Juventus unleash Dusan Vlahovic and Denis Zakaria for their debuts with Paulo Dybala and Alvaro Morata in a 4-3-3 formation, while Verona miss Giovanni Simeone.

It kicks off at the Allianz Juventus Stadium at 19.45 GMT.

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s six Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.

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The Bianconeri have the opportunity to break into the top four for the first time this season, as Atalanta suffered a shock 2-1 home defeat to Cagliari.

Max Allegri can revamp his squad after the January transfer window, throwing Vlahovic and Zakaria straight into the starting XI after their arrival from Fiorentina and Borussia Monchengladbach.

Manuel Locatelli is suspended, with Federico Bernardeschi, Alex Sandro and Federico Chiesa out of action, while Juan Cuadrado and Leonardo Bonucci are not 100 per cent fit.

It’s a 4-3-3 formation with Zakaria in midfield, Vlahovic flanked by Dybala and Morata.

Hellas Verona have done remarkably well this term since Igor Tudor, a former Juventus player and assistant manager under Andrea Pirlo, took over.

Top scorer Simeone is suspended, while Gianluca Caprari, Gianluca Frabotta, Pawel Dawidowicz and Marco Davide Faraoni are carrying knocks.

Martin Hongla is still at the Africa Cup of Nations, so Kevin Lasagna gets the nod upfront with Antonin Barak and Adrian Tameze.

Juventus: Szczesny; Danilo, De Ligt, Chiellini, De Sciglio; Zakaria, Arthur, Rabiot; Dybala, Vlahovic, Morata

Verona: Montipò; Casale, Gunter, Ceccherini; Depaoli, Ilic, Veloso, Lazovic; Barak, Tameze; Lasagna

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