Torino coach Walter Mazzarri is feeling the pressure and could rely on Simone Verdi in this evening's Derby della Mole, while Juventus miss Miralem Pjanic again.

The Granata have had a disappointing start to the season, and currently sit in 13th position with five defeats in their opening 10 Serie A games.

Defender Nicolas Nkoulou is out through suspension, to be replaced by Brazilian defender Lyanco and Koffi Djidji.

Torino coach Walter Mazzarri is feeling the pressure and could rely on Simone Verdi in this evening's Derby della Mole, while Juventus miss Miralem Pjanic again.

The Granata have had a disappointing start to the season, and currently sit in 13th position with five defeats in their opening 10 Serie A games.

Defender Nicolas Nkoulou is out through suspension, to be replaced by Brazilian defender Lyanco and Koffi Djidji.

Simone Verdi is expected to play with Andrea Belotti in attack, due to the absence of Iago Falque, leaving Simone Zaza on the bench.

Tomas Rincon is not 100 per cent fit, but Cristian Asnaldi should make his return.

Juventus have midfielder Adrien Rabiot suspended and Miralem Pjanic is a doubt for the derby due to the knock he sustained against Lecce last weekend.

Rodrigo Bentancur is therefore expected to start in central midfield again after the experiment against Genoa.

Wojciech Szczesny will return in place of Gigi Buffon, having been rested in midweek.

Mattia De Sciglio may start at left-back, but it looks likely that Alex Sandro will get the nod.

Gonzalo Higuain returns after sitting out the 2-1 win over Genoa on Wednesday with a head injury, but Paulo Dybala and Cristiano Ronaldo are the favourites, with support from Federico Bernardeschi. 

Torino (probable): Sirigu; Izzo, Lyanco, Bremer; De Silvestri, Baselli, Meite, Lukic, Ansaldi; Verdi, Belotti

Juventus (probable): Szczesny; Cuadrado, Bonucci, De Ligt, Alex Sandro; Emre Can, Bentancur, Matuidi; Bernardeschi; Ronaldo, Higuain

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