The pressure is on at the Bentegodi, as both Roma and Hellas Verona are in crisis mode.

It kicks off at 14.00 GMT, click here for a match preview or here to follow our LIVEBLOG.

Juventus won 2-1 over Atalanta on Friday, which means the gap at the top of the table is currently 10 points.

The pressure is on at the Bentegodi, as both Roma and Hellas Verona are in crisis mode.

It kicks off at 14.00 GMT, click here for a match preview or here to follow our LIVEBLOG.

Juventus won 2-1 over Atalanta on Friday, which means the gap at the top of the table is currently 10 points.

Not only are Roma under pressure to get back on track in Serie A, but their form has been plummeting in other competitions too.

They were knocked out of the Coppa Italia by Fiorentina and midweek held 1-1 at the Olimpico by Feyenoord in the Europa League.

A banner appeared outside the Trigoria training ground yesterday that read: ‘Shame on you! You’re pathetic!’

Douglas Maicon, Juan Manuel Iturbe, Victor Ibarbo, Leandro Castan and Kevin Strootman are still out of action.

Miralem Pjanic and Francesco Totti are in the starting XI with Gervinho, but Seydou Doumbia is on the bench.

Verona have lost six of their last seven games and miss Jacopo Sala, Rafael and Guillermo Rodriguez.

Veteran Luca Toni leads the line against one of his former clubs, flanked by Juanito Gomez Taleb and Bosko Jankovic.

Verona: Benussi, Brivio, Marquez, Moras, Greco; Ionita, Tachtsidis, Hallfredsson; Gomez Taleb, Toni, Jankovic

Verona bench: Gollini, Sorensen, Saviola, Obbadi, Nico Lopez, Greco, Christodoulopoulos, Marques, Campanharo, Agostini, Fernandinho, Martic

Roma: De Sanctis; Florenzi, Manolas, Astori, Cole; Pjanic, Keita, Nainggolan; Gervinho, Totti, Ljajic

Roma bench: Curci, Skorupski, Yanga-Mbiwa, De Rossi, Holebas, Paredes, Spolli, Torosidis, Ucan, Verde, Doumbia, Sanabria

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