Roma resume their Serie A title race with a visit to newly-promoted Empoli” data-scaytid=”2″>Empoli, Mattia Destro and Ashley Cole.

This Week 2 fixture kicks off at 17.00 UK time (16.00 GMT), click here for a match preview.

Roma resume their Serie A title race with a visit to newly-promoted Empoli, Mattia Destro and Ashley Cole.

This Week 2 fixture kicks off at 17.00 UK time (16.00 GMT), click here for a match preview.

The Giallorossi won their opener 2-0 against Fiorentina” data-scaytid=”6″>Fiorentina, but for the first time face the pressure of preparing for a Champions League tie with CSKA Moscow too.

With that European debut in mind, Francesco Totti, Gervinho, Juan Iturbe and Davide Astori are rested in favour of Destro, Alessandro Florenzi, Adem Ljajic and Kostas Manolas.

Douglas Maicon starts despite being sent home early from Brazil for disciplinary reasons and Cole is on the left of defence.

Empoli lost at Udinese and are still without injured hitman Massimo Maccarone, so Georgia international Levan Mchedlidze partners Francesco Tavano.

Roma’s recent record at the Stadio Castellani is poor, as they’ve managed one point from their last three trips to Empoli.

They haven’t won here since a 2-0 result with Totti’s brace in 2003-04.

Empoli: Sepe; Laurini, Rugani, Tonelli, Hysaj; Vecino, Valdifiori, Croce; Verdi; Tavano, Mchedlidze

Roma: De Sanctis; Maicon, Manolas, Castan, Cole; Pjanic, De Rossi, Nainggolan; Florenzi, Destro, Ljajic

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