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• The Italian champions reached this stage by defeating Borussia Dortmund 5-1 on aggregate, while Monaco overcame Arsenal FC on away goals after a 3-3 aggregate draw.

• Juventus boast an unbeaten home record against French opponents, which contrasts starkly with their visitors' own record of never having won in Italy.

Previous meetings
• Juventus, the eventual tournament runners-up, prevailed 6-4 on aggregate when the sides met in the 1997/98 UEFA Champions League semi-finals.

• In the first leg, Marcello Lippi's Juventus won 4-1 at the Stadio Delle Alpi where Alessandro Del Piero hit a hat-trick (including two penalties) and Zinédine Zidane added a late fourth.

• The lineups in Turin on 1 April 1998 were:
Juventus: Peruzzi, Torricelli (Conte 59), Montero, Iuliano, Pessotto (Birindelli 46), Di Livio (Tacchinardi 66), Davids, Deschamps, Zidane, Del Piero, Inzaghi.
Monaco: Barthez, Sagnol, Konjić, Christanval, Martin (Henry 68), Djetou, Diawara, Pignol (Costinha 38), Benarbia (Carnot 74), Ikpeba, Trezeguet.

• Jean Tigana's Monaco won the second leg 3-2, their scorers including Thierry Henry, who joined Juventus for an eight-month spell the following year.

Match background

Juventus
• Two-time European champions Juventus are seeking a first semi-final appearance since 2002/03, when they beat FC Barcelona in the quarter-finals after following up a 1-1 home draw with a 2-1 away win.

• Since then Juventus have fallen at the quarter-final hurdle on three occasions, most recently when losing 4-0 on aggregate to FC Bayern München in 2012/13. Their overall record in European Cup quarter-finals is W10 L5.

• Juventus are unbeaten in 11 home matches in UEFA competition and have won three out of four games in Turin in this campaign, including a 2-1 success against Dortmund in the round of 16.

• Overall, the Bianconeri have lost just one of 16 European home fixtures at the redeveloped Juventus Stadium (W9 D6 L1).

• Juventus have a perfect record of ten victories and no defeats in knockout ties against French teams.

• Juve have never lost at home against French opposition, their record reading W9 D2 L0. In last season's UEFA Europa League quarter-finals they defeated Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 in Turin to complete a 3-1 aggregate success.

Monaco
• Monaco are eyeing their first UEFA Champions League semi-final since 2003/04, the season they went all the way to the final for the first and so far only time.

• Their record at this stage of the competition is W2 L1. There were no quarter-finals when they progressed directly from the group stage to the semi-finals in 1993/94.

• This is Monaco's first meeting with Italian opposition since their 1998 UEFA Champions League semi-final defeat by Juve. They have won just one of six previous knockout ties against teams from Serie A.

• That solitary success was a 1-0 aggregate win over AS Roma in the 1991/92 European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals. Their goalless draw in Rome that season was the only time they have avoided defeat in six trips to Italy (W0 D1 L5 F2 A13).

• Monaco are looking for a third straight away victory in the current competition after winning 1-0 at Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the group stage and 3-1 at Arsenal in the round of 16. They have conceded just two goals in four away games thus far.

Coach and player links
• Massimiliano Allegri's first match as a coach in UEFA competition was against Ligue 1 opposition – a 2-0 home win against AJ Auxerre with AC Milan in the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League group stage. Milan also won 2-0 in France.

• As a Monaco player from 2002–06, Patrice Evra made 120 league appearances and played for the club in the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League final against an FC Porto side including Ricardo Carvalho.

• Carvalho was a late substitute for Chelsea FC in the 2-2 draw at Juventus that sealed the Italian side's elimination from the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League round of 16 (2-3 aggregate). As a Porto player, Carvalho had previously faced Juve in the 2001/02 first group stage (0-0 h, 1-3 a), lining up against Gianluigi Buffon.

• Dimitar Berbatov played with Evra at Manchester United FC, where the Bulgarian was also a team-mate of Carlos Tévez (2007–09) and Paul Pogba (2010–12).

• Layvin Kurzawa played alongside Pogba when making his France debut against Albania in November.

• Álvaro Morata was a team-mate of Fabinho and Carvalho at Real Madrid CF in 2012/13.

• Claudio Marchisio and Andrea Raggi were team-mates at Empoli FC in 2007/08.

• Jérémy Toulalan, together with Evra, was in the France side that suffered UEFA EURO 2008 elimination with a 2-0 loss to the Italy of Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini and Andrea Pirlo.

• Maarten Stekelenburg played for AS Roma between 2011 and 2013. His record against Juventus in league and cup was W1 D1 L3, with 12 goals conceded.

• Stephan Lichtsteiner played for LOSC Lille from 2005–08. His record in Ligue 1 matches against Monaco was W1 D2 L2. Last summer he was in the Switzerland side beaten 5-2 by France at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

• France's 1998 World Cup winners David Trezeguet, Lilian Thuram and Henry each played for both clubs.