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Late goals from central defensive partners Jose Gimenez and Diego Godin have put former Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo on the verge of being eliminated from the Champions League for the first time in three years, but with a second leg in Turin it’s far from a done deal just yet.
Juventus can count themselves a bit unfortunate to head into the second leg 2-0 down to Atletico Madrid, and the lack of away goals is a definite concern given how good Diego Simeone is at managing these two legged ties. However, as their 4-1 thrashing of Udinese on Friday showed, they are a force to be reckoned with in Turin.
Atletico Madrid aren’t exactly in bad form though. Their 1-0 win over Leganes on Saturday made it five in a row for them in all competitions, and they find themselves just seven points off the top in the race for La Liga.
Away from home they have had their troubles though. Atletico Madrid may have only lost once on the road since the Champions League group stages ended, but the fact that they have only won five of their last 11 competitive matches does show that there are some issues when they travel. Worryingly, they were also thrashed 4-0 away to Borussia Dortmund in the group stages, so Juventus will definitely be harbouring some hope.
When Juventus signed Cristiano Ronaldo, they hoped it would bring them another Champions League title. Whereas they lead Serie A by 18 points and are yet to lose a league game, it's been a different story in the Champions League. They won their group despite a 2-1 home loss to Manchester United. They drew Atletico Madrid in the last 16 and lost the first leg of this tie 2-0. Juventus could have done with an away goal in Madrid and if they concede in this second-leg, that means there's no chance of extra-time and Juventus will have to score four goals in 90 minutes. Juventus have only won two of their last six home Champions League games and they have lost three of their last four, home and away.
Atletico Madrid didn't make it out of their Champions League group last season and went on to win the Europa League. They are second in La Liga, seven points behind Barcelona but have won their last five games in all competitions and not conceded a goal in any of them with each match having under 2.5 goals scored in them. Atletico have also kept clean sheets in each of their last four Champions League games, again all having under 2.5 goals scored in them. Not surprisingly then that's the tip for this game, under 2.5 goals to be scored.