Juventus vs Barcelona: Match Preview, Probable Starting Lineups and Prediction – UEFA Champions League final

Juventus and Barcelona play each other in the final competitive game of the season with both the clubs eyeing for the treble.

The teams have played each other two times in the history, both being the knockout stage of UEFA Champions League season 2002/03 and Juventus were victorious by 2-1 in the second leg while the first one ended 1-1. Paolo Montero and Javier Saviola scored in the first leg while Xavi was amongst the scorer for Barcelona in the second leg. Pavel Nedved and Marcel Zalayeta scored for Juventus in the second leg.

 

Both the sides are free of injury and will be fielding their strongest teams for the final. The probable lineups for both the teams are as follows:

Juventus:

Formation: 4-3-1-2

Gianluigi Buffon

Patrice Evra – Giorgio Chiellini – Andrea Barzagli – Stephan Lichtsteiner

Paul Pogba – Andrea Pirlo – Claudio Marchisio

Arturo Vidal

Alvaro Morata – Carlos Tevez

FC Barcelona:

Formation: 4-3-3

Marc Andre ter-Stegen

Jordi Alba – Gerard Pique – Javier Mascherano – Dani Alves

Ivan Rakitic – Sergio Busquets – Andreas Iniesta

Lionel Messi – Luis Suarez – Neymar

Prediction:

Juventus 2-1 FC Barcelona