Juventus go all-out with Gonzalo Higuain and Paulo Dybala for the Champions League opener with Sevilla, as Franco Vazquez is a False 9.

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

The Bianconeri are in Group H along with Olympique Lyonnais and Dinamo Zagreb.

Juventus go all-out with Gonzalo Higuain and Paulo Dybala for the Champions League opener with Sevilla, as Franco Vazquez is a False 9.

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

The Bianconeri are in Group H along with Olympique Lyonnais and Dinamo Zagreb.

Their campaigns begins this evening against Sevilla, winners of the last three editions of the Europa League and revamped into an all-attack machine under new Coach Jorge Sampaoli.

The summer spending spree has undoubtedly made Juve among the favourites for the Champions League, but that means a lot of added pressure too.

They start €90m man Higuain alongside Dybala, but surprisingly Miralem Pjanic is benched in favour of Mario Lemina as playmaker and Kwadwo Asamoah providing midfield steel.

Patrice Evra and Dani Alves provide bucket-loads of experience down the flanks along with the BBC defence.

Claudio Marchisio and Stefano Sturaro are injured, but Stephan Lichtsteiner isn’t even in the Champions League squad.

Sevilla faced Juve last season in the group phase and a 1-0 home win allowed them to reach the Europa League in third place, going on to win the tournament.

That result also knocked Juve down to second place and forced them into a very tough draw against Bayern Munich.

Samir Nasri arrived from Manchester City on deadline day, but he hasn’t even made the trip to Turin after coming down with a viral infection.

Benoit Tremoulinas has a knee injury and Timothee Kolodziejczak is suspended.

Dybala’s old Palermo teammate Franco Vazquez starts as a False 9, but Italy goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu is on the bench.

Sampaoli pulls a few surprises, using what appears to be a 4-2-3-1 system with Vazquez up top and Luciano Vietto dropped.

Dani Alves is the only man on the field facing his former club, having played for Sevilla from 2002 to 2008.

Juventus: Buffon; Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini; Dani Alves, Khedira, Lemina, Asamoah, Evra; Higuain, Dybala

Juventus bench: Neto, Benatia, Alex Sandro, Pjanic, Cuadrado, Pjaca, Mandzukic

Sevilla: Rico; Mercado, Rami, Nico Pareja, Escudero; N'Zonzi, Kranevitter; Vitolo, Iborra, Sarabia; Vazquez

Sevilla bench: Mariano Ferreira, Daniel Carriço, Vietto, Correa, Kiyotake, Ganso, Sirigu

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