Girona almost take the lead! Douglas Luiz, on loan from Manchester City, pings in a 20-yard shot, which Marc-Andre ter Stegen has to dive to keep out.

Michael Olunga's rebound is also saved by the German, but he was offside so that wouldn't have counted.

Lively opening in Italy.

Juan Cuadrado goes on a mazy run which takes him past a couple of Torino defenders and ends with the Colombian dinking the ball narrowly over the bar.

Luis Suarez rushes a shot from Andres Iniesta's left-wing cross and he puts it well wide from eight yards out.

Some independence chants being heard at the match, the Catalan vote on independence is scheduled for 1 October.

Torino's Brazilian defender Lyanco almost commits defensive suicide with a back pass which has his keeper scrambling back to clear with his feet.

Lyanco is wearing the number 97 shirt while Torino even have a number 99 in their squad.

Aleix Vidal, who is playing at part of Barcelona's attacking line-up rather than at right-back, has the first shot of the game. Andres Iniesta plays a through ball to Vidal, who forces a save from Gorka Iraizoz - from an angle he was never going to score from.

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Juventus 0-0 Torino

Less than 90 seconds on the clock and Torino's M'Baye Niang goes in hard on Juan Cuadrado. It's a real cruncher but the referee keeps his cards in his pocket.

The tone is set...

Javier Mascherano tries to pick Lionel Messi out with a pass over the top, but Girona get it clear. This is arguably the biggest game in their history,

Under way in Turin where the atmosphere is red hot.

The first ever Girona v Barcelona La Liga derby is under way.

Paulo Dybala, who has scored eight goals in five Serie A games this season, starts for Juventus.

Goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, who was on the bench for the midweek win over Fiorentina, is back in the side.

Juventus: Buffon, Lichtsteiner, Benatia, Chiellini, Sandro, Matuidi, Pjanic, Cuadrado, Dybala, Costa, Mandzukic.

Torino have been given permission to start Venezuela midfielder Tomas Rincon, who is on loan from Juve.

Torino: Sirigu, De Silvestri, N’Koulou, Lyanco, Ansaldi, Rincon, Baselli, Falque, Ljajic, Niang, Belotti.

John McEnerney: Two derbies with the giants going to come out on top. Barcelona to bang in geansai load* in Girona, could be closer in Turin but a Juve win

*translation = a lot

We will also bring you regular updates from the Turin derby in Serie A. Perennial champions Juventus and Torino are both unbeaten. Juve have won all five games, with Torino also flying with three wins and two draws.

Earlier today, Real Madrid broke into the top four with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Alaves, who have lost their opening six games.

Dani Ceballos, a summer signing from Real Betis, scored twice on his first league start for Madrid.

Alaves were briefly level through Manu Garcia's header - their only goal of the season to date.

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And Atletico Madrid beat top-four rivals Sevilla 2-0 thanks to goals from Yannick Carrasco and Antoine Griezmann. Diego Costa watched that game.

Girona are the eighth Catalan side to play in La Liga, with Barcelona and Espanyol the two regulars in the top flight.

According to the Barcelona website, , externalthe others are Europa, Sabadell, Lleida, Condal (who later merged with another team to become Barcelona B) and most recently Gimnastic de Tarragona.

Andy West
Spanish football writer

This weekend Girona will play by far the biggest game in their history - their first league derby against mighty neighbours Barcelona.

Girona, a small but attractive medieval city located an hour's drive north of Barcelona, have reached incredible heights.

But Saturday's match is much more than a Catalan affair and will also be followed very closely in an industrial corner of north-western England by the team that has just invested in them - Manchester City.

Find out more here.

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Barcelona make six changes from the side who thrashed Eibar 6-1 on Tuesday. Luis Suarez, Ivan Rakitic, Sergi Roberto, Jordi Alba, Aleix Vidal and Samuel Umtiti all come in. Gerard Pique and Sergio Busquets are among the players to drop to the bench.

Lionel Messi, unsurprisingly, keeps his place after hitting FOUR GOALS against Eibar.

Three of Manchester City's five loanees start for Girona, Aleix Garcia, Douglas Luiz and Pablo Maffeo.

Girona: Gorka, Maffeo, Ramalho, Bernardo, Juanpe, Aday, Pons, Garcia, Luiz, Portu, Olunga.

Barcelona: Ter Stegen, Roberto, Mascherano, Umtiti, Alba, Rakitic, Vidal, Iniesta, Paulinho, Messi, Suarez.

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Barcelona were meant to struggle this season after losing boss Luis Enrique and then star striker Neymar.

It was looking that way after they lost the Spanish Super Cup 5-1 to Real Madrid on aggregate in August.

But since then, they have won all five La Liga games - scoring 17 and conceding twice - and thumped Champions League finalists Juventus 3-0 in their group opener.

Tonight they play a new La Liga Catalan derby - away to promoted minnows Girona.