Roma manager Mourinho looking for three points in Fiorentina showdown

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 15.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico (72698 seats)

Getting nearer the top teams is the target when these mid-table teams battle it out. Both are targeting to better their league table standing, Roma in 7th and Fiorentina in 9th spot.

Insights:
  • Roma haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Fiorentina have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.

It's no vacation for neither Roma nor Fiorentina as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Roma form and stats

The Serie A results playing at home this season for Roma are 4-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Roma's previous match was a Coppa Italia game also played at their home, finishing 1-0 vs Genoa. The home side are looking to continue in that form. Pellegrini, an attacker, was the best performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 8.04 (out of 10). Pellegrini hit the woodwork once and hit four key passes.

A 2-2 draw away in the Serie A before that, with Milan the opponent.

Roma are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Olimpico in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches.

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Fiorentina form and stats

There's been little loot from Fiorentina's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 8 away games in the Serie A. Fiorentina only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.

The followers enjoyed Fiorentina's previous match versus Sampdoria, a Coppa Italia win (1-0) played at home. Terzić, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.4. Terzić hit two key passes and won 5 of 8 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Sassuolo.

Fiorentina are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Roma victories, two draws and three Fiorentina wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

RomaP. Exequiel Dybala
P. Exequiel Dybala
5 goals
RomaK. Bakumo-Abraham
K. Bakumo-Abraham
4 goals
RomaC. Smalling
C. Smalling
3 goals

Roma missing players

Fiorentina missing players

Roma Fiorentina
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 4 8 17
9 4 2 Won W 0 2 6
4 1 1 Drew D 2 2 5
4 3 0 Lost L 2 4 6
21 8 4 Scored S 2 7 21
16 5 2 Conceded C 4 8 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 88% 88%
59% 38% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 76%
41% 25% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 38% 47%
18% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 18%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
47% 25% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 59%
29% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 24%
24% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 29%
 
4.7 5.6 7.7 Corners for (avg) C F 8 6.6 6.6
3.5 3 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.4 2.9
2.1 1.5 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.8 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
13.5 15.5 16 Shots (avg) S ( 14.2 14.2 16.3
4.6 4.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.5 4.8
27% 21% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 25% 26%
 
11.4 9.6 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 8 9.8 9.7
3.1 2.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.5 3.4
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Fiorentina have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Roma haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 17 14 2 1 39 13 8 7 1 0 21 6 9 7 1 1 18 7 26 44
2 Juventus 17 11 4 2 26 7 9 7 2 0 21 3 8 4 2 2 5 4 19 37
3 Milan 17 11 4 2 33 18 9 7 1 1 22 11 8 4 3 1 11 7 15 37
4 Inter 17 11 1 5 37 24 8 7 0 1 20 4 9 4 1 4 17 20 13 34
5 Lazio 17 9 4 4 29 15 9 5 2 2 16 9 8 4 2 2 13 6 14 31
6 Atalanta 17 9 4 4 26 18 8 3 2 3 11 11 9 6 2 1 15 7 8 31
7 Roma 17 9 4 4 21 16 8 4 1 3 8 5 9 5 3 1 13 11 5 31
8 Udinese 17 6 7 4 25 19 8 3 4 1 13 7 9 3 3 3 12 12 6 25
9 Fiorentina 17 6 5 6 21 22 9 4 3 2 14 14 8 2 2 4 7 8 -1 23
10 Torino 17 6 5 6 18 19 8 3 3 2 7 5 9 3 2 4 11 14 -1 23
11 Lecce 17 4 7 6 16 18 8 2 4 2 9 9 9 2 3 4 7 9 -2 19
12 Bologna 17 5 4 8 21 28 9 4 3 2 13 8 8 1 1 6 8 20 -7 19
13 Empoli 17 4 7 6 15 22 8 3 2 3 7 8 9 1 5 3 8 14 -7 19
14 Salernitana 17 4 6 7 21 27 9 3 3 3 14 11 8 1 3 4 7 16 -6 18
15 Monza 17 5 3 9 19 25 9 4 1 4 13 10 8 1 2 5 6 15 -6 18
16 Sassuolo 17 4 4 9 17 26 8 3 2 3 12 9 9 1 2 6 5 17 -9 16
17 Spezia 17 3 6 8 16 28 9 2 6 1 13 12 8 1 0 7 3 16 -12 15
18 Hellas Verona 17 2 3 12 15 30 9 2 0 7 10 17 8 0 3 5 5 13 -15 9
19 Sampdoria 17 2 3 12 8 30 9 0 2 7 2 15 8 2 1 5 6 15 -22 9
20 Cremonese 17 0 7 10 11 29 8 0 3 5 2 12 9 0 4 5 9 17 -18 7

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Read more about Serie A

Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.