Not many rotations are expected in tonight’s Coppa Italia fixtures, with Roma hosting Cremonese at the Stadio Olimpico and Atalanta meeting Sassuolo at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo.

We begin at 17:00 GMT with Atalanta-Sassuolo.

The Nerazzurri must cope without Ademola Lookman, who will be involved in the AFCON with his national team Nigeria this month. However, Giorgio Scalvini and José Luis Palomino are available and the same is true of new signing Isak Hien, the first January purchase in Serie A.

Sassuolo are struggling in Serie A and will rest many regular starters, including Domenico Berardi.

Roma host Cremonese at the Stadio Olimpico at 20:00 GMT.

Houssem Aouar and Evan N’Dicka are also involved in the AFCON, so José Mourinho will deploy a three-man defence with just one natural centre-back, Diego Llorente, plus Zeki Celik and Bryan Cristante. Stephan El Shaarawy is expected to start on the left flank while Romelu Lukaku is favourite over Sardar Azmoun for a starting spot in attack alongside Andrea Belotti.

Probable line-ups

Atalanta v Sassuolo

Atalanta (3-4-2-1): Musso; De Roon, Djimsiti, Kolasinac; Holm, Pasalic, Ederson, Ruggeri; Koopmeiners, De Ketelaere; Muriel.

Sassuolo (4-2-3-1): Cragno; Missori, Tressoldi, Ferrari, Pedersen; Matheus Henrique, Thorstvedt; Castillejo, Volpato, Ceide; Mulatteri. 

Roma v Cremonese

Roma (3-5-2): Svilar; Celik, Cristante, Llorente; Karsdorp, Bove, Paredes, Pellegrini, Spinazzola; Belotti, Lukaku. 

Cremonese (3-5-2): Jungdal; Antov, Ravanelli, Bianchetti; Sernicola, Collocolo, Castagnetti, Abrego, Quagliata; Ciofani, Okereke. 

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