Roma are forced to use Daniele De Rossi in defence for the trip to Austria Vienna as they seek to improve on the 3-3 result.

It kicks off at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion at 18.00 GMT, follow the action from today’s Italian Europa League competitors on the LIVEBLOG.

When these sides met two weeks ago, the Giallorossi were enjoying a 3-1 lead at the Stadio Olimpico, then conceded twice in just over two minutes.

Roma are forced to use Daniele De Rossi in defence for the trip to Austria Vienna as they seek to improve on the 3-3 result.

It kicks off at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion at 18.00 GMT, follow the action from today’s Italian Europa League competitors on the LIVEBLOG.

When these sides met two weeks ago, the Giallorossi were enjoying a 3-1 lead at the Stadio Olimpico, then conceded twice in just over two minutes.

Luciano Spalletti has an added injury crisis to deal with, as Federico Fazio, Thomas Vermaelen, Kostas Manolas, Emerson Palmieri, Alessandro Florenzi, Francesco Totti, Mario Rui and Moustapha Seck are all sidelined.

It means captain De Rossi has to be re-routed to the back, while Diego Perotti, Radja Nainggolan and Stephan El Shaarawy support Edin Dzeko.

This is Spalletti’s 50th European game on the Roma bench, naturally achieved over two stints.

Austria Vienna already showed at the Olimpico that they can cause serious problems, especially against a remanaged Giallorossi defence.

Goalkeeper Robert Almer was stretchered off in the reverse fixture and is therefore unavailable, joining David De Paula and Richard Windbichler on the treatment table.

Austria Vienna: Hadzikic; Larsen, Rotpuller, Filipovic, Martschinko; Serbest, Holzhauser; Pires, Grunwald, Venuto; Kayode

Austria Vienna bench: Pentz, Vukojevic, Prokop, Salamon, Tajouri-Shradi, Friesenbichler, Stronati

Roma: Alisson; Rüdiger, De Rossi, Juan Jesus; Peres, Paredes, Strootman, El Shaarawy; Nainggolan; Dzeko, Perotti

Roma bench: Szczesny, Fazio, Marchizza, De Santis, Gerson, Salah, Iturbe

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