Roma will face Juventus in the biggest match of the Serie A round at the Stadio Olimpico tonight.
Roma will be hoping to a major boost in their pursuit for Champions League qualification when they welcome Juventus to the Stadio Olimpico in Sunday's big Serie A clash.
The Giallorossi are up against it to finish in the top four, sitting three points adrift of fourth place with just three matches left to play.
Team News
Alessandro Florenzi and Daniele De Rossi are available once again following injury, leaving Diego Perotti as the only absentee.
Mattia Perin, Mario Mandzukic, Sami Khedira, Douglas Costa are all ruled out, while Alex Sandro and Daniele Rugani are both doubtful and Federico Bernadeschi suspended.
Probable line-ups:
ROMA (4-2-3-1): Mirante; Florenzi, Manolas, Fazio, Kolarov; Cristante, De Rossi; Zaniolo, Pellegrini, El Shaarawy; Dzeko.
JUVENTUS (4-3-3): Szczesny; De Sciglio, Barzagli, Chiellini, Spinazzola; Emre Can, Pjanic, Matuidi; Cuadrado, Dybala, Ronaldo.
Match facts
1. Roma and Juve have faced each other 170 times in Serie A: The Bianconeri have won 81 times against the Giallorossi's 39 successes, with 49 matches ending with a draw.
2. Roma have not scored against Juventus in the last 5 out of 6 matches between the team, including the last three matches. Only once did the Giallorossi fail to score in four straight matches against Juve, between 1948 and 1949.
3. At the Stadio Olimpico, however, Roma have lost just one in their last seven home matches in Serie A against Juve (3 W, 3 D) and are unbeaten in the last four.
4. Roma have recorded just 59 points in the ongoing Serie A campaign. This is the worst season for the Giallorossi at this stage since 2013/13 (58 points from 35 matches).
5. The team from the capital has not conceded a goal in its last two home matches. This is the first time since 2014 that they have kept a clean sheet in back-to-back games.
6. Juventus have drawn their last two Serie A matches: they have not reached three in a row in Serie A since March 2012 (four). They have also not gone without a league win in three games since May 2017, when the Bianconeri lost its third match against Roma at the Olimpico.
7. Juventus found the goal in 97% of the matches played in this Serie A (34 out of 35) - only PSG have done better in the five major European leagues in the 2018/19 season (100% - 35 out of 35).
8. Cristiano Ronaldo has scored against 14 different teams in this league (no goal against Roma): the only two players in Serie A history to find the net against 15 different teams in their debut season in the top league were John Charles (1957/58) and Ronaldo (1997/98).