Pau Torres has already beaten Juventus once in the Champions League. Now the defender has sights on making it a double and digging Villa out of their current malaise. Torres was among the scorers when Villarreal beat Juve 3-0 in Turin to claim a 4-1 aggregate win in a 2022 quarter-final, the moment ranking among the proudest of his career.

When Juventus arrived at the San Siro this past weekend, their matchday squad was very much one that was shorthanded, with seven injured players back in Turin and forced to miss one of the bigger fixtures of the 2024-25 season.

Aston Villa are starting to feel the effects of a European gauntlet as the Premier League side hope to pull themselves out of a recent winless run as they host Juventus on Wednesday.