Roma have been magnificent in the last few months

Roma have been magnificent in the last few months but they were dealt a blow in the hunt for UEFA Champions League qualification last weekend as they welcome AC Milan to the capital.

Roma preview: Ranieri’s Romans

Having come out of retirement during the November international break to become Roma’s third permanent manager of the campaign, Claudio Ranieri’s Giallorossi begin the final two weeks of the season just a point outside of the top four.

It had been a woeful start for the Romans before a five-month unbeaten run of form in Serie A, which ended last weekend as they suffered a 2-1 defeat to Atalanta at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo last week.

AC Milan preview: A poor season

AC Milan had the chance to end their season with two trophies, having won the Supercoppa Italiana in Sergio Conceicao’s first two matches back in January, but they were beaten 1-0 by Bologna in the final of the Coppa Italia in midweek at the Stadio Olimpico.

The Rossoneri have endured a fairly miserable campaign and Conceicao is expected to depart San Siro at the end of the season. However, with two games of the season to go, they sit four points adrift of the top four and the UEFA Champions League qualification spots.

Roma team news: Couple of injuries

Ahead of the visit of Milan to the Olimpico this weekend, Roma are dealing with a couple of confirmed absentees for this one such as Italy international midfielder Lorenzo Pellegrini and Argentina international attacker Paulo Dybala.

Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Svilar; Celik, Mancini, Ndicka; Rensch, Cristante, Kone, Angelino; Matias Soule, Shomurodov; Dovbyk.

AC Milan team news: A few doubts

Ahead of their trip to the capital city, AC Milan are dealing with a few key injury doubts for this one as former Tottenham Hotspur right-back Emerson Royal is potentially unavailable alongside loanee Warren Bondo and attacker Riccardo Sottil.

Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Maignan; Tomori, Gabbia, Pavlovic; Alex Jimenez, Loftus-Cheek, Reijnders, Hernandez; Pulisic, Joao Felix; Jovic.