Champions League line-ups: Juventus vs. Galatasaray
Juventus have an epic task after losing the Champions League play-off first leg 5-2 to Victor Osimhen’s Galatasaray, hoping Kenan Yildiz and Jonathan David can turn this around.
It kicks off at the Allianz Juventus Stadium at 20.00 GMT (21.00 CET).
The Bianconeri have plunged into a deep crisis in recent weeks, scraping one draw from their last five competitive games.
That saw them crash out of the Coppa Italia quarter-final, slide to fifth place in Serie A, and be on the verge of Champions League elimination.
They had been leading 2-1 in Istanbul through a Teun Koopmeiners brace, but a disastrous Juan Cabal appearance off the bench saw him sent off and they were beaten 5-2.
Cabal is therefore suspended along with Andrea Cambiaso, while Gleison Bremer is only fit for the bench after a muscular issue.
Kenan Yildiz isn’t fully fit either, but the star man is their best hope of staying in Europe, and supports David upfront with Francisco Conceicao.
It means the ever-versatile Weston McKennie fills in at left-back this time, with Emil Holm, Dusan Vlahovic and Arek Milik injured.
Mattia Perin takes over the gloves following a series of Michele Di Gregorio howlers, including in the weekend’s 2-0 home defeat to Como.
Former Napoli striker Noa Lang scored twice in the Galatasaray home game and starts again this evening, while Osimhen has shaken off a knee injury to play upfront.
Mario Lemina is available to face his former club, having missed the first leg through suspension.
As the away goals rule no longer applies, Juventus must win by three clear goals to force extra time or even penalties.
Juventus vs. Galatasaray line-ups
Juventus: Perin; Kalulu, Gatti, Kelly, McKennie; Koopmeiners, Locatelli, K Thuram; Conceicao, David, Yildiz
Juventus bench: Di Gregorio, Pinsoglio, Bremer, Zhegrova, Boga, Adzic, Kostic, Openda, Miretti, Gil, Rizzo
Galatasaray: Cakir; Sallai, Sanchez, Bardakci, Jakobs; Torreira, Lemina; Alper Yilmaz, Gabriel Sara, Lang; Osimhen
Galatasaray bench: Batuhan Sen, Gunay Guvenc, Icardi, Sané, Yunus Akgun, Eren Elmali, Gundogan, Ahmed Kutucu, Asprilla, Kaan Ayhan, Singo, Boey
Ref: Joao Pinheiro (POR)
Player statistic
| Carlo Pinsoglio | -5' |
| 14' | Victor Osimhen | |||
| Lloyd Kelly | 25' | |||
| Kenan Yıldız | 31' | |||
| 33' | Roland Sallai | |||
| Manuel Locatelli | 37' |