Day: February 21, 2022

Villarreal will be aiming for an upsetting win when they face Juventus is this Champions League game.

The Yellow Submarines won the Europa League last season and progress to this stage of the Champions League for the first time since 2009.

Knowing they cannot fall back to the Europa League, they will want to make the most of this chance and Juve has been inconsistent.

The Italians won their group and added Dusan Vlahovic to their squad in the last transfer window.

However, they continue to struggle for consistency in this second half of the campaign and it could cost them a place in the next round of the Champions League.

They have been eliminated from this stage by Lyon and FC Porto in the last two campaigns and Max Allegri will not want that trend to continue.

However, he watched his team struggle and only picked up a draw against Torino at the weekend.

That is not the best way to prepare for this game.

Villarreal won their last competitive game 4-1 at Granada and will approach this match with a lot of confidence.

This is the first competitive meeting between both clubs and it would be interesting to see who has the upper hand.

Chelsea will continue their bid to retain their Champions League crown by facing Lille in the Round of 16 of the competition.

The French club is not on its best form in this campaign and they have been struggling domestically.

In Jonathan David they have a solid striker, but Chelsea is still the favourites.

The Blues started this season well domestically, but they have struggled to keep up with Manchester City and Liverpool in the league.

They have reached the final of the Carabao Cup, but winning that competition would be very tough for them because they are facing Liverpool.

The Blues have just won the Club World Cup and know they need to eliminate Lille to keep themselves in the UCL.

Going out at this stage against the French club would embarrassing so they need a strong performance in this fixture.

Thomas Tuchel’s men has won all their last five matches in all competitions, albeit some have stretched them beyond normal time.

Lille has just two wins from their last five competitive fixture, but they won at Montpellier on their last away match.