Roma desperately need a boost after the Barcelona embarrassment and make surprising changes against Atalanta.
It kicks off at 14.00 GMT, follow the build-up and action from all today’s Serie A games on our LIVEBLOG.
The Giallorossi have seen confidence collapse over the last week with a 2-2 draw at Bologna followed by their 6-1 Champions League defeat at Camp Nou.
Roma desperately need a boost after the Barcelona embarrassment and make surprising changes against Atalanta.
It kicks off at 14.00 GMT, follow the build-up and action from all today’s Serie A games on our LIVEBLOG.
The Giallorossi have seen confidence collapse over the last week with a 2-2 draw at Bologna followed by their 6-1 Champions League defeat at Camp Nou.
Daniele De Rossi returns to the starting XI following a period of injury, but Francesco Totti, Mohamed Salah, Gervinho and Kevin Strootman are still sidelined.
Leandro Castan is thrown back into the mix after numerous games on the bench and Morgan De Sanctis also starts instead of Wojciech Szczesny.
Alessandro Florenzi returned to right-back, while Edin Dzeko is flanked by Iago Falque and Juan Manuel Iturbe.
Atalanta have a dire away record, but outplayed Milan in the 0-0 draw at San Siro.
It’s “like a derby” for former Lazio Coach Edy Reja, but he is forced to do without Mauricio Pinilla, Gianpaolo Bellini, Boukary Drame and Rafael Toloi.
Atalanta haven’t beaten Roma, home and away, since a 4-1 thrashing in February 2012, grabbing just two points from the next seven meetings.
In Serie A the Orobici conquered the Olimpico just four times with 15 draws and 34 defeats.
The most recent away victory in this fixture was 2-1 in May 2003.
Roma: De Sanctis; Florenzi, Manolas, Castan, Digne; Pjanic, De Rossi, Nainggolan; Iturbe, Dzeko, Falque
Atalanta: Sportiello; Raimondi, Stendardo, Paletta, Brivio; Grassi, Cigarini, Kurtic; Maxi Moralez, Denis, Gomez