Already the 24th round of Serie A is just around the corner. On Sunday evening, Rome and Benevento meet. Looking at the table, the starting point seems to be clear. Benevento has only seven points in the account and consequently occupies the last place. The Romans were already 44 points and occupy fifth place in the table. Accordingly, the betting odds are based on the victory of AS Roma in the 1.1 range. In this article, we’ll show you that the role of the favorite is not as clear as the bookies see it. Because in the form of the past five games Benevento occupies the better place than the Romans. This game will be kicked off at 19:45.

In the season 2015/16 Benevento could ascend to Serie B. Right in the following season, the team finished fifth place in the table. Thanks to an outstanding performance in the promotion playoffs and the victory over Capri, the promotion to the top flight class could be realized. This Benevento started this season for the first time in club history in the top league. The upswing has quickly evaporated. In Serie A, Benevento faces much stronger teams and the class difference became clear. Therefore, the two-time promotion coach Marco Baroni had to leave his trainer – after only nine laps. Only in December could be earned in the home game against AC Milan, the first point. At the turn of the year, the unthinkable happened – Benevento won two games! After that again three clear defeats followed. The gap to the saving 17th place is already 13 points. This makes it hard to stay in Serie A.
Away Benevento won in any of the eleven games a point. The first point in the home stadium was brought against a weakened top team. It is not unthinkable that just against Rome a point is won.

Roma has very weak weeks behind them. During this time, the captains have gambled away from the Cup and the championship. In the last ten games, the Romans could only earn ten points. Clearly too little, if the Scudetto wants to be brought back to the capital. Due to the bad phase, the Romans are no longer in the title race. Rome slipped to fifth place – 16 points behind the leaders. After all, there are six points ahead of seventh place. Especially the defensive has the main part for this negative trend. The Romans have shown that they lack the consistency for a top team.

In mid-December, Rome lost the Cup knockout round against Turin. This game started the negative trend of the capital city. In the home game Dzeko from the penalty spot in the 77th minute would have to score the goal. Only Schick was able to shorten in the 85th minute to 2: 1. For more goals the remaining time was too short. Although the Cup eliminated against Turin caused a stir, Rome can finish the season still positive. Thus, in the championship constant victories must be retracted. The goal of the captains must be a Champions League qualifier. Since the teams in this table region separate only individual points, the Rom fans may firmly assume that this goal is achieved. Rome was finally able to win again last weekend. Also in this game, the Romans need a solid performance to bring them to Champions League level. Next week, the Italians meet in the Ukraine in Donetsk.

PREDICTION: Over 2.5 goals @ 1.33