Italy have stuck with the same side that narrowly defeated Fiji last weekend for the clash with Argentina in Florence on Saturday.
However, there are two changes among the replacements with Federico Zani coming in for Marco Lazzaroni and Edoardo Gori being replaced by Tito Tebaldi.
“I know this is a difficult choice for the six players in the squad that have not yet had an opportunity in these November Tests,” said coach Conor O‘Shea.
“But after the Fiji game we wanted to keep consistency in our choices, especially for a game such as the one against the Pumas that will be, in every respect, much more challenging and difficult to deal with.”
Italy were 19-10 winners over Fiji in Catania last Saturday and play South Africa next weekend in Padova.
They last met Argentina on O’Shea’s debut as coach in June 2016, when the Pumas narrowly won 30-24 in Santa Fe.
Italy: 15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Leonardo Sarto, 13 Tommaso Boni, 12 Tomasso Castello, 11 Mattia Bellini, 10 Carlo Canna, 9 Marcello Violi, 8 Sergio Parisse (c), 7 Abraham Steyn, 6 Francesco Minto, 5 Dean Budd, 4 Marco Fuser, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Luca Bigi, 1 Andrea Lovotti
Replacements: 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 17 Federico Zani, 18 Dario Chistolini, 19 Federico Ruzza, 20 Giovanni Licara, 21 Tito Tebaldi, 22 Ian McKinley, 23 Matteo Minozzi
Date: Saturday, November 18
Venue: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Kick-Off: 15:00 local (14:00 GMT)
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Glen Jackson (New Zealand), Pierre Brousset (France)
Television match official: Brian MacNeice (Ireland)
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