Serie A: Roma vs Genoa – probable line-ups

Daniele De Rossi has a decision to make relating to Paulo Dybala when Roma host Genoa in Serie A on Sunday evening.

‘La Joya’ is in line to return to the Giallorossi matchday squad, but De Rossi could still opt to go with Tomasso Baldanzi over Dybala for precautionary reasons.

Zeki Celik is tipped to return at right-back in what otherwise looks to be a fairly similar team to the one that lost 2-1 to Atalanta in the league last weekend.

For Genoa, there are predictions that Tottenham loaner and former Nottingham Forest right-back Djed Spence is due for a rare start. Aaron Martin is expected to keep his usual spot on the opposite flank.

Genoa will be spearheaded by the impressive partnership of Albert Gudmundsson and Mateo Retegui in attack.

Kick-off is set for 19.45 BST.

Roma vs Genoa – probable line-ups

Roma (4-3-3): Svilar; Celik, Mancini, Ndicka, Angelino; Cristante, Parades, Pellegrino; Baldanzi, Lukaku, El Shaarawy.

Genoa (3-5-2): Martinez; Vogliacco, de Winter, Vasquez; Spence, Frendrup, Badelj, Strootman, Martin; Retegui, Gudmundsson.

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The door nearly closed after losing to Atalanta, but a loss to Genoa will close that door tightly.

Time flies when you’re having f… well, given how frustrating this season has been for Romanisti, the most I can truly say is that time flies. When the Giallorossi started this season, expectations were high. Coming off a controversial EL final loss, many hoped that José Mourinho would buck his trend of imploding in his third season at a club to bring Roma some non-Europa Conference League glory. Quite simply, that wasn’t in the cards, and now Roma are down a Mourinho, down a Tiago Pinto, but they’re up an exciting young new manager in Daniele De Rossi, and they’re reportedly about to be up a new General Manager in Florent Ghisolfi.

While the season may be nearly over, with Roma facing down its last home game of the season, the stakes are still incredibly high. The Stadio Olimpico has been a largely welcoming home to the Giallorossi this season, and yet through injury misfortune, poor managing, and more, Daniele De Rossi’s men find themselves on the outside looking in at Champions League qualification for next season. Their chances to return to the Champions League aren’t down to 0% just yet, as there are still some ways for the table to shake out that would get Roma back to Wednesday Night Football, but they almost certainly will go down to 0% with a loss to Genoa tomorrow.