Juventus pick Mario Lemina to fill in the midfield gaps as they face a very tough trip to old rivals Fiorentina.

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

The Bianconeri have won 23 of the last 24 rounds, drawing at Bologna, and can celebrate a fifth consecutive Scudetto on Monday if they gain the victory here and Napoli don’t match it against Roma tomorrow afternoon.

Juventus pick Mario Lemina to fill in the midfield gaps as they face a very tough trip to old rivals Fiorentina.

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

The Bianconeri have won 23 of the last 24 rounds, drawing at Bologna, and can celebrate a fifth consecutive Scudetto on Monday if they gain the victory here and Napoli don’t match it against Roma tomorrow afternoon.

Juve are unbeaten since October 28 away to Sassuolo, but have a poor record in Florence, fuelled also by a bitter rivalry.

They haven’t won at the Stadio Franchi in Serie A since a 5-0 triumph in March 2012, followed by two draws and a 4-2 defeat.

Having said that, in all competition Fiorentina have won just one of their last eight meetings with the Turin giants, home and away, losing five.

Max Allegri has to reshuffle, as Giorgio Chiellini, Claudio Marchisio, Martin Caceres, Norberto Neto and suspended Stefano Sturaro miss out.

Lemina is given the nod to start in midfield, while Daniele Rugani again deputises in the back three.

Paulo Dybala partners Mario Mandzukic rather than Alvaro Morata in attack.

Juan Guillermo Cuadrado returns to face his former club, but is on the bench in favour of Stephan Lichtsteiner.

Fiorentina have to do without Khouma Babacar, Matias Vecino and Yohan Benalouane, while confidence is low after just seven points in the last eight games.

They rested several key players for Wednesday’s 2-1 defeat to Udinese, as everyone knows how much facing Juventus means to the Tuscans.

Nikola Kalinic has just one goal in 2016, but he is chosen to lead the attack with Josip Ilicic, Cristian Tello and Federico Bernardeschi in support for what seems to be a 4-2-3-1 system.

Mauro Zarate is on the bench with Mati Fernandez.

Fiorentina: Tatarusanu; Tomovic, Gonzalo Rodriguez, Astori, Marcos Alonso; Badelj, Borja Valero; Bernardeschi, Ilicic, Tello; Kalinic

Fiorentina bench: Lezzerini, Satalino, Tino Costa, Zarate, Mati Fernandez, Blaszczykowski, Pasqual, Kone, Roncaglia

Juventus: Buffon; Barzagli, Bonucci, Rugani; Lichtsteiner, Khedira, Lemina, Pogba, Evra; Mandzukic, Dybala

Juventus bench: Moedim, Audero, Zaza, Morata, Hernanes, Alex Sandro, Cuadrado, Padoin, Asamoah, Pereyra

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