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Juventus can go three points clear of Roma against struggling Empoli, so start Alvaro Morata and Sebastian Giovinco.

It kicks off at the Stadio Castellani at 17.00 GMT, click here for a match preview.

This is a very special day for Juve, as it represents the 117th anniversary of the club’s foundation.

The Bianconeri are under pressure after a shock 1-0 defeat to Genoa on Wednesday evening, which ended their unbeaten record and allowed Roma to catch them at the top of the table.

However, this afternoon the Giallorossi lost 2-0 at Napoli, so a win in Tuscany would restore a three-point gap.

Max Allegri must also take into account the upcoming Champions League showdown with Olympiacos in Turin.

Therefore Morata and Giovinco are given rare starts and Andrea Pirlo plays again in a bid to help him find match fitness, resting Carlos Tevez, Paul Pogba, Stephan Lichtsteiner and Fernando Llorente.

Andrea Barzagli, Patrice Evra and Martin Caceres are all unavailable.

Juve have scraped one point and one goal from their last four away games in all competition, a run Allegri confessed was “disastrous.”

Empoli hope to keep that losing streak going and end their own negative spell, having put together a draw and two consecutive defeats.

Simone Verdi is still out injured along with Luigi Sepe and Tiberio Guarente.

Therefore Udinese-owned Piotr Zielinski starts behind strikers Manuel Pucciarelli and Massimo Maccarone with Mirko Valdifiori pulling the midfield strings.

Empoli: Bassi; Laurini, Tonelli, Rugani, Mario Rui; Vecino, Valdifiori, Croce; Zielinski, Maccarone, Pucciarelli

Juventus: Buffon; Bonucci, Ogbonna, Chiellini; Pereyra, Vidal, Pirlo, Marchisio, Asamoah; Giovinco, Morata

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