Nice vs. Roma: Europa League MD1 official line-ups

epa12073520 Roma’s Artem Dovbyk (R) celebrates with his teammates after scoring the 1-0 goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between AS Roma and ACF Fiorentina, in Rome, Italy, 04 May 2025. EPA-EFE/ANGELO CARCONI

Roma give Artem Dovbyk, Kostas Tsimikas and Neil El Aynaoui a chance to impress in the Europa League opener away to OGC Nice.

It kicks off at the Allianz Riviera, called the Grand Stade de Nice for UEFA purposes, at 20.00 UK time (19.00 GMT).

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens on the Liveblog.

The Giallorossi have won three of their four games under new coach Gian Piero Gasperini, including Sunday’s Derby della Capitale against Lazio, but never scored more than one goal in any of them.

Paulo Dybala and Leon Bailey are still out of action, with Mario Hermoso not at 100 per cent, but Wesley returns to the bench after recovering from a stomach bug.

Dovbyk, El Aynaoui and Tsimikas step into the starting XI with Stephan El Shaarawy, but Matias Soulé and Manu Koné remain key figures.

Jan Ziolkowski is suspended after yellow cards picked up playing for Legia Warsaw.

There are some familiar faces in the Nice squad, above all former Sassuolo and Atalanta winger Jeremie Boga.

They are missing Tanguy Ndombélé, Mohamed Abdelmonem, Moise Bombito and Youssouf Ndayishimiye through injury.

Brazilian ex-Bayern Munich defender Dante is still going strong, even though he turns 42 next month.

Nice were knocked out of the Champions League qualifying round by Benfica, then had a rough start in Ligue 1, managing two wins and three defeats.

They were swept aside 4-1 by Brest on Saturday evening.

Nice vs. Roma official line-ups

Nice: Y Diouf; A Mendy, Bah, Dante; Louchet, Vanhoutte, Boudaoui, Bard; Sanson, Kevin Carlos, Boga

Nice bench: Zelazowski, Dupé, Abdi, Moffi, Diop, Jansson, Cho, Oppong, Tiago Gouveia, Lumpungu, Clauss, Abdul Samed

Roma: Svilar; Celik, Mancini, N’Dicka; Rensch, Koné, El Aynaoui, Tsimikas; El Shaarawy, Soulé; Dovbyk

Roma bench: De Marzi, Gollini, Angelino, Cristante, Pellegrini, Ferguson, Hermoso, Wesley, Pisilli, Ghilardi

Ref: Cuadra Fernandez (ESP)

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