Juventus” data-scaytid=”1″>Juventus field Paul Pogba, Carlos Tevez and Fernando Llorente in their Champions League opener against Malmo.

Juventus field Paul Pogba, Carlos Tevez and Fernando Llorente in their Champions League opener against Malmo.

It kicks off at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT) at the Juventus Stadium in Turin. They are in the same group as Atletico Madrid and Olympiacos.

Max Allegri made a winning start to his Serie A career on the Bianconeri bench, beating Chievo 1-0 and Udinese 2-0.

The pressure is on the club to deliver in Europe, having crashed out in the group stage last season under Antonio Conte.

Arturo Vidal, Andrea Pirlo and Andrea Barzagli are injured, while new signing Roberto Pereyra is suspended from his time at Udinese.

Giorgio Chiellini gets to make his season debut, having been ruled out by injury and a Serie A ban so far, while Martin Caceres steps in.

Claudio Marchisio takes on the Pirlo role with Patrice Evra out wide, moving Kwadwo Asamoah into a more central position, while Tevez and Llorente are again the front two.

There is pressure on Tevez, who has not scored a Champions League goal since April 2009.

Statisticians will also be concerned that Juve have not won their first match of the group phase since 2008 against Zenit, drawing their next four.

Swedes Malmo make their first ever foray into the Champions League group phase, last reaching this tournament in 1990-91, and these clubs have never previously crossed paths.

Malmo did take part in the European Cup and reached the Final in 1979, losing to Nottingham Forest.

They fought their way through the preliminary rounds, eliminating FK Ventspils, Sparta Prague and Salzburg, and are currently top of their domestic League.

Simon Thern and Ricardinho are out injured until October, but their big star is Markus Rosenberg, who scored 10 goals in his last 11 games in all competition.

Juventus: Buffon; Caceres, Bonucci, Chiellini; Lichtsteiner, Pogba, Marchisio, Asamoah, Evra; Tevez, Llorente

Juventus bench: Storari, Romulo, Ogbonna, Padoin, Coman, Giovinco, Morata

Malmo: Olsen; Tinnerholm, E Johansson, Halsti, Helander, Konate; Eriksson, Adu, Forsberg: Thelin, Rosenberg

Malmo bench: Azinovic, Hammar, Kroon, Cibicki, Nazari, Rakip, Mehmeti

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