José Mourinho will look to Paulo Dybala, Nicolò Zaniolo and Tammy Abraham against Marko Arnautovic’s Bologna.
It kicks off at 15.30 GMT.
It would have been a special fixture for Sinisa Mihajlovic, a former Roma defender and Bologna coach. Miha had been sacked by the Rossoblu in September and died of leukaemia on December 16.
Dybala is available for the Giallorossi despite returning from the World Cup less than a week ago. The Argentinean has scored seven goals against Bologna, he has more only against Samp, Genoa and Bologna.
Ebrima Darboe and Gini Wijnaldum are out of action for the Giallorossi, while Nicola Zalewski is favourite over Leonardo Spinazzola on the left flank. Roma didn’t score in their last two Serie A meetings with Bologna.
The Rossoblu, on the other hand, are without Kevin Bonifazi, Lorenzo De Silvestri, Musa Barrow and Joshua Zirkzee. Nicolas Dominguez should get the nod in the middle of the park, starting in place of Jerdy Schouten.
Arnautovic, scorer of eight goals in 13 appearances this season, will start up front.
Roma-Bologna: probable line-ups
Roma (3-4-2-1): Rui Patricio; Mancini, Smalling, Ibanez; Celik, Cristante, Pellegrini, Zalewski; Dybala, Zaniolo; Abraham.
Bologna (4-2-3-1): Skorupski; Posch, Soumaoro, Lucumi, Lyokogiannis; Medel, Dominguez; Orsolini, Ferguson, Soriano; Arnautovic.
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