Juventus vs Arsenal match facts

Italian champions Juventus will be looking to end Arsenal's perfect start to UEFA Women's Champions League Group C as they seek the victory in Turin that would enable them to leapfrog their visitors to the top of the standings.

Juventus, in their first season under former Arsenal boss Joe Montemurro, clinched their fifth Serie A in a row last term, but were eliminated in the last eight of the UEFA Women's Champions League by eventual winners Lyon, losing 4-3 on aggregate despite a 2-1 comeback victory in the Turin first leg. They had reached the quarter-finals after finishing as runners-up in Group A behind Wolfsburg, pipping 2020/21 finalists Chelsea to second place via a three-way tie-break.

The Turin outfit qualified for this year's group stage with a 3-1 aggregate win against Danish champions HB Køge (1-1 a, 2-0 h), having beaten Luxembourg's Racing Union 4-0 and Israel's Qiryat Gat 3-1 in Round 1.

Like last season, they kicked off this season's group campaign with a win in Switzerland – 2-0 at FC Zürich – before holding Lyon 1-1 in Turin on Matchday 2.

Arsenal, whose most recent FA Women's Super League title came under Montemurro in 2018/19, missed out by by a point to Chelsea last term, while reaching a competition record 14th European quarter-final, where they were eliminated 3-1 on aggregate by Wolfsburg (1-1 h, 0-2 a).

The Gunners confirmed their group stage place this season with a narrow Round 2 victory against last season's Eredivisie runners-up Ajax, triumphing 1-0 in Duivendrecht thanks to a Vivianne Miedema strike after they had been held 2-2 at home in the first leg.

Jonas Eidevall's team made a remarkable start to Group C, inflicting the heaviest European defeat ever on eight-time champions Lyon on Matchday 1, goals from Caitlin Foord (13, 67), Frida Maanum (23) and Beth Mead (45 and 69) ensuring the Londoners became the first away side to score five in a competitive match in Lyon.

That stunning victory was supplemented by a 3-1 home win against Zürich, in which Jordan Nobbs opened the scoring and new signing from Juventus, Lina Hurtig, added a double.

Juventus have been paired with English opposition in Europe just once before, in last season's group stage, when they were beaten 2-1 at home by Chelsea before drawing 0-0 away. They did face Arsenal in an August 2018 friendly at Meadow Park, the Gunners winning 5-0 with four Miedema goals and one by Little.

Arsenal's record against Italian opposition is W5 D1 L1 with wins in each of the last four matches, the two most recent against Fiorentina in the 2019/20 round of 32 (4-0 a, 2-0 h), Miedema scoring two goals in the win in Florence and Little one.

Players to watch

Amanda Nildén

The versatile 24-year-old from Sweden has been a Juventus player since the start of last season, when she joined from Eskilstuna United.

She won the Serie A Femminile title in her debut season with the Turin club, making 18 appearances.

Her first European appearance was as a substitute in a 12-0 win against North Macedonian side Kamenica.

Her first UEFA Women's Champions League goal arrived in this season's round 2 first leg 1-1 draw away to Danish champions HB Køge.

A former youth international for Sweden at Under-17, U19 and U21 level, she made her senior debut in 2021 and was a member of her country's squad at this year's UEFA Women's EURO in England.

Lina Hurtig

The 27-year-old Swedish striker has a quick opportunity to reacquaint herself with her team-mates at Juventus, having left the Italian champions for Arsenal in the summer.

A winner of the Damallsvenskan in her debut season with Linköping in 2017, she joined Juve in 2020 and won the Italian title in each of her two seasons in Turin.

She has scored 12 goals in 26 UEFA Women's Champions League appearances – five for Linköping, five for Juventus and now two for Arsenal thanks to her double against FC Zürich on Matchday 2.

A winner of the 2012 UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship, she won her first senior cap in November 2014.

She represented her country at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and UEFA Women's EURO 2022, helping Sweden to the semi-finals in both tournaments, as well as the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

Key facts

Montemurro was in charge of Arsenal between 2017 and 2021, guiding the club to the FA Women's Super League title in 2018/19 having won the League Cup the previous season.

Juventus have lost only two of their last 18 UEFA Women's Champions League matches (W12 D4).

The Matchday 2 draw against Lyon ended Juve's five-match winning European run in Italy.

The Turin team have failed to score in just one of their last 18 UEFA Women's Champions League fixtures.

The Gunners have failed to score in only two of their last 21 UEFA Women's Champions League matches.

This will be Montemurro's first meeting with Arsenal since leaving the club in the summer of 2021.