Juventusvs.Man City

Both clubs have enjoyed unparalleled levels of success domestically over the last decade or so, but navigating their way through the Champions League has often proved tougher.

Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between the Bianconeri and the Citizens.

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 6

Juventus wins: 3

Draws: 2

Man City wins: 1

Despite their recently-acquired riches, Man City have still often struggled to get the better of such an illustrious, successful club like Juve.

As League Cup winners in 1976, Man City were handed a place in the UEFA Cup, but their hopes of mounting a run in the competition were stopped in their tracks when they were unfortunate to draw Juventus in the first round.

Runners-up to rivals Torino in Serie A, Juve were the strongest team in that season's competition, but they suffered an early scare, as Man City shrugged off their underdogs tag and beat the Italian giants 1-0 at Maine Road, with Brian Kidd scoring the only goal.

With a team including the likes of Dino Zoff, Marco Tardelli and Claudio Gentile, managed by the legendary Giovanni Trapattoni, City were still up against it, and Juve flexed their muscles in the second leg.

Goals in either half from Gaetano Scirea and Roberto Boninsegna turned the tie around, sent Juve through 2-1 on aggregate, and ultimately saw them win the UEFA Cup at the end of the season.

The same competition saw the two meet again, under its new banner of the Europa League in 2010, early into the Abu Dhabi reign at Man City.

Juventus had struggled to recover from relegation in 2006 for their part in the Calciopoli scandal, and had suffered a 4-1 defeat away to Fulham a few months earlier in the previous season's Europa League.

City won the group, but could only manage two draws with the Old Lady, needing an Adam Johnson equaliser to salvage a point at home following Vincenzo Iaquinta's opener.

In the return fixture at the Olympic Stadium, little-known teenager Niccolo Giannetti put Juve ahead again, before Jo's second-half leveller saw the sides draw 1-1 once more, and ultimately led to Juve finishing down in third, six points behind Lech Poznan, who joined City in the knockouts.

Their first and only meetings in the Champions League to date came in the 2015-16 group stage, and Juve were once again tricky opponents for Man City, doing the double over them and being the only team to take points off Manuel Pellegrini's side in the section.

Under the guise of Massimiliano Allegri, Juve stunned the Etihad on matchday one, exactly 39 years to the day when they lost at Maine Road, with late goals from Mario Mandzukic and Alvaro Morata turning the game on its head after Giorgio Chiellini's own goal had put the hosts in front.

Later in the section, City were already assured of progression when the sides met on matchday five, but Juve still needed a win, and that was handed to them courtesy of another goal from Mandzukic, which turned out to be the decisive moment.

Previous meetings

Nov 25, 2015: Juventus 1-0 Man City (Champions League Group Stage)

Sep 15, 2015: Man City 1-2 Juventus (Champions League Group Stage)

Dec 16, 2010: Juventus 1-1 Man City (Europa League Group Stage)

Sep 30, 2010: Man City 1-1 Juventus (Europa League Group Stage)

Sep 29, 1976: Juventus 2-0 Man City (UEFA Cup First Round Second Leg)

Sep 15, 1976: Man City 1-0 Juventus (UEFA Cup First Round First Leg)

Last 10 Champions League meetings

Nov 25, 2015: Juventus 1-0 Man City (Group Stage)

Sep 15, 2015: Man City 1-2 Juventus (Group Stage)

Written by

Andrew Delaney