Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo, Paulo Dybala and Gonzalo Higuain, as Lazio look to Ciro Immobile, Joaquin Correa and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.

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

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens on the LIVEBLOG.

Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo, Paulo Dybala and Gonzalo Higuain, as Lazio look to Ciro Immobile, Joaquin Correa and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.

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

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens on the LIVEBLOG.

These two sides met in Serie A only a couple of weeks ago and Lazio emerged 3-1 victors, inflicting what so far remains the only defeat Maurizio Sarri has suffered on the Juve bench.

He changed his tactics over the last couple of games, using Dybala, Higuain and Ronaldo from the start in a trio people are calling Dygualdo.

It was effective in wins over Udinese and Sampdoria, although those are both teams who prefer to sit back and counter.

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 and once again is dropped in favour of Merih Demiral, while Mattia De Sciglio is more defensive than Juan Cuadrado at right-back.

Lazio have won their last eight Serie A fixtures on the bounce, including a comeback in stoppages to beat Cagliari 2-1.

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

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

These clubs have met four times before in the Super Cup, Lazio winning 2-1 in August 1998, Juve gaining revenge 4-0 in August 2013, then 2-0 in August 2015 before Lazio’s 3-2 result in August 2017.

Juventus: Szczesny; De Sciglio, Bonucci, Demiral, Alex Sandro; Bentancur, Pjanic, Matuidi; Dybala, Higuain, Ronaldo

Juventus bench: Buffon, Pinsoglio, de Ligt, Danilo, Rugani, Ramsey, Emre Can, Rabiot, Douglas Costa, Cuadrado, Pjaca, Bernardeschi

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

Lazio bench: Proto, Guerrieri, Bastos, Patric, Parolo, Cataldi, Berisha, Marusic, Jony, André Anderson, Adekanye, Caicedo

Ref: Calvarese

VAR: Mazzoleni

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