Separated by just one goal after the first leg, familiar rivals PSV Eindhoven and Juventus will play again to decide their place in the Champions League round of 16 this Wednesday.
With a 2-1 home win in the first leg, Juventus have now beaten PSV twice this season. If they continue to win, the Serie A side will advance straight to the knockout stages.
Latest PSV Eindhoven vs Juventus squad information
Not only is PSV without Ricardo Pepi, who has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a serious knee injury, but fellow Americans Sergino Dest and Malik Tillman are also long-term absentees.
Full-backs Rick Karsdorp and Olivier Boscagli - who has been out since picking up a muscle injury against Liverpool - could also miss out.
Mauro Junior, Richard Ledezma and Manchester United loanee Tyrell Malacia will continue to compete for places, while mainstay striker Luuk de Jong will lead the attack.
With Dusan Vlahovic out of favour, Juve's attack will be led by Randal Kolo Muani. The French striker has scored five goals in his last five games since joining on loan from Paris Saint-Germain, becoming the first player to score five goals in his first three Serie A games this century.
Always willing to change his line-up - even when the team wins - Thiago Motta could make an adjustment on Wednesday, with Manuel Locatelli, Kenan Yildiz and the returning full-back Andrea Cambiaso all vying for starting spots.
Bremer, Juan Cabal and Arkadiusz Milik are all long-term absentees, while Pierre Kalulu remains out and Douglas Luiz continues to struggle with a thigh problem.
PSV Eindhoven vs Juventus latest expected lineup
PSV Eindhoven:
Benitez; Ledezma, Flamingo, Obispo, Junior; Schouten, Veerman; Bakayoko, Saibari, Perisic; De Jong
Juventus:
Di Gregorio; Weah, Gatti, Veiga, Cambiaso; Thuram, Locatelli; Gonzalez, McKennie, Yildiz; Kolo Muani
Latest football commentary PSV Eindhoven vs Juventus
Despite almost securing a draw in the first leg, PSV were eventually beaten by Juventus for the second time in five months, when an equaliser from Ivan Perisic - who became the club's oldest scorer in the Champions League or European Cup - was not enough to avoid defeat.
Juve substitute Samuel Mbangula scored in the 82nd minute to prevent the Dutch champions from turning things around, and PSV will be looking to close the gap to one goal in midweek.
Recent history is not in their favour, as PSV have not won a UEFA knockout tie since knocking out Arsenal in 2007; only progressing to the next round on three occasions after losing the first leg.
However, at home they are on a 12-match unbeaten run in Europe, including three recent wins - against Girona, Shakhtar Donetsk and Liverpool.
Peter Bosz has seen his side fail to replicate last season's impressive domestic form, and they had to rely on Isaac Babadi's stoppage-time equaliser to salvage a point against Utrecht in their most recent outing.
PSV are currently second in the Eredivisie, having lost top spot to Ajax, and have won just two of their last eight games, while their start to the new year is their worst since 1980.
Bosz will hope that, with a place in the last 16 of the Champions League on the line, the struggles of recent times can be forgotten on Wednesday night, when they host Juventus at the Philips Stadion for the first time.
PSV haven't lost at home since November 2022 and the last time they failed to score in a home game was over two years ago, so they will be expecting to make things difficult for Juve.
As for Juventus, after Weston McKennie opened the scoring to give them a first-leg win, Juve will face PSV in the Netherlands, having drawn their last three away Champions League games - another draw would see them through.
The Italian champions started their group stage campaign with a 3–1 home win over PSV, in which McKennie also scored, but they then finished in 20th place, two points and six places behind PSV.
However, history suggests Juve can continue their impressive run of winning all three of their last knockout ties, a run stretching back to 1979.
The Bianconeri side have bounced back strongly in recent weeks after a difficult mid-season period, when they managed just one win in eight games, and have now won four in a row in recent weeks.
Their only defeat in Serie A this season came against Napoli, although they have drawn 13 of their domestic games - dropping a vital 17 points - and currently sit fourth in the table.
Juventus won a dramatic Derby d'Italia on Sunday night, with Francisco Conceicao's late goal helping them beat defending champions Inter Milan, making it three consecutive wins in the competition for the first time in a year.
Juve could face Inter again in the last 16 of the Champions League - Arsenal are their other potential opponents - but first they have to get on with PSV.
Latest PSV Eindhoven vs Juventus score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the PSV Eindhoven vs Juventus match:
- Sportsmole: PSV Eindhoven 2-3 Juventus
- WhoScore: PSV Eindhoven 2-2 Juventus
- Our prediction: PSV Eindhoven 2-2 Juventus
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