recovered from a 2-0 loss at Sporting CP in their opening fixture to overcome holders Real Madrid 1-0 at the Stade Pierre Mauroy before a 3-1 success at Atlético de Madrid, Jonathan David scoring three of those four goals.

Juve initially beat PSV Eindhoven 3-1 in Turin and then won 3-2 at Leipzig with ten men but came unstuck at home to Stuttgart, who scored the only goal in added time moments after Danilo's red card.

This is the teams' first meeting.

Form guide

LOSC Lille 

Record vs Italian clubs: W6 D2 L4 F17 A8
Home record vs Italian clubs: W2 D2 L2

Lille's last games against Italian opponents came in the 2020/21 UEFA Europa League group stage, when they took four points off AC Milan (3-0 a, 1-1 h).

That victory in Milan ended a three-game losing streak against Serie A sides, LOSC having suffered only one defeat in their first seven matches (W5).

At home it is one victory in Lille's last four matches against Italian visitors (D2 L1).

The last of Lille's seven Champions League group appearances came in 2021/22, when they won their section before losing to holders Chelsea in the round of 16 (0-2 a, 1-2 h).

Those were their most recent games in the competition before this season's third qualifying round, when they beat Fenerbahçe 2-1 at home and drew 1-1 away after extra time to progress.

Lille then edged through a tight play-off against Slavia Praha (2-0 h, 1-2 a).

LOSC took part in the UEFA Europa Conference League in 2023/24, winning their section unbeaten (W4 D2) and defeating Sturm Graz in the round of 16 (3-0 a, 1-1 h) before losing to Aston Villa in the quarter-finals (1-2 a, 2-1 h aet, 3-4 pens).

The French side have won eight of their last nine home European matches (D1) and are unbeaten since that second-leg loss against Chelsea in 2022 – their only home reverse in 13 games (W9 D3).

Les Dogues – who replaced coach Paulo Fonseca with Bruno Génésio in the summer – were fourth in Ligue 1 in 2023/24, their highest finish since claiming their fourth league title in 2020/21.

Juventus

Record vs French clubs: W19 D7 L8 F56 A31
Away record vs French clubs: W7 D3 L7

Juve last faced French opponents in the 2022/23 Europa League knockout round play-offs, beating Nantes 4-1 on aggregate (1-1 h, 3-0 a) to end a run of three matches without a victory against a Ligue 1 club (D1 L2).

Juventus won three of their first ten games in France (D2 L5) and four of the subsequent seven (D1 L2).

Juventus are making their 24th appearance in the Champions League proper – an Italian record, three more than AC Milan.

The Bianconeri were not involved in 2023/24, missing out on European competition for the first time since 2011/12.

The 2022/23 campaign was their 11th in succession in the Champions League, Juve missing out on the round of 16 for the first time since 2013/14 after finishing behind Benfica and Paris Saint-Germain in their section.

They went on to win three Europa League ties before losing 3-2 on aggregate to eventual champions Sevilla in the semi-finals.

Juve had lost three successive away Champions League matches, conceding eight goals, before the Matchday 2 victory at Leipzig.

Champions of Europe in 1985 and 1996, Juve have lost seven European Cup finals including five in the Champions League era – more than any other club.

Having won a record nine successive Serie A titles between 2012 and 2020, Juve finished third in 2023/24 – their highest final placing since being crowned champions in 2019/20.

Massimiliano Allegri was replaced as Juve coach by Thiago Motta in the summer.

Links and trivia

A graduate of the Paris Saint Germain youth academy, playing in the first team in 2018, Timothy Weah joined Lille in 2019. He went on to score eight goals in 107 games over the next four seasons, winning the Ligue 1 title in 2020/21, before moving to Juve in 2023.

Have also played in France:
Pierre Kalulu (Lyon youth, B team 2010–20)
Khephren Thuram (Monaco 2016–19, Nice 2019–24)
Arkadiusz Milik (Marseille 2021–22)

Have played in Italy:
Mitchel Bakker (Atalanta 2023/24)
Vito Mannone (Atalanta youth 2003–05)

Have played together:
Thomas Meunier & Timothy Weah (Paris Saint-Germain 2017–19)
Mitchel Bakker & Teun Koopmeiners (Atalanta 2023/24)

International team-mates:
Lucas Chevalier & Pierre Kalulu (France Under-21)
Lucas Chevalier & Khephren Thuram (France U21, U23)
Mitchell Bakker & Teun Koopmeiners (Netherlands)

Motta was a Paris Saint-Germain player between 2012 and 2018 and a team-mate of Thomas Meunier from 2016.

Génésio was in charge of the Lyon side that lost 0-1 at home and drew 1-1 away against Juve in the 2016/17 Champions League group stage.

Latest news

LOSC Lille

Lille conceded an added-time equaliser to draw 1-1 at home against Lyon on Friday. Jonathan David had opened the scoring to make it nine in his late eight club appearances.

On 26 October, late goals from David and Mohamed Bayo earned a 2-0 derby victory at Lens.

Lille are unbeaten in eight games (W5 D3) since the 2-0 loss at Sporting CP on Matchday 1 – their fourth successive defeat.

Thomas Meunier (adductor), Osame Sahraoui (ankle) and Angel Gomes (calf) all went off injured against Lyon.

Rémy Cabella has not played since being replaced early on Matchday 3 with a thigh injury.

Tiago Santos faces several months on the sidelines after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during training on 15 October.

Ismaily is still sidelined following a knee operation in August while Hákon Arnar Haraldsson (out since 5 September, foot) and Ethan Mbappé (28 September, thigh) are also out.

Juventus

On Saturday Juventus were 2-0 winners at Udinese and remain the only unbeaten team in Serie A, although they have drawn six of their 11 games.

Juve came from 4-2 down to earn a 4-4 draw at Inter on 27 October, substitute Kenan Yıldız scoring twice in the final 18 minutes – his first Serie A goals of the season.

On 30 October Juve twice came from behind to draw 2-2 at home to Parma.

After not conceding in their first seven games of the Serie A season – and only one in their first eight – Thiago Motta's men have let in seven goals in their last five.

Bremer is not expected to play again this season after suffering a knee ligament injury against Leipzig on Matchday 2.

Nicolás González suffered a thigh injury in the same game and has not played since.

Arkadiusz Milik is yet to play this season after suffering a knee injury with Poland in June.

Douglas Luiz has been out with a thigh injury since 19 October.