| PROBABLE LINE-UPS |
ROMA  Stekelenburg Cicinho, Kjaer, Heinze, Jose Angel Pjanic, Gago, Simplicio Totti Bojan, Lamela | CESENA  Antonioli Moras, Von Bergen, Rodriguez, Comotto Guana, Colucci, Parolo, Lauro Eder, Mutu |
Roma coach Luis Enrique will have to make do without the services of quartet Pablo Osvaldo, Marco Cassetti, Nicolas Burdisso and Daniele De Rossi, with the latter requiring a late fitness test.
A total of four changes should be pursued by the Spaniard from the side that played out a 1-1 draw with Catania last week, with Cicinho, Gabriel Heinze, Jose Angel and Fernando Gago expected to come into the fold in favour of Aleandro Rosi, Juan, Rodrigo Taddei and De Rossi.
Meanwhile for the visitors Cesena, Daniele Arrigoni is being tipped to make only slight alterations from the morale-boosting 3-1 win over Novara to end a run of four straight defeats.
New signing Vangelis Moras, Giuseppe Colucci and Maurizio Lauro are set to replace trio Marco Rossi, Antonio Candreva and Luca Ceccarelli, but there is no such luck for Damjan Djokovic and Dominique Malonga, both whom are not expected back for at least a further week.
| DID YOU KNOW? |
- Roma are currently enjoying their best run of the season, winning four of their past five
matches.
- Prior to Catania last weekend, they had kept clean sheets in three consecutive matches.
- Daniele Arrigoni managed to inspire Cesena to a win against Novara which ended a run of four consecutive losses.
- The Seahorses have scored a single goal in their past four away trips.
- Cesena marked their return to Serie A last season with an impressive point at Roma, in a 0-0 draw.
- Goalkeeper Francesco Antonioli will return to the capital, where he kept goal during the Giallorossi's Scudetto success in 2000-2001.
Prediction
Editor's Prediction
Roma 2-0 Cesena
