Roma will be looking to bounce back to winning ways when they welcome Hellas Verona to Stadio Olimpico for an important Serie A encounter on Saturday night with kickoff at 20:00.
Roma have had their fair share of inconsistency this season, which continued last time out as they almost dropped all points against Sassuolo last Sunday but thanks to a late goal from Bryan Cristante, which saw the game end 2-2, Roma claimed their second consecutive draw in the Serie A as it followed the 0-0 draw against relegation-threatened Genoa.
The draws sandwiches a 2-0 defeat to Inter at San Siro in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia which dips their current form even more. The draws also have seen Jose Mourinho’s side retain their place outside the European places and now they are two points off while slimed they chances of finish in top four further as they are now six points behind Juventus.
Therefore the Giallorossi will be looking to return to winning ways as another slip-up on the weekend could see them slide down into the eight spot with a point above their Saturday opponents.
Yes, Verona are just four points behind Roma in the ninth and a win on Saturday for Igor Tudor’s men could see them reduce that gap to one point while increasing their chances of competing for the European places.
The Mastiffs are coming off a massive confidence-boosting 4-0 victory against Udinese at home last Sunday, which was a great response to their 2-0 defeat to Juventus in the previous match that had ended their two consecutive wins in the league.
They will also draw confidence from their 3-2 win against their hosts in the reverse fixture earlier in the campaign as they look to make back-to-back wins on the bounce, while aiming at closing the gap between them and the top six in the process. Although, they have not claimed a win against Roma at Stadio Olimpico in their last 10 visits and they will be looking to end that run.
Roma vs Verona head to head
Both sides have met in 21 encounters since 1996 with Roma claiming 13 victories while Verona have claimed three victories and there have been five draws.
- Verona 3-2 Roma 19/09/21
- Roma 3-1 Verona 31/01/21
- Verona 3-0 Roma 19/09/20(decided by the association)
- Roma 2-1 Verona 15/07/20
- Verona 1-3 Roma 01/12/19
Home
- Sassuolo 2-2 Roma
- Inter 2-0 Roma
- Roma 0-0 Genoa
- Empoli 2-4 Roma
- Roma 3-1 Lecce
Away
- Verona 4-0 Udinese
- Juventus 2-0 Verona
- Verona 2-1 Bologna
- Sassuolo 2-4 Verona
- Verona 1-2 Salernitana
Roma team news
Roma will be without Leonardo Spinazzola and Roger Ibanez due to injuries while Gianluca Mancini will miss through suspension and Stephan El Shaarawy is a doubt.
Verona team news
Verona will be without Pawel Dawidowicz, Ivor Pandur and Miguel Veloso due to injuries.
Prediction and odds
- Roma win
- Both sides to score
- Goals over 2.5
