MILAN (AP): Juventus need a win to stay in touch with the top two teams in Group A of the Champions League.

Visiting Olympiakos have the same amount of points as Atletico Madrid, with Juventus three points behind.

Atletico, last year's runner-up, visit Malmo, which earned their only points by beating Olympiakos the last time they played at home in the competition.

But the Swedish team lost in Madrid 5-0.

Andrea Pirlo is coming into form just as Juventus need him the most.

The midfielder missed the first month of the season with a bruised hip after getting injured in a preseason match.

Pirlo scored his first goal of the season on Saturday with a free kick which helped Juventus to a 2-0 win at Empoli and sent the three-time defending champions three points clear at the top of the Serie A standings.

Juventus coach, Massimiliano Allegri, knows anything but a win would leave Juventus on the verge of elimination from the group stage for the second straight season.

"To improve we have to stay calm and not let ourselves be influenced by what people say," Allegri said. "There's no European complex here. We do, however, have just three points and we need to put that right.