Matchday Station | FIFA Club World Cup | Al-Ain vs Juventus

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·18 giugno 2025

Matchday Station | FIFA Club World Cup | Al-Ain vs Juventus

In the early hours of Thursday, June 19, 2025 (3:00 AM CEST), Juventus will kick off their FIFA Club World Cupcampaign against Al-Ain. The match marks the first of three Group G fixtures for the Bianconeri.

As the game gets closer, here’s a closer look at key stats and interesting facts ahead of this historic encounter.

Al-Ain vs Juventus: Key pre-atch stats

This will be the first-ever official meeting between Al-Ain and Juventus. It’s also the first time a club from the UAE faces an Italian side at the FIFA Club World Cup.
Al-Ain qualified as winners of the 2023/24 AFC Champions League, while Juventus earned their place through their 8th-place UEFA coefficient ranking over the past four years.
Al-Ain are appearing in the FIFA Club World Cup for the third time, having reached the final in 2018 by defeating Team Wellington, ES Tunis, and River Plate before losing 4-1 to Real Madrid.
Juventus will be making their debut in the FIFA Club World Cup, although they previously competed in the Intercontinental Cup three times, winning in 1985 (vs Argentinos Juniors) and 1996 (vs River Plate).
Al-Ain becomes the third Asian club to face an Italian team in Club World Cup history, following Urawa Red Diamonds vs AC Milan (2007) and Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma vs Inter Milan (2010).
Juventus drew 20 matches in all competitions during the 2024/25 season - a joint club record for a single season, equaling their total from 1998/99.
Among the European giants in this tournament, only Manchester City (50.7%) and Real Madrid (49.3%) posted a higher successful dribble rate than Juventus (48.4%) across all 2024/25 competitions.
Al-Ain scored 13 headed goals in the 2024/25 UAE Pro League, second only to Al-Hilal (24) among teams from the Gulf’s top three leagues in this tournament. Conversely, Juventus conceded 10 headed goals in Serie A - the most among all top-five European league teams in this competition.
Kenan Yildiz (born May 2005) is the third-youngest player from Europe’s top five leagues to be involved in 15+ goals across all competitions in 2024/25 (nine goals, six assists) - behind only Lamine Yamal and Desire Doue.
Kodjo Laba led the UAE Pro League in goal involvements (24), scoring 20 goals and adding four assists. He also had a tournament-best eight headed goals across the top Gulf leagues.