Football Italia
·30 January 2025
Football Italia
·30 January 2025
Claudio Ranieri will look to Roma’s regular starters in a crucial Europa League game against Eintracht Frankfurt, picking Paulo Dybala and Artem Dovbyk in attack.
It kicks off at 21:00 CET (20:00 GMT) at the Stadio Olimpico.
The Giallorossi have only collected nine points in the opening seven rounds, so they need a win to remain in a playoff spot regardless of other teams’ results.
Manu Kone of AS Roma celebrates scoring his team’s fourth goal with teammate Paulo Dybala during the Serie A match between AS Roma and Lecce at Stadio Olimpico on December 07, 2024 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images)
Ranieri can practically rely on a full squad and will pick the regular Roma starters.
The only unavailable players are new signings Devyne Rensch and Pierluigi Gollini and Samuel Dahl, who are all not part of Roma’s UEFA list.
Bryan Cristante is available but recovering from an injury, so he’s expected to start on the bench. This will free up space in the middle of the park for Manu Kone and Leandro Paredes.
The game will be shown live on TNT Sports 5 in the UK and Paramount+ in the USA. If you are watching the game in Italy, Sky Sport Italia will broadcast the match live.
Roma (3-4-2-1): Svilar; Mancini, Hummels, Ndicka; Saelemaekers, Paredes, Kone, Angelino; Dybala, Pellegrini; Dovbyk.
E. Frankfurt (3-4-2-1): Trapp; Collins, Koch, Theate; Kristensen, Shkiri, Larsson, Brown; Gotze, Knauff; Ekitike.