Juventus look to the old guard in their Serie A opener against Cagliari, as Douglas Costa and Federico Bernardeschi are benched.
It kicks off in Turin’s newly-named Allianz Stadium at 17.00 UK time (16.00 GMT).
Follow the build-up and action from this game and Verona–Napoli on the LIVEBLOG.
Juventus look to the old guard in their Serie A opener against Cagliari, as Douglas Costa and Federico Bernardeschi are benched.
It kicks off in Turin’s newly-named Allianz Stadium at 17.00 UK time (16.00 GMT).
Follow the build-up and action from this game and Verona-Napoli on the LIVEBLOG.
The Bianconeri already made history with a sixth consecutive Scudetto and begin the hunt for a seventh, but are also smarting from a second Champions League Final defeat in three years.
Max Allegri continues to insist fans should not be disappointed by last term, seeing as they won the Serie A crown and Coppa Italia again, but there is a sense of unease.
The departure of Leonardo Bonucci to Milan and Dani Alves towards Paris Saint-Germain exacerbated that feeling an era was coming to an end, as did last weekend’s 3-2 defeat to Lazio in the Italian Super Cup.
Mattia De Sciglio, Douglas Costa and Bernardeschi are on the bench today, with Claudio Marchisio picked ahead of Sami Khedira in midfield, while new buy Blaise Matuidi only completed his transfer from PSG yesterday.
Marko Pjaca is the only player on the treatment table.
Cagliari make the trip without Marco Borriello, as the 35-year-old made his move to Spal today with Bartosz Salamon, while Rafael, Federico Melchiorri and Alessandro Deiola are injured.
Diego Farias leads the line with Duje Cop, while Luca Cigarini is a promising new addition to pull the midfield strings.
Marco Sau and Joao Pedro are rather surprisingly dropped.
The last time Juventus lost to Cagliari at home was in 2009 when a late Alessandro Matri winner sealed a 3-2 victory for the Rossoblu against his future club.
Juventus: Buffon; Lichtsteiner, Rugani, Chiellini, Alex Sandro; Marchisio, Pjanic; Cuadrado, Dybala, Mandzukic; Higuain
Juventus bench: Szczesny, Pinsoglio, De Sciglio, Benatia, Barzagli, Asamoah, Khedira, Matuidi, Douglas Costa, Bentancur, Sturaro, Bernardeschi
Cagliari: Cragno; Padoin, Andreolli, Pisacane, Capuano; Faragò, Cigarini, Ionita; Barella; Farias, Cop
Cagliari bench: Crosta, Daga, Ceppitelli, Miangue, Romagna, Cossu, Dessena, Joao Pedro, Giannetti, Sau