Atletico Madrid vs Juventus: TV channel, live stream, squad news & preview An encounter between two recent Champions League finalists promises to be too close to call at the Wanda Metropolitano Atletico Madrid host Juventus at the Wanda Metropolitano on Wednesday in what promises to be a blockbuster Champions League last-16 encounter. Diego Simeone’s side have lost their way a little domestically in recent weeks, losing two of their last four matches, but worked their way to this point in the competition by finishing second in Group A, which also contained Borussia Dortmund, Club Brugge and Monaco. Juventus, meanwhile, will hope this encounter acts as a dress rehearsal for another final appearance, with the Spanish capital venue to play host to the showpiece on June 1. Article continues below Game Atletico Madrid vs Juventus Date Wednesday, February 20 Time 8:00pm GMT / 3:00pm ET Stream (US only) fubo TV (7-day free trial) TV Channel, Live Stream & How To Watch In the United States (US), the game can be watched live and on-demand with fuboTV (7-day free trial). New users can sign up for a free seven-day trial of the live sports streaming service, which can be accessed via iOS, Android, Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV, Roku and Apple TV as well as on a web browser. US TV channel Online stream TNT USA / Univision NOW / UniMas fubo TV (7-day free trial) In the United Kingdom (UK), the game will be shown on BT Sport 3 and streamed on the BT Sport Live app. UK TV channel Online stream BT Sport 3 BT Sport Live Squads & Team News Position Atletico Madrid players Goalkeepers Oblak, Adan Defenders Arias, Giminez, Godin, Filipe Luis, Savic, Juanfran Midfielders Saul, Partey, Rodri, Koke, Machin, Correa, Lemar Forwards Diego Costa, Griezmann, Morata, Kalinic Lucas Hernandez is the sole absentee in Atletico Madrid’s ranks. Diego Costa is recently back from injury and should start, while Koke is also expected to feature from the outset, having been a doubt due to a thigh injury in the build up to this match. Atletico Madrid starting XI: Oblak; Juanfran, Gimenez, Godin, Filipe Luis; Saul, Partey, Rodri, Koke; Diego Costa, Griezmann Position Juventus players Goalkeepers Szczesny, Pinsoglio, Perin Defenders De Sciglio, Rugani, Caceres, Alex Sandro, Cancelo, Barzagli, Chiellini, Bonucci Midfielders Pjanic, Matuidi, Can, Bentancur, Bernardeschi, Spinazzola Forwards Ronaldo, Dybala, Mandzukic, Kean Juventus starting XI: Szczesny; De Sciglio, Bonucci, Chiellini, Alex Sandro; Bentancur, Pjanic, Matuidi; Dybala, Mandzukic, Ronaldo Betting & Match Odds The bookies believe this match is too close to call, with Atletico Madrid and Juventus both being offered at odds of 19/10 by Bet365. Meanwhile, the draw is priced at 2/1. Click here to see all of bet 365's offers for the game, including goalscoring markets, correct score predictions and more. Match Preview Cristiano Ronaldo has become accustomed to – and even expects – to be the centre of attention on big nights. As such, it should come as little surprise that the focus of the pre-match build up to Juventus’ clash with Atletico Madrid surrounds the man who spent much of his career playing across the Spanish capital for Real Madrid. It was in the city that the Portuguese genuinely became a legend, helping Los Blancos to three straight Champions League titles. Now he is aiming for a fourth, but this time in the black and white stripes of Juve. Having made the move to Turin in the summer, Ronaldo is a player who will give the Serie A outfit the edge in encounters such as Wednesday’s – or at least that’s the thinking of head coach Massimiliano Allegri. “Ronaldo is the best in the world, and you have more chances to win it with him, but you do not win automatically,” the coach said of his 34-year-old superstar. Atleti are one of the sides who have suffered most at the hands of Ronaldo, having seen him net against them in the 2014 final then dispatch the winning penalty in the 2016 showpiece. Despite the habit of the Portuguese coming up trumps against his side, head coach Diego Simeone insists that he is not obsessing over the five-time Ballon d’Or winner. “We’re thinking about Antoine Griezmann, Alvaro Morata, Diego Costa, Koke and Saul Niguez,” he said. “They’re very excited and keen to play a good game.” Surprisingly eliminated in the group stages last season, the Spaniards are eager to make a stronger impression this time around, though their coach knows how difficult a task that it could prove. “They have players of great quality and status, but we have tools to take the game where we want to,” he said. “Both these teams have a 50 percent chance. Neither side has a greater advantage than the other.” This encounter, it seems, is more delicately poised than any of the other last-16 clashes and it promises to be all the more fascinating for it.