Serie A official line-ups: Cagliari vs. Juventus

TURIN, ITALY - DECEMBER 17: Dusan Vlahovic of Juventus scores his team's first goal during the Coppa Italia match between Juventus FC and Cagliari Calcio at Allianz Stadium on December 17, 2024 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)

Dusan Vlahovic returns to the Juventus starting XI after almost a month, with Lloyd Kelly moved to centre-back for the trip to Cagliari.

It kicks off at the Unipol Domus at 19.45 GMT.

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

It has been a mixed bag over the last week for the Old Lady, who beat rivals Inter to climb into fourth place, then crashed out of the Champions League play-off in extra time at PSV Eindhoven.

Renato Veiga and Niccolò Savona sustained muscular injuries during that game and are ruled out, along with Pierre Kalulu, Gleison Bremer and Juan Cabal.

Douglas Luiz returns to the squad, but Kelly has to move into central defence, with Andrea Cambiaso and Tim Weah as the full-backs.

The big change is the return of Vlahovic to the starting XI for the first time since January 29, having been pushed out by Randal Kolo Muani.

He is supported by Francisco Conceicao, Weston McKennie and Kenan Yildiz, but Teun Koopmeiners is in midfield.

Cagliari are coming off some positive results, beating Parma 2-1 and holding Atalanta to a goalless draw.

The Sardinians played a surprise 1-1 draw in Turin back in October, but also lost 4-0 to Juventus in the Coppa Italia Round of 16 in December.

Gianluca Gaetano returns to the squad after a knee injury, leaving only Giuseppe Ciocci on the absentee list, though Zito Luvumbo is again not fit enough to start.

Cagliari vs. Juventus official line-ups

Cagliari: Caprile; Zappa, Mina, Luperto, Augello; Makoumbou, Adopo; Zortea, Deiola, Felici; Piccoli

Juventus: Di Gregorio; Weah, Gatti, Kelly, Cambiaso; Locatelli, Koopmeiners; Conceiçao, McKennie, Yildiz; Vlahovic

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