Massimiliano Allegri’s Juventus have the chance to rise to the top of the Serie A table with a win away to a resilient Lecce.
The match between the Puglian outfit and the Bianconeri kicks off at 19.45 UK time at the Stadio Via del Mare in Lecce.
Juventus currently trail league leaders Inter by two points and can temporarily leapfrog their rivals to take the top spot with a win away to Lecce. The Nerazzurri are away in Saudi Arabia for the Supercoppa Italiana and won’t be able to respond until next weekend.
The Bianconeri are without Mattia De Sciglio, Adrien Rabiot, Federico Chiesa and Moise Kean, all of whom are out with various injuries.
Lecce have only won once in their last 15 league outings and risk tumbling further down the table if they can’t turn their form around soon. Roberto D’Aversa has a fully fit squad available to him.
When these two teams met back in September, Juventus secured a 1-0 win at home.
Probable line-ups for Lecce vs Juventus
Lecce (4-3-3): Falcone; Gendrey, Baschirotto, Pongracic, Gallo; Gonzalez, Ramadani, Kaba; Oudin, Krstovic, Almqvist.
Juventus (3-5-2): Szczesny; Gatti, Bremer, Danilo; Cambiaso, McKennie, Locatelli, Miretti, Kostic; Vlahovic, Yildiz.