Serie A official line-ups: Genoa vs. Roma
The pressure is on Roma amid an injury crisis to get a win and stay in fourth place, as Donyell Malen and Lorenzo Venturino lead the way against Daniele De Rossi’s Genoa.
It kicks off at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris at 17.00 GMT (18.00 CET).
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With Como flying and Juventus back on track after the 3-3 thriller last week, Roma know they need a result to hang on to that Champions League spot.
They are also having to prepare for Thursday’s Europa League Round of 16 clash with Bologna, but the squad is stretched very thin.
Paulo Dybala and Evan Ferguson both needed to undergo surgery this week, with Matias Soulé, Mario Hermoso and Artem Dovbyk not making the trip either.
Wesley Franca sits out a ban too, so there has to be squad rotation, with 19-year-old former Genoa youth product Lorenzo Venturino getting his first start in support of fellow January signing Malen.
This will always be a special fixture for the two coaches, as Gian Piero Gasperini first made his mark at Genoa, while De Rossi remains a Roma legend.
Tommaso Baldanzi is on loan from the Giallorossi, but has barely featured and is out here with a muscular issue.
Genoa are fresh off a 2-0 defeat to Inter, with Brooke Norton-Cuffy and Sebastian Otoa still carrying knocks.
Lorenzo Colombo, Vitinha and Ruslan Malinovskyi are all benched in a surprising revamp.
Genoa vs. Roma line-ups
Genoa: Bijlow; Marcandalli, Ostigard, Vasquez; Sabelli, Masini, Frendrup, Messias, Ellertsson; Ekhator, Ekuban
Roma: Svilar; Mancini, Ndicka, Celik; Rensch, Koné, Pisilli, Tsimikas; Pellegrini, Venturino; Malen