Juventus host Atalanta this evening and make changes with Fernando Llorente partnering Carlos Tevez.
It kicks off at the Juventus Stadium at 19.45 GMT, click here to follow the action as it happens on our LIVEBLOG.
This unusual Friday night fixture is to help Juve better prepare for their Champions League clash with Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday.
Juventus host Atalanta this evening and make changes with Fernando Llorente partnering Carlos Tevez.
It kicks off at the Juventus Stadium at 19.45 GMT, click here to follow the action as it happens on our LIVEBLOG.
This unusual Friday night fixture is to help Juve better prepare for their Champions League clash with Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday.
Despite their surprise 2-2 draw at Cesena last week, the Bianconeri retained their seven-point lead at the top of the Serie A table, as Roma were held by Parma.
They have nonetheless drawn two of the last three rounds and concerns are growing over current form.
Arturo Vidal joined Kwadwo Asamoah, Romulo and Luca Marrone on the injury list, but Alessandro Matri and Martin Caceres are available again.
Uruguayan full-back Caceres is thrown straight into the starting XI with Simone Padoin.
Tevez returns from suspension and partners Llorente, giving Alvaro Morata a rest, with support from Roberto Pereyra.
Atalanta are fresh from a 4-1 home defeat to Inter, although that was affected by Yohan Benalouane’s foolish red card.
He is suspended along with Carlos Carmona and Chile international striker Mauricio Pinilla.
That means German Denis is back in the starting XI and raring to go, but Maxi Moralez, Giuseppe Biava, Niccolo Cherubin, Cristian Raimondi and ex-Juve winger Marcelo Estigarribia are sidelined.
Ex-Roma and Milan winger Urby Emanuelson gets his first start for the club.
History does not bode well for the Orobici, who have lost their last nine consecutive Serie A encounters with Juventus.
Juventus: Buffon; Caceres, Bonucci, Chiellini, Padoin; Marchisio, Pirlo, Pogba; Pereyra; Tevez, Llorente
Juventus bench: Storari, Rubinho, Lichtsteiner, Barzagli, Ogbonna, De Ceglie, Evra, Sturaro, Pepe, Morata, Coman, Matri
Atalanta: Sportiello; Bellini, A Masiello, Migliaccio, Scaloni; Zappacosta, Cigarini, Baselli, Drame, Emanuelson; Denis
Atalanta bench: Avramov, Boakye, D’Alessandro, Grassi, Gomez, Kresic, Frezzolini, Bianchi, Del Grosso