Official: Three players out as Spalletti names Juventus squad for Benfica clash

Just three Juventus players, Dusan Vlahovic, Daniele Rugani and Arkadiusz Milik, are unavailable for tonight’s Champions League match against Benfica.

Juventus coach Luciano Spalletti has named his squad list for tonight’s Champions League match against José Mourinho’s Benfica.

Three unavailable Juventus players vs. Benfica

The only unavailable players for the Bianconeri are Vlahovic, Rugani and Milik, who is injured and also not part of the Serie A giants’ UEFA list for the league phase of the Champions League.

Juventus sit 17th in the Champions League table and have won their last two games in the competition against Bodo/Glimt and Pafos.

Multiple sources in Italy claim that Jonathan David is favourite over Lois Openda to start as a centre-forward at the Allianz Stadium tonight.

Khephren Thuram will return to the Juventus XI after starting on the bench in the latest Serie A match against Cagliari.

Spalletti has won ten of his opening 16 matches as the Juventus coach, drawing four times and losing twice.

Juventus squad list vs. Benfica

La lista dei convocati per la sfida di #UCL di questa sera all’Allianz Stadium #JuveBenfica pic.twitter.com/F0IHeRaR3n

— JuventusFC (@juventusfc) January 21, 2026