The capital team lost the battle for fourth place to Juventus in the previous championship. So now, under Gasperini, they are again playing in the Europa League. On Thursday, they secured another win there against Stuttgart. A week earlier, they surprisingly lost and were eliminated by Torino in the cup. However, Serie A remains the priority, where they are striving for the top spots. Against the same Torino, they calmly took revenge with a 2-0 victory.
At “San Siro” last season, they only managed a Super Cup win, having exited the Champions League playoffs early and dropping from second to eighth place in Serie A. The last chance to salvage their reputation was the cup, but there they lost the final to Bologna.
In the summer, Allegri was brought back as head coach. He has had his own setbacks, losing to Lazio in the cup and to Napoli in the Super Cup. But most importantly, in Serie A, after starting with a loss, they went on a long unbeaten run. And after a draw with Fiorentina, they defeated both Como and Lecce.
Roma play pragmatically: 1.24 goals scored per match and, more importantly, twice less conceded, at 0.57 per game. Their rival is not much more spectacular: 1.62 goals scored and 0.76 conceded per game.
Roma have won five of their last seven matches
24% of Roma’s matches end with goals from both teams and the average total goals per match is 1.81
Milan have won four of their last six games
52% of Milan’s matches end with goals from both teams and the average total goals per match is 2.38.
Roma (probable lineup): Svilar – Hermoso, Mancini, Gilardi – Tsimikas, Soulé, Koné, Pisilli, Celik – Malen, Dybala
Milan (probable lineup): Maignan – Bartezaghi, De Winter, Tomori – Estupiñán, Rabiot, Modrić, Fofana, Saelemaekers – Loftus-Cheek, Rafael Leão.
In the last three encounters, the clubs exchanged home victories, with Leão and company achieving this twice.
