Juventus host Salernitana at the Allianz Stadium in a Coppa Italia Round of 16 tie tonight with Federico Chiesa and Arkadiusz Milik in attack.

It kicks off at 19:00 GMT and the winner will face Frosinone in the quarter-finals. Eusebio Di Francesco’s side eliminated Napoli in the Round of 16.

Juventus are without the injured Mattia De Sciglio, Moise Kean and Alex Sandro, plus the suspended Paul Pogba and Nicolò Fagioli.

Massimiliano Allegri said on Wednesday that Mattia Perin, Chiesa and Daniele Rugani would surely start tonight. The Italian striker is expected to join Milik up front.

Manuel Locatelli is suspended for the next Serie A game, still against Salernitana, so he will start tonight, while Adrien Rabiot is favourite over Hans Nicolussi Caviglia.

Strugglers Salernitana have travelled to Turin without the injured Boulaye Dia, Guillermo Ochoa, Lorenzo Pirola and Grigoris Kastanos. Filippo Inzaghi is expected to line up a front three with Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi, Loum Tchaouna and Erik Botheim.

Juventus-Salernitana, probable line-ups

Juventus (3-5-2): Perin; Gatti, Rugani, Danilo; Cambiaso, Miretti, Locatelli, Rabiot, Iling junior; Milik, Chiesa. 

Salernitana (3-4-2-1): Costil; Bronn, Lovato, Daniliuc, Bradaric; Legowski, Maggiore, Martegani; Botheim, Tchaouna; Ikwuemesi. 

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