Lokomotiv Moscow vs Juventus Predictions

Juventus are on the road on Wednesday night aiming to pick up a result in their chase of top spot. After drawing with Atletico Madrid both of the giants in this group are locked on seven points at the top. They will both qualify for the next round with victories this week, but can Juve come away from Moscow with three points?

Lokomotiv Moscow are into third in this group, with their win at Bayer Leverkusen putting them on course for the Europa League. Two defeats have followed against Atleti and Juve, but how will they fare this week? With the hosts coming into this one following a three-game winless run, we don’t have high hopes for them. Their Champions League record is even worse, with the hosts losing eight of their last 10 games in this competition.

Juventus are trying to turn around their own form, with the visitors winless in their last four away trips in this competition. They nearly changed that when they raced into a 2-0 lead at Atletico, but they drew that one 2-2. However, Maurizio Sarri’s men have impressed in this group so far and they could get back to winning ways this week.

After all, Juve are coming into this one in form. They have back to back wins behind them in the Champions League, while they’ve had little trouble in recent weeks. Juve remain unbeaten under Sarri, while they have won nine of their last 10 games overall. That form has taken them top of the league and this group, while they’ll want to keep it going ahead of a showdown with Atletico Madrid.

We are backing Juve to pull off another victory to keep this streak going when they head to Moscow this week. The Italian champions are doing just enough to win big games, following victories at rivals Inter Milan and Torino in recent trips. That form should fire them to a win against a side who have such a poor Champions League record of late.

Juve haven’t been that clinical in their recent wins, with three victories in four trips coming by a single goal. Meanwhile, Lokomotiv have conceded twice in their last two Champions League games and we’re backing them for another loss in this one. We expect this one to be quite tight as well, with a 2-1 Juve victory our correct score tip here.