Roma will face Manchester City with an attacking trio of Francesco Totti, Gervinho and Alessandro Florenzi, with Juan Iturbe on the bench.
The Giallorossi continue their return campaign in the Champions League this midweek with a trip out to Manchester City on Tuesday night.
Roma will face Manchester City with an attacking trio of Francesco Totti, Gervinho and Alessandro Florenzi, with Juan Iturbe on the bench.
The Giallorossi continue their return campaign in the Champions League this midweek with a trip out to Manchester City on Tuesday night.
Il Tempo believe that Totti will keep his place in the starting XI and be joined by Gervinho and Florenzi, with the back-from-injury Iturbe only ready for a place on the bench.
Speculation is that Vasilis Torosidis is ready to come in as a starter at full-back in place of Ashley Cole, whilst Douglas Maicon will keep his place on the opposite flank.
Davide Astori and Leandro Castan are still out, so Kostas Manolas and Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa will maintain central-defensive places.
Midfield is expected to consist of Seydou Keita, Radja Nainggolan and Miralem Pjanic, whilst Morgan De Sanctis is likely to shake off muscle discomfort felt yesterday.
Meanwhile, Manchester City look strong heading into the clash and could name an attacking set-up with Sergio Aguero and Edin Dzeko supported by Jesus Navas and David Silva.
Roma are expected to remain in Manchester after the game, to hold a first training session in preparation for facing Juventus next weekend, before returning to the capital.
Probable line-ups
Manchester City: Hart; Zabaleta, Kompany, Mangala, Kolarov; Yaya Toure, Fernandinho; Navas, Silva, Aguero; Dzeko
Roma: De Sanctis; Maicon, Manolas, Yanga-Mbiwa; Torosidis; Pjanic, Keita, Nainggolan; Gervinho, Totti, Florenzi