Atalanta v Juventus: Match Preview, Team News, Predicted XI | Coppa Italia 2018-19

The defending champions Juventus travel to Bergamo as they face Atalanta at the Atleti Azzurri d'Italia in the quarterfinals of the Coppa Italia 2018-19.

Atalanta are one of the two teams in Italy to take points off the Juventus this season. Nicknamed Orobici, Atalanta came close to an impressive victory over the Bianconeri only to see Portuguese winger Cristiano Ronaldo leveling it up in the 78th minute to end the boxing day affair as a draw, after Juventus had to play more than half an hour with a man down.

The 7th placed team in the Serie A are unbeaten in their last five matches, having scored an impressive 18 goals in the process.

Juventus had one of their worst days in the office in their match against Lazio on Sunday as they struggled for more than an hour to break the Le Aquile defence, before Cristiano Ronaldo scored an 88th minute penalty to guide the team to victory and extend the lead at the top to 11 points.

Here's your team news and predicted XI.

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Team News

Atalanta

Iraq international is yet to rejoin the squad

Gian Piero Gasperini has an almost full strength squad to call upon with the exception of Ali Adnan who still has not rejoined the squad after Iraq were eliminated in the round of 16 of the Asia Cup.

Juventus

Bonucci will be missing for the Bianconeri

Massimiliano Allegri will be missing quite a few key players through injury with Leonardo Bonucci joining the injury list after injuring his ankle. Andrea Barzagli, Mario Mandzukic and Juan Cuadrado are still out injured.

New signing Martin Caceres is not expected to feature for the Old Lady of Turin today.

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Probable Lineup

Atalanta (3-4-1-2): Gollini; Toloi, Palomino, Mancini; Hateboer, Pasalic, De Roon, Gosens; Gomez; Ilicic, Zapata

Juventus (4-3-3): Szczesny; Cancelo, Chiellini, Rugani, Sandro; Can, Pjanic, Matuidi; Dybala, Ronaldo, Bernardeschi