Juventus shelve the trident attack for Aaron Ramsey supporting Paulo Dybala and Cristiano Ronaldo against Radja Nainggolan’s Cagliari.
It kicks off at 14.00 GMT, you can follow the build-up and action as it happens from all six Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.
The Bianconeri ended 2019 on a disappointing note, as they are joint Serie A leaders with Inter, but were beaten 3-1 by Lazio for the Supercoppa Italiana in Riyadh.
Juventus shelve the trident attack for Aaron Ramsey supporting Paulo Dybala and Cristiano Ronaldo against Radja Nainggolan’s Cagliari.
It kicks off at 14.00 GMT, you can follow the build-up and action as it happens from all six Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.
The Bianconeri ended 2019 on a disappointing note, as they are joint Serie A leaders with Inter, but were beaten 3-1 by Lazio for the Supercoppa Italiana in Riyadh.
Rodrigo Bentancur was sent off in that game and insulted the referee on his way off, so begins a three-match ban, with Sami Khedira and Giorgio Chiellini injured.
Adrien Rabiot and Blaise Matuidi step into midfield, with the all-star trident shelved in favour of Aaron Ramsey in the trequartista role behind Ronaldo and Dybala, so Gonzalo Higuain gets left out.
Cristiano Ronaldo is aiming to find the net for the fifth Serie A match in a row.
Merih Demiral again gets the nod in defence rather than Matthijs de Ligt, having attracted reported offers of €40m from Manchester City and Leicester City.
Cagliari have been one of the surprises of the season, but were running out of steam towards the end of 2019 with defeats to Lazio and Udinese.
Fabio Pisacane is suspended, but goalkeeper Robin Olsen returns from his lengthy ban, with Luca Ceppitelli, Daniele Ragatzu, Alessio Cragno and Leonardo Pavoletti injured.
Sebastian Walukiewicz gets his Serie A debut in defence, having until now played only one Coppa Italia game for the Sardinians, while Luca Pellegrini faces his parent club.
Radja Nainggolan and Joao Pedro support Giovanni Simeone, with Nahitan Nandez and Luca Cigarini adding midfield quality.
Cagliari have not beaten Juventus in Serie A since November 2009, followed by just three draws from 17 encounters.
Their record in Turin is even worse, picking up only two victories in 38 Serie A visits, the most recent being in January 2009 with Max Allegri as their coach.
Juventus: Szczesny; Cuadrado, Bonucci, Demiral, Alex Sandro; Rabiot, Pjanic, Matuidi; Ramsey; Dybala, Ronaldo
Cagliari: Olsen; Cacciatore, Walukiewicz, Klavan, Pellegrini; Nandez, Cigarini, Rog; Nainggolan, Joao Pedro; Simeone
Ref: Giacomelli