AS Roma vs Fiorentina – Serie A – Preview

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Sreya

AS Roma vs Fiorentina – AS Roma hosts Fiorentina at the Stadio Olimpico, Roma in a crucial Serie A fixture which could impact UEFA Champions League qualification for next season.

Roma are third in Serie A standings with forty seven points courtesy their fifteen wins, four points ahead of the fourth-placed Lazio and five points ahead of Atalanta and Inter – all three of whom are competing for a spot in Europe.

Fiorentina are seventh with thirty seven points and in a rich vein of form – they won 2-1 against Pescara in their last game following a 3-3 draw against Genoa. AS Roma lost 3-2 to Sampdoria in their previous league outing after four back-to-back wins against Chievo, Genoa, Udinese and Cagliari.

Team News

Alessandro Florenzi and Diego Perotti are sidelined through injuries while Mohamed Salah is on international duty. Fiorentina will be without the injured Nikola Kalinic and Riccardo Saponara.

AS Roma Possible Starting Lineup: Wojciech Sczeszny, Antonio Rudiger, Kostas Manolas, Federico Fazio, Bruno Peres, Daniele de Rossi, Kevin Strootman, Emerson, Radja Nainggolan, Stephan El Shaarawy, Edin Dzeko.

Fiorentina Possible Starting Lineup: Ciprian Tatarusanu, Nenad Tomovic, Gonzalo Rodriguez, David Astori, Federico Chiesa, Matias Vecino, Milan Badelj, Maximiliano Olivera, Federico Bernardeschi, Borja Valero, Khouma Babacar.

“Fiorentina have had a tough patch, which happens to everyone. Now they’re doing really well: they’ve reorganised superbly, got a few of their top players back into good form and now they’re a strong side. They’ve been playing well and picking up results in their last few matches. It will be a tough and evenly-matched contest.”

– Luciano Spaletti, AS Roma.

Contributor’s Pick

According to AS Roma vs Fiorentina H2H stats, the last five matches between these two clubs have resulted in two wins and two losses for either side and one draw.

It should be a closely contested affair but AS Roma are likely to win 2-1 tonight.