Massimiliano Allegri will look to Alvaro Morata and Dusan Vlahovic against Villarreal in the first leg of the Champions League Round of 16.
It kicks off at 20.00 UK at the Estadio de la Cerámica and it’s the first-ever meeting between the Bianconeri and the Spanish club in the Champions League.
Juventus have travelled to Spain without the injured Giorgio Chiellini, Daniele Rugani, Federico Chiesa, Paulo Dybala and Federico Bernardeschi. Morata and Vlahovic are set to start up front, with the 22-year-old making his Champions League debut.
Morata has scored two goals in his last four games against Villarreal. Leonardo Bonucci is available but unlikely to start, so Matthijs de Ligt will be the only natural centre-back featuring in Juventus’ XI. Danilo will partner the Dutch defender in centre defence with Mattia De Sciglio at right-back and Alex Sandro on the other wing.
Weston McKennie is expected to start over Adrien Rabiot, with Arthur and Manuel Locatelli in the middle of the park. Juan Cuadrado is one yellow card away from suspension.
Villarreal are without the injured Gerard Moreno, Ruben Pena and Francis Coquelin.
Villarreal vs. Juventus: probable line-ups
Villarreal (4-4-2): Rulli; Foyth, Albiol, Pau Torres, Pedraza; Chukwueze, Parejo, Iborra, Alberto Moreno; Lo Celso, Danjuma.
Juventus (4-4-2): Szczesny; De Sciglio, Danilo, De Ligt, Alex Sandro; Cuadrado, Locatelli, Arthur, McKennie; Vlahovic, Morata.
Don’t know why they insist on playing Arthur. He’s useless. Get zakaria in.
Arthur is much better than Locatelli. The latter was a flop in the last two games and could not play as the anchorman, just another bentancur
As far as I remember, this is the very first time Arthur and Locatelli will start together and those rare moments they have played together so far, it has worked quite well (like those last 20 min against Rome). Let’s give him a change…
@Bianconero, lol. I guess you are really angry this morning. But nevertheless I see Juve going through to the next round.
Are we ever going to see a midfield of Arthur, Locatelli and Zakaria???
Why always rabbiot
Lets see what happens. No Rabiot, hopefully. Zakaria is there as an option from the bench. Hopefully Sandro doesn’t give away any stupid goals
Would be miracle to not see rabiot, but its very slim chances
pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls …no Sandro. How many f*ck ups does a player have to make to lose his place in the team??? He is simply AWFUL!!!
Btw I feel very positive before this game, feel its can be good