Serie A Wk8 Liveblog: Lazio-Juventus, Sassuolo-Roma, Fiorentina-Bologna and more

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Join us for all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s Serie A games, as Roma visit Sassuolo for top spot, Juventus take on Lazio, there’s Fiorentina-Bologna and Verona-Cagliari.

The clocks went back in Europe last night, so all times are now in GMT (add one hour for local Italian time).

We begin at 14.00 with Roma potentially joining Napoli as the new joint leaders if they win away to Sassuolo, while Verona-Cagliari is a relegation battle.

At 17.00 GMT, Fiorentina are looking for their first win of the season against Bologna.

Lazio and Juventus are both struggling badly, so they go head-to-head at 19.45.

Roma can go joint top of the table with a win away to Domenico Berardi’s Sassuolo, so give Leon Bailey his first start with Paulo Dybala and Matias Soulé.

Sassuolo: Muric; Walukiewicz, Idzes, Romagna, Doig; I Koné, Matic, Thorstvedt; Berardi, Pinamonti, Laurienté

Roma: Svilar; Celik, Mancini, N’Dicka; Wesley, Cristante, El Aynaoui, Tsimikas; Soulé, Bailey; Dybala