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Your support makes all the difference.Serie A leaders Juventus welcome Roma to Turin as the first of three games for Massimiliano Allegri's side in the next seven days before the winter break.
Juventus find themselves 22 points above Roma in the table, and their home draw to Genoa remains the only blemish on their otherwise perfect league record this season.
Eusebio Di Francesco's team meanwhile have lost all of their previous seven visits to the stadium and have won just twice in their last eight league games, the latest of which came against Genoa last weekend.
Preview
What time does it start?
Juventus vs Roma kicks off at 7:30pm (GMT)
Where can I watch it?
The match will be shown live on Eleven Sports 1 from 7:20pm. Supporters can also watch the match on Eleven Sports through iOS mobile and tablet apps as well as on Android mobiles.
Highlights will be shown at 5:30pm on Eleven Sports 2.
Player to watch…
Cristiano Ronaldo: The Portuguese decided the Turin derby in favour of his side with a well-taken penalty against Torino last weekend. It was his 12th goal in all competitions since joining the club from Real Madrid in the summer, and ensured that Juventus ground out a victory despite a lacklustre performance to extend their lead over second-placed Napoli to 11 points.
Form guide…
Juventus: WWWWLW
Roma: LLDDLW
Odds…
Juventus to win: 2/5
Roma to win: 13/2
Draw: 7/2
(Odds provided by 888 Sport)
GOAL! Juventus 1-0 Roma (Mandzukic 35')
Davide Santon has managed to keep Ronaldo relatively quiet tonight, but he cannot prevent Mandzukic from giving the hosts the lead.
The Croatian looked second favourite for the cross from Matteo Di Sciglio, but he rises above Santon to head past Olsen at the near post for his eighth league goal of the season.
40 min: Juventus 1-0 Roma
The first yellow card of the game goes to Steven Nzonzi after a badly-timed challenge on Mandzukic.
42 min: Juventus 1-0 Roma
Ronaldo is starting to get more joy down the Roma right and holds off a number of weak visitor challenges before firing wide of Olsen's far post.
44 min: Juventus 1-0 Roma
That's better from Roma. Patrick Schick dispossess Giorgio Chiellini before a cross finds Steven Nzonzi who heads at goal.
Szczesny saves easily however.
Half Time: Juventus 1-0 Roma
The hosts are on course for yet another win in the league this season.
Mario Mandzukic's header ten minutes before the break broke the deadlock, while Alex Sandro and Cristiano Ronaldo have also had opportunities, but the brilliance of Robin Olsen kept them at bay.
Roma have possessed some sort of attacking threat, but it will need to be ramped up if they are to claim something here
Roma have lost all seven of their matches at the Allianz Stadium and things aren't going much better here either.
Eusebio Di Francesco has 45 minutes to try and find a solution, and his best way looks to be through the likes of Cengiz Under and Patrik Schick.
Will Roma's miserable run at the home of Juventus continue? Second half kick-off moments away.
46 min: Juventus 1-0 Roma
Roma walk back out to the pitch with 'Highway to Hell' being blared around the stadium, and both players and manager know the magnitude of the task ahead of them.
There's also a change for the visitors, with Florenzi being replaced by Patrick Kluivert.
We're back underway as well.
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