Tuesday's quarter-final first leg is a match where the Champions League can live up to its hype, with teams who have dominated the season in Germany and Italy respectively and share 50 domestic titles between them.
Bayern, who won 4-1 in Turin when the teams last met in the 2009/10 season, have a 20-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga and produced their most emphatic win of the season on Saturday when they flattened Hamburg 9-2.
"We'll head to Munich with a spring in our step knowing that we've done our job on the domestic front," said Juventus coach Antonio Conte after his side won 2-1 away to bitter rivals Inter Milan on Saturday.
"We'll head there to keep alive our dream and to test our mettle in the European arena, and we'll do it with a smile and no fear," added Conte, himself a rather dour figure.
"We just want to see how far behind Europe's best we are. We'll try to put out a strong physical side but I'll sleep on it first," he added.
Back in the quarter-finals after a seven-year wait, Juventus have been happy to accept the underdogs' role, saying they cannot match the brash Bavarians' spending power.
They lost last season's Champions League final at their own stadium, beaten on penalties by Chelsea after a 1-1 draw, and were knocked out by Inter Milan at home two seasons ago, losing 3-2 in front of their own fans after winning the first leg 1-0 away.
They were knocked out of the following year's Europa League without losing any of their 10 games and are also unbeaten in the current campaign, where they have won their last six games.
Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes, struggling to contain the climate of jubilation at a club nicknamed FC Hollywood, did his best to calm things down after Saturday's gala display.
"We played textbook football at times, and that's basically what we have to do on Tuesday," said Heynckes, who will be without midfielder Javi Martinez because the Bundesliga's record signing is suspended.
"It definitely won't be
