First game ended 1-1.

Juventus is in great form lately, for me the best italian team at the moment. They are unbeaten in the last 15 games, thanks to the improvement of players like Morata, Artur or De Ligt.

The main change of the team between the beginning of the season has been the defense - they are really solid now at the back, a very difficult side to beat. And also one player - Vlahovic. The young striker who has been signed in the winter market has been amazing, as he continues scoring goals easily (in the previous game scored in the first minute), which was his first UCL game. He also rested at the weekend vs Sampdoria, so today will be at 100%.

On the other hand, Villarreal is a very irregular team, but use to be competitive against the strong teams. They are in good form, with players in goor moment like Parejo or Yeremi Pino.

Their best player Gerard Moreno (who is the half of the team) has been injured for 6 weeks ago. He could be back today, but of course will be available only for a few minutes.

This will be an equal game. We must see which kind of game will propose Juventus: if they play defensive as they are doing lately, Villarreal will have the ball and it’s where they are dangerous - dominating the games. But Juve will have a huge support at home and quality enough to try to dominate the game, as their squad has more quality than Villarreal.

Juventus is one of the favorites in the competition, while Villarreal not. The Spanish team managed to beat Atalanta in the group stage but it was a very difficult game and Atalanta is much worse than Juve.

Because of the home factor, team quality and the fact that Gerard Moreno isn’t at 100%, Juventus are the favorites for me here.

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尤文图斯最近状态很好，对我来说是目前意大利最好的球队。他们在过去的15场比赛中保持不败，多亏了莫拉塔、阿图尔和德莱特等球员的进步。

这支球队在赛季之初的主要变化是防守——他们现在的后防线非常坚固，是一支很难击败的球队。还有一个球员，弗拉霍维奇。这位在冬季转会市场上签下的年轻前锋令人惊讶，他继续轻松进球(在前一场比赛的第一分钟就进球了)，这是他的第一场欧冠比赛。他在周末对桑普多利亚的比赛中也休息了，所以今天他的状态将是100%。

另一方面，比利亚雷亚尔是一支非常不正规的球队，但过去常常与强队竞争。他们的状态很好，有像帕雷霍或皮诺这样的球员。

他们最好的球员杰拉德·莫雷诺(球队的一半)在6周前就受伤了。他今天可能会回来，但当然只能待几分钟。

这将是一场平等的比赛。我们必须看看尤文图斯会踢什么样的比赛:如果他们像最近那样防守，比利亚雷亚尔将会控球，这是他们最危险的地方——控制比赛。但是尤文将在主场拥有强大的支持和足够的实力去控制比赛，因为他们的阵容比比利亚雷亚尔更有实力。

尤文图斯是最受欢迎的球队之一，而比利亚雷亚尔则不是。西班牙在小组赛阶段击败了亚特兰大，但这是一场非常艰难的比赛，亚特兰大比尤文差得多。

由于主场的因素，球队的质量以及莫雷诺的状态还没有达到100%，尤文图斯是我最喜欢的球队。