Mario Mandzukic and Juan Cuadrado get the nod, as Gonzalo Higuain is not 100 per cent fit when Juventus visit Genoa.

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The Bianconeri need a victory at Marassi to maintain their seven-point lead at the top of the table, as Milan already won 4-1 at Empoli last night.

Mario Mandzukic and Juan Cuadrado get the nod, as Gonzalo Higuain is not 100 per cent fit when Juventus visit Genoa.

It kicks off at 14.00 GMT, follow the build-up and action from all today’s Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.

The Bianconeri need a victory at Marassi to maintain their seven-point lead at the top of the table, as Milan already won 4-1 at Empoli last night.

Higuain missed the midweek 3-1 Champions League victory at Sevilla due to a muscular problem and he is not risked from the start today.

Instead, Mandzukic and Cuadrado are the strike partners in what appears to be a 3-5-2 system, though Alex Sandro could push up to create a trident.

Mario Lemina has flu, joining Andrea Barzagli, Paulo Dybala and Marko Pjaca on the sidelines.

Medhi Benatia returns to the line-up, as does Stephan Lichtsteiner, who is ineligible for the Champions League.

Genoa have their own problems to deal with, as hitman Leonardo Pavoletti is once again out injured after spraining his knee.

Lucas Orban begins a three-match ban and Miguel Veloso is also suspended, so Giovanni ‘son of Diego’ Simeone takes the attacking role with Lucas Ocampos.

Isaac Cofie is picked rather than Olivier Ntcham.

Marassi is no easy task, as this season Milan were beaten here 3-0 and Napoli held to a stalemate.

Juve have won five of their last six meetings with Genoa, home and away, save for a 1-0 loss here in October 2014.

Genoa: Perin; Izzo, Burdisso, Munoz; Lazovic, Rincon, Cofie, Laxalt; Rigoni, Simeone, Ocampos

Juventus: Buffon; Lichtsteiner, Bonucci, Benatia; Dani Alves, Khedira, Hernanes, Pjanic, Alex Sandro; Cuadrado, Mandzukic

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