Lazio vs. Roma: Serie A official Week 32 line-ups

ROME, ITALY – JANUARY 05: Valentin Castellanos of SS Lazio and Artem Ndika of AS Roma reacts during the Serie match between Roma and Lazio at Stadio Olimpico on January 05, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Marco Rosi – SS Lazio/Getty Images)

Lazio have Taty Castellanos back with Mattia Zaccagni and Gustav Isaksen, while Roma rely on Artem Dovbyk and Matias Soulé in the massive Derby della Capitale.

It kicks off at the Stadio Olimpico at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT).

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

This is not just a Rome Derby, but also a crucial head-to-head in the battle for European places, as there are only two points separating them in sixth and seventh.

You can watch the Derby della Capitale here.

Lazio had started the season so well, but have stuttered recently and are coming off Thursday’s 2-0 Europa League quarter-final defeat away to Bodo/Glimt.

Matteo Guendouzi returns from suspension to bolster the midfield, while Castellanos is back in the starting XI after weeks of injury problems.

Nuno Tavares suffered a thigh strain and is out for 2-3 weeks, joining Patric and Arijon Ibrahimovic on the treatment table, so Luca Pellegrini gets a rare start.

Roma, on the other hand, had a disastrous start and have turned things around under Claudio Ranieri, winning seven consecutive Serie A matches until the 1-1 draw with Juventus.

Alexis Saelemaekers is another player who returns from his ban to give them wide options, with Paulo Dybala and Saul Abdulhamid out of action, plus Devyne Rensch only fit for the bench.

Dovbyk is supported by Soulé and Lorenzo Pellegrini.

Roma have won the last two editions of the Derby della Capitale without conceding a goal, while Claudio Ranieri has a 100 per cent record of five victories in this fixture.

Lazio vs. Roma official line-ups

Lazio: Mandas; Marusic, Gigot, Romagnoli, Luca Pellegrini; Guendouzi, Rovella; Isaksen, Dele-Bashiru, Zaccagni; Castellanos

Roma: Svilar; Celik, Mancini, Ndicka; Saelemaekers, Koné, Paredes, Angelino; Soulé, Lorenzo Pellegrini; Dovbyk