Juventus must decide whether to start Cristiano Ronaldo, Paulo Dybala and Gonzalo Higuain together for the Supercoppa Italiana, while Lazio have their ideal XI.

It kicks off in Riyadh at 16.45 GMT and is the traditional clash between the Scudetto winners and Coppa Italia holders.

These two teams met at the Stadio Olimpico on December 7 and Lazio emerged 3-1 victors, inflicting what to date remains the only defeat Maurizio Sarri has suffered on the Juve bench.

Juventus must decide whether to start Cristiano Ronaldo, Paulo Dybala and Gonzalo Higuain together for the Supercoppa Italiana, while Lazio have their ideal XI.

It kicks off in Riyadh at 16.45 GMT and is the traditional clash between the Scudetto winners and Coppa Italia holders.

These two teams met at the Stadio Olimpico on December 7 and Lazio emerged 3-1 victors, inflicting what to date remains the only defeat Maurizio Sarri has suffered on the Juve bench.

Since that setback, he has used the all-star trio of Dybala, Ronaldo and Higuain together from the start twice, earning wins over Udinese and Sampdoria, but this would be a far riskier fixture to try it in.

Nonetheless, there are growing reports Sarri does intend to use the trident nickname Dygualdo from the start in Riyadh.

If not, then either Dybala or more likely Higuain would be benched in favour of Federico Bernardeschi, as Aaron Ramsey is not considered fit enough to start.

Giorgio Chiellini and Sami Khedira are the only absentees, as Alex Sandro and Wojciech Szczesny have shaken off knocks, while Rodrigo Bentancur returns from suspension.

Matthijs de Ligt was left out of the last three games, initially due to injury, but then because of Merih Demiral’s strong form, although it’s like the former Ajax defender will return for this trophy decider.

As for Lazio, Simone Inzaghi has practically a full squad at his disposal and can therefore field his ideal XI.

That would have Luis Alberto and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic in midfield, supporting Joaquin Correa and Ciro Immobile, with Felipe Caicedo ready to come off the bench in the second half.

Luis Alberto is believed to be carrying a knock, but wouldn’t miss this showdown.

Probable Supercoppa line-ups

Juventus (4-3-3): Szczesny; Cuadrado, Bonucci, De Ligt, Alex Sandro; Bentancur, Pjanic, Matuidi; Dybala, Ronaldo, Higuain

Lazio (3-5-2): Strakosha; Luiz Felipe, Acerbi, Radu; Lazzari, Milinkovic-Savic, Lucas Leiva, Luis Alberto, Lulic; Immobile, Correa

Ref: Calvarese

VAR: Mazzoleni

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