Roma will not bank on any easy points from the home team Fiorentina in this Serie A match. Here's your broad preview!
- Fiorentina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Roma have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Fiorentina can neither be promoted or relegated from Serie A. Roma are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Not a lot of time to rest for the home team, as they were involved in a Coppa Italia match only three days back. Thankfully the previous game, versus Inter, was also a home game here at Stadio Artemio Franchi. The away team is better rested.
Fiorentina form and stats
The story so far in the Serie A for Fiorentina at their home stadium (Stadio Artemio Franchi) is 8 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Fiorentina after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The Fiorentina fans got no joy from their last match, a Coppa Italia duel also played here at Stadio Artemio Franchi: A 1-2 defeat against Inter. Midfielder Bonaventura was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.42 (out of ten) in that game. Bonaventura hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Before that, Fiorentina played out a Serie A draw 1-1 when visiting Torino.Fiorentina have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Artemio Franchi with 28 goals in 18 league matches. Fiorentina's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Roma form and stats
Playing away, Roma have won 7 games, drawn 6 and suffered 5 defeats in the Serie A this season. Two points from the last two away games for Roma, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
There were no winners in Roma's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Salernitana (placed 15th). As mentioned above, Roma drew the match against Salernitana. Manager Mourinho brought on Matić to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Matić got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, top player of the team. Matić scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 37 successful passes (of 43 total).
Before that match, 0-0 away against Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Europa League trip to Sevilla.
Roma are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 21 away goals from 18 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 21 goals have been conceded by Roma in these games.
Head 2 Head
These competitors have played earlier this season: Roma - Fiorentina 2-0. Previous ten meetings involving these squads: Fiorentina won two, Roma triumphed in six and we saw two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
![]() P. Exequiel Dybala 11 goals | ![]() K. Bakumo-Abraham 8 goals | ![]() A. Mendonça Cabral 7 goals |
Fiorentina missing players
Roma missing players
| Fiorentina | Roma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 18 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 18 | 36 |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 48 | 28 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 21 | 47 |
| 41 | 21 | 10 | Conceded | C | 7 | 21 | 35 |
| 94% | 94% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 94% | 97% |
| 75% | 83% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | 67% |
| 39% | 44% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 44% | 39% |
| 17% | 22% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 22% | 17% |
| 14% | 17% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 53% | 61% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 61% | 44% |
| 28% | 28% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | 39% |
| 25% | 17% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 17% | 19% |
| 6.2 | 6.7 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4 | 4.9 |
| 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 16.1 | 18.7 | 15.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 11.6 | 13.2 |
| 4.7 | 5.8 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 28% | 27% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 30% | 29% |
| 9.6 | 8.3 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 10.9 | 10.6 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
- Fiorentina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Fiorentina have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Roma have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Roma have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Napoli | 36 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 73 | 26 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 47 | 86 |
| 2 | Lazio | 36 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 55 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 12 | 27 | 68 |
| 3 | Inter | 36 | 21 | 3 | 12 | 67 | 40 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 27 | 66 |
| 4 | Milan | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 60 | 42 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 64 |
| 5 | Atalanta | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 59 | 43 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 16 | 61 |
| 6 | Roma | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 35 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 60 |
| 7 | Juventus | 36 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 32 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 23 | 59 |
| 8 | Monza | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 46 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 0 | 52 |
| 9 | Fiorentina | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 48 | 41 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 50 |
| 10 | Bologna | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 48 | 45 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 3 | 50 |
| 11 | Torino | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 38 | 40 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 22 | -2 | 50 |
| 12 | Udinese | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 45 | 44 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 1 | 46 |
| 13 | Sassuolo | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 44 | 56 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 36 | -12 | 44 |
| 14 | Empoli | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 36 | 46 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -10 | 42 |
| 15 | Salernitana | 36 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 45 | 58 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 34 | -13 | 39 |
| 16 | Lecce | 36 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 30 | 43 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 22 | -13 | 33 |
| 17 | Spezia | 36 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 56 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 30 | -26 | 31 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 36 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 55 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 24 | -26 | 30 |
| 19 | Cremonese | 36 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 66 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 35 | -34 | 24 |
| 20 | Sampdoria | 36 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 22 | 67 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 41 | -45 | 18 |