Roma vs Juventus Match Preview

Match info:

Roma vs Juventus

Competition – Coppa Italia

Stadium – Stadio Olimpico

Date: 21st January 2014

Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT+1

Juventus travel to the Stadio Olimpico this Tuesday night to take on Roma in the Quarterfinals of the Coppa Italia.

These two sides met just 16 days ago and Juventus came out on top (3:0).


Recent form:

Roma – W W W L W D W

Juventus – W W W W W W L

Both sides have lost just 1 of their last 7.

Form

Head-to-head

These two sides have met 44 times in recent years and Juventus have come out on top most often.

History

The last 5 meetings between these two sides finished 0:3, 1:0, 1:4, 0:4 and 0:3

Possible line-ups

Roma (4-3-3)

De Sanctis
Dodô
Burdisso
Benatia
Maicon
Nainggolan
Strootman
Pjanić
Florenzi
Totti
Gervinho

Juventus (3-4-3)

Buffon
Chiellini
Bonucci
Cáceres
Asamoah
Pogba
Vidal
Lichtsteiner
Llorente
Pirlo
Tévez

Bookmakers make Roma slight favourites to come out on top in this match.

Odds: Roma (6/4) Draw (23/10) Juventus (9/5)Gamingtips Prediction – Roma 1:1 Juventus

This game sees the two best sides in Italy go head-to-head and more interestingly, the two best defensive sides.

Roma are currently 2nd in Serie A, 8 points behind Juventus.

Both sides have lost just 1 of their opening 20 games.

Roma have the best defensive record having conceded just 10 goals in their opening 20 games.

Juventus have the second best defensive record in Seria A – they have conceded 14 goals in 20 games.

Juventus have the most recent form with a 3:0 win over Roma earlier this month however Roma have not lost at home since May 2013 and this statistic may be enough to see them through to the semi-final of the Coppa Italia.

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One comment

  1. Wouldn’t be surprised if Pogba gets a cheeky hat-trick or even a poker, 4-1 for Juventus.

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