What: Champions League, Group H, Matchday 1
Who: Juventus (0pts) vs Zenit St Petersburg (0pts)
When: Wednesday September 16, 2008, 20:45 (CET)
Where: Stadio Olimpico, Turin

FORM GUIDE

Juventus
15 Sep: Juventus 1-0 Udinese (League)

31 Aug: Fiorentina 1-1 Juventus (League)

26 Aug: Artmedia 1-1 Juventus (CL)

22 Aug: Juventus-Napoli 0-0 Juve win 5-4 on Penalties (Trofeo Moretti)

22 Aug: Juventus-Milan 0-0 Juve win 5-4 on Penalties (Trofeo Moretti)

Zenit St Petersburg
13 Sep: Terek Grozny (A) 4-1 (League)

29 Aug: Manchester United (N) 2-1 (ESC)

24 Aug: Krylya Sovetov (A) 3-0 (League)

17 Aug: Shinnik Yaroslavl (H) 1-3 (League)

13 Aug: Terek Grozny (H) 3-1 (League)

Juventus
Probable Starting XI: Buffon, Grygera, Legrottaglie, Chiellini, Molinaro, Camoranesi, Poulsen, Sissoko, Nedved, Del Piero, Amauri

Zenit St Petersburg
Probable Starting XI: Malafeev, Anyukov, Krizanac, Puygrenier, Sirl, Denisov, Tymoschuk, Zyrianov, Arshavin, Pogrebnyak, Danny.

Prediction
Juventus 3-2 Zenit St Peterburg

Giuseppe Pisaniello - footballitaliano.org

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Juve return to Europe’s top club competition after two years watching from the sidelines due to the consequences of the Calciopoli scandal.

The players will be keen to do well and progress past the groupstages. This may be more difficult than expected though, as the drawplaced the Bianconeri in a group with Spanish champions Real Madrid,UEFA Cup holders Zenit Petersburg and minnows BATE. In perhaps thetoughest group out of the Italian contingent, Claudio Ranieri’s teambegin the competition on Wednesday night at home against Zenit. A winagainst Udinese on Sunday night will have done their confidence goodand they are expected to win the tie after making an impressive startto the new season.

Peter Pedroncelli - footballitaliano.org