Juventus start Hernanes, Sami Khedira, Juan Cuadrado and Paulo Dybala against Sevilla in the Champions League showdown.

It kicks off at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT), follow the build-up and action on our LIVEBLOG.

Max Allegri reached the Champions League Final last term and nearly won the Treble, but there are now many calling for his head after the worst Serie A start in almost 50 years.

Juventus start Hernanes, Sami Khedira, Juan Cuadrado and Paulo Dybala against Sevilla in the Champions League showdown.

It kicks off at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT), follow the build-up and action on our LIVEBLOG.

Max Allegri reached the Champions League Final last term and nearly won the Treble, but there are now many calling for his head after the worst Serie A start in almost 50 years.

The injury crisis isn’t helping, as Claudio Marchisio, Mario Mandzukic, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Stefano Sturaro, Kwadwo Asamoah and ‘suspended’ Martin Caceres are all unavailable.

Allegri took the unusual step of naming his line-up in yesterday’s Press conference, albeit leaving out one name in midfield.

That was a choice between Roberto Pereyra and Hernanes, the Brazilian getting the nod.

Sevilla are in a similar position, as they won the Europa League back-to-back – including the Final two years ago here at the Juventus Stadium in Turin – but with Carlos Bacca gone are struggling to find form in La Liga.

Ciro Immobile returns to face his former club, but is only on the bench, while Fernando Llorente, Adil Rami, Ever Banega, Daniel Carriço, Escudero, Kakuta and Vitolo are out of action.

Both sides have done markedly better in Europe this season, as Juve won 2-1 away to Manchester City and Sevilla thrashed Borussia Monchengladbach 3-0.

Now they face off for the leadership of Group D and the chance to put the crisis talk behind them for a while.

Juventus: Buffon; Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini; Cuadrado, Hernanes, Khedira, Pogba, Evra; Dybala, Morata

Juventus bench: Neto, Rugani, Alex Sandro, Lemina, Vitale, Pereyra, Zaza

Sevilla: Sergio Rico; Coke, Andreolli, Kolodziejczak, Trémoulinas; N'Zonzi, Krychowiak; Reyes, Krohn-Dehli, Konoplyanka; Gameiro

Sevilla bench: Soria, Mariano Ferreira, Iborra, Cristoforo, Luismi, Immobile, Juan Munoz

Ref: Eriksson (SWE)

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