73' Changes from both sides, then. Hopefully that injects a bit of energy back into a game which was in danger of fizzling out. Dybala will be keen to make the most of his time on the pitch after a frustrating start to the season so far.
68' This looks nasty for Klavan. Ounas and Marin take the corner short, the latter eventually chipping the ball into the area. Ronaldo looks to hook it clear but ends up backheeling the ball into the danger zone. Klavan flies through the air and collides head-first with De Ligt, and the former Liverpool man goes straight down. The ball drops in but a goal doesn't appear to have been given, presumably for a foul on De Ligt. Klavan is receiving treatment to a bloody head in the area.
67' Ounas and Pedro combine down the right and De Ligt gets across to block the latter's cross behind for a corner.
65' Rabiot sets Bernardeschi in behind down the left. He gets to the edge of the area and pulls it back to Morata who shoots first time, looking to bend an effort into the top-right corner but sending it just over the crossbar.
64' The game has slipped into a bit of a lull in the last few minutes. Cagliari are going to need to make some changes to have a hope of getting back into this.
62' Cagliari work the ball into the final third but, once again lacking the guile to pick their way through, Rog has a pop from range. It flies over.
60' Ounas looks to inject some energy into a Cagliari attack, driving infield from the right before hitting a crossfield pass to the feet of Sottil on the other side. The move doesn't develop any further, the visitors unable to find a way through the Juve defence.
58' Kulusevski finds Cuadrado in space on the right but his low cross is easy for Walukiewicz to clear at the edge of the six-yard box.
57' Marin tries his luck from range but slips onto his backside as he shoots and spoons his effort way over the crossbar.
56' Juve are getting more space in behind since half-time. Kulusevski drives down the right and squares for Ronaldo who, surprisingly while on a hat-trick, dummies it on to Bernardeschi. His first-time shot is just turned round the post, and the resulting corner is cleared.
53' Off the bar! Demiral meets Cuadrado's corner with a booming header but he puts it onto the woodwork.
53' Cuadrado dances into the area from the right, getting away from Marin and Pisacane but firin his shot straight into a crowd of bodies from a tight angle.
52' Zappa lifts a free-kick from the left towards Pedro at the far post. He nods it back into the middle where Bernardeschi heads clear.
50' Arthur almost sells Buffon short with a pass in the penalty area, but the veteran goalkeeper reacts to it before Simeone has time to react, with the forward already moving in the opposite direction.
49' Rog turns really well away from two Juventus midfielders then puts in a good sliding tackle to win the ball back from a third after losing possession with a heavy touch, but he can't do it all himself and eventually Juve get it back.
47' Kulusevski puts Ronaldo through on goal but he can't quite get away from the last line of defence. He checks back and looks for Morata to his right, but his pass is underhit and cut out.
45' We're back underway for the second half.
Cagliari were on good form coming into this game, but it's a long way back for them now. Their dangermen, Pedro and Simeone, have hardly been in the game.
Juventus go in with a two-goal lead, and they're good value for it. Cagliari started brightly but the hosts got on top pretty early on and haven't looked back. Bernardeschi had a goal ruled out for a tight offside call on Morata in the build-up, but Morata got his assist with seven minutes of the half remaining, holding the ball up for Ronaldo to fire in from the edge of the area. Only a couple of minutes later, he had his second, turning the ball in at the far post after Demiral nodded Cuadrado's corner on to him.
45' + 1' HALF-TIME: JUVENTUS 2-0 CAGLIARI
45' + 1' Ronaldo also moves to eight goals in his first five Serie A appearances this season, drawing level with Dybala's record tally from three years ago. Will he pass it with a hat-trick?
44' Ronaldo hadn't seen a lot of the ball before his opening goal, but he doesn't need to. Two moments of sheer quality from their star man and Juventus will be very confident of winning this game.
42' Ronaldo gets the ball to the right of midfield and drives into space outside the area. It looks as though he's winding up a shot but opts against it, eventually turning back and recycling possession. It comes back to Ronaldo and he tees up Kulusevski at the edge of the box, and his shot deflects behind for a corner.
40' Ronaldo now has seven goals in five games this season. In the three points for a win era, Paulo Dybala is the only Juventus player to score more in their first five appearances in a Serie A campaign. He hit eight in his first five outings in 2017-18, so Ronaldo can still catch him tonight.
37' Cuadrado's free-kick from the right is headed away by Simeone on the line of the six-yard box. It drops to Bernardeschi and he shoots first time, drilling a low effort straight at Cragno. He hit it powerfully through a crowd, but it was a simple enough save.
33' Marin and Rog pass the ball between themselves at the right corner of the Juve area, seemingly unsure what to do with it. Eventually it's played to Ounas on the right, but he has to stretch for it and his cross flies straight behind for a goal kick.
32' Danilo looks to lead a charge forward from defence and gets halfway into the Cagliari half with the ball, but he's tackled in midfield and it spins away for a goal kick.
30' After half an hour, Juventus have had 71 per cent of possession. Going into this game, Cagliari had conceded the most shots on target of any side in the top five European leagues, while Cragno is the only goalkeeper to have made more than 100 saves. They have real problems stopping their opponents from turning possession into goalscoring chances.
29' Juventus are well on top now, and this is the closest they've come so far. Danilo picks out Cuadrado on the right. He pulls the ball back for Kulusevski in the area and he goes for goal, bending a shot just wide of the far bottom corner.
27' Rog fires a pass in to Pedro in the area, but he can't control it properly and a possible chance for the visitors goes begging.
25' Oooh! That was nearly a tap-in for Ronaldo. Juve move the ball from left to right and Morata flicks it on to where Ronaldo looks to be wide open in the area, but Walukiewicz does really well to stretch his leg and poke it out of reach for a corner. Morata meets the corner with a strong header at the near post but he powers his effort over.
25' Bernardeschi shows a good change of pace to burst clear of Zappa down the left, but his cross flies straight into the gloves of Cragno.
23' Kulusevski is proving a real problem on the right. He comes infield again and finds first Ronaldo, then Rabiot, but neither can find room for a shot. Eventually Ronaldo gets the ball back and goes for goal, but his effort towards the top-right corner deflects wide for a corner, which is cleared.
21' A rare lapse in concentration from Ronaldo there. He gets possession in midfield and looks to turn away into space, but leaves the ball behind and Rog comes over to nick it away.
19' Kulusevski causes some indecision in the area as he cuts inside from the right and bends a left-footed cross in from deep. It's half-cleared only as far as Bernardeschi, but his first-time shot from inside the area flies way over the crossbar.
18' Morata and Ronaldo combine with a one-two to try and set the latter free into the area, but Rog makes a good, strong challenge on the Portuguese right on the edge of the box.
16' A good counter-attack from Cagliari breaks down after a heavy touch from Simeone at the edge of the area, and he fouls De Ligt as he looks to win the ball back.
15' Bernardeschi crosses towards Morata from the left, but it's too close to the goalkeeper and Cragno punches clear.
13' Juve are growing into the game now after a slightly sluggish start. Cagliari are still buzzing around with lots of energy, but the home side are looking more assured in possession.
11' GOOOA-no! Juventus have the ball in the net but it won't stand. Rabiot was heavily involved in the build-up, bringing the ball from right to left and playing it to the feet of Morata. He held it up before flicking it round the corner to the unmarked Bernardeschi who lashed home, but the linesman's flag was straight up for offside against Morata.
10' Pisacane does well by his own corner flag, holding onto the ball and winning a throw-in when under pressure from Rabiot and Bernardeschi.
8' Juventus have their first real spell of possession, playing the ball patiently around the Cagliari half before finding Morata in the area. A heavy touch looks to have snuffed out the chance but he battles to win it back before forcing in a cross which is easily cleared.
6' Cagliari look confident. They have won three of their last four games in Serie A - only Roma have won more points in the same time period.
5' Marin knocks Morata over in midfield as he was looking up to try and find Ronaldo, who was making a run ahead of him. Cagliari have started very energetically.
4' Tripaldelli gets to the left byline and pulls a low cross back into the area, but it's cleared away by De Ligt.
3' Pedro wins the ball from Cuadrado in midfield and leads a counter-attack down the left. He makes good progress and lifts a decent cross in to Simeone in the area, but he's eventually crowded out.
2' Morata gets a first opportunity to carry the ball down the right but Klavan does well to shepherd him towards the corner flag and win a throw-in.
1' We're off!
The teams are on their way out onto the pitch. The players are wearing red marks on their faces as part of an ongoing campaign to raise awareness of violence against women. Kick-off is moments away.
Cagliari won the last fixture between these teams, 2-0 at home at the end of July. Before then, Juve had been unbeaten in 18 matches against today’s opponents, winning 15 of those encounters.
It’s welcome back to Dutch international De Ligt, who makes his first appearance since having shoulder surgery in August. With Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini both out, Demiral starts alongside him in the centre of defence. Diego Godin tested positive for Covid-19 during the international break so he’s out for Cagliari, with Nahitan Nandez self-isolating as a precaution.
SUBS: Matteo Tramoni, Guglielmo Vicario, Riccardo Sottil, Gaston Pereiro, Fabrizio Caligara, Andrea Carboni, Leonardo Pavoletti, Christian Oliva, Simone Aresti, Alberto Cerri.
CAGLIARI (4-2-3-1): Alessio Cragno; Fabio Pisacane, Ragnar Klavan, Sebastian Walukiewicz, Gabriele Zappa; Razvan Marin, Marko Rog; Alessandro Tripaldelli, Joao Pedro, Adam Ounas; Giovanni Simeone.
SUBS: Gianluca Frabotta, Giacomo Vrioni, Weston McKennie, Wojciech Szczesny, Manolo Portanova, Alex Sandro, Paulo Dybala, Federico Chiesa, Carlo Pinsoglio.
JUVENTUS (4-4-2): Gianluigi Buffon; Danilo, Matthijs de Ligt, Merih Demiral, Juan Cuadrado; Dejan Kulusevski, Adrien Rabiot, Arthur, Federico Bernardeschi; Cristiano Ronaldo, Alvaro Morata.
Andrea Pirlo’s side have work to do in the title race, having gone into the international break four points behind league leaders AC Milan. Cagliari are three points further back, in 11th.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of this Saturday night Serie A fixture, as Juventus host Eusebio Di Francesco’s Cagliari at the Allianz Stadium.
