Roma face an extremely difficult trip to Fiorentina and must win to avoid dropping further adrift of Juventus.
It kicks off at the Stadio Artemio Franchi at 19.45 GMT, click here for a match preview.
The Giallorossi went into the round five points behind the Serie A leaders, but today Juve beat Chievo 2-0 and so the gap currently stands at eight points.
Roma face an extremely difficult trip to Fiorentina and must win to avoid dropping further adrift of Juventus.
It kicks off at the Stadio Artemio Franchi at 19.45 GMT, click here for a match preview.
The Giallorossi went into the round five points behind the Serie A leaders, but today Juve beat Chievo 2-0 and so the gap currently stands at eight points.
The pressure is all on Rudi Garcia’s men and current form has been poor, including a 2-1 win in extra time over Empoli in the Coppa Italia midweek thanks to an extremely dubious penalty.
Gervinho and Seydou Keita are still on Africa Cup of Nations duty with Vasilis Torosidis, Leandro Castan and Federico Balzaretti injured.
Kostas Manolas has recovered for his spot in the squad.
Francesco Totti leads the way in a trident flanked by Juan Manuel Iturbe and ex-Fiorentina talent Adem Ljajic.
Of course Ljajic has bad memories of this stadium, as he was famously physically attacked by then-Coach Delio Rossi in the dugout after a substitution. Rossi was fired that night.
Miralem Pjanic is not fit enough to start, so Kevin Strootman again takes over in midfield and Alessandro Florenzi is used as a right-back.
Fiorentina’s form has been picking up recently and Mario Gomez finally rediscovered his scoring touch with a brace in the Coppa Italia thrashing of Atalanta midweek.
He hopes to break the Serie A drought too tonight, supported by Chelsea transfer target Juan Guillermo Cuadrado.
Stefan Savic sits out a ban, while the injury list includes Milan Badelj, Alberto Aquilani, Andrea Lazzari, Giuseppe Rossi and Federico Bernardeschi.
Fiorentina: Tatarusanu; Tomovic, Gonzalo Rodriguez, Basanta; Joaquin, Mati Fernandez, Pizarro, Borja Valero, Pasqual; Cuadrado, Gomez
Fiorentina bench: Rosati, Richards, Hegazi, Marcos Alonso, Kurtic, Vargas, Diamanti, Ilicic, Babacar, Lezzerini
Roma: De Sanctis; Florenzi, Manolas, Yanga-Mbiwa, Holebas; Nainggolan, De Rossi, Strootman; Iturbe, Totti, Ljajic
Roma bench: Lobont, Skorupski, Maicon, Astori, Somma, Cole, Pjanic, Paredes, Ucan, Verde, Calabresi, Borriello, Destro