Juventus use Juan Cuadrado as a right-back with Mario Mandzukic in a very attack-minded formation and Milan rely on Suso in the Coppa Italia Final.

It kicks off at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome at 20.00 UK time (19.00 GMT).

Follow the build-up and action as it happens and give your views in the LIVEBLOG.

Juventus use Juan Cuadrado as a right-back with Mario Mandzukic in a very attack-minded formation and Milan rely on Suso in the Coppa Italia Final.

It kicks off at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome at 20.00 UK time (19.00 GMT).

Follow the build-up and action as it happens and give your views in the LIVEBLOG.

The Bianconeri have the opportunity to win their fourth Coppa Italia on the trot, and consequently a fourth consecutive Double with the Scudetto.

Giorgio Chiellini and Benedikt Howedes are out injured, with Mandzukic, Mattia De Sciglio and Stefano Sturaro available again following setbacks.

Surprisingly, Max Allegri has dropped Gonzalo Higuain to the bench, starting Mandzukic with Paulo Dybala and on-form Douglas Costa.

Cuadrado is therefore again used as a right-back with Kwadwo Asamoah on the left rather than Alex Sandro, as Paulo Dybala and Douglas Costa support Gonzalo Higuain.

Milan miss Andrea Conti and Lucas Biglia, who made a miracle recovery from a fracture in his back to be in the squad, but probably won’t be risked during the game.

Manuel Locatelli is chosen in midfield with Patrick Cutrone given the nod in attack ahead of Nikola Kalinic and Andre Silva, flanked by Suso and Hakan Calhanoglu.

It’s a special game for ex-Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci, who scored the only time he faced his former teammates in Serie A earlier this year.

This is the fifth time these clubs have met in the Coppa Italia Final, with three Juve victories in 1942, 1990 and 2016, losing only in 1973.

Prepare for a long night, because in all five of their meetings during a one-off Final, it has gone to extra time including the Coppa Italia, Italian Super Cup and Champions League. Of the five, four of those went to penalties.

Juventus: Buffon; Cuadrado, Benatia, Barzagli, Asamoah; Khedira, Pjanic, Matuidi; Douglas Costa, Mandzukic, Dybala

Juventus bench: Pinsoglio, Szczesny, De Sciglio, Marchisio, Higuain, Alex Sandro, Howedes, Rugani, Lichtsteiner, Sturaro, Bentancur, Bernardeschi

Milan: G Donnarumma; Calabria, Bonucci, Romagnoli, Rodriguez; Kessie, Locatelli, Bonaventura; Suso, Cutrone, Calhanoglu

Milan bench: Storari, A Donnarumma, Mauri, Kalinic, A. Silva, Borini, Zapata, Montolivo, Abate, Biglia, Musacchio, Antonelli

Ref: Damato

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