Capello left Roma in the summer having guided them to the title during his five year spell and is threatening to work the same magic with the 'old lady' as they hold a five point lead in Serie A over the team he made his name with, AC Milan, after last weekend's matches.

However Juve's attentions will be firmly on beating Bayern and ensuring they reach the knockout stage while struggling Roma will hope the form of the 5-1 thrashing of Cagliari at the weekend will be the one they take into their home match against another German side Bayer Leverkusen.

Juventus go into the clash in Munich in far better spirits than their opponents as the Germans inconsistent form returned on Saturday going down to a 2-0 defeat by Borussia Monchengladbach having beaten leaders VfL Wolfsburg in midweek.

While Juve are virtually at full strength for the Group C clash Bayern have several injury worries as they battle to keep the vital second spot ahead of Dutch side Ajax, who look to have a relatively easy task away at pointless Israeli outfit Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Bayern presently hold a three point advantage over Ajax while Juve are yet to surrender a point or a goal to their opposition.

Bayern will pin their hopes on Dutch international Roy Makaay, joint top-scorer in the Champions League with four goals, but the marksman is firing blanks and failed to net in October.

"Roy is in a difficult phase at the moment," admitted Magath. "He is not a machine who can score in every match."

Bayern have scored 16 goals in 11 Bundesliga matches this season and shackling Makaay seems to be the key to stopping them.

Claudio Pizarro and Makaay are set to lead the assault on the formidable Juve rearguard on Wednesday but injuries have left Magath with a major headache.

Brazilian midfielder Ze Roberto is out with concussion, Hasan Salihamidzic has groin trouble while Andreas Gorlitz has a knee complaint.

With Roque Santa Cruz and Alexander Zickler both long-term casualties and Sebastian Deisler still recovering from depression things look bleak in Munich.

If Bayern were hoping that Juventus are just coming to take a point then they will have been disabused by the Italian side's Czech master playmaker Pavel Nedved.

"We are going there to wrap up qualification and take the three points. There will be no negativity from us," said Nedved, who scored a brilliant goal for Juventus on Sunday.

While Juventus may find it a pleasant surprise to play in front of a crowd as their home matches are often underattended the Roma players may feel more at ease in taking on Bayer without having to cope with their hysterical supporters and claim their first point of the campaign.

They have been banned because of the missile thrown at flamboyant Swedish referee Anders Frisk in their Group B opener against Dynamo Kiev.

With experienced defender Christian Panucci and midfielder Daniele di Rossi suspended Roma face a tough task in overcoming a Leverkusen side that eased to a 3-1 victory in Germany a fortnight ago.

However their visitors have a less than impressive record in Italy with just one win in six trips and come in on the back of a 1-0 defeat at the weekend.

Roma though will look to temperamental star Francesco Totti and in-form striker Vincenzo Montella to get them the win that will keep their faint hopes of making the last 16 alive.

The group's other match sees a still unconvincing Real Madrid travel to the imposing and icy fortress of Dynamo Kiev with the Spaniards probably being satisfied with a draw which would take both sides on to seven points with two matches remaining.

Real's in-form striker Michael Owen will be the man the Ukrainians will have to watch out for as he bids to score in his fifth successive match for the Spaniards.

However the former Liverpool star acknowledges that having spoken to his team-mates he cannot expect an easy time.

"Some of the lads at Real went there a few years ago and say they are very different at home so I know it isn't going to be easy to score," he said.

Group D could see French champions Lyon make the last 16 if they win at home against disunited Turkish outfit Fenerbahce and Manchester United defeat Czech team Sparta Prague at Old Trafford.

Lyon have to do without Brazilian skipper Claudio Cacapa and French international striker Sylvain Wiltord because of injury.

Their problems are nothing compared to their opponents who appear to be in open civil war with coach Christoph Daum openly criticising Brazilian midfielder Alex and then the German in turn being told off by his club president.

United will be looking to their underperforming expensively assembled strikeforce to take them a giant step closer to the knockout stages against a Sparta side that were unlucky not to take all three points a fortnight ago.

Group A leaders Monaco travel to Greek side Olympiakos where victory would keep the pressure on Liverpool, who trail them by two points and whose Spanish manager Rafael Benitez makes a quick return to his homeland with a trip to Deportivo La Coruna.

FIXTURES
Champions League fixtures on Wednesday (kick-off 1945 GMT):

Group A
Deportivo La Coruna (SPA) v Liverpool (ENG)
Olympiakos (GRE) v Monaco (FRA)

Group B
Dynamo Kiev (UKR) v Real Madrid (SPA)
AS Roma (ITA) v Bayer Leverkusen (GER)

Group C
Bayern Munich (GER) v Juventus (ITA)
Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) v Ajax (NED)

Group D
Lyon (FRA) v Fenerbahce (TUR)
Manchester United (ENG) v Sparta Prague (CZE)