Jose Mourinho sticks with his now favoured Roma XI including Paulo Dybala and Lorenzo Pellegrini behind Tammy Abraham in the Europa League play-off with Noah Okafor’s RB Salzburg.
The first leg kicks off at the Red Bull Arena in Salzburg at 17.45 GMT.
The Giallorossi finished runners-up in their group and therefore enter this round against a side that was third behind Chelsea and Milan in the Champions League.
Leonardo Spinazzola is still injured and Rick Karsdorp frozen out, but Mourinho has made it clear this is his starting XI in every competition with no room for rotation.
Stephan El Shaarawy has become the first-choice replacement for Spinazzola on the left.
RB Salzburg held Milan and Chelsea to draws in the Champions League before faltering late on, but haven’t won a European knockout stage tie since 2019.
Noah Okafor is their star man with teenage striker Benjamin Sesko, who was rested at the weekend.
Dijon Kameri and Bryan Okoh are injured, with Daouda Guindo, Samson Tijani, Lawrence Agyekum, Justin Omoregie and Karim Konaté out of the Europa League squad.
RB Salzburg: Kohn; Dedic, Solet, Pavlovic, Ulmer; Capaldo, Gourna-Douath, Seiwald; Sucic; Fernando, Okafor
Roma: Rui Patricio; Mancini, Smalling, Ibanez; Zalewski, Cristante, Matic, El Shaarawy; Dybala, Pellegrini; Abraham
Player statistic
| Strahinja Pavlovic |  |
84' | ||
| Sekou Koita | |
86' | ||
| Nicolás Capaldo (Assist: Strahinja Pavlovic) |
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88' | ||
| Oscar Gloukh | |
90+4' | ||
| 90+2' | |
Roger Ibañez |
Match statistic
