Serie A – Roma – Salernitana on Match-day 32
The Stadio Olympico sees Sunday action as Roma take on Salernitana – 6:00pm GMT.
This clash sees fifth placed Roma, welcome twentieth placed Salernitana to the Stadio Olympico.
Roma go into this match with 54 points secured
With two wins in a row under his belt, Jose Mourinho takes his Roma team into this game full of confidence, and hopeful of another successive victory.
Also, Roma will hope to continue to frustrate opponents as their season continues, Giallorossi are showing the kind of consistency of performance that brings no losses in 10 matches. With 54 points (16W, 9L and 6D), they are established in fifth position in the League having won 16 games, drawn six fixtures, and lost nine meetings.
When Roma host Salernitana, they will do so on the back of nine wins, four draws, and three losses on their own ground.
A victory for Roma would put them on 57 points.
Good Attacking Performance
Roma will be pleased to have a good goal scoring record so far this season (51). This season, their stand-out attacking players have been Tammy Abraham (7), Lorenzo Pellegrini (2), and Sergio Oliveira (2). Roma have conceded 35 goals.
Roma are no strangers this season to illness and injury and Jose Mourinho is concerned that Sunday’s fixture could see him without five of his key players.
Nervous Salernitana take relegation battle to the Stadio Olympico to face Roma
Salernitana have dropped all six points in their last two games, a disappointing run of form, which Davide Nicola will be keen to turn around in this fixture.
Also, Salernitana have been unable to find the winning strategy now for 18 of their last 19 matches, a habit that must be broken if granate want to end with a positive season. Now they have 3 matches won, 19 games lost and 7 duels drawn; that’s why they currently sit in twentieth place, with a total of 16 points having won three fixtures, drawn seven matches, and lost 19 games.
Salernitana now travel, knowing that their current away form is woeful. So far this season they have won two meetings, drawn two matches, and lost 10 fixtures matches on the road.
A win in this fixture would take Salernitana’s points to 19 in the League.
Injury and illness have depleted Davide Nicola’s Salernitana and they will likely be missing five key personnel for Sunday’s match.
Roma v Salernitana – Head-to-Head.
Regarding their historical duels Roma and Salernitana have faced each other three times in the past, with the balance of wins sitting in Roma’s favour (2 – 1). Additionally, Roma have won all two of the past three fixtures with Salernitana. August 2021 was the most recent time these two clashed in this competition and Giallorossi took all three points winning 0-4 away.
Other standout players for Roma are Lorenzo Pellegrini and Sergio Oliveira with two goals and two goals respectively and for Salernitana are Simone Verdi and Milan Djuric with two goals and two goals respectively.
