Irish Daily Mirror

ITALIANS UNBEATEN IN 22 HOME GAMES

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This will be the first competitiv­e meeting between Juventus and Tottenham.

Juventus are unbeaten in their last 22 Champions League home games (W14 D8), their longest run without defeat in the competitio­n on home soil.

The Italians have also kept nine clean sheets in their last 13 home games in the competitio­n.

Juventus have lost only two of their last 19 Champions League games, winning 12 of them and drawing five.

Juventus have reached the final of the Champions League in two of the last three seasons. They have also lost the last five Champions League finals they have featured in.

Tottenham have reached the knockout stages for the second time in three appearance­s. They’ve never progressed further than the quarter-finals.

Tottenham are one of four teams still unbeaten in this season’s Champions League (also Barcelona, Besiktas and Liverpool).

Massimilia­no Allegri has reached the knockout stages in each of his eight campaigns as manager in the Champions League.

Harry Kane has been involved in 53 per cent of Tottenham’s Champions League goals this season, scoring six times and assisting two of his side’s

15 goals.

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