Roma hope Donyell Malen and Bryan Zaragoza can encourage them to Europa League success within the all-Italian derby with Bologna’s Federico Bernardeschi and Santiago Castro.
It kicks off at at 17.45 GMT (18.45 CET).
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The second leg is on the Stadio Olimpico subsequent Thursday, because it means there can be only one Italian entry into the Europa League quarter-finals.
Roma went instantly into the Spherical of 16 as one of many high eight within the league section, however are decimated in assault by accidents to Paulo Dybala, Matias Soulé, Artem Dovbyk and Evan Ferguson.
Gianluca Mancini additionally sits out a ban in defence, with Manu Koné and Mario Hermoso carrying knocks.
The French midfielder had initially been named on the bench, however was then despatched to the stands on the final minute.
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January signings Malen and Zaragoza lastly get to play within the Europa League, as they have been cup-tied for the final couple of league section matches, with Bryan Cristante and Niccolò Pisilli offering assist from midfield.
There’s temptation to give attention to the upcoming showdown with Como for fourth place in Serie A, coming off a 3-3 draw with Juventus and 2-1 defeat at Genoa.
ROME, ITALY – JANUARY 22: Niccolo Pisilli of AS Roma celebrates together with his teammate Kostas Tsimikas after scoring the opening objective throughout the UEFA Europa League 2025/26 League Part MD7 match between AS Roma and VfB Stuttgart at Stadio Olimpico on January 22, 2026 in Rome, Italy. (Picture by Paolo Bruno/Getty Photos)
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Bologna have virtually a whole squad to take care of after eliminating SK Brann within the play-offs, although Juan Miranda, Torbjorn Heggem and Charalampos Lykogiannis are usually not at 100 per cent.
Castro retains maintain of the centre-forward function, flanked by Jonathan Rowe and Federico Bernardeschi.
Tommaso Pobega additionally will get the nod in midfield.
The Rossoblu have had a really odd 2026, as after a disaster run of poor outcomes, they put collectively 5 consecutive victories in all competitors.
That was halted on the weekend with in Serie A.
BOLOGNA, ITALY – FEBRUARY 23: Federico Bernardeschi of Bologna FC celebrates after scoring the opening objective throughout the Serie A match between Bologna FC 1909 and Udinese Calcio at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium on February 23, 2026 in Bologna, Italy. (Picture by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photos)
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Bologna vs. Roma official line-ups
Bologna: Skorupski; Joao Mario, Casale, Lucumi, Miranda; Freuler, Ferguson, Pobega; Bernardeschi, Castro, Rowe
Bologna bench: Ravaglia, Moro, Orsolini, Heggem, Zortea, Odgaard, Lykogiannis, Sohm, Dallinga, Cambiaghi, Dominguez, Vitik
Roma: Svilar; Celik, Ndicka, Ghilardi; Rensch, El Aynaoui, Pisilli, Wesley; Cristante; Zaragoza, Malen
Roma bench: De Marzi, Gollini, Pellegrini, Tsimikas, Hermoso, Ziolkowski, Vaz, El Shaarawy
Ref: Jablonski (GER)