Overview
- Juventus named their squad for 1 October at Villarreal, leaving Bremer and Khephren Thuram out as a precaution, restoring Conceicao, and keeping Arkadiusz Milik and Fabio Miretti unavailable.
- Igor Tudor said Kenan Yildiz will start and outlined ongoing striker alternation among Jonathan David, Dusan Vlahovic and Lois Openda while he chases his first European win with the club.
- Villarreal enter in strong domestic form as coach Marcelino targets a home win and plans to start ex-Juve defender Renato Veiga.
- Romanian official Istvan Kovacs has been appointed to referee Villarreal-Juventus, having overseen one Juve match last season.
- Atalanta beat Club Brugge 2-1 in Bergamo with Mario Pasalic’s 86th-minute header, a result that nudges Italian momentum in the league phase.