The capital membership intention for his or her first two-game profitable streak of the season on Sunday.
journey to Veneto searching for consecutive league wins for the primary time in 2024/25.
Underneath vital strain to safe victory and reignite their marketing campaign for prime 4—they’ll meet a struggling on Sunday night.
In the meantime, the hosts discover themselves barely above the relegation zone, with factors at a premium as they attempt to keep up their prime flight standing. Each side will enter the competition totally conscious of the implications the sport holds for his or her respective aims.
The match is scheduled to kick-off at 18.00 CET on Sunday in Verona.
Roma
After a turbulent run of type, the capital membership lastly stopped the hemorrhaging of factors on Thursday because of their win over Torino.
Simply their second win in 5 video games, the Giallorossi had been once more haunted by their goalscoring struggles—scoring simply as soon as in opposition to the Granata. By way of ten rounds, Roma have among the many worst assaults in Serie A with solely 10 objectives scored.
The absence of influential huge gamers has disrupted their attacking movement. Though their current win supplied a glimpse of their potential, they should produce constant performances to remain aggressive within the race for a top-four spot.
”Verona is a really troublesome staff to face in a particularly troublesome stadium. They’ve technical gamers, they’re hungry to win,” Juric acknowledged previous to the match.
”As a way to present we’re a superb staff, we have to take the whole lot one sport at a time. If we don’t get a end in Verona, the victory in opposition to Torino counts for little.”
The guests shall be with out wide-man , who continues to get well from an ankle damage. Moreover, ’s suspension forces a reshuffle in Roma’s defence—, , and prone to type the again three.
In the meantime, prime scorer is accessible after lacking out Thursday on account of sickness.
Verona
A string of inconsistent outcomes has positioned Verona in a precarious place close to the underside of the desk, only one level above the relegation zone.
The hosts have misplaced six of their earlier seven video games regardless of a formidable opening day victory over Napoli to start out their season. They’ve struggled to keep up defensive solidity and boast the worst defensive report in Serie A with 22 objectives conceded in 10 video games.
Regardless of his aspect’s struggles, supervisor Paolo Zanetti is optimistic his staff may give the Giallorossi bother.
“Tomorrow I’m satisfied that Verona will play an ideal match,” Zanetti advised reporters throughout his pre-match press convention.
“We should give 100%, perhaps much more, in opposition to a staff that deserves the Champions League. Proper now, we aren’t on the identical stage [as Roma]—maybe we’re not even protected from relegation despite the fact that we had been a month in the past.”
In staff information, Verona have a number of urgent damage considerations, with Juan Cruz, Pawel Dawidowicz, and Martin Frese unavailable. They will even be with out proper again Jackson Tchatchoua and midfielder Reda Belahyane, each serving suspensions.
Predicted Lineups
VERONA (4-2-3-1): Montipò; Daniliuc, Magnani, Ghilardi, Bradaric; Serdar, Duda; Suslov, Tengstedt, Lazovic; Sarr
Unavailable: Juan Cruz, Pawel Dawidowicz, Martin Frese, Jackson Tchatchoua, Reda Belahyane
ROMA (3-4-2-1): Svilar; Mancini, Ndicka, Angelino; Celik, Konè, Pisilli, Zalewski; Dybala, Pellegrini; Dovbyk
Unavailable: Alexis Saelemaekers, Stephan El Shaarawy, Mario Hermoso