Verdict: Home win
Best odds: 3/2
Bookmaker: Luckster
A revived AS Roma welcome a struggling Juventus to the capital for Sunday night’s Serie A headline clash, with just three points separating the two sides in the table.
Former title hopefuls, Juve have now slipped outside the top four, and their Roman hosts can draw level by securing an eighth consecutive league victory.
AS Roma
It took a late goal from Artem Dovbyk to finally break the deadlock in Lecce last week, but Roma still secured their seventh straight Serie A win, moving above fierce rivals Lazio in the standings.
Firmly back in the race for a top-four finish, the Giallorossi have undergone a stunning revival in 2025, with club legend Claudio Ranieri enjoying a golden third spell at his beloved hometown team.
During this impressive run, Ranieri’s side have let in just one goal, recording as many clean sheets (six) as they managed over the first 23 league games of what was once a turbulent season.
Now, by defeating Juventus, Roma can win eight successive Serie A matches for only the fifth time in their history — and the first since Luciano Spalletti’s side achieved the feat in 2016.
In a tightly contested race for European places, Fiorentina, Lazio, and AC Milan have already been overtaken, and Ranieri will now be eager to catch one of his former teams this weekend.
Unbeaten in eight of their last 10 top-flight home meetings with Sunday’s visitors — and having scored in nine — recent form points to the Giallorossi being capable of drawing level with Juve on 55 points ahead of next week’s Derby della Capitale.
Team News
After missing last week’s match, versatile defenders Zeki Celik and Devyne Rensch are both available again, with Rensch returning to full training following nearly a month out.
With Paulo Dybala ruled out for the remainder of the season, Matias Soule and captain Lorenzo Pellegrini are among the leading candidates to support lone striker Artem Dovbyk in attack.
At the back, veteran centre-back Mats Hummels — who just announced he’ll retire next month — is set to anchor the defence, while Mile Svilar remains undisputed in goal, having posted the second-highest save percentage (85%) in Europe’s top five leagues since the start of the year.
Juventus
After playing out a goalless draw in September’s reverse fixture, Juventus have now lost just one of their last nine Serie A encounters with Roma.
The Bianconeri arrive in the capital as something of an unknown under new leadership, with Thiago Motta dismissed following successive heavy defeats and Igor Tudor taking charge for the remainder of the season.
A two-time Scudetto winner during his playing days at Juve, Tudor brings prior top-flight experience from spells with Hellas Verona and Lazio, as well as a stint as Andrea Pirlo’s assistant in Turin.
He inherits a squad that had recorded the club’s fewest wins after 29 league games since 2011, though last week’s narrow 1-0 victory over Genoa ensured a positive start to his reign.
A fine strike from Kenan Yildiz ultimately separated the sides, and the result kept Juve within touching distance of fourth-placed Bologna — just a single point adrift with eight matches remaining.
Having suffered humiliating exits from both the Champions League and Coppa Italia — at the hands of PSV Eindhoven and Empoli, respectively — Juventus must now rescue their season by qualifying for Europe’s top competition, or risk facing a financial crisis.
Team News
Between the posts, Michele Di Gregorio – like Roma’s Mile Svilar and Inter’s Yann Sommer – has kept a league-high 12 clean sheets this term.
Federico Gatti has joined Juve’s growing list of absentees, leaving Tudor with a defensive dilemma, particularly as he favours a three-man back line.
In attack, Dusan Vlahovic, sidelined late in Motta’s reign, is expected to lead the line in a 3-4-2-1 setup, flanked by Kenan Yildiz, who last week matched Moise Kean’s record of seven top-flight goals for Juventus as a teenager in the 21st century.
Conclusion
Juventus (17) and Roma (18) have conceded the fewest goals from open play in Serie A this season, and with their earlier meeting ending in a goalless draw, just one moment of brilliance – or a costly error – could prove decisive in this closely contested clash.
Given their renewed defensive solidity and momentum, the Giallorossi may just have the edge to claim an eighth consecutive league victory, pulling level on points with their once-distant rivals.
Verdict: Home win
Best odds: 3/2
Bookmaker: Luckster
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