<doc-sep>The Champions League round of 16 carries on this Wednesday as Juventus heads to Atletico Madrid in a match-up of teams with similar styles. Two of the top defending teams in Europe got at in what's expected to be a tie of few goals, with Juve looking to get an away goal and Atleti aiming to keep a cleansheet. Juventus won Group H with a 4-0-2 record, beating out Manchester United to top the group but that wasn't without a couple surprise results. Juve lost at home to a then-struggling United and then also lost to the last-place team in the group, Young Boys. Atleti, meanwhile, finished second to Borussia Dortmund in Group A, but only on a tiebreaker as both finished with 13 points and a 4-1-1 record. Here's how you can watch the match and what to know: Champions League: Juventus vs. Atletico Madrid Date : Wednesday, Feb. 20 : Wednesday, Feb. 20 Time : 3 p.m. ET : 3 p.m. ET Location : Wanda Metropolitano : Wanda Metropolitano TV channel : TNT and UniMas : TNT and UniMas Streaming: fuboTV (Try for free) fuboTV (Try for free) Odds: Juventus +175 / Atletico +175 / Draw +205 Storylines Juventus: Juve has scored three goals in three straight games and has an extra day of rest after having played last Friday. Cristiano Ronaldo scored and was subbed off in the last game to give him just a little bit more rest before this one. Juve has two straight cleansheets entering this game with only three shots on frame by the opponents in those games. Atletico Madrid: After two straight losses, Atletico managed to bounce back with a 1-0 win over Rayo Vallecano but that marks three straight games where the team was outplayed. They aren't entering this match in very good form and have scored just two goals in their last three matches. Going up against a tough Juve defense, that doesn't bode well. Juventus vs. Atletico Madrid prediction The teams play to a 1-1 draw, with Juve returning home with a slight advantage thanks to the away goal from Cristiano Ronaldo. Pick: Draw (+205)<doc-sep>Atletico Madrid hosts Juventus in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League round-of-16 matchup on Wednesday. The match marks Cristiano Ronaldo's return to Madrid, where he starred for Atletico's rival, Real, for so many years. He'll try to be a thorn in Diego Simeone's side once again with his new club, which brought him aboard with the sole focus of Champoins League glory. Ronaldo, hampered by a red card, was more subdued than usual in the group stage, scoring one goal and assisting on two more en route to Juventus's first-place finish in Group H. Atletico Madrid, meanwhile, reached the round of 16 after finishing second in Group A behind Borussia Dortmund. The club went 4–1–1 in the group stage, with the lone loss coming in a 4-0 defeat against Dortmund in October. Atleti bounced back from consecutive defeats in La Liga with a win over Rayo Vallecano over the weekend, and it will look to continue that momentum at home–which doubles as the site of the Champions League final come June. Here's how to watch Wednesday's match: Time: 3 p.m. ET TV channel: TNT, Univision Deportes, UniMas Live stream: You can watch the match live via fuboTV. Sign up now for a free seven-day trial. Subscribers can also watch via B/R Live and Univision Deportes en Vivo. SI TV is also now available on fuboTV. Watch Planet Futbol TV, SI’s soccer show starring Grant Wahl and Luis Miguel Echegaray, weekly on Fubo TV or anytime, anywhere here.<doc-sep>With this Juventus team, with who they signed over the summer for a club-record fee and with the expectations and aspirations they have pinned to his shoulders, making it to the Champions League Round of 16 is just another step in the journey. This is the expected, not the accomplishment that we want Max Allegri’s side to achieve. This is a piece of the puzzle, one that will hopefully be a fully-completed masterpiece come the first weekend of June. Between the time of this match preview being written and the Champions League final, there are another six European fixtures that Juventus will have to not completely screw up in. (OK, I’ll try to be as positive as possible going forward, you guys.) There is the chance for a whole lot of things to go down, including Juventus participating in more than just one or two more draws where Pavel Nedved is seen in the crowd looking quite handsome. But, for now, our mind is not on the next draw. Instead, it’s on how to get to the next draw. Juventus and Atlético Madrid have known for the last two months that each other will be their next European opponents. It’s one of those classic “It coulda been better, but it probably also coulda been worse” kinds of draws where Juve will obviously be tested quite a bit but is also the favorite in the eyes of many based on one guy who they signed over the summer. And did we mention that Juve’s got a whole bunch of expectations strapped to No. 7’s back? The thing is as we see Juventus — hopefully — work its way out of its January slump is that, as the Champions League returns, some of its best work this season has come in Europe. Remember that trip to Old Trafford in late-October where it pretty much dominated host Man United? And remember United’s return visit to Turin where, outside of a catastrophic 10-minute span late in the game where Juve coughed up a 1-0 lead, Allegri’s boys were once again dominating a Jose Mourinho-coached squad? Or maybe you would like to recall its Champions League group stage opener where, despite Cristiano Ronaldo getting questionably sent off, 10-man Juventus squad beat Valencia in Spain? For every terrible performance against Young Boys, there’s at least one or two positive performances to say that maybe this Juve team is a liiiiiiiiiittle bit different than years prior when it comes to European competition. This is also with Ronaldo not exactly being the dominant force of nature that he has been in every Champions League round he’s played in for the last, oh, 75 years (give or take). But, of course, this is different because the bar is raised. Atlético Madrid was most definitely one of the toughest teams Juve could have been drawn against no matter what the current form guide may suggest. And, as a result, we aren’t talking about Juve’s advancement as anything close to a sure thing simply because of who the opposition is. (There’s also that whole “Juventus in the Champions League” thing where nothing is totally routine, so there’s that.) The bar is set high. We know that. We’ve known that for quite a bit of time now. So to get to where that bar is located, you must go step by step. And that first step is in just a matter of hours at the same arena where Juventus wants to end its season. Fitting, really. GOOD NEWS If Juventus wants to grab an away goal or two, I personally feel like that would be a great thing to do against Atlético Madrid. BAD NEWS Just go on and get better as soon as possible, Sami. We can make Mallorca jokes later. THREE KEYS 1) Cristiano Ronaldo against his old city rivals Let’s just check in on how Ronaldo has faired against the team that played on the other side of Madrid, shall we? 31 matches 22 goals That’s good, right? Most of those goals came in La Liga, but there’s definitely a few Champions League goals against Atlético Madrid sprinkled in there as well. And this is obviously the point in the competition each year where Ronaldo starts to truly be Ronaldo. It’s not like Ronaldo was bad in the group stage. He wasn’t great, either, with his WhoScored rating from his five group stage starts — although one of those was hindered by a red card against Valencia — nearly a full point lower than what he’s averaging in Serie A this season. With all of that being said, here’s what Ronaldo has done in his last 10 appearances: 9 goals 3 assists That’s good. So, yeah, I think it’s safe to say Ronaldo is much more in-form when it comes to scoring goals than the last time Juventus made their way to Spain for a Champions League game. Back in September, the talk surrounding Ronaldo was all about his inability to get his first Juventus goal. Now, it’s about leading Juventus through a deep run into the Champions League. I think I can take a guess as to which one he prefers. Just go out and do your usual Champions League there, Ron. 2) Paulo Dybala coming off his Friday night return to form A whole bunch of our post-match coverage from Friday night’s 3-0 win over Frosinone surrounded around a certain Mr. Dybala — and for good reason. Because when you go over three months without a league goal, then there’s a reason for somebody like Dybala getting a whole bunch of attention when that streak gets snapped. Now, as we probably thought after Dybala’s short yet pretty good spell off the bench against Sassuolo a week and a half ago, we ask this question: What’s next, Paulito? To compare Atlético Madrid’s defense — injuries and all — to that of Frosinone is pretty much like putting the latter in the former’s class simply based on them being included in the same sentence. One is one of Europe’s premier units. The other?<doc-sep>
Atlético Madrid and Juventus have kicked off in Madrid, fighting for a spot in the Champions League quarterfinals. This will be the first of two legs, and sure to be a defensive battle. But the man who knows how to unlock Diego Simeone’s defensive barracks is Cristiano Ronaldo, and he’s sure to have extra motivation after a quiet Champions League campaign thus far. The full starting lineups for Atleti and Juve are below. How to Watch Atlético vs Juventus Live Stream : fuboTV ( watch for free ) Date : Wednesday, Feb. 20 Time : 3PM ET TV Channel : TNT Where: Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain Lineups: Atlético Madrid GK – Oblak DEF – Felipe Luis, Godin, Gimenez, Juanfran MID – Saul, Rodrigo, Thomas, Koke ATT – Griezmann, Diego Costa Juventus GK – Szczesny DEF – Alex Sandro, Chiellini, Bonucci, De Sciglio MID – Matuidi, Pjanic, Bentancur ATT – Ronaldo, Mandzukic, Dybala This is perhaps the hardest Round of 16 matchups to predict because these two teams are so similar and don’t have a big difference in quality between them. But Juventus have had the better statistical season: they’re yet to lose a game in Serie A, and Cristiano Ronaldo has been as good as they expected when the Portuguese superstar was signed. Ronaldo has scored 20 goals for his team this season, but so far only one of those has come in the Champions League. The knockout rounds are usually when he catches fire, however, and with a great scoring record against his former crosstown rival, Ronaldo will no doubt be confident about improving his numbers and helping his team reach the last eight. Atlético’s job will be to contain not only Ronaldo but Paulo Dybala and Mario Mandzukic, who alongside Ronaldo form a formidable attacking trio. Diego Simeone loves shutting down great attacks, and he’ll no doubt look forward to stopping Juve over two legs. His team has been rock solid all season and are fighting with Barcelona for the Spanish League title, and in Antoine Griezmann they have a true superstar who can carry his team in both legs. He will have some help up front in the form of Álvaro Morata, signed from Chelsea in January. Morata is a former teammate of Ronaldo and used to play at Juventus, so this game means a lot to the Spaniard. This promises to be a highly intense defensive battle, but these two teams are talented enough to give us an entertaining, attacking match as well. It’s a fascinating matchup, and one you can’t miss. Tune into this match – and every other Champions League knockout game – live on fuboTV. Sign up now for a free trial. We recommend interesting sports viewing and streaming opportunities. If you sign up to a service by clicking one of the links, we may earn a referral fee.