Probable Formation: Genoa vs Roma

“If we keep considering the absence of [Artem] Dovbyk and [Evan] Ferguson we’re really in a very difficult situation. Dovbyk has been out for many months and he’s had an operation. If everything goes well, he might be able to return for the end of April or early May. So we can’t really keep on classifying him as a ‘missing’ player. The same goes for Ferguson. It’s clear now that he’ll finish the season here and he’ll have an ankle operation. He won’t have time to recover before the end of the season. So those two can be removed from the list of missing players.

“As for the others, the situation is more manageable. [Donyell] Malen is available, [Robinio] Vaz is available, [Lorenzo] Venturino. We’ve got [Stephan] El Shaarawy back. We have [Lorenzo] Pellegrini and Zaragoza. We have enough players to keep playing as we have done until now. [Matias] Soule has been out for a few weeks, but the others haven’t been around much.”

Those had been the damage updates that Gian Piero Gasperini opened his pre-match presser with. Clearly, the information on the striker place wasn’t good, as he indicated that each Dovbyk and Ferguson will contribute little to nothing for the remainder of the season.

In addition to the 2 strikers, Gasperini will as soon as once more need to do with out Soulé, Paulo Dybala, and Mario Hermoso on account of accidents. Gasperini mentioned he hopes to have the middle again obtainable for subsequent week’s match in opposition to Como. Additionally, he should do with out Wesley, who’s out due to a yellow card suspension, however the supervisor was obscure when requested how he would cowl for the Brazilian’s absence.

“Wesley is suspended and that can happen when the yellow cards stack up. We have a couple of options. We’ll see. As an alternative to Wesley on the left, we have [Kostas] Tsimikas, we have him [Rensch]we have [Zeki] Celik, we have [Daniele] Ghilardi. That’s what we have. Celik can play at the back, on the flank. “Those are your options.”

Angeliño additionally stays out and Gasperini spoke on his restoration.

“That I do not know. That’s one other scenario that is exhausting to foretell. He’s undoubtedly higher. He’s undoubtedly coaching and enhancing however I do not know in efficiency phrases. He’s actually improved not too long ago however for some time he was utterly out, utterly inactive, so we’ll need to see.

Gasperini was additionally requested if it was attainable that Bryan Cristante may very well be rested after a subpar efficiency in opposition to Juve. The Roma supervisor appeared to shoot that concept down.

“Cristante is playing lots and lots of games and you don’t always know how well you’ll recover. Now we’re going to be playing back to back and this is when it becomes a bit more difficult for everyone: understanding when you need an extra day to recover or when you’re able to recover between Thursday and Sunday. But Cristante is indispensable. It’s always difficult for me to leave him out because he’s so important in the air and we don’t have others in attacking positions or midfield who have that ability, besides his versatility and everything else. But even he can’t always play. There are times when he needs a bit more time to recover. Plus in that area of the pitch we have several very good alternatives.”

With all that in mind, we’re expecting a couple of changes from last week’s thriller against the Bianconeri. Devyne Rensch is expected to slide to the left wing. That allows Zeki Çelik to move out of the back three and to the right wing back position that he has played most of the season. With those two moving spots, Daniele Ghilardi will slot into the left center back spot in the back three. So, essentially only Wesley leaves the XI, but a few players will be reshuffled around the pitch.

ROME (3-4-2-1): Svilar; Mancini, Ndicka, Ghilardi; Çelik, Cristante, Koné, Rensch; Pisilli, Pellegrini; Malen.