Fiorentina were also held to a 2-2 draw at the weekend, at home to Catania. Juventus are unbeaten in their last eight games, but have drawn five of them. Fiorentina are winless in their last four, but have drawn three of them.

Great save from Fiorentina goalkeeper Artur Boruc within seconds at the other end, denying Pepe by racing off his line to smother.

Vargas shoots wide from the left hand edge of the box, after a bout of pinball on the Juve box.

Matri caught offside in the first minute.

They are off, three minutes late. Juventus kick off.

A fine chorus of the Juve song, and the teams shake hands. The home side resplendent in their away kit of pink, Fiorentina in white.

Riccardo Montolivo is serving a one-match ban, whilst Mattia Cassani and Per Kroldrup are also out.

Fiorentina also play with three up front, with Juan Manuel Vargas and Alessio Cerci alongside Stevan Jovetic. Alberto Gilardino is on the bench, having recovered from a sprained knee.

Juventus play a 4-3-3 system, with Arturo Vidal back to play in midfield, and Mirko Vucinic and Simone Pepe alongside Alessandro Matri in attack. Gianluigi Buffon and Emanuele Giaccherini are still out injured.

JUVENTUS: Storari, Lichtsteiner, Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini, Marchisio, Pirlo, Vidal, Pepe, Matri, Vucinic...Subs: Manninger, Pazienza, Del Piero, De Ceglie, Elia, Quagliarella, Estigarribia. /// FIORENTINA: Boruc, De Silvestri, Gamberini, Natali, Pasqual, Munari, Behrami, Kharja, Cerci, Jovetic, Vargas...Subs: Neto, Silva, Gilardino, Nastasic, Lazzari, Ljajic, Romulo.

Hello and welcome to commentary from the action at the Juventus Stadium, with Juve manager Antonio Conte and Viola manager Sinisa Mihajlovic both under pressure to end the run of draws, and take all three points.