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·16 February 2025
Serie A: Juventus vs. Inter – Probable line-ups and where to watch

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·16 February 2025
Thiago Motta will put his faith in Randal Kolo Muani again, while Simone Inzaghi looks set to name a partnership of Lautaro Martinez and Mehdi Taremi for the Derby d’Italia between Juventus and Inter in Serie A on Sunday evening.
Kick-off is set for 19.45 GMT.
Juventus are the hosts at the Allianz Stadium, and are currently on a run of three consecutive victories across all competitions; The longest winning streak since Thiago Motta took over at the start of the season.
Inter, meanwhile, have an opportunity to move to the top of the table with a win against the Bianconeri following Napoli’s entertaining 2-2 draw with Lazio on Saturday evening.
MILAN, ITALY – OCTOBER 27: Henrikh Mkhitaryan of FC Internazionale scores his team’s second goal during the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and Juventus at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on October 27, 2024 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)
Multiple outlets suggest that Thiago Motta will start Kenan Yildiz from the substitutes’ bench this evening, in favour of an attacking trio of Francisco Conceicao, Weston McKennie and either Nico Gonzalez or Samuel Mbangula.
Yildiz was also withdrawn at half-time of Juve’s 2-1 Champions League win over PSV on Tuesday evening.
Randal Kolo Muani is expected to be given the nod over Dusan Vlahovic up front.
Teun Koopmeiners could line up in a deeper midfield role again. Tuttosport claim that Manuel Locatelli will be rested for PSV in the Champions League on Wednesday, which would mean a start for Khephren Thuram.
Douglas Luiz is unavailable with a minor injury concern. Pierre Kalulu is still out, as are the long-term absentees Gleison Bremer, Juan Cabal and Arkadiusz Milik.
epa11889200 Juventus’ Weston McKennie (L) celebrates with his teammates after scoring the 1-0 goal during the UEFA Champions League play-offs first leg soccer match between Juventus FC and PSV Eindhoven, in Turin, Italy, 11 February 2025. EPA-EFE/ALESSANDRO DI MARCO
Inter welcomed Marcus Thuram back to training on Saturday following his first-half withdrawal from the 2-1 win over Fiorentina on Monday night, but that has come too little too late for him to start against Juventus.
Mehdi Taremi is expected to start alongside Lautaro Martinez in attack.
Denzel Dumfries is back from his one-match suspension, and Federico Dimarco has recovered from the flu that kept him out of the Fiorentina victory on Monday. Both should start at wing-back with Inzaghi’s preferred midfield three of Nicolo Barella, Hakan Calhanoglu and Henrich Mkitaryan between them.
Francesco Acerbi is back and is likely to start over Stefan De Vrij in the middle of the back three. Benjamin Pavard and Alessandro Bastoni are also expected to play in defence.
MILAN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 10: Internazionale players celebrate their 1st goal, an own goal by Marin Pongracic of Fiorentina, during the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and Fiorentina at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on February 10, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)
Juventus (4-2-3-1): Di Gregorio; Weah, Gatti, Veiga, Savona; Thuram, Koopmeiners; Conceicao, McKennie, N.Gonzalez; Kolo Muani.
Inter (3-5-2): Sommer; Pavard, Acerbi, Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; L.Martinez, Taremi.
Tonight’s match will be available to watch in the UK on OneFootball. Supporters in the USA are able to watch through Paramount+. The game will be shown on DAZN in Italy.
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