Thiago Motta's Juventus are still in the race to end up in the top eight of the UEFA Champions League's standings, but will need to win against Benfica and also hope for some results on the different matches around Europe.

The upcoming game between Juventus and Empoli FC will be a matchup featuring two offensive stars. Both teams’ leading scorers (Dusan Vlahovic and Sebastiano Esposito. respectively) are

Motta hinted during his pre-match press conference that Douglas Luiz could get a start against Benfica. Luiz, who has very much not lived up to expectations after his big-money move from Aston Villa last summer, was also in the starting lineup for Juve’s draw against Club Brugge last week.

Juventus enter Champions League Matchday 8 with a spot in the next round locked up, but if they are going to make the top eight and earn a bye into the round of 16, a lot has to go their way for them to jump 11 spots.

Dusan Vlahovic could take advantage of Kolo Muani’s ineligibility for the Champions League to return to Juventus’ starting XI in their last league phase game against Benfica.It kicks off at 21:00