Roma are transformed amid an injury crisis for their Europa League clash with Borussia Monchengladbach.
It kicks off at the Stadio Olimpico at 17.55 UK time (16.55 GMT).
You can follow the build-up and action as it happens from this game and Celtic-Lazio on the LIVEBLOG.
Roma are transformed amid an injury crisis for their Europa League clash with Borussia Monchengladbach.
It kicks off at the Stadio Olimpico at 17.55 UK time (16.55 GMT).
You can follow the build-up and action as it happens from this game and Celtic-Lazio on the LIVEBLOG.
There is a huge injury crisis for Paulo Fonseca, missing Davide Santon, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Bryan Cristante, Nikola Kalinic, Amadou Diawara, Davide Zappacosta, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Cengiz Under.
Alessandro Florenzi is not being 100 per cent fit either.
This means a radical rethink and it’s not entirely clear whether this is a 3-4-3 formation or a 4-2-3-1 with Gianluca Mancini moved into midfield.
Nicolò Zaniolo and Justin Kluivert support Edin Dzeko, who plays on with a protective mask due to the complete lack of alternatives.
The Giallorossi need a result, as they crushed Istanbul Basaksehir 4-0, but were held to a draw at Wolfsberg.
Borussia Monchengladbach are currently joint top of the Bundesliga in Germany, but have struggled so far in the Europa League, losing 4-0 at home to Wolfsberger and drawing in Istanbul.
They too have many players missing through injury, above all star striker Alassane Plea.
Also out of action are Tobias Sippel, Tobias Strobl, Matthias Ginter, Torben Musel, Raffael, Ibrahima Traore, Keanan Bennetts and Fabian Johnson.
The forwards are therefore Swiss international Breel Embolo and the son of former Parma and Juventus defender Lilian Thuram 22-year-old striker Marcus.
Roma: Pau Lopez; Spinazzola, Fazio, Smalling, Kolarov; Mancini, Veretout; Zaniolo, Pastore, Kluivert; Dzeko
Roma bench: Mirante, Juan Jesus, Perotti, Florenzi, Antonucci, Riccardi, Calafiori
Borussia Monchengladbach: Sommer; Lainer, Elvedi, Jantsche, Bensebaini; Hermann, Kramer, Zakaria, Neuhaus; Thuram, Embolo
Gladbach bench: Grun, Stindl, Beyer, Wendt, Benes, J Hofmann, Noß
Ref: Collum (SCO)