Serie A official line-ups: Roma vs. Sassuolo

10.01.2026 19:03

Roma look to Paulo Dybala, Matias Soulé, Evan Ferguson and Kostas Tsimikas amid an injury crisis as they host stuttering Sassuolo.

It kicks off at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome at 17.00 GMT (18.00 CET).

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s four Serie A games on the Liveblog.

LECCE, ITALY – JANUARY 06: Head coach of AS Roma Gian Piero Gasperini looks on prior the Serie A match between US Lecce and AS Roma at Stadio Via del Mare on January 06, 2026 in Lecce, Italy. (Photo by Maurizio Lagana/Getty Images)

The Giallorossi were caught by Juventus in joint fourth place and Como were three points behind with a game in hand going into this weekend, so the pressure is building.

Gian Piero Gasperini has a reduced squad for his 900^th professional match as a coach, because while Gianluca Mancini and Mario Hermoso return from suspension, Bryan Cristante is now banned.

Artem Dovbyk scored in the 2-0 win over Lecce midweek and immediately suffered another muscular injury, so he is out with Lorenzo Pellegrini, Leon Bailey and Pierluigi Gollini.

Wesley has recovered from flu symptoms, but is only fit for the bench, giving Tsimikas a rare start.

Neil El Aynaoui and Evan Ndicka are still at the Africa Cup of Nations.

ROME, ITALY – OCTOBER 02: Olivier Giroud of LOSC Lille challenges Kostas Tsimikas of AS Roma during the UEFA Europa League 2025/26 League Phase MD2 match between AS Roma and LOSC Lille at Stadio Olimpico on October 02, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images)

Sassuolo have stuttered lately and are without a win in five Serie A rounds, managing just three stalemates, even if some of those were against Milan and Bologna.

Fresh off a 3-0 defeat to Juventus, they lost Kristian Thorstvedt to a shoulder injury during that game, joining Fali Candé, Domenico Berardi, Cristian Volpato, Filippo Romagna, Daniel Boloca and Edoardo Pieragnolo on the treatment table.

Woyo Coulibaly is at AFCON too, so options are limited, Alieu Fadera completing the trident with Andrea Pinamonti and Armand Laurienté.

Italy Under-21 international Luca Lipani gets the nod in midfield.

REGGIO NELL’EMILIA, ITALY – MAY 19: Armand Laurienté of US Sassuolo looks on during the Serie A TIM match between US Sassuolo and Cagliari at Mapei Stadium – Citta’ del Tricolore on May 19, 2024 in Reggio nell’Emilia, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)