Aiming to extend their perfect start in this season's Champions League, Italian giants Juventus will meet Stuttgart for the first time ever on Tuesday evening.

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Showing great spirit to turn the game on its head despite only having 10 men, Juventus battled back twice to claim a 3-2 victory over RB Leipzig earlier this month, returning to Turin with maximum points against all the odds.

The Bianconeri posted back-to-back Champions League wins as Dusan Vlahovic twice cancelled out goals from another star striker, Benjamin Sesko, with the second coming soon after goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio was sent off.

Substitute Francisco Conceicao then slalomed through the home defence to snatch victory with a late winner, building on Juve's 3-1 defeat of Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven a fortnight earlier.

This week, Thiago Motta could become just the third Juventus coach to win his first three Champions League matches, after legendary duo Fabio Capello (2004) and Marcelo Lippi (1995), which would further highlight his arrival as one of Europe's elite managers.

Dating back to Max Allegri's ill-fated second spell in charge, which concluded with a Coppa Italia triumph last season, Juve are unbeaten in their last 16 games across all competitions - but they left it late to beat 10-man Lazio at the weekend.

That success took them back to the Serie A summit for a few hours at least, while ending a three-game winless run at the Allianz Stadium in domestic competition.

Ahead of Sunday's Derby d'Italia against reigning champions Inter Milan, Motta's men must now tackle Stuttgart, who already have a five-point deficit to their hosts in the 36-team league-phase table.

Showing great spirit to turn the game on its head despite only having 10 men, Juventus battled back twice to claim a 3-2 victory over RB Leipzig earlier this month, returning to Turin with maximum points against all the odds.

The Bianconeri posted back-to-back Champions League wins as Dusan Vlahovic twice cancelled out goals from another star striker, Benjamin Sesko, with the second coming soon after goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio was sent off.

Substitute Francisco Conceicao then slalomed through the home defence to snatch victory with a late winner, building on Juve's 3-1 defeat of Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven a fortnight earlier.

This week, Thiago Motta could become just the third Juventus coach to win his first three Champions League matches, after legendary duo Fabio Capello (2004) and Marcelo Lippi (1995), which would further highlight his arrival as one of Europe's elite managers.

Dating back to Max Allegri's ill-fated second spell in charge, which concluded with a Coppa Italia triumph last season, Juve are unbeaten in their last 16 games across all competitions - but they left it late to beat 10-man Lazio at the weekend.

That success took them back to the Serie A summit for a few hours at least, while ending a three-game winless run at the Allianz Stadium in domestic competition.

Ahead of Sunday's Derby d'Italia against reigning champions Inter Milan, Motta's men must now tackle Stuttgart, who already have a five-point deficit to their hosts in the 36-team league-phase table.

Juventus possible starting lineup:

Perin; Savona, Kalulu, Gatti, Cabal; Locatelli, Fagioli; Cambiaso, Yildiz, Mbangoula; Vlahovic

Stuttgart possible starting lineup:

Nubel; Stenzel, Rouault, Chabot, Mittelstadt; Karazor, Stiller; Millot, Undav, Leweling; Demirovic