Roma need to beat Torino in order to keep up with leaders Juventus” data-scaytid=”1″>Juventus and put recent poor results behind them.

It kicks off at the Stadio Olimpico at 19.45 GMT, click here for a match preview.

The Giallorossi have hit problems in recent weeks, losing both Champions League meetings with Bayern Munich and falling 2-0 at Napoli in Serie A.

Roma need to beat Torino in order to keep up with leaders Juventus and put recent poor results behind them.

It kicks off at the Stadio Olimpico at 19.45 GMT, click here for a match preview.

The Giallorossi have hit problems in recent weeks, losing both Champions League meetings with Bayern Munich and falling 2-0 at Napoli in Serie A.

With Juventus hammering Parma 7-0 this afternoon, the pressure is on to stop the Scudetto holders running away.

Rudi Garcia rested numerous stars for the trip to Bayern Munich, so Francesco Totti, Gervinho, Miralem Pjanic, Adem Ljajic and Morgan De Sanctis all return to the starting XI.

There is still an extensive absentee list with Leandro Castan, Davide Astori, Douglas Maicon, Jose Holebas, Marco Borriello and Federico Balzaretti unavailable.

However, for the first time since he snapped the anterior cruciate knee ligament in March, Kevin Strootman has a spot on the bench.

Torino come into this game with poor form too, as they lost their unbeaten Europa League record with a 2-1 defeat to HJK Helsinki on Thursday evening.

It was reported that Coach Giampiero Ventura was so furious with his team that he even threatened to resign.

Migjen Basha and Cesare Bovo are out of action, but the pressure is on striker Fabio Quagliarella to deliver with support from Omar El Kaddouri.

Roma: De Sanctis; Torosidis, Yanga-Mbiwa, Manolas, Cole; Pjanic, De Rossi, Keita; Gervinho, Totti, Ljajic

Roma bench: Skorupski, Nainggolan, Strootman, Iturbe, Destro, Paredes, Ucan, Somma, Verde, Emanuelson, Calabresi, Sanabria

Torino: Gillet; Maksimovic, Glik, Moretti; Bruno Peres, Gazzi, Vives, Farnerud, Darmian; El Kaddouri; Quagliarella

Torino bench: Castellazzi, Padelli, Molinaro, Ruben Perez, Larrondo, Martinez, Jansson, Gaston Silva, Amauri, Nocerino, Sanchez Mino, Masiello

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