La Liga champions Atletico Madrid will be without influential midfielder and captain Gabi for their crucial Champions League match at home to Juventus on Wednesday.

The 31-year-old picked up an ankle injury during the 4-0 win over Sevilla at the weekend and hasn't been included in Diego Simeone's 18-man squad for the match.

Atletico are in desperate need of the points at the Vicente Calderon after losing their opening game in the group 3-2 to Olympiakos two weeks ago.

Juventus, by contrast, got off to a winning start as they downed Malmo 2-0 a fortnight ago thanks to two goals from Carlos Tevez.