Juventus vs Tottenham Hotspur: A tactical overview

#2 The Midfield battle

Miralem Pjanic and Sami Khedira are the indispensables of Juventus's midfield

Games of this calibre are always decided in this part of the field. Massimiliano Allegri likes to shuffle his midfield, but the two players who always have been constant are Miralem Pjanic and Sami Khedira. Allegri starts with a three-man midfield, with Sturaro or Matuidi with Pjanic and Khedira.

Mauricio Pochettino always plays with a 4-2-3-1 formation, where Eric Dier and Mousa Dembele act has the holding midfielders which a lot of freedom to Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen.

One thing which favours Juventus here is the depth in their squad; they can use Sturaro or Marchisio or Blaise Matuidi. Marchisio gives them more experience, while the other two gives them pace to support their forwards Mandzukic and Higuain.

Tottenham, have Victor Wanyama who gives them strength but Pochettino may field an unchanged midfield for the Champions League clash after winning the North London Derby this weekend.