Will Juve live up to the role of favorites?
The big stage of the European premier class opens again this week. The Champions League play-offs are just around the corner. Many illustrious names in European club football will be taking part. This is also the case with our Juventus vs PSV Eindhoven betting tip, for which the betting providers are handing the role of favorites to Italy.
The two teams already faced each other in the group stage last September at the same venue. Back then, the Italian record champions won comfortably 3-1 at the Juventus Stadium.
Not least for this reason, the bookies are tipping the old lady to beat PSV Eindhoven. But before the knockout phase, the cards are reshuffled and we certainly don’t see the Dutch league leaders as having no chance at all in the upcoming encounter.
We believe that Peter Bosz’s offensive team is capable of scoring at least one goal in the first leg. However, PSV only kept a clean sheet once in the Champions League in the preliminary round. That’s why we see value in the, in our view, too high Juventus vs. PSV Eindhoven odds for both teams to score.
Juventus vs. PSV Eindhoven prognosis AI
The calculated xG value of the Juventus vs. PSV Eindhoven AI prognosis is more interesting. While the AI believes that the Italian record champions can score almost two goals at home (xG value 1.92), BETSiE believes that the guests from Holland can also score at least one goal (xG value 1.13). Therefore, the high odds for more than two goals at Juventus Stadium are interesting for the upcoming game.
Juventus – Statistics & current form
The Old Lady is the favorite at the Juventus against PSV Eindhoven odds of the betting providers without tax – both in terms of advancing to the second leg and for the game next Tuesday. The two teams already faced each other in the group stage of the Champions League last fall.
At that time, the Italian record champions came out on top. However, it remains to be seen whether the rematch in the play-offs will be as one-sided as Juve’s 3-1 win back then. After the last few weeks, at least some question marks remain that don’t really make a Juventus vs PSV Eindhoven tip for a home win appealing.
Can Juventus take advantage of their home field advantage?
After all, after the two opening wins in the premier class, Thiago Motta’s team managed just a single victory in the last five Champions League matchdays. Similarly, two of the four home games in the preliminary round were lost. The circle is now closing at the start of the play-offs: just like on the first matchday of the group stage, a home game against Eindhoven is on the agenda. Will they manage to win again this time?
At the very least, the Italians will have to step up defensively. Once upon a time, Juventus Turin were one of the most feared defenses in Europe, with the two old stars Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci defending in front of goalkeeping legend Gigi Buffon. But the Juve tifosis can only dream of those days again.
Although at national level only Milan have kept more clean sheets at home than their team, at European level the back of Juventus keeper Michele Di Gregorio’s net has been scored in six out of eight games. With a strong attacking opponent coming in the form of Eindhoven, who have not yet managed to keep a clean sheet in any Champions League game, we are looking confidently at the high Juventus v PSV Eindhoven betting odds for goals on both sides.
Predicted Juventus lineup:
PSV Eindhoven – statistics & current form
In the Eredivisie, Eindhoven is once again leading the way, even though Peter Bosz’s team has weakened somewhat recently and was able to catch up with pursuers Ajax Amsterdam in terms of points last weekend. And on the European stage, the “Rood-witten” managed to advance to the knockout phase in two consecutive seasons for the first time in almost twenty years.
The Dutch champions should also be able to hold their own there. The odds for a Juventus vs. PSV Eindhoven tip on an unbeaten match by the Dutch champions with an Interwetten voucher could therefore pay off.
Eindhoven impressed in the group stage
And after the convincing group stage with only two defeats and four wins in eight games, we are anything but convinced of an Italian victory in our Juventus vs. PSV Eindhoven prediction. Although Eindhoven have not won against Serie A teams in five games and have lost four of them, there are reasons why Peter Bosz’s team could at least return to the Netherlands with a draw.
After the aforementioned opening defeat in Turin, PSV only lost the away game at Stade Brest. Incidentally, the 1-0 defeat was the only game in which the “Lamps” did not score. Peter Bosz’s team did not even keep a clean sheet during the entire group stage. As so often at the national level this season, PSV’s matches in the premier class also provided good entertainment.
Will that change in the first knockout game? Surely both teams will act a little more cautiously in the play-off first leg to avoid running directly into the open knife. Therefore, a bet on fewer than two goals in the first half could come true in the match between Juventus and PSV Eindhoven. Nevertheless, we are predicting that both teams will be able to record at least one success in the 90 minutes next Tuesday in the match between Juventus and PSV Eindhoven.
Probable line-up for PSV Eindhoven:
Juventus – PSV Eindhoven Head to head / H2H record
The encounter last September was the only competitive game between the two teams so far. The Italians won that game 3-1. In fact, the Old Lady generally does well against teams from the Dutch Eredivisie. In 15 European encounters, Thiago Motta’s team only lost three times and even won seven of the last 11 direct comparisons.
Eindhoven, on the other hand, have not beaten an Italian team in five games. Only against teams from Portugal does PSV have an equally long losing streak as against teams from the “boot”. Therefore, the high Juventus against PSV Eindhoven betting odds for the away win are understandable.
Juventus – PSV Eindhoven betting tip
The Italian record champions are considered favorites in a Juventus vs. PSV Eindhoven betting tip. Nevertheless, the old lady’s previous appearances in the Champions League have not been convincing across the board. The PSV, on the other hand, showed refreshing and courageous football in the premier class after their opening defeat in Turin and only had to bow out once in the seven other games.
The spectators were hardly ever bored. That’s because both teams scored in seven of the “Rood-witten’s” eight Champions League games. That’s why we expect both teams to score again next Tuesday in our Juventus vs.
Since Juventus will have to take risks sooner or later in a draw to get ahead before the difficult second leg in the Netherlands, gaps will arise for the strong offense of PSV around top playmaker and ex-Bayern talent Malik Tillman (only Jamal Musiala created more chances in the premier class than the US boy), which Eindhoven usually knows how to exploit. Even if Tillman is not yet fit enough to play in Turin after his injury, Eindhoven still has high-quality alternatives in the offensive area.
Admittedly, of the previous home games of Juventus in the Champions League, only one in four had goals on both sides, but this was also due to the fact that the high-profile offensive of the old lady surprisingly did not score in two games. However, it is no coincidence that the home game against Eindhoven was the Turin side’s highest-scoring group game and the only game at Juventus Stadium in which both teams scored. That is why we are betting on the tip that next Tuesday, both teams will once again play to their offensive strengths and both score at least once.
