Roma start Justin Kluivert, Edin Dzeko and Diego Perotti with Bryan Cristante in midfield, while Bologna seek their first goal of the season.

It kicks off at the Stadio Dall’Ara at 14.00 UK time (13.00 GMT).

Follow all the action as it happens from today’s six Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.

Roma start Justin Kluivert, Edin Dzeko and Diego Perotti with Bryan Cristante in midfield, while Bologna seek their first goal of the season.

It kicks off at the Stadio Dall’Ara at 14.00 UK time (13.00 GMT).

Follow all the action as it happens from today’s six Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.

The Giallorossi are struggling between Serie A and the Champions League, particularly in defence, and were crushed 3-0 by Real Madrid midweek.

Coach Eusebio Di Francesco continues to shuffle his pack, giving Kluivert his first start in a trident with Dzeko and Perotti, the Argentine returning after injury problems.

Ivan Marcano gets the nod at left-back, resting Aleksandar Kolarov, while Cristante and Lorenzo Pellegrini complete an all-Italian midfield with Daniele De Rossi.

Bologna are in even worse condition with Coach Pippo Inzaghi already under pressure after one point and zero goals in four rounds.

Erick Pulgar begins his three-match ban for violent conduct, red carded in the defeat to Genoa last week, with Rodrigo Palacio, Filip Helander and Godfred Donsah injured.

Goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski takes on his former club, while ex-Bologna shot-stopper Antonio Mirante is on the Roma bench.

Bologna are transformed with Adam Nagy and Mattias Svanberg in midfield, 22-year-old Roma youth product Arturo Calabresi a surprise defensive pick and Diego Falcinelli partnering Federico Santander.

The last time Bologna beat Roma was a 3-2 Olimpico thriller in September 2012, followed by four draws and five losses. The most recent home victory was 3-1 in September 2004.

Bologna: Skoruspki; Calabresi, Danilo, De Maio; Mattiello, Svanberg, Nagy, Dzemaili, Krejci; Falcinelli, Santander

Roma: Olsen; Florenzi, Manolas, Fazio, Marcano; Cristante, De Rossi, Pellegrini; Kluivert, Dzeko, Perotti

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