The managers Paulo Fonseca and M. Sarri are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Serie A league table.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Roma form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie A, Roma have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games.
Roma's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Torino (placed 9th). Before that match, a win away at Fiorentina.
Roma are traveling soon after this match as the Coppa Italia match at Parma awaits in four days.
Roma can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 18 times. Roma's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Juventus form and stats
Juventus's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Juventus collect 20 points from their 9 away matches in the Serie A. 6 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
Juventus are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the Serie A against Cagliari (placed 6th). The game before that, in the Super Cup, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Lazio.
As mentioned above, Juventus was the only team on the pitch versus Cagliari in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention Cristiano Ronaldo's lethal finishing against Cagliari. 3 goals was a big reason for the three points.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Udinese in just three days.
Juventus are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 9 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Juventus as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Roma 3 wins, 2 draws and Juventus 5 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 8 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Cristiano Ronaldo 13 goals |   E. Džeko 7 goals |  A. Kolarov 5 goals |
Roma missing players
Juventus missing players
| Roma | Juventus | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | 18 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 35 |
| 19 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 78% |
| 56% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 22% | 33% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 56% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 28% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 28% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 7.3 | 8.7 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 5.1 | 5.9 |
| 4.4 | 3.2 | 1 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6.3 | 5.2 |
| 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 303 | 182 | 29 | Total Shots | T S | 40 | 137 | 330 |
| 101 | 60 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 45 | 119 |
| 33% | 30% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 29% | 29% |
- All of Roma's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Juventus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- 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 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 | Inter | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 24 | 45 |
| 2 | Juventus | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 45 |
| 3 | Lazio | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 23 | 39 |
| 4 | Roma | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 35 |
| 5 | Atalanta | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 23 | 34 |
| 6 | Cagliari | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 29 |
| 7 | Parma | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 25 |
| 8 | Napoli | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
| 9 | Torino | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | -2 | 24 |
| 10 | Bologna | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -2 | 23 |
| 11 | Hellas Verona | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 22 |
| 12 | Milan | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | Udinese | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -14 | 21 |
| 14 | Sassuolo | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 19 |
| 15 | Fiorentina | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -13 | 16 |
| 17 | Lecce | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 19 | -14 | 15 |
| 18 | Brescia | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -15 | 14 |
| 19 | Genoa | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 24 | -17 | 14 |
| 20 | SPAL | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 15 | -16 | 12 |