Roma have Morgan De Sanctis, Daniele De Rossi and Davide Astori back against Chievo in today’s afternoon game.

It kicks off at 17.00 UK time (16.00 GMT), click here for a match preview.

Roma have Morgan De Sanctis, Daniele De Rossi and Davide Astori back against Chievo in today’s afternoon game.

It kicks off at 17.00 UK time (16.00 GMT), click here for a match preview.

The Giallorossi need to get back on track after losing the 3-2 trip to Juventus and their 100 per cent record.

The controversy from that match in Turin has dragged on for two weeks during international duty and it remains to be seen how they will handle the repercussions.

Kostas Manolas sits out a two-match ban, while Juan Iturbe and Seydou Keita have joined Leandro Castan, Kevin Strootman, Marco Borriello and Federico Balzaretti on the treatment table.

De Rossi, Astori and goalkeeper De Sanctis have now recovered and are thrown right into the starting XI.

Francesco Totti was expected to be rested ahead of Roma’s Champions League clash with Bayern Munich on Tuesday, but instead he starts with Mattia Destro and Adem Ljajic.

Meanwhile, this afternoon Bayern Munich demolished Werder Bremen 6-0 and had already been 4-0 up at half-time.

Chievo miss Mariano Izco and Ruben Botta, but have Ezequiel Schelotto back in the squad.

The Flying Donkeys scraped just one point from the last four rounds and were beaten 2-0 at Milan last time out.

The record in this fixture is seven home wins, three draws and two Chievo victories.

Roma: De Sanctis; Maicon, Yanga-Mbiwa, Astori, Cole; Pjanic, De Rossi, Nainggolan; Ljajic, Destro, Totti

Roma bench: Lobont, Skorupski, Emanuelson, Torosidis, Somma, Holebas, Verde, Ucan, Paredes, Florenzi, Gervinho, Sanabria

Chievo: Bardi; Frey, Dainelli, Zukanovic, Sardo; Cofie, Radovanovic, Hetemaj, Biraghi; Paloschi, Maxi Lopez

Chievo bench: Bizzarri, Seculin, Gamberini, Lazarevic, Cesar, Birsa, Schelotto, Edimar, Pellissier, Bellomo, Meggiorini, Mangani

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