Atletico Madrid v Juventus: Predicted lineups

Published October 1st, 2014 - 01:11 GMT
Atletico Madrid squad
Atletico Madrid squad

Atletico Madrid (0-0-1) hosts Juventus in what is likely to be the game of the week as the Spanish Champions look to claw their way back into the fight against the Italian Champions after having suffered a frustrating opening day defeat.

Only Christian Rodriguez is expected to miss out for Diego Simeone and he is likely to revert back to a 4-4-2 to ensure he can try to control the midfield that Juventus are sure to pack.

Juventus (1-0-0) won their opening match of the group stage and a victory in Spain could well and truly hamper Atletico's chances of coming back to even advance much less win the group and would give the Italians a massive advantage.

Luca Marrone, Andrea Barzagli and Andrea Pirlo remain absent while Martin Caceres is a match time decision.

Projected Lineups

Atletico XI: Moya: Juanfran, Miranda, Godin, Siqueira; Turan, Tiago, Gabi, Koke; Mandzukic, Garcia.

Juventus XI: Buffon: Ogbonna, Bonucci, Chiellini; Lichtsteiner, Vidal, Marchisio, Pogba, Evra; Tevez, Llorente.

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