Sebastian Giovinco and Alvaro Morata start tonight’s Coppa Italia Round of 16 clash between Juventus and Verona.

It kicks off at the Juventus Stadium in Turin at 20.00 GMT and is a one-off elimination round.

The winners will go on to face Parma in the quarter-finals on January 28.

Andrea Pirlo, Gigi Buffon and Carlos Tevez are among those rested for Juve’s first match in the tournament this season.

Arturo Vidal is not even on the bench, as the Chile international is suffering from tonsillitis.

Sebastian Giovinco and Alvaro Morata start tonight’s Coppa Italia Round of 16 clash between Juventus and Verona.

It kicks off at the Juventus Stadium in Turin at 20.00 GMT and is a one-off elimination round.

The winners will go on to face Parma in the quarter-finals on January 28.

Andrea Pirlo, Gigi Buffon and Carlos Tevez are among those rested for Juve’s first match in the tournament this season.

Arturo Vidal is not even on the bench, as the Chile international is suffering from tonsillitis.

It could well be Giovinco’s final appearance in a Bianconeri jersey, as his contract expires in June and he will likely be sold before then to avoid losing him on a free transfer.

Young talent Alvaro Morata also features with Simone Pepe making his first start since 2012 after a series of injury problems.

Winger Pepe has played just 38 minutes for Juventus over the last three seasons.

Verona arrive with numerous absentees, as Luca Toni has been ruled out by flu symptoms.

Also missing are Juanito Gomez Taleb, Mounir Obbadi, Artur Ionita, Bosko Jankovic and Evangelos Moras.

Hellas reached this stage by beating Cremonese 3-0 and Serie B outfit Perugia 1-0.

Unusually for a Coppa Italia Round of 16 tie, this is sold out with 40,000 people set to attend this evening.

Juventus: Storari; Lichtsteiner, Bonucci, Ogbonna, Padoin; Pepe, Marchisio, Pogba; Pereyra; Morata, Giovinco

Juventus bench: Buffon, Rubinho, Chiellini, Romagna, Evra, Mattiello, Vitale, Coman, Llorente

Verona: Rafael; Sorensen, Rodriguez, R Marquez, Agostini; Campanharo, Tachtsidis, Hallfredsson; Valoti; Nico Lopez, Nene

Verona bench: Benussi, Gollini, Saviola, Greco, Christodoulopoulos, Marques, Sala, Brivio, Martic, Fares, Capelluzzo, Checchin

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