Roma welcomes Fiorentina as clear favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 26.July
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico (72698 seats)

5th position in the Serie A table for Roma so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 11th-placed Fiorentina visits Stadio Olimpico.

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.

For Fiorentina most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Roma form and stats

Roma have played 18 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 9-4-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Roma are returning here after visiting SPAL in a Serie A game and winning with a 6-1 scoreline. Nikola Kalinić, Nicolò Zaniolo, Aleksandar Kolarov, Carles Pérez and Bruno Peres (2) scored the goal(s). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Inter that ended 2-2.

As indicated by the result mentioned above, Roma played a great game against SPAL and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

The manager P. Rodrigues Fonseca will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Torino in only three days.

A decent goal production from Roma in their home games so far, with 34 goals from 18 league matches. 26 goals have been conceded.

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Fiorentina form and stats

The visitors are W6-D5-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A.

182 minutes! That's how long the Fiorentina goalkeeper Pietro Terracciano and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Fiorentina has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Inter for a Serie A game that ended a draw (0-0). Before that, Fiorentina secured a home win against Torino with the score 2-0.

Goalkeeper Pietro Terracciano made a total of seven saves, making him a hero against Inter. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.

A new game in only three days for Fiorentina, the Serie A home match versus Bologna. Busy days.

Fiorentina are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 25 away goals from 17 games (in the league). 23 goals have been conceded by Fiorentina in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Fiorentina - Roma 1-4. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Roma victories, two draws and three Fiorentina wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

RomaE. Džeko
E. Džeko
15 goals
RomaH. Mkhitaryan
H. Mkhitaryan
9 goals
RomaA. Kolarov
A. Kolarov
7 goals

Roma missing players

Fiorentina missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Roma Fiorentina
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 18 6 Played P 5 17 35
18 9 4 Won W 1 6 10
7 4 1 Drew D 2 5 13
10 5 1 Lost L 2 6 12
69 34 13 Scored S 6 25 43
47 26 9 Conceded C 8 23 45
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 82% 83%
91% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 76% 71%
69% 72% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 65% 49%
37% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 29% 23%
20% 17% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 11%
66% 72% 100% BTTS BTTS 60% 65% 63%
20% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 24% 29%
20% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 29% 26%
 
7 8.5 7.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.9 5.5
4.6 3.9 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 8.2 6.8 4.8
2.9 2.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.6 2.9 2.8
7 3 2 Red cards R C 1 2 5
 
598 368 113 Total Shots T S 49 204 495
198 115 38 Shots on Target S O 20 83 171
35% 30% 34% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 30% 25%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Roma's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Fiorentina have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Roma have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Roma have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Roma have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Roma haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Juventus 35 25 5 5 73 38 17 15 2 0 43 14 18 10 3 5 30 24 35 80
2 Atalanta 35 22 8 5 95 44 18 12 2 4 51 24 17 10 6 1 44 20 51 74
3 Inter 35 21 10 4 74 36 18 10 6 2 38 17 17 11 4 2 36 19 38 73
4 Lazio 35 22 6 7 71 38 18 13 3 2 44 17 17 9 3 5 27 21 33 72
5 Roma 35 18 7 10 69 47 18 9 4 5 34 26 17 9 3 5 35 21 22 61
6 Milan 35 17 8 10 55 44 17 8 5 4 27 19 18 9 3 6 28 25 11 59
7 Napoli 35 16 8 11 56 47 17 8 3 6 26 23 18 8 5 5 30 24 9 56
8 Sassuolo 35 13 9 13 64 60 17 7 3 7 39 32 18 6 6 6 25 28 4 48
9 Hellas Verona 35 11 13 11 43 43 17 8 5 4 25 20 18 3 8 7 18 23 0 46
10 Parma 35 12 7 16 49 51 18 7 2 9 25 22 17 5 5 7 24 29 -2 43
11 Fiorentina 35 10 13 12 43 45 18 4 8 6 18 22 17 6 5 6 25 23 -2 43
12 Bologna 35 11 10 14 48 58 17 4 7 6 21 26 18 7 3 8 27 32 -10 43
13 Cagliari 35 10 12 13 50 52 17 6 4 7 30 27 18 4 8 6 20 25 -2 42
14 Sampdoria 35 12 5 18 46 58 18 6 4 8 24 26 17 6 1 10 22 32 -12 41
15 Udinese 35 10 9 16 34 49 18 6 6 6 17 21 17 4 3 10 17 28 -15 39
16 Torino 35 11 5 19 42 63 18 7 4 7 21 27 17 4 1 12 21 36 -21 38
17 Genoa 35 9 9 17 44 65 17 6 1 10 21 28 18 3 8 7 23 37 -21 36
18 Lecce 35 8 8 19 45 77 18 4 5 9 27 37 17 4 3 10 18 40 -32 32
19 Brescia 35 6 6 23 33 74 17 3 4 10 19 31 18 3 2 13 14 43 -41 24
20 SPAL 35 5 4 26 25 70 17 2 3 12 14 36 18 3 1 14 11 34 -45 19

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Juventus 35 25 5 5 73 38 17 15 2 0 43 14 18 10 3 5 30 24 35 80
2 Atalanta 35 22 8 5 95 44 18 12 2 4 51 24 17 10 6 1 44 20 51 74
3 Inter 35 21 10 4 74 36 18 10 6 2 38 17 17 11 4 2 36 19 38 73
4 Lazio 35 22 6 7 71 38 18 13 3 2 44 17 17 9 3 5 27 21 33 72
5 Roma 35 18 7 10 69 47 18 9 4 5 34 26 17 9 3 5 35 21 22 61
6 Milan 35 17 8 10 55 44 17 8 5 4 27 19 18 9 3 6 28 25 11 59
7 Napoli 35 16 8 11 56 47 17 8 3 6 26 23 18 8 5 5 30 24 9 56
8 Sassuolo 35 13 9 13 64 60 17 7 3 7 39 32 18 6 6 6 25 28 4 48
9 Hellas Verona 35 11 13 11 43 43 17 8 5 4 25 20 18 3 8 7 18 23 0 46
10 Parma 35 12 7 16 49 51 18 7 2 9 25 22 17 5 5 7 24 29 -2 43
11 Fiorentina 35 10 13 12 43 45 18 4 8 6 18 22 17 6 5 6 25 23 -2 43
12 Bologna 35 11 10 14 48 58 17 4 7 6 21 26 18 7 3 8 27 32 -10 43
13 Cagliari 35 10 12 13 50 52 17 6 4 7 30 27 18 4 8 6 20 25 -2 42
14 Sampdoria 35 12 5 18 46 58 18 6 4 8 24 26 17 6 1 10 22 32 -12 41
15 Udinese 35 10 9 16 34 49 18 6 6 6 17 21 17 4 3 10 17 28 -15 39
16 Torino 35 11 5 19 42 63 18 7 4 7 21 27 17 4 1 12 21 36 -21 38
17 Genoa 35 9 9 17 44 65 17 6 1 10 21 28 18 3 8 7 23 37 -21 36
18 Lecce 35 8 8 19 45 77 18 4 5 9 27 37 17 4 3 10 18 40 -32 32
19 Brescia 35 6 6 23 33 74 17 3 4 10 19 31 18 3 2 13 14 43 -41 24
20 SPAL 35 5 4 26 25 70 17 2 3 12 14 36 18 3 1 14 11 34 -45 19

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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.