AS Roma vs. Fiorentina: 7th February 2017

After a surprising defeat in the match against Sampdoria last week, Roma lost contact with Juventus. Champion has put seven points in it and the team from the capital. In addition, Roma now feeling the pressure of Napoli, who won 7-1 this weekend’s clash with Bologna.

Given that AC Milan lost three times in a row, Fiorentina is now in a very good situation to attack sixth place in Serie A. However, Rome is not an easy opponent. Tătăruşanu his team would have wanted a game easy at this time of the season.

In recent years, whether it was the matches of Serie A, the Coppa Italia or the Europa League, none of the two teams failed to achieve results far superior to the other in direct confrontations. Fiorentina managed to win the first leg 1-0. However, in Serie A, Fiorentina Olimpico not won since 2012.

Mohamed Salah African Cup final played Sunday evening, so the team will return home to Fiorentina until the weekend, in the best case. Diego Perotti injured, El Shaarawy should fit holder in this match. Manolas lies in the center of defense, which means that Juan Jesus and Thomas Vermaelen will most likely remain on the bench.

Ciprian Tatarusanu and Gonzalo Rodriguez returning home to Fiorentina team. Paulo Sousa confirmed that Nikola Kalinic not make this trip with the team. Meanwhile, Riccardo Saponara is also not recovering from an injury.

Rome

Sczesny – Fazio, Manolas, Rudiger – Emerson, STROOTMAN, Rossi, Peres – Shaarawy, Nainggolan – Dzeko

Fiorentina

Tătăruşanu – Astori, Rodriguez, Tomovic – Olivera, Badelj, Vecino, Chiesa – Valero Bernardeschi – Babacar

Conclusion

Both teams have to do without some regular players in attack. The teams are two of the best in Serie A to creating opportunities to score, but they also wont to give their opponents plenty of opportunities to score. We expect an interesting game, in which we could see more goals than we would expect at a football match in Italy.