Galatasaray beat Juventus 5-2 in first leg
Winners of tie will face either Liverpool or Tottenham in last-16 stage
Recommended bet: Both teams to score in the first half
Juventus face a huge task as they attempt to overturn a 5-2 first-leg deficit against Galatasaray in the Champions League knockout phase play-offs.
Juve were hammered in Turkey and return to Turin trying to recover a three-goal difference against Gala, with both sides going into Wednesday's clash on the back of 2-0 domestic defeats.
Team news
Luciano Spalletti has a whole host of absences for the second leg to make things even more difficult for Juve.
Dusan Vlahovic, Arkadiusz Milik and Emil Holm are all ruled out, while Andrea Cambiaso and Juan Cabal are both suspended. Gleison Bremer and Kenan Yildiz are both rated as doubts.
For Galatasaray, forward duo Victor Osimhen and Mauro Icardi are both facing late fitness tests. Arda Unyay is out and Metehan Baltaci is banned.
The stats
Juve finished 13th in the League Phase, with 13 points from eight games.
Gala ended down in 20th position to make the play-off round, picking up 10 points.
The 5-2 first-leg win was the biggest European Cup knockout win for a Turkish club in history.
Gala have won three of the last four meetings between the sides, all coming in the Champions League.
Galatasaray midfielder Mario Lemina played 42 times for Juventus between 2015 and 2017.
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Prediction
The manner of last week's humbling in Istanbul means it is difficult to make a case for Juve now turning things around at home.
While not insurmountable, Gala hold a commanding three-goal advantage and they were aided in the first leg when half-time substitute Cabal was sent off for Juve midway through the second period.
The topsy-turvy nature of the first clash — Juve were leading 2-1 at half-time — will lead some to suggest the Italian giants can, in fact, recover and still take a last-16 place but, in reality, clawing back a three-goal disadvantage looks likely to be beyond Spalletti's side.
They approach the second leg in a dire run of form, without a win in their last five games in all competitions, with Saturday's 2-0 league defeat at home to Como leaving them down in fifth place in Serie A, eight points off second-place AC Milan.
Galatasaray, on the other hand, sit top in Turkey's top flight but they also suffered a 2-0 domestic defeat at the weekend when going down to Konyaspor.
Their focus may well have been on this tie, though, and Gala are taken to advance overall in what could be another enthralling affair.
With what is at stake, expect Juve to come out all guns blazing, leaving space at the back for the visitors, in turn, to exploit, so goals early on are likely.
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