Dusan Vlahovic returns for Juventus in the Coppa Italia semi-final first-leg against Lazio, who start Ciro Immobile and Matteo Guendouzi.

It kicks off at the Allianz Juventus Stadium in Turin at 20.00 UK time (19.00 GMT).

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens on the LIVEBLOG.

These sides met in Serie A on Saturday and the Biancocelesti won 1-0 in stoppages thanks to an Adam Marusic header.

That plunged Max Allegri’s side into crisis, with just one win in nine Serie A rounds, leaving them only two points clear of fourth-placed Bologna.

Arkadiusz Milik is still injured, but Vlahovic returns after his ban at the weekend and Allegri also brings back the 3-5-2 formation following a brief experiment with 4-3-3.

That game was also the debut for new Aquile coach Igor Tudor, who replaced Maurizio Sarri during the break for international duty and immediately revamped their tactics with three at the back.

Lazio have Pedro and Luca Pellegrini suspended, with Ivan Provedel, Manuel Lazzari and Nicolò Rovella injured.

Immobile and Guendouzi came off the bench at the weekend, but they start along with Luis Alberto in a more advanced role.

The second leg will be at the Stadio Olimpico on April 23.

Juventus: Perin; Gatti, Bremer, Danilo; Cambiaso, McKennie, Locatelli, Rabiot, Kostic; Vlahovic, Chiesa

Lazio: Mandas; Patric, Romagnoli, Gila; Marusic, Guendouzi, Vecino, Zaccagni; Felipe Anderson, Luis Alberto; Immobile

Player statistic

1st half
Federico Gatti Yellow card 37'    
2nd half
Federico Chiesa
(Assist: Andrea Cambiaso)
Goal 50'    
Dusan Vlahovic
(Assist: Weston McKennie)
Goal 64'    
Timothy Weah Yellow card 85'    

Match statistic

42
Possession %
58
9
Total shots
11
3
Shots on target
0
3
Shots off target
3
3
Blocked shots
8
6
Corners
7
2
Offsides
0
12
Fouls
15
Juventus
Lazio

Starting lineups

36
Goalkeeper
27
Defender
81'
3
Defender
6
Defender
4
Defender
25
Midfielder
11
Midfielder
89'
5
Midfielder
16
Midfielder
89'
9
Attacker
86'
7
Attacker
81'
35
Goalkeeper
77
Defender
13
34
Defender
80'
4
Defender
46'
10
Midfielder
72'
5
Midfielder
8
Midfielder
20
Midfielder
14'
17
Attacker
73'
7
Attacker

Substitutes

23
Goalkeeper
1
Goalkeeper
2
24
Defender
41
20
Midfielder
33
Defender
17
22
Attacker
81'
15
Attacker
81'
18
Attacker
86'
12
Defender
89'
26
Midfielder
89'
32
Midfielder
33
Goalkeeper
59
Goalkeeper
18
Attacker
14'
15
Defender
46'
6
Midfielder
72'
19
Attacker
73'
23
Defender
80'

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