Juventus start life after Cristiano Ronaldo with Paulo Dybala and Alvaro Morata expected to start up front against newly promoted Empoli.

The two evening games start at 19.45 UK time tonight, as Fiorentina host Torino at the Artemio Franchi simultaneously.

Massimiliano Allegri wants to move on immediately after having seen Ronaldo depart yesterday and spoke about looking ahead during the press conference ahead of the match against the Viola.

Wojciech Szczesny is expected to continue in goal, despite the poor start against Udinese last time, while Allegri returns to the Allianz Stadium in a 4-4-2 formation.

Dybala works on his renewal with the Old Lady and gets the nod up front with Morata. With Arhur Melo and Aaron Ramsey out, Manuel Locatelli is expected to start in the middle with Rodrigo Bentancur.

Federico Bernardeschi and Federico Chiesa seem set to start out wide, with Matthijs de Ligt and Giorgio Chiellini in the heart of the defence.

Fiorentina coach Vincenzo Italiano leans on Dusan Vlahovic in a 4-3-3 formation, with Gaetano Castrovilli and Giacomo Bonaventura on either side of Erick Pulgar in the midfield trident.

Bartlomiej Dragowski is suspended and must be replaced in goal, most likely by 31-year-old Pietro Terracciano.

Ivan Juric expressed his disappointment to learn about Torino’s financial situation, but should have Andrea Belotti ready to spearhead the Granata ahead of Karol Linetty and Marko Pjaca.

Probable line-ups

Fiorentina vs. Torino

Fiorentina (4-3-3): Terracciano; Venuti, Milenkovic, Igor Julio, Biraghi; Bonaventura, Pulgar, Castrovilli; Gonzalez, Vlahovic, Maleh

Torino (3-4-2-1): Milinkovic-Savic; Djidji, Bremer, Rodriguez; Singo, Lukic, Mandragora, Aina; Pjaca, Linetty; Belotti

Juventus vs. Empoli

Juventus (4-4-2): Szczesny; Cuadrado, De Ligt, Chiellini, Alex Sandro; Chiesa, Bentancur, Locatelli, Bernardeschi; Dybala, Morata

Empoli (4-3-1-2): Vicario; Stojanovic, Ismajli, Romagnoli, Marchizzia; Haas, Ricci, Bandinelli; Bajrami; Mancuso, Cutrone

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