Juventus vs AS Roma Preview

This is the obvious choice for the biggest game in Serie A this weekend.

Juventus host AS Roma who are also genuine contenders for the Scudetto this season.

Juventus started the season a little more attacking than we are accustomed to and that did not pay off as AS Napoli and Inter Milan stood at the top of the league while they struggled.

However, Max Alegri seems to have returned them to their reliable best and their results have started to mirror that of their title winning campaigns.

They come into this game after claiming some big wins including a win over Napoli while they took a point off Inter Milan also.

Juventus have now kept a clean sheet in their last seven matches including against Barcelona.

That run makes this game a difficult one for AS Roma to get a result but it is of course not entirely impossible.

Roma have already lost to Inter Milan and Napoli this season making them the only title hopeful who have lost to those two teams.

AS Roma lost their last seven away league matches at Juventus with the host keeping a clean sheet on 5 occasions.

AS Roma however, have been involved in over 2.5 goals a game in only 29% of their away matches this season which could see this game end in a tight affair.

Juventus have beaten AS Roma 79 times; no other team has beaten them more.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Juventus

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	Bologna		0-3		Juventus	17 Dec, 2017	Italian Serie A
D	Juventus		0-0		Internazionale	9 Dec, 2017	Italian Serie A
W	Olympiakos		0-2		Juventus	5 Dec, 2017	UEFA Champions League
W	Napoli		0-1		Juventus	1 Dec, 2017	Italian Serie A
W	Juventus		3-0		Crotone	26 Nov, 2017	Italian Serie A

AS Roma

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	AS Roma		1-0		Cagliari	16 Dec, 2017	Italian Serie A
D	Chievo Verona		0-0		AS Roma	10 Dec, 2017	Italian Serie A
W	AS Roma		1-0		FK Qarabag	5 Dec, 2017	UEFA Champions League
W	AS Roma		3-1		SPAL	1 Dec, 2017	Italian Serie A
D	Genoa		1-1		AS Roma	26 Nov, 2017	Italian Serie A

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES					DATE	COMPETITION
AS Roma		1-1		Juventus	30 Jul, 2017	International Champions Cup
AS Roma		3-1		Juventus	14 May, 2017	Italian Serie A
Juventus		1-0		AS Roma	17 Dec, 2016	Italian Serie A
Juventus		1-0		AS Roma	24 Jan, 2016	Italian Serie A
AS Roma		2-1		Juventus	30 Aug, 2015	Italian Serie A

Other fixtures taking place this week in Serie A:

Serie A Table

Serie A Results