Bayern players in training …
Juventus: Buffon; Lichtsteiner, Barzagli, Bonucci, Evra; Cuadrado, Marchisio, Khedira, Pogba; Mandžukić, Dybala.
Out: Cáceres (Achilles), Asamoah (thigh), Alex Sandro (thigh), Chiellini (calf)
Misses next match if booked: Sturaro
Bayern: Neuer; Lahm, Kimmich, Alaba, Bernat; Alonso, Thiago; Robben, Costa; Müller, Lewandowski.
Out: Boateng (adductors), Badstuber (ankle), Javi Martínez (knee)
Misses next match if booked: Boateng
Weekend results
Bologna 0-0 Juventus
Juventus’s run of 15 consecutive Serie A victories came to an end on Friday. Patrice Evra headed wide from a corner with the best chance of the first half while Paul Pogba fired off target twice after the break. The visitors dominated yet could not break the deadlock.
Bayern München 3-1 Darmstadt (Müller 49 71, Lewandowski 84; Wagner 26)
Bayern conceded in the first half of a Bundesliga match for the first time since November but recovered after the interval. Thomas Müller, with two, and Robert Lewandowski both found the target to take their combined tally to 39 in the Bundesliga, the most ever by a strike partnership after 22 games of a German league season.
Form guide (all competitions, most recent first)
Juventus: DWWWWW
Bayern: WWWDWW
Bayern have won the sides’ last three encounters, including home and away 2-0 victories en route to the 2013 title. That second-leg success in Turin, in April 2013, was the first and only time a foreign club have beaten the Bianconeri at the Juventus Stadium.
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