AS Roma vs Internazionale – Serie A – Preview

Posted on March 19, 2016 by Sreya

AS Roma hosts Internazionale at Stadio Olimpico, Rome on 19th March, Saturday in one of the most anticipated Serie A fixtures of the weekend. It is a crucial match in the course of the domestic season of the two clubs as the result may impact the eventual UEFA Champions League qualification for next season.

Roma are on the third position in league standings with fifty nine points, while Internazionale are two places and five points behind courtesy one lesser win. Roma are in a rich vein of form, but Internazionale have recently got their momentum back after a few insipid weeks.

Team News

Norbert Gyomber will be missing the game due to an injury. For the visitors, Stevan Jovetic is sidelined with an injury while Mauro Icardi is doubtful. Rodrigo Palacio is suspended as well.

AS Roma Possible Starting Lineup: Wojciech Szczesny, Alessandro Florenzi, Kostas Manolas, Antonio Rudiger, Lucas Digne, Radja Nainggolan, Daniele de Rossi, Miralem Pjanic, Stephan El Sharaawy, Mohamed Salah, Diego Perotti.

Internazionale Possible Starting Lineup: Samir Handanovic, Danilo D’Ambrosio, Jeison Murillo, Joao Miranda, Yuto Nagatomo, Gary Medel, Marcelo Brozovic, Jonathan Biabiany, Adem Ljajic, Ivan Perisic, Eder.

Thoughts From Both Camps

“The game against Inter comes at the perfect time for us. We’ve got massive self-belief at the moment and we want to keep going. Inter are a great team and they have a great coach, but no matter how the match goes it won’t decide who qualifies for the Champions League.”

– Alessandro Florenzi, AS Roma.

“The players know it’s a big match. I don’t know whether it will be decisive because there are still lots of points to play for and a number of the top sides have to meet each other. It will, however, definitely be important to win the match because with three points we could cut the gap.”

– Roberto Mancini, Internazionale.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Head-2-Head statistics, Internazionale have won three and lost two of the last six league encounters between these two clubs. However, Roma are undefeated in their previous five home matches against Internazionale in all competitions.

Roma have won their last eight Serie A matches, scoring at least two goals in all those games. Inter, meanwhile, have failed to win any of their last six away games, conceding a minimum of two goals in last four of those matches.

On current form, Roma are likely to win with a 2-1 scoreline being the most probable outcome.