Juventus enter tonight’s Champions League fixture against Benfica with only a slim hope of securing a place in the competition’s top eight by the end of the league stage matches

Since their penalty shootout wins against Ajax, Juventus has reached the final five more times. Neither once did they manage to win it. Juve has lost matches against Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid twice.

Two teams looking to advance face off as we continue our Champions League odds series with a Juventus-Benfica prediction and pick.

Thiago Motta's Juventus are still in the race to end up in the top eight of the UEFA Champions League's standings, but will need to win against Benfica and also hope for some results on the different matches around Europe.

There are a lot of different ways to describe Juventus’ return to the Champions League. Some words are appropriate for a place like this, other ones are probably only applicable for the group chat. And,