Roma can not rely on their January signings within the Europa League in opposition to VfB Stuttgart, so Evan Ferguson and Matias Soulé paved the way.
It kicks off at in Rome at 20.00 GMT (21.00 CET).
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TURIN, ITALY – JANUARY 18: AS Roma head coach Gian Piero Gasperini appears on throughout the Serie A match between Torino FC and AS Roma at Stadio Olimpico di Torino on January 18, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Photograph by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Pictures)
This represents a head-to-head for place, as each groups are on 12 factors going into the penultimate spherical of the league part.
They sit in ninth and tenth spot, only one level behind the highest eight, so direct entry to the Spherical of 16 continues to be nicely inside attain.
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Each have additionally received three on the bounce within the Europa League.
Roma had an ideal debut for brand spanking new purchase Donyell Malen, who , however he and Robinio Vaz are ineligible for this event.
Mario Hermoso, Artem Dovbyk, Stephan El Shaarawy and Angelino are out injured, whereas there’s various squad rotation too, bringing in Daniele Ghilardi, Kostas Tsimikas, Jan Ziolkowski and Niccolò Pisilli.
Soulé and Lorenzo Pellegrini due to this fact present help for Ferguson, whose future on the membership stays doubtful.
ROME, ITALY – JANUARY 10: Matias Soule of AS Roma celebrates after scoring the staff’s second aim throughout the Serie A match between AS Roma and US Sassuolo Calcio at Stadio Olimpico on January 10, 2026 in Rome, Italy. (Photograph by Paolo Bruno/Getty Pictures)
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Stuttgart have Bilal El Khannouss sitting out a one-match ban, with Dan-Axel Zagadou, Tiago Tomas, Jeremy Arevalo and Noah Darvich injured.
Gamers like Pascal Stenzel, Stefan Drlkaca, Nikolas Nartey, Ameen Al-Dakhil and Justin Diehl are cup-tied.
There have been additionally main issues over Angelo Stiller, whose scans had been clear, however just isn’t even on the bench.
Chris Fuhrich is on superb type, however Deniz Undav is most popular to Ermedin Demirovic upfront.
This staff is unbeaten in seven aggressive video games, however was held to a 1-1 draw by Union Berlin on the weekend.
HAMBURG, GERMANY – MAY 03: Jeff Chabot of Stuttgart reacts throughout the Bundesliga match between FC St. Pauli 1910 and VfB Stuttgart at Millerntor Stadium on Could 03, 2025 in Hamburg, Germany. (Photograph by Selim Sudheimer/Getty Pictures)
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Roma vs. Stuttgart line-ups
Roma: Svilar; Celik, Ziolkowski, Ghilardi; Rensch, Manu Koné, Pisilli, Tsimikas; Soulé, Pellegrini; Ferguson
Stuttgart: Nubel; Assignon, Jeltsch, Chabot, Hendriks; Atakan Karazor, Chema Andres; Leweling, Fuhrich, Mittelstadt; Undav
Ref: Brooks (ENG)
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