Al Ain vs Juventus prediction: WORLD: FIFA Club World Cup betting tips on match 2025-06-18 01:00.
[p]AFC Champions League winners in 2023/24, Al Ain will play their first Club World Cup (CWC) game since 2018 in a group that is expected to be dominated by Manchester City and upcoming opponents Juventus. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Al Ain come into this CWC as the most successful Emirati club, winning the UAE Pro League a record 14 times, while they’re also the only UAE side to have won the AFC Champions League on separate occasions (2003, 2024). Al Ain are one of just three Asian CWC finalists, reaching the showdown of the 2018 edition before losing 4-1 to Real Madrid. They’re unfancied to make any inroads in Group G, but a seven-game unbeaten run (W4, D3), collecting six clean sheets along the way, ensures they arrive in good shape. [/p]
[p]Juventus have never played at a CWC, owing mostly to their 26-year drought without a continental trophy. They qualified in March 2024 by virtue of their UEFA four-year ranking, but after finishing 20th in the recent UEFA Champions League (UCL) few truly know what to expect from Juventus on the global stage. Their elimination from the UCL was followed up by an indifferent seven wins from their final 14 competitive games (D3, L4) as they just snuck into the top four in Serie A, prompting some surprise that head coach Igor Tudor was retained for this CWC and beyond. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]This will be the inaugural competitive contest between teams from Italy and the UAE at the CWC. [/p]
[p]Al Ain famously defeated a Juventus side that featured Gianluigi Buffon, Alessandro Del Piero and David Trezeguet among others in a mid-season friendly in January 2003.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Al Ain lost without scoring in just two of their 26 matches this UAE Pro League season.[/p]
[p]Eleven of Al Ain’s last 13 AFC Champions League matches saw both teams score. [/p]
[p]Juventus kept just three clean sheets from their last 11 matches. [/p]
[p]Four of Juventus’ last five matches saw exactly two total match goals.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Kodjo Laba will undoubtedly be Al Ain’s best route to goal having incredibly scored 145 goals in 145 matches for the club. Juventus forward Dušan Vlahović directly contributed to a team-best 20 goals across all competitions this season (G15, A5) – five of his last seven goals for Juve arrived after half-time.[/p]
[p]Al Ain have no notable absences. Juventus were unable to select Juan Cabal, Mattia Perin or Fabio Miretti due to injuries, but Manuel Locatelli is expected to have recovered from his ankle problem.[/p]
[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]This game is one-sided on paper, and Juventus should be too strong for Al Ain, but their infrequency of clean sheets in recent weeks makes the Juventus win and both teams to score option appealing.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Aaron Murphy[/i][/p]
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