Matthijs de Ligt is back on the bench, but Dejan Kulusevski again partners Cristiano Ronaldo against Bologna, who look to Musa Barrow.
It kicks off in Turin at 11.30 GMT, you can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s five Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.
Matthijs de Ligt is back on the bench, but Dejan Kulusevski again partners Cristiano Ronaldo against Bologna, who look to Musa Barrow.
It kicks off in Turin at 11.30 GMT, you can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s five Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.
Andrea Pirlo won his first trophy as a coach this week, beating Napoli 2-0 in Wednesday’s Supercoppa clash, a complete turnaround in fortunes and mood from the 2-0 Serie A defeat to Inter.
With Milan and Inter both stalling yesterday, it’s an opportunity to close the gap on the leaders.
Matthijs de Ligt has recovered from COVID-19 and is on the bench to begin with, while Merih Demiral is also back from injury.
Only Alex Sandro and Paulo Dybala remain on the absentee list now.
Federico Chiesa is rested, with Federico Bernardeschi brought in, and Kulusevski again partnering Cristiano Ronaldo rather than Alvaro Morata.
Bologna finally ended their eight-round winless streak with a 1-0 victory over Hellas Verona, decided by Riccardo Orsolini’s penalty.
Federico Santander is still out of action, but Musa Barrow gets the nod as a centre-forward rather than Rodrigo Palacio.
He has support from Orsolini, Roberto Soriano and Emanuel Vignato.
The last time Bologna beat Juventus was 2-0 in Turin in February 2011, followed by three draws and 15 defeats between Serie A and the Coppa Italia.
Juventus: Szczesny; Cuadrado, Bonucci, Chiellini, Danilo; McKennie, Arthur, Bentancur, Bernardeschi; Kulusevski, Ronaldo
Juventus bench: Buffon, Pinsoglio, de Ligt, Demiral, Di Pardo, Dragusin, Frabotta, Ramsey, Chiesa, Rabiot, Fagioli, Morata
Bologna: Skorupski; De Silvestri, Tomiyasu, Danilo, Dijks; Schouten, Svanberg; Orsolini, Soriano, Vignato; Barrow
Bologna bench: Da Costa, Breza, Hickey, Soumaoro, Paz, Dominguez, Sansone, Skov Olsen, Poli, Baldursson, Palacio
Ref: Sacchi