Serie A line-ups: Juventus vs. Venezia
TURIN, ITALY - DECEMBER 11: Weston McKennie of Juventus scores his team's second goal during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD6 match between Juventus and Manchester City at Juventus Stadium on December 11, 2024 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)
Juventus beat Manchester City and now want to revitalise their Serie A form against Gianluca Busio’s Venezia with Weston McKennie and Tim Weah stepping in.
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 this game, Cagliari-Atalanta and Udinese-Napoli on the Liveblog.
The Bianconeri caused shockwaves on Wednesday when defeating Manchester City 2-0 here in the Champions League with goals from Dusan Vlahovic and substitute McKennie.
Now they hope to bring some of that form to Serie A, where they remain unbeaten, but have also played three consecutive stalemates against Bologna, Lecce and Milan.
They are slipping further and further away from the top spot and also continue to deal with an injury crisis, missing Andrea Cambiaso, Jonas Rouhi, Arek Milik, Gleison Bremer and Juan Cabal.
The good news is the return of Nico Gonzalez on the bench after two months out, while McKennie and Weah step into the starting XI.
There is no rest for Kenan Yildiz, Teun Koopmeiners or Vlahovic.
Gianluca Busio Venezia Genoa (Photo by Timothy Rogers/Getty Images)Venezia coach Eusebio Di Francesco continues to hang by a thread after disastrous form, though he did manage to interrupt the run of four consecutive defeats with a 2-2 home draw against Como.
Jesse Joronen, Alfred Duncan, Richie Sagrado and Antonio Raimondo are out of action.
USMNT man Busio supports Gaetano Oristanio and Joel Pohjanpalo, while Juventus-owned Hans Nicolussi Caviglia is particularly eager to impress in midfield.
Juventus: Di Gregorio; Savona, Gatti, Kalulu, Danilo; K Thuram, McKennie; Weah, Koopmeiners, Yildiz; Vlahovic
Venezia: Stankovic; Idzes, Svoboda, Sverko; Zampano, Andersen, Nicolussi Caviglia, Ellertsson; Busio, Oristanio; Pohjanpalo
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