Roma start Francesco Totti as they host European contenders Sampdoria and Samuel Eto’o.
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The Giallorossi have gone from targeting leaders Juventus to looking over their shoulders and one of the sides trying to catch them is Sinisa Mihajlovic’s Samp.
Roma start Francesco Totti as they host European contenders Sampdoria and Samuel Eto’o.
It kicks off at 20.00 GMT, click here to follow the action on our LIVEBLOG.
The Giallorossi have gone from targeting leaders Juventus to looking over their shoulders and one of the sides trying to catch them is Sinisa Mihajlovic’s Samp.
Rudi Garcia’s men fought back for a 1-1 Europa League draw at Fiorentina on Thursday and the second leg of that Round of 16 tie is this week.
Radja Nainggolan sits out a ban with Daniele De Rossi, Douglas Maicon, Victor Ibarbo, Kostas Manolas, Kevin Strootman, Leandro Castan and Federico Balzaretti sidelined.
Francesco Totti is still not 100 per cent fit, but thrown into the starting XI anyway with Gervinho and Juan Manuel Iturbe.
Alessandro Florenzi proves his versatility again, moving into a midfield role.
Sampdoria have Afriyie Acquah suspended, while Ezequiel Munoz, Fabrizio Cacciatore and Luca Rizzo are unavailable.
The new-look trident of Eder, Eto’o and ex-Roma youth team player Stefano Okaka is unleashed.
Roma: De Sanctis; Torosidis, Yanga-Mbiwa, Astori, Holebas; Pjanic, Keita, Florenzi; Gervinho, Totti, Iturbe
Sampdoria: Viviano; De Silvestri, Silvestre, Romagnoli, Regini; Soriano, Palombo, Obiang; Eder, Okaka, Eto’o