Maccabi Haifa vs Juventus Match Preview

Maccabi Haifa hosts Juventus in Israel for the UEFA Champions League group stage, round 4.

Maccabi Haifa is one of the teams in this season's UEFA Champions League that are really inexperienced in the competition and they are struggling overall. They also participate in a very tough group with Juventus, Paris Saint Germain, and Benfica which is a really tough affair. Currently, they are without points in three matches.

Juventus had a tough start to the season both in the UEFA Champions League and in the Italian Serie A. They lost the first two matches in the UEFA Champions League and had some surprising losses in Serie A like that against Monza. After that Juventus racked up some wins and started playing better. They won against Maccabi in their last match and they must win this match also if they want to fight with Benfica and PSG for a spot in the knockout stage of the competition.

Maccabi Haifa scored in the last game against Juventus but it was because of an error from their goalkeeper. Juventus was dominant and I expect them to do the same in this match also. I expect that Maccabi Haifa will try mainly to defend and look for some counterattacks as they did in Italy.