Cristiano Ronaldo is out to smash the Roma protection as soon as extra to assist Juventus seize a significant win on the Allianz Stadium.
Third meets fourth as AS Roma take the journey to Turin to face reigning Serie A champions Juventus on Saturday night.
One place and one level are all that separate the 2 groups within the league standings, leaving a lot to play for on this one. Nevertheless, Juventus have a recreation in hand and arguably are the extra in-form facet.
That stated, Roma emerged 3-1 victors within the corresponding fixture again in August. Regardless of Gonzalo Higuain’s early opener, Nikola Kalinic’s equalizer and Diego Perotti’s brace sealed the guests all three factors in Turin. They now hope to seal back-to-back away wins over Juventus for the primary time.
Juventus Type & Stats
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a match-winning brace in opposition to Inter Milan final day trip. Not solely did it seal Juventus an essential 2-1 first-leg win of their Coppa Italia semi-final tie, however it additionally prolonged the membership’s profitable run to 5 matches.
The intention now’s for Ronaldo to keep away from going 4 consecutive league video games with out a objective. The ahead hasn’t completed so since November 2017 at Actual Madrid. Nevertheless, except for scoring 22 objectives in solely 23 appearances in all competitions, he additionally bagged a brace in Juventus’ 2-2 away draw to Roma in September.
The Bianconeri, in the meantime, additionally hope to bag three successive clear sheets within the league for the primary time below Andrea Pirlo. They’ve the league’s finest defensive file. Solely 18 objectives have been conceded to date, which is a mean of 0.85-per-game.
Key Crew Stats
- Juventus have received 82 occasions in opposition to Roma (D50 L41).
- Prone to back-to-back dwelling defeats to Roma for the primary time ever.
- Hope to maintain 3 consecutive clear sheets for the primary time below Andrea Pirlo.
- Scored probably the most objectives contained in the final quarter-hour of any Serie A membership (14 objectives).
- Joint-most open play sequences with 10 or extra passes (329) alongside Napoli.
- Cristiano Ronaldo is vulnerable to failing to attain in 4 consecutive league video games for the primary time since November 2017.
- Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 9 objectives in 11 video games in opposition to Roma in all competitions.
- Cristiano Ronaldo has made 26 direct objective contributions in solely 23 video games in all competitions (22 objectives, 4 assists).
AS Roma Type & Stats
The Edin Dzeko fallout is stealing most headlines for Roma nowadays. Paulo Fonseca has stripped the ahead of the captaincy following an alleged bust-up over the dismissal of crew supervisor Gianluca Gomber. The top coach has additionally left the Bosnian of his final two matchday squads. However with the membership’s European hopes at stake, he has recalled him for Saturday.
Actual Madrid loanee Borja Mayoral, nonetheless, has proved a good substitute to date. The 23-year-old has scored three objectives within the final two league video games to assist the membership bag victories over Hellas Verona and Spezia.
However whereas current back-to-back wins have been a fine addition, Roma are but to win in opposition to a top-eight membership this season. A key cause is their defensive fragilities, having conceded 33 league objectives in solely 20 video games. They’ve endured blended fortunes on the street with 4 defeats in 9 outings to date (W4 D1).
Key Crew Stats
- Roma have misplaced extra Serie A video games in opposition to Juventus than every other membership (82).
- Purpose to go unbeaten in three consecutive league video games in opposition to Juventus for the primary time since 2002.
- Conceded 33 league objectives, their second-most at this stage within the final 70 years, and the eighth-worst file within the league itself.
- Misplaced by 2 or extra objectives in 4 of their final 6 away league video games.
- Scored probably the most objectives contained in the opening quarter-hour of any Serie A membership (8 objectives).
- Borja Mayoral has scored 3 objectives in his final 2 league video games.
Crew Information
Juventus
Out: Paulo Dybala, Rodrigo Bentancur.
Doubts: N/A.
AS Roma
Out: Nicolo Zaniolo, Chris Smalling, Lorenzo Pellegrini.
Doubts: N/A.
Predicted Line-ups
(Word: The picture will change to the official XI as soon as they’re each introduced)
Prime Goalscorers in Serie A
Head-To-Head File
Under are some head-to-head stats on every crew’s current type in Serie A.
Match Details
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