Europa League line-ups: Juventus vs. Rennes

Europa League line-ups: Juventus vs. Rennes Juventus start Randal Kolo Muani and Nick Woltemade together for the first time as they try to keep the perfect Europa League start going against Rennes. It kicks off at the Allianz Juventus Stadium in Turin at 17.45 UK time (18.45 CEST). You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from this game, Bournemouth-Milan and Ajax-Atalanta on the Liveblog. TURIN, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 20: Luciano Spalletti, Manager of Juventus, looks on before the Serie A match between Juventus and Atalanta BC at Allianz Stadium on September 20, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images) Juve have been in crisis in Serie A and are fresh off a disastrous 3-0 home defeat to Lazio, yet sit top of the Europa League table after wins over NEC Nijmegen and Celta Vigo. It remains to be seen which version of the Old Lady will turn up this evening, but Luciano Spalletti transforms the tactics by using Woltemade and Kolo Muani together for the first time, something both strikers have been publicly appealing for. This looks to be a 3-4-1-2 formation with Weston McKennie in a free role behind the strikers, Andrea Cambiaso and Zeki Celik pushed into more advanced positions. Francisco Conceicao joins the long list of absentees after a shoulder injury, with Kenan Yildiz, Manuel Locatelli, Jeff Ekhator and Kamil Grabara, while Edon Zhegrova is not on the UEFA list. TURIN, ITALY – OCTOBER 18: Randal Kolo Muani of Juventus runs with the ball during the Serie A match between Juventus and SS Lazio at Allianz Stadium on October 18, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Chris Ricco/Getty Images) Rennes sit sixth in Ligue 1 and have four points from two Europa League games, earning a 0-0 draw away to Sturm Graz and beating OFI Crete 2-1 with a late comeback. They too suffered defeat domestically at the weekend, a 4-3 thriller away to Paris FC decided deep into stoppages. Esteban Lepaul scored a hat-trick of penalties in that match, but he also sustained an ankle injury that forced them to end the game with 10 men, so has not made the trip to Turin. Coach Franck Haise is therefore tempted to change to a three-man defence, which is really more like five at the back, after some poor away results. There are some familiar faces, as former Lazio striker Boulaye Dia starts upfront with Mousa Al-Tamari. Midfielder Valentin Rongier has been linked with Serie A moves in the past, including to Juventus last year. ROME, ITALY – MARCH 04: Boulaye Dia of Lazio scores his team’s second goal past Marco Carnesecchi of Atalanta during the Coppa Italia match between SS Lazio and Atalanta BC at Olimpico Stadium on March 04, 2026 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images) Juventus vs. Rennes line-ups Juventus: Vicario; Gatti, Bremer, Kelly; Cambiaso, Douglas Luiz, Koopmeiners, Celik; McKennie; Woltemade, Kolo Muani Juventus bench: Pinsoglio, Neto, Boga, Kalulu, Alajbegovic, Lucumi, Sarr, Nico Gonzalez, Cabal, Merola Rennes: Samba; Ait Boudlal, Cresswell, Rouault; Reynolds, Thomasson, Rongier, M Camara, Nagida; Dia, Al-Taamari Rennes bench: Lemaitre, Belazzoug, Goncalo Oliveira, Cisse, Blas, Mayenda, Szymanski, Merlin, Do Marcolino, Nordin, Soumaré, Frankowski Ref: Krogh (DEN)