Roma face a tricky trip to Marassi if they are to keep up the Scudetto challenge and Sampdoria are out for revenge.
It kicks off at 14.00 GMT, follow the build-up and action from all today’s Serie A games on the Liveblog.
The Giallorossi have started 2017 on sparkling form and closed the gap to the top of the table to just one point, even if Juventus have a game in hand against Crotone.
Roma face a tricky trip to Marassi if they are to keep up the Scudetto challenge and Sampdoria are out for revenge.
It kicks off at 14.00 GMT, follow the build-up and action from all today’s Serie A games on the Liveblog.
The Giallorossi have started 2017 on sparkling form and closed the gap to the top of the table to just one point, even if Juventus have a game in hand against Crotone.
Luciano Spalletti’s side beat Samp twice already this season, including a 4-0 thrashing in the Coppa Italia last week.
Alessandro Florenzi is the only player still on the treatment table, while Mohamed Salah is at the Africa Cup of Nations.
Radja Nainggolan and Diego Perotti support Edin Dzeko, sending Stephan El Shaarawy to the bench.
Kostas Manolas is rested, so Thomas Vermaelen gets his first Serie A start since December 22, only his fifth of the campaign in all competition.
Sampdoria miss suspended Pedro Pereira and injured Jacopo Sala, but Bruno Fernandes is given the nod rather than Ricky Alvarez behind strikers Fabio Quagliarella and Luis Muriel.
Marco Giampaolo’s men are without a win since early December and have lost four of the last six Serie A rounds.
Roma have a surprisingly poor record at Marassi, earning one victory in their last seven trips (2-0 in September 2013) along with three losses and as many draws.
Sampdoria: Puggioni; Bereszynski, Silvestre, Skriniar, Regini; Praet, Torreira, Barreto; Bruno Fernandes; Quagliarella, Muriel
Roma: Szczesny; Rudiger, Fazio, Vermaelen; Bruno Peres, Strootman, De Rossi, Emerson; Nainggolan, Perotti; Dzeko