Roma make their ‘debut’ under Luciano Spalletti and he transforms their tactics against Verona.
It kicks off at 14.00 GMT, follow the action from all seven Serie A games on our LIVEBLOG.
The tactician left in September 2009 and has returned to replace sacked Rudi Garcia, greeted with enthusiasm by fans and players.
Roma make their ‘debut’ under Luciano Spalletti and he transforms their tactics against Verona.
It kicks off at 14.00 GMT, follow the action from all seven Serie A games on our LIVEBLOG.
The tactician left in September 2009 and has returned to replace sacked Rudi Garcia, greeted with enthusiasm by fans and players.
On paper, Spalletti should win his first game against bottom of the table Verona, who are also missing players Luca Toni, Samuel Souprayen, Federico Viviani, Luca Siligardi and Romulo.
Giampaolo Pazzini leads the trident attack with Ante Rebic making his debut after the loan move from Fiorentina.
Edin Dzeko returns from suspension and Gervinho is dropped ahead of his imminent move to Chinese club Jiangsu Suning.
Douglas Maicon, Salih Ucan, Seydou Keita and Kevin Strootman miss out.
It looks like a 4-2-3-1 system with Alessandro Florenzi, Miralem Pjanic and Mohamed Salah supporting Edin Dzeko.
Leandro Castan is back in central defence for Antonio Rudiger, as Spalletti had considered a three-man defence.
To say Hellas have a poor record against Roma would be an understatement – they haven’t won here since a 1-0 result in January 1973.
In the last 14 meetings, home and away, Verona picked up only four draws, but that includes both 1-1 scorelines from last season.
Verona haven’t beaten the Giallorossi in all competition since October 1996.
Verona: Gollini; Bianchetti, Moras, Helander; Sala, Ionita, Greco, Emanuelson; Wszolek, Pazzini, Rebic
Roma: Szczesny; Torosidis, Manolas, Castan, Digne; Nainggolan, De Rossi; Florenzi, Pjanic, Salah; Dzeko