UWCL Preview: Juventus v Arsenal Women | Match preview | News

Fresh from a resounding victory over Brighton on Friday night, our Gunners turn their focus back to the UEFA Women's Champions League.

We travel to Italy to take on a Juventus side unbeaten in the past four games, with a win meaning we overtake them in UWCL Group C. 

We last met Juventus in a Champions League group stage just two seasons ago, when they were still led by former Arsenal manager Joe Montemurro, and we went unbeaten against the Italian side. 

For the away leg at Allianz Stadium, the scoresheet was an all-Dutch affair: Lineth Beerensteyn opened the scoring for Juventus before Vivianne Miedema headed home to equalise ten minutes later.

Miedema scored again in the reverse fixture as we ran out 1-0 winners at Emirates Stadium in December 2022. 

Slegers on Juventus: "It’s a different kind of football than what we usually play against in the WSL. We're expecting them to make it really hard for us in the way they defend. 

"From a WSL perspective, it's unorthodox. They're a little bit more player-for-player in the way they play. So that's a new challenge for us, and we’ve tried to prepare the girls as best as possible to be able to exploit this defending system in the best way."

Canzi on us: “Arsenal are a side in good health right now, they’ve overcome a tough period and they have a lot of quality on an individual and team level. They have their way of playing despite having changed coach recently, and they’re a team with a lot of strengths and not many weaknesses. 

"We’ll take them on by playing our game, we’ve worked on our style of play in these last few months and by now we have our own identity both with and without the ball, so we’ll take them on by looking to play to our strengths, but aware of theirs too."

Referee: Jelena CvetkovićAssistant referees: Ivana Jovanovic and Aleksandra KostićFourth official: Jelena Pejković

After Mariona Caldentey missed Friday's clash with Brighton & Hove Albion, Renee confirmed that she was back in contention for Juventus: "It was a little problem but she was back in full training today. It was a muscle problem."

Laura Wienroither and Lotte Wubben-Moy also travelled to Italy with the squad.

Our Champions League clash kicks off at 5.45pm UK (6.45pm local time) and is available to watch via the DAZN website.