Coppa Italia Round of 16 Liveblog: Juventus vs. Udinese

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Juventus get their Coppa Italia campaign underway with a visit from Udinese in the Round of 16.

The Bianconeri have won their last two matches between Serie A and the Champions League, and are unbeaten across their last seven coming into their first Coppa Italia match of the season.

Udinese are coming in off the back of a 2-0 win over Parma in Serie A over the weekend, and have already beaten Carrarese and Palermo in the earlier rounds of the cup so far this season.

The Bianconeri are wihout Dusan Vlahovic, Gleison Bremer, Daniele Rugani and Mattia Perin, while Udinese have travelled without Thomas Kristensen and Hassane Kamara.

Kick-off is due at 20.00 GMT (21.00 CET).

Vlahovic is Juve’s leading goalscorer across all competitions so far this season (six), but is expected to miss anywhere from three to five months with a high-grade tear in his adductor muscles. Kenan Yildiz and Jonathan David start against Udinese.

It looks to be a 4-4-2 from Luciano Spalletti this evening, with Pierre Kalulu and Juan Cabal at full-back, Federico Gatti and Lloyd Kelly at centre-back and Andrea Cambiaso and Weston McKennie as the wide midfielders.

Juventus (4-4-2):Di Gregorio; Kalulu, Gatti, Kelly, Cabal; McKennie, Koopmeiners, Miretti, Cambiaso; Yildiz, David.

Udinese (3-5-2): Sava; Palma, Solet, Bertola; Ehizibue, Lovric, Zarraga, Atta, Zemura; Zaniolo, Buksa.