ROME, ITALY - JANUARY 04: Paulo Dybala of AS Roma in action during the Serie A match between AS Roma and Bologna FC at Stadio Olimpico on January 4, 2023 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images)
ROME, ITALY - JANUARY 04: Paulo Dybala of AS Roma in action during the Serie A match between AS Roma and Bologna FC at Stadio Olimpico on January 4, 2023 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images)

Tammy Abraham gets his first start of the season with Paulo Dybala and Stephan El Shaarawy, as Roma go head-to-head with Joshua Zirkzee’s Bologna for fourth place.

It kicks off at the Stadio Olimpico at 17.30 UK time (16.30 GMT).

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from this game and Milan-Inter on the LIVEBLOG.

Going into this match, four points separate the two teams in fourth and fifth, although the Giallorossi have a game in hand.

That is the fixture suspended due to Evan Ndicka’s health scare with the score at 1-1, so the remaining 18 minutes plus stoppages will be played against Udinese on Thursday at 19.00 UK time (18.00 GMT).

Roma eliminated Milan in the Europa League quarter-final last Thursday and Romelu Lukaku limped off during that game, with Sardar Azmoun also not fully fit.

It means Abraham gets his first start since knee surgery in June 2023, supported by Dybala, El Shaarawy and Lorenzo Pellegrini.

Bologna lost only one game in their last 12, but have slowed recently with back-to-back goalless draws against Frosinone and Monza.

Lewis Ferguson is out for six months with a torn anterior cruciate ligament, joining Adama Soumaoro and Jens Odgaard on the treatment table.

Alexis Saelemaekers returns from suspension, but Dan Ndoye is chosen to complete the attack with Zirkzee, leaving Riccardo Orsolini on the bench.

When these sides met earlier this season, Bologna ran out 2-0 winners, but Jose Mourinho was the Roma coach at the time.

Roma vs. Bologna line-ups

Roma: Svilar; Celik, Mancini, Llorente, Angelino; Cristante, Paredes, Pellegrini; Dybala, Abraham, El Shaarawy

Bologna: Skorupski, Posch, Lucumi, Beukema, Calafiori; Freuler, El Azzouzi, Aebischer; Ndoye, Zirkzee, Saelemaekers

22-04-2024 17:30
MatchDay 33

Player statistic

1st half
Leandro Paredes Yellow card 6'    
    6' Yellow card Joshua Zirkzee
Angeliño Yellow card 13'    
    14' Goal Oussama El Azzouzi
(Assist: Riccardo Calafiori)
Lorenzo Pellegrini Yellow card 33'    
Stephan El Shaarawy Yellow card 40'    
    45' Goal Joshua Zirkzee
(Assist: Oussama El Azzouzi)
2nd half
Sardar Azmoun Goal 56'    
Diego Llorente Yellow card 63'    
    64' Yellow card Remo Freuler
    65' Goal Alexis Saelemaekers
(Assist: Joshua Zirkzee)

Match statistic

53
Possession %
47
14
Total shots
11
5
Shots on target
3
6
Shots off target
5
3
Blocked shots
3
8
Corners
2
0
Offsides
1
8
Fouls
12
Roma
Bologna

Starting lineups

99
Goalkeeper
Defender
52'
14
Defender
23
Defender
19
Defender
52'
4
Midfielder
85'
16
Midfielder
7
Midfielder
21
Attacker
92
72'
9
Attacker
52'
28
Goalkeeper
26
Defender
33
80'
31
Defender
3
Defender
80'
56
Midfielder
20
Midfielder
17
Midfielder
77'
8
Midfielder
11
Attacker
80'
9
Attacker
69'

Substitutes

6
Defender
1
Goalkeeper
63
Goalkeeper
59
Midfielder
52
Midfielder
22
Midfielder
20
Midfielder
43
3
Defender
2
Defender
52'
37
52'
17
Attacker
52'
Midfielder
72'
67
Attacker
85'
7
23
Goalkeeper
34
Goalkeeper
6
Midfielder
10
Attacker
4
Defender
16
Defender
18
Attacker
69'
82
Midfielder
77'
29
80'
80
Midfielder
80'
15
80'

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