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Juventus are in Sweden for a must-win Champions League game with Malmo, starting Carlos Tevez, Arturo Vidal and Andrea Pirlo.
It kicks off at 19.45 GMT and is the chance for Juve to end their dismal European away record, having lost 1-0 at both Atletico Madrid and Olympiacos.
The Bianconeri have been revived since moving to a Christmas Tree formation and stick with it again this evening, but Tevez and Vidal support Fernando Llorente rather than Roberto Pereyra in a trequartista role.
Pirlo returns in midfield with Paul Pogba, who is fresh from bagging a brace in the 3-0 win at Lazio on Saturday.
Kwadwo Asamoah, Andrea Barzagli and Martin Caceres are still out injured, but Patrice Evra and Angelo Ogbonna are back for a spot on the bench.
Simone Padoin takes the left-back spot.
Malmo have beaten Olympiacos here and were very unlucky to lose 2-0 against Atletico Madrid, so are not to be underestimated on what Tevez described as a “horrible” pitch.
Before that defeat, Malmo had been unbeaten in eight consecutive UEFA home ties with eight clean sheets.
The last Italian team to visit was Inter, who lost 1-0 in 1989-90.
They need a victory to retain any hope of staying in the competition and the only absentee is defender Johan Hammar.
Markus Rosberg is the one to watch, as he has scored four of Malmo’s last five Champions League goals, including qualifiers.
Juventus defeated Malmo 2-0 in Turin back in September with a Tevez brace, but it took until the 59th minute to break through the Swedish defence.
It’s reported the Bianconeri will wear the green away strip, which proved hugely unpopular and was only worn once in the loss at Atletico Madrid.
Earlier this evening the Juventus youth team drew 2-2 in Malmo and were eliminated from the competition.
Malmo: Olsen; Tinnerholm, E Johansson, Helander, Ricardinho; Eriksson, Adu, Halsti, Forsberg; Rosenberg, Kiese Thelin
Malmo bench: Azinovic, Concha, Konate, Thern, Cibicki, Rakip, Mehmeti
Juventus: Buffon; Lichtsteiner, Bonucci, Chiellini, Padoin; Marchisio, Pirlo, Pogba; Vidal; Tevez, Llorente
Juventus bench: Storari, Ogbonna, Evra, Pereyra, Morata, Coman, Giovinco