Roma v Juventus

Rome sees two giants go head to head in the race for Champions League qualification. Can one side move closer to seal a top 4 slot?

Roma v Juventus – Stadio Olimpico 20:45 CET

Team News:

Evan Ferguson, Artem Dovbyk and Hermoso are out. Dybala and El Shaarawy are back though.

Vlahovic, Milik and Locatelli are out for this one.

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Formations:

3-4-2-1 for Roma under Gasperini. A side built on defence but does have attacking talent. Aggressive man to man play with a high defensive line.

3-4-2-1 for Juventus but mostly they look 3-4-3.  Slow play from the defence with player rotation.

Statistics:

Referee: Simone Sozza (Average cards 4.65 Yellow 0.13 Red)

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Match Preview:

Roma are 3^rd in Serie A, just 4 points off Milan in 2^nd. More importantly they have a 4 point gap over todays rivals Juventus in race for the top four. Home form is great with 9 wins from 13 games. Recent all competition form is good with 3 wins and 4 draws from last 8 games.

Juventus are 4 points off the top 4 spot, but they have Como and Atalanta breathing down their necks. Away form is ok with 6 wins from their 13 games. Recent form is poor with just 1 win from the last 6 matches with 4 losses in that run also. They had to play 120 minutes on Wednesday also as they bowed out of the Champions League in extra time to Galatasaray.

Betting Preview:

A two-hour marathon match in midweek with most of it playing with 10 men will have greatly impacted this Juventus team. A terrible run of form too and not the best time to be visiting the capital city to play Roma. The home side are in great form and playing with confidence too. Take Roma on the match prices or draw no bet if you want to lower the risk.