The team sheets have been handed in, and so we know that the teams look like this tonight:

Juventus: Di Gregorio, Danilo, Gatti, Kalulu Kyatengwa, Savona, Locatelli, Thuram, Francisco Conceicao, Koopmeiners, Yildiz, Vlahovic. Subs: Perin, Pinsoglio, McKennie, Adzic, Fagioli, Weah, Douglas Luiz, Rouhi, Mbangula.
Man City: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Gvardiol, Lewis, Silva, Gündogan, Grealish, De Bruyne, Doku, Haaland. Subs: Ortega, Kovacic, Savio, Matheus Luiz, Foden, Wright, Simpson-Pusey, O’Reilly, McAtee, Wilson-Esbrand, Hudson.
Referee: Clement Turpin (France).

Will this be of any use? I’m a huge optimist, but given the shape of these two sides, it’s hard to say. Juventus have drawn their last four games, five of their last six and seven of their last nine. In that time they have drawn 0-0 (twice), 1-1 (twice), 2-2 (twice) and recovered from a 4-2 deficit to draw 4-4 (once). They are absolute masters of the standoff. While you can say they didn’t lose in nine games, they only won two of them. In the plus column, Douglas Luiz and Weston McKennie could both be back from injury tonight.

The less said about Manchester City’s last nine games the better, but for the record, they have lost nine and drawn two (including the 3-3 result Juventus needed in their last Champions League game, to complete the sentence). And in this game they will be without John Stones, Nathan Ake, Mateo Kovacic and Oscar Bobb, as well as Nathan Ake and Manuel Akanji.

This is (part of) what Thiago Motta, the Juventus coach, had to say about that game:

I don’t think there is the best time to play against Manchester City, but we will approach the game as we always do, trying to stop them from playing their football and forcing our own game on them. We prepared to give our all in the game and carefully considered what we should and shouldn’t do against such a big opponent. I can’t judge their current situation, but this is a team that has proven their immense value over the years. I have great respect for them and their coach Pep Guardiola, for whom the facts speak for themselves, as he has managed to win everything and win consistently. We know Manchester City want to attack and keep the ball. We have to defend well and show great quality when we have the ball.

So, Juve, let’s see how carefully you have studied.