Team News: Kingsley Coman partners Mario Mandzukic in Juventus attack

France Under-21 forward Kingsley Coman partners Mario Mandzukic up front for Juventus in their Serie A opener against Udinese.

The 19-year-old has been preferred to Fernando Llorente and summer signing Paulo Dybala in attack after featuring in the Supercoppa Italiana earlier this month.

Roberto Pereyra starts against his former club after completing a permanent transfer from Udinese this summer, while fellow new arrivals Neto, Alex Sandro and Simone Zaza have to settle for places on the substitutes bench alongside Llorente and Dybala.

For Udinese, summer signings Edenilson, Manuel Iturra and Ali Adnan are given their first starts, while Cyril Thereau partners Antonio di Natale in an experienced pairing up top.

Juventus: Buffon; Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini, Lichtsteiner; Pereyra, Padoin, Pogba, Evra; Mandzukic, Coman Subs: Neto, Rubinho, Isla, Caceres, Rugani, Alex Sandro, Sturaro, Vitale, Dybala, Zaza, Llorente

Udinese: Karnezis; Heurtaux, Danilo, Piris, Edenilson; Badu, Iturra, Bruno Fernandes, Ali Adnan; Thereau, Di Natale Subs: Neuton, Zapata, Domizzi, Perica, Pasquale, Widmer, Kone, Perisan, Merkel, Pinzi, Aguirre, Meret