The five meetings in European competition between Manchester United and Villarreal have all ended in draws, with four of them goalless, except for last season’s UEFA Europa League final (1-1), which the Spaniards won 11-10 on penalties.
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The four UEFA Champions League clashes between Manchester United and Villarreal have all finished 0-0, making it the most played fixture in the history of the competition to see no goals scored.
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Manchester United are winless in their last seven games against Spanish teams in the UEFA Champions League (D3 L4), with their last such victory coming against Real Sociedad back in October 2013 (1-0).
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Villarreal are unbeaten in their last 16 major UEFA European games (W12 D4) across the Europa League and Champions League, the longest current run of any side. The only Spanish team to have a longer run of unbeaten games in UEFA European history is Espanyol between September 2006 and November 2019 (20 in a row).
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Manchester United lost on MD1 of this season’s UEFA Champions League against Young Boys - they have never lost their opening two matches of a major European campaign in their history.
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Cristiano Ronaldo will break Iker Casillas’ record for UEFA Champions League appearances if he appears in this match, setting a new record of 178 games. However, Ronaldo has never scored against Villarreal in four previous appearances against them in the competition, only facing Lille and Benfica as often without finding the net (also four games against them).
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The last time Villarreal faced Manchester United:
Villarreal:
◉ Penalties taken: 11
◉ Penalties scored: 11
Manchester United:
◉ Penalties taken: 11
◉ Penalties scored: 10
The Yellow Submarine lifted the Europa League title, their first major trophy.
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Juventus vs Chelsea
Juventus have been on a roller-coaster of a ride at the start of the 2021/22 season, having struggled enormously in Serie A while winning their opening game in the UEFA Champions League. The aforementioned result – a 3-0 win over Malmo – has helped the Bianconeri become the early leaders in Group H while in the Italian top-flight, they 10th after winning just two of the first six games.
Chelsea, on the other hand, suffered their first defeat of the season only this past weekend, as they produced a listless performance in their defeat to Manchester City. Otherwise, though, the Blues have been nearly imperious, failing to win just one of their seven other games while in Europe, they beat Zenit St. Petersburg 1-0 on Matchday 1.
Juventus were 3-0 winners the last time they hosts Chelsea in Turin, with Fabio Quagliarella, Arturo Vidal and Sebastian Giovinco scoring in a group game.
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Juventus vs Chelsea team news
Juventus have injury problems as Alvaro Morata and Paulo Dybala have been ruled out. Veteran Italy captain Giorgio Chiellini has been rested in the past week in preparation for facing Romelu Lukaku.
Chelsea, meanwhile, will be without N’Golo Kante after the Frenchman tested positive for Covid-19. Mason Mount, Reece James and Christian Pulisic are also unavailable for the game through injury.
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This will be the fifth meeting between Juventus and Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League, with both teams recording one win each in the previous four (D2). Juventus won their most recent meeting in the competition, recording a 3-0 home victory in the group stage in 2012-13.
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Juventus have won 11 of their last 12 UEFA Champions League group stage matches, losing the other 0-2 against Barcelona in October 2020. They’ve kept seven clean sheets and their last three have all ended 3-0, against Dynamo Kiev, Barcelona and Malmo FF.
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Since the start of last season, Chelsea have only conceded four goals in 14 UEFA Champions League matches (W10 D3 L1), keeping 10 clean sheets and never conceding more than once in a game. All 10 clean sheets have been kept by goalkeeper Édouard Mendy in 13 appearances, the second quickest a goalkeeper has ever reached 10 clean sheets, behind only Keylor Navas (11 games).
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Chelsea have only lost three of their last 32 UEFA Champions League group stage matches (W20 D9), losing none of their last 12 at the group stage (W8 D4). Manager Thomas Tuchel has a 68 per cent win ratio in the group stage (P25 W17 D5 L3), the third-highest of managers to manage 20+ games in the group stage behind Josef Heynckes (73 per cent) and Pep Guardiola (71 per cent).
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Romelu Lukaku scored on his UEFA Champions League debut for Chelsea, having also done so for Manchester United, becoming only the second player to score in his first appearance in the competition for two English clubs, after Mario Balotelli for Man City and Liverpool. The only two players to score in their first two Champions League games for Chelsea are Didier Drogba and Michy Batshuayi.
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OFFICIAL: Man Utd have confirmed Aaron Wan-Bissaka will be suspended for two Champions League games following his red card against Young Boys.
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Cristiano Ronaldo now holds the following Champions League records:
Most appearances - 178
Most goals - 135
Most goals in a season - 17
Most goals in KO stages - 67
Most final wins - 5
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FT:Atalanta 1-0 Young Boys
Matteo Pessina’s first-ever Champions League goal secures all three points for the Serie A side.
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Zenit Saint Petersburg have won a Champions League game for the first time since November 2019:
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The eight-game winless streak ends with a 4-0 victory.
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Zenit’s 4-0 win against Malmö FF is their biggest victory in a Champions League game.
Ending the streak in style. 
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