Hello and welcome to LIVE updates of the Champions League quarter final first leg between four-time winners Ajax and two-time winners Juventus at the Johan Cruyff Arena. Kick off 20:00 BST.

Free kick to Juventus on the far left. A good chance for the Bianconeri to load the Ajax penalty area.

Elsewhere in the CL tonight...

Bernarderschi races towards the left side of the area as Juve pour forward on the break. Matthijs de Ligt manages to stay with him and slides in to make a perfect challenge.

A little cameo there of why the young defender is so highly rated.

Ajax win the ball in Juve territory again. Ziyech plays a one-two with Tadic and fires in another long range drive that Szczesny gets down well to smother.

STAT: Only Bayern Munich (nine) and his current employers Juventus (10) have suffered at the hands of Ronaldo more than Ajax (seven) in the CL.

CR7 hasn't had much of the ball so far tonight though...

Ajax suddenly have their tails up. The visitors are looking a little rattled right now.

Hakim Ziyech exchanges a one-two on the right, cuts inside and rifles a thumping, low drive into the near side netting. That was better from the home side and had Wojciech Szczesny a little worried.

Juve have had all of the ball so far, but Ajax aren't making it easy as the hosts look to press high up the pitch at every opportunity.

DID YOU KNOW? On average, Ajax have had a younger starting XI (24 years 202 days) in the Champions League this term than any other team left in the competition.

Bernarderschi is given the freedom to surge towards the Ajax penalty area and wastes little time in unleashing a fizzing drive just wide of André Onana's right-hand upright.

HEAD-TO-HEAD: Juventus are unbeaten in their last nine European games versus Ajax, winning on five occasions. You have to go back to the 1973 European Cup final for the last time the Dutch outfit came out on top. Juve's most famous success against Ajax came in the 1996 CL final when the Italians prevailed 4-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw.

KICK OFF! Juventus get this quarter final tie up and running.

DID YOU KNOW? Only Lionel Messi (11) has been directly involved in more goals in this season's Champions League than Ajax's Dusan Tadic (9). The former Southampton star has notched six goals and three assists.

Federico Bernardeschi: “Ajax are a young team, full of talent, and they’re a team that plays football. They’re really strong, they’re great athletes, so we have to pay attention to all these qualities that they have. It’s the Champions League; no side gives you anything, so we need to put in two great performances to get the result we want.”

STAT: Ronaldo has scored seven goals in his past four Champions League matches against Ajax. That tally includes a hat-trick for Real Madrid on his last visit in October 2012.

Ajax boss, Erik ten Hag: "For a country like the Netherlands, it's really difficult to get to this stage. Financially, the circumstances have really changed in recent years."

He added: "A couple of months ago, we found our form and returned to being a strong team. It will be another big obstacle to overcome after Real, but we will play as usual and we will have to be good at reading the game."

This is the clash of the comeback Kings.

Ajax hit back from a 2-1 home reversal against reigning champions Real Madrid, to pull off a sensational 4-1 triumph in the second leg at the Bernabeu. Meanwhile, former Real star Cristiano Ronaldo - who starts tonight as expected after recovering from injury, hit a hat-trick as Juventus won 3-0 at home to Atletico Madrid to overturn a 2-0 first leg loss.

CONFIRMED TEAMS - AJAX: Onana, Veltman, De Ligt, Blind, Tagliafico, Schone, De Jong, Ziyech, Van den Beek, Neres, Tadic... Subs: Varela, Kristensen, Sinkgraven, Huntelaar, Magallan, Dolberg, Ekkelenkamp. /// JUVENTUS: Szczesny, Cancelo, Bonucci, Rugani, Alex Sandro, Bentancur, Pjanic, Matuidi, Bernardeschi, Mandzukic, Ronaldo... Subs: Perin, De Sciglio, Khedira, Dybala, Douglas Costa, Kean, Spinazzola.