After winning their first home game of the Champions League campaign, Juventus will visit RB Leipzig on Wednesday for Matchday 2 of the European tournament. The Germans lost to Atletico de Madrid in their opener two weeks ago and are now ready to make their home debut in Leipzig after a strong domestic start of the season. After five games, the side coached by Marco Rose won three games and drew two, and are currently sitting third in the Bundesliga table, while the team coached by Thiago Motta only conceded one goal in the first seven games in all competitions and are second in the Serie A table with 12 points (three wins, three draws) behind Antonio Conte’s Napoli.
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How to watch and odds
- Date: Wednesday, October 2 | Time: 3 p.m. ET
- Location: Red Bull Arena – Leipzig, Germany
- Watch: Paramount+
- Odds: RB Leipzig +125; Draw +240; Juventus +210
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Team news
RB Leipzig: No major injuries for Marco Rose’s team, who will likely name Lois Openda to play alongside Benjamin Sesko and Xavi Simons in the attack.
Possible RB Leipzig XI: Gulacsi; Geertruida, Orban, Lukeba, Raum; Haidara, Vermeeren; Baumgartner, Simons; Sesko, Openda.
Juventus: Motta will have to deal with the absences of Arek Milik and USMNT winger Timothy Weah, who is still recovering from a minor ankle injury, while Portuguese striker Francisco Conceicao made his comeback against Genoa but will start from the bench on Wednesday.
Possible Juventus XI: Di Gregorio; Danilo, Gatti, Bremer, Cambiaso; Thuram, Douglas Luiz; Nico Gonzalez, Koopmeiners, Yildiz; Vlahovic.
Prediction
A difficult match to predict, but both sides had a good start of the season. Juventus are still unbeaten and only conceded one goal so far in all competitions. Pick: RB Leipzig 1, Juventus 1.
