On Sunday, starting with 17:00, the match AS Roma – Fiorentina will be played, from the round with number 6 in Serie A.
AS Roma started quite weakly this season in Serie A. After the first 5 matches, the “chapter” team is in 9th place, with 8 points obtained – one length ahead of Fiorentina. Coming after the Europa League match with TSKA Sofia, there are important chances for Paulo Fonseca to make more changes in the first 11. First of all, Roma will not be able to use the services of players like Davide Santon, Amadou Diawara or Nicolo Zaniolo – with all injured. Due to the unavailability list, Roma will most likely start from the first minute with the offensive “triple” formed by Mkhitaryan, Dzeko and Pdero.
On the other hand, Fiorentina, as mentioned before, ranks 10th in the ranking of the first division in Italy. Unlike the previous games of this competitive season, the coach Giuseppe Iachini will be able to bet again on Pol Lirola, who has fully recovered after the ankle injury. At the same time, German Pezzella will be operated on these days and will miss the duel on “Olimpico”. Besides Pezzella, the band “Viola” will not be able to bet on the Iberian Valero, also injured. In this sense, the chances for Fiorentina to obtain a positive result are limited. It is on this idea that we also built our predictions.
AS Roma (3-4-3): Olsen – Ibanez, Smalling, Mancini – Spinazzola, Veretout, Pellegrini, Peres – Mkhitaryan, Dzeko, Pedro;
Fiorentina (3-5-2): Dragowski – Martinez Quarta, Milenkovic, Caceres – Lirola, Bonaventura, Amrabat, Castrovilli, Biraghi – Vlahovic, Ribery.
Fiorentina, without victory in the last 3 direct matches;
Both teams have scored in the previous 5 meetings directly;
Fiorentina have conceded a goal in the previous 5 games.
PREDICTION: AS Roma to win @ 1,81
