Roma visit fourth-placed Atalanta, who have won five of the last six rounds, in a clash of the current form teams.
It kicks off in Bergamo at 14.00 GMT, follow the build-up and action from all today’s Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.
The Giallorossi are sitting pretty in second place, but need a win to prevent Juventus breaking away at the top.
Roma visit fourth-placed Atalanta, who have won five of the last six rounds, in a clash of the current form teams.
It kicks off in Bergamo at 14.00 GMT, follow the build-up and action from all today’s Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.
The Giallorossi are sitting pretty in second place, but need a win to prevent Juventus breaking away at the top.
It’s a lot to ask, because Atalanta are the form team right now and have won five of the last six rounds, drawing the other.
Francesco Totti, Alessandro Florenzi, Thomas Vermaelen and Mario Rui are still on the treatment table, but Kostas Manolas is an important return in central defence.
Diego Perotti, Radja Nainggolan and Mohamed Salah fan out behind Capocannoniere Edin Dzeko.
It was an odd week for Dzeko, who was sent off for Bosnia in a very tense World Cup qualifier with Greece.
Atalanta have Andrea Conti suspended, Abdoulay Konko and Boukary Drame injured.
Gian Piero Gasperini has created a sparkling side full of youth, such as Franck Kessie, Roberto Gagliardini, Mattia Caldara and Andrea Petagna.
The star man is Alejandro ‘Papu’ Gomez, who has repeatedly been linked with a move to Roma.
This is a tricky fixture for the Giallorossi and always has been, as they’ve managed just two draws and a defeat since beating Atalanta in November 2014 – home and away.
Last season it ended 3-3 in Bergamo, as Roma fumbled a 2-0 lead and were trailing 3-2 until a late Totti equaliser.
Atalanta: Berisha; Toloi, Caldara, Zukanovic; Masiello, Kessié, Gagliardini, Spinazzola; Kurtic; Petagna, Gomez
Atalanta bench: Sportiello, Bassi, Stendardo, Raimondi, Migliaccio, Carmona, Grassi, Freuler, D’Alessandro, Pesic, Paloschi, Pinilla
Roma: Szczesny; Bruno Peres, Manolas, Fazio, Rüdiger; De Rossi, Strootman; Salah, Nainggolan, Perotti; Dzeko
Roma bench: Alisson, Crisanto, Seck, Juan Jesus, Emerson Palmieri, Gerson, Paredes, El Shaarawy, Iturbe