Mohamed Salah, Edin Dzeko and Gervinho start together as Roma open the season with Luca Toni’s Hellas Verona.
It kicks off at 17.00 UK time (16.00 GMT), follow all the action and build-up on our LIVEBLOG.
Coach Rudi Garcia is well aware the pressure is on after scraping second place last season and the influx of new players bodes well.
Mohamed Salah, Edin Dzeko and Gervinho start together as Roma open the season with Luca Toni’s Hellas Verona.
It kicks off at 17.00 UK time (16.00 GMT), follow all the action and build-up on our LIVEBLOG.
Coach Rudi Garcia is well aware the pressure is on after scraping second place last season and the influx of new players bodes well.
He throws many of them into the starting XI at the Bentegodi today, including former Manchester City striker Dzeko and Chelsea-owned attacker Salah.
Juan Manuel Iturbe will not be able to face his former club, as he is suspended, but on the transfer list anyway with Genoa and Fiorentina interested.
Kevin Strootman’s injury woes drag on, while Douglas Maicon and new buy Antonio Rudiger are unavailable.
Ashley Cole has been left out of the squad, as he is not in Garcia’s plans for this season.
It’s wonderful news that Leandro Castan is back in the starting XI almost a year after his last game, as the defender underwent delicate surgery to remove a cavernoma – irregular blood vessels in his brain.
His career was at risk, but the Brazilian is fired up and enthusiastic about this comeback.
Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny also gets his Serie A debut, preferred to Morgan De Sanctis.
Verona are a firm top flight fixture now and have caused quite a few upsets in recent years, above all with veteran Toni.
He might be 37, but the centre-forward was still joint top scorer in Serie A last season on 22 goals.
Giampaolo Pazzini joined him to reunite the old Fiorentina partnership, but for today Pazzo is on the bench in favour of Bosko Jankovic and Juanito Gomez Taleb.
Souprayen also gets his Serie A debut rather than Michelangelo Albertazzi at left-back.
Artur Ionita is on the treatment table with Filip Helander and Mohamed Salim Fares.
Verona: Rafael; Pisano, Marquez, Moras, Souprayen; Sala, Greco, Hallfredsson; Jankovic, Toni, Gomez Taleb
Verona bench: Gollini, Vencato, Bianchetti, Winck, Albertazzi, Viviani, Laner, Checchin, Zaccagni, Romulo, Pazzini, Siligardi
Roma: Szczesny; Florenzi, Manolas, Castan, Torosidis; Pjanic, De Rossi, Nainggolan; Salah, Dzeko, Gervinho
Roma bench: De Sanctis, Lobont, Gyomber, Anocic, Keita, Paredes, Uçan, Machin, Totti, Iago Falque, Ljajic, Ibarbo