NEWPORT, WALES – AUGUST 04: Konstantinos Koulierakis of AS Roma celebrates scoring his team’s third goal with teammates during the pre-season friendly match between Newport County and AS Roma at Rodney Parade on August 04, 2026 in Newport, Wales. (Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images)
Gian Piero Gasperini has named a strong Roma line-up featuring all of Matias Soule, Paulo Dybala and Donyell Malen for Saturday afternoon’s pre-season friendly away against Brighton & Hove Albion at the Amex Stadium.
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This is the first meeting of the sides since their two-legged encounter in the Europa League back in 2024: Roma won that tie 4-1 on aggregate thanks to a 4-0 victory at home at the Stadio Olimpico in the first leg.
BRIGHTON, ENGLAND – MARCH 14: Sardar Azmoun of AS Roma scores an overhead kick goal that is later disallowed during the UEFA Europa League 2023/24 round of 16 second leg match between Brighton & Hove Albion and AS Roma at the Brighton & Hove Albion Stadium on March 14, 2024 in Brighton, England.
(Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) Today’s game is Roma’s penultimate pre-season test and the final one in their mini-tour of the UK. The Giallorossi were beaten 4-1 in South Wales by Cardiff City last weekend, but bounced back with a 4-1 victory against Newport County on Tuesday.
Malen spearheads the attack on Saturday afternoon, supported by Dybala and Soule in the trequartista roles.
TURIN, ITALY – JANUARY 18: Paulo Dybala celebrates a goal during the Serie A match against Torino FC at Stadio Olimpico di Torino on January 18, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images) Neil El Aynaoui starts alongside Bryan Cristante in midfield with Wesley and Devyne Rensch at wing-back. Gasperini’s back three is made up of Gianluca Mancini, Evan Ndicka and Mario Hermoso.
Summer signings Santiago Castro and Konstantinos Koulierakis are named among the substitutes.
Kick-off is due at 15.00 BST. Brighton (4-3-3): Verbruggen; Wieffer, Simmonds, Boscagli, Kadioglu; Ayari, Hinshelwood, Gross; Minteh, Georginio, Gomez. Coach: Fabian Hurzeler. Subs: McGill, Dunk, Osman, Cashin, Kostoulas, Costinha, Cozier-Duberry, De Cuyper, Yalcouye, Yohanna, Middleton. Roma (3-4-2-1): Svilar; Mancini, Ndicka, Hermoso; Rensch, El Aynaoui, Cristante, Wesley; Dybala, Soulé; Malen. Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini. Subs: Gollini, Di Marzi, Ghilardi, Ziolkowski, Koulierakis, Nardin, Reale, Mannini, Lulli Panico, Cherubini, Vaz, Castro.
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