Serie A line-ups: Juventus vs. Fiorentina

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Juventus start Dusan Vlahovic, Teun Koopmeiners and Samuel Mbangula against Fiorentina’s Moise Kean and Albert Gudmundsson in a grudge match for the top four.

It kicks off at the Allianz Juventus Stadium in Turin at 17.00 GMT.

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

These clubs have been bitter rivals for decades, which makes it all the spicier when both Vlahovic and Kean are facing their former teams.

Although Juve are unbeaten in Serie A this season, they had played four consecutive stalemates, ended by their 2-1 victory away to rock bottom Monza.

The injury list remains extensive with Tim Weah, Arkadiusz Milik, Jonas Rouhi, Gleison Bremer and Juan Cabal, while Andrea Cambiaso and Douglas Luiz are not at 100 per cent.

Weston McKennie is therefore again used as makeshift left-back.

Having been used in midfield against Monza, Koopmeiners is pushed back up into the trequartista role flanked by Francisco Conceicao and surprisingly Mbangula rather than Kenan Yildiz.

Nico Gonzalez, another more recent former Fiorentina player, is on the bench.

epa11791288 Fiorentina's foward Moise Kean celebrates after scoring the 1-0 goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match ACF Fiorentina vs Udinese Calcio at Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence, Italy, 23 December 2024. EPA-EFE/CLAUDIO GIOVANNINI — epa11791288 Fiorentina’s foward Moise Kean celebrates after scoring the 1-0 goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match ACF Fiorentina vs Udinese Calcio at Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence, Italy, 23 December 2024. EPA-EFE/CLAUDIO GIOVANNINI

Fiorentina had been one of the form teams in Italy with eight Serie A wins on the bounce, but have now lost their last two against Bologna and Udinese.

They also crashed out of the Coppa Italia to Empoli on penalties, but qualified for the Conference League Round of 16.

Edoardo Bove is the only remaining absentee following his medical emergency, so coach Raffaele Palladino – another former Juventus man – has quite a few different options to choose from.

Kean faces his former club and has 10 Serie A goals already this season, supported by Gudmundsson and Andrea Colpani.

Robin Gosens is fatigued, so Fabiano Parisi steps in at left-back.

Both sides have 31 points, although Fiorentina have a game in hand.