Possible Lineups, Team News, Stats – Roma vs Barcelona

• The home side will be without their midfielder Miralem Pjanic who picked up an injury last week while playing for Bosnia & Herzegovina. Kevin Strootman also remains a long term absentee for the Italian side.
• Belgian midfielder Radja Nainggolan is expected to return to the starting eleven in place of former Barcelona player Seydou Keita.
• Francesco Totti is eyeing to score his 300th goal for the club.
• Wojciech Szczesny will continue to start on goal. 
• Gervinho, Mohamed Salah and Edin Dzeko are expected to start this important game.

• Marc-Andre ter Stegen will keep his place as first choice keeper Claudio Bravo is out with a calf injury.
• Gerard Pique who is suspended in La Liga will return to the lineup inpalce of Thomas Vermaelen who is out with an injury.
• Sergi Roberto is likely to keep his place at the right-back position as Daniel Alves remains on the sidelines.

• In the last three games between them, both the sides have won one, lost one and drawn one.
• Barcelona have lost only one of their last 11 games in the Champions League.
• Roma have not won any of their last five games in the Champions League, including the qualification round.

Roma 2 – 2 Barcelona, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez on the scoresheet for the away side.




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