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Antonio Mirante will be handed a rare start in goal for Roma against Chievo on Friday evening with regular keeper Robin Olsen ruled out with injury.
Mirante, a summer signing from Bologna, will be selected instead of Daniel Fuzato due to his superior experience. The veteran Italian has only come back from an injury recently, but will occupy the goals in the clash which puts Roma up against the bottom side in the league. Chievo are nine points from safety having only won one game all season, although they did take points from Roma in their meeting at Stadio Olimpico earlier in the season, which ended as a 2-2 draw. Eusebio Di Francesco will see this game as a chance to correct the mistakes from the reverse fixture and also build on the draw with Milan last weekend. Also missing from the game will be Kostas Manolas, who has picked up a slight knock. Ivan Marcano is likely to come into the side to replace him at centre-half. Meanwhile, Lorenzo Pellegrini is ruled out with suspension, but Steven Nzonzi and Bryan Cristante return from their one-match bans. Di Francesco confirmed at his press conference that Nicolo Zaniolo will start in midfield again, but insisted the youngster has even more scope for improvement despite his impressive displays recently. The coach said: "Zaniolo will start tomorrow as well. He's looking fresh, mentally and physically. He still needs to improve - there are times when he could be even more decisive - but he's still very young." The game kicks off at 7:30pm UK time and will be shown live on Premier Sports 1.
